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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
Essayist
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Durham
England
Mrs. Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Barrett
Elizabeth Barrett-Browning
Elizaveta Barrett Brauning
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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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Nor myrtle--which means chiefly love: and love Is something awful which one dare not touch So early o' mornings.
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In this abundant earth no doubt Is little room for things worn out: Disdain them, break them, throw them by! And if before the days grew rough We once were lov'd, us'd -- well enough, I think, we've far'd, my heart and I.
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What frightens me is that men are content with what is not life at all.
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Where Christ brings His cross He brings His presence and where He is none are desolate, and there is no room for despair.
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Souls are gregarious in a sense, but no soul touches another, as a general rule.
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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
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The exchange of sympathy for gratitude is the most princely thing!
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O pusillanimous Heart, be comforted And, like a cheerful traveller, take the road Singing beside the hedge.
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How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort, in a hospital.
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Oh, a day in the city-square, there is no such pleasure in life!
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But since he had The genius to be loved, why let him have The justice to be honoured in his grave.
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If thou must love me, let it be for naught except for love's sake only.
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The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong because of weakness.
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Men get opinions as boys learn to spell by reiteration chiefly.
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