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I, who thought to sink, was caught up into love, and taught the whole of life in a new rhythm.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Age: 55 †
Born: 1806
Born: March 6
Died: 1861
Died: June 30
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Durham
England
Mrs. Browning
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Elizaveta Barrett Brauning
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You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.
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Never say No when the world says Aye.
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The exchange of sympathy for gratitude is the most princely thing!
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An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims make it impossible to be great at all.
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The denial of contemporary genius is the rule rather than the exception. No one counts the eagles in the nest, till there is a rush of wings and lo! they are flown.
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OF writing many books there is no end And I who have written much in prose and verse For others' uses, will write now for mine,- Will write my story for my better self, As when you paint your portrait for a friend, Who keeps it in a drawer and looks at it Long after he has ceased to love you, just To hold together what he was and is.
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A child's kiss Set on thy sighing lips shall make thee glad A poor man served by thee shall make thee rich A sick man helped by thee shall make thee strong Thou shalt be served thyself by every sense Of service which thou renderest.
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And there my little doves did sit With feathers softly brown And glittering eyes that showed their right To general Nature's deep delight.
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Children use the fist until they are of age to use the brain.
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I cannot speak In happy tones the tear drops on my cheek Show I am sad But I can speak Of grace to suffer with submission meek, Until made glad.
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He lives most life whoever breathes most air.
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When God helps all the workers for His world, The singers shall have help of Him, not last.
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A woman's pity sometimes makes her mad.
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The music soars within the little lark, And the lark soars.
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