More from Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  1. Hush, call no echo up in further proof Of desolation! there's a voice within That weeps . . . as thou must sing . . . alone, aloof.
  2. If thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love's sake only. Do not say 'I love her for her smile -her look -her way Of speaking…
  3. Thou hast thy calling to some palace-floor, Most gracious singer of high poems! where The dancers will break footing, from the care Of watc…
  4. When our two souls stand up erect and strong, Face to face, silent, drawing nigh and nigher, Until the lengthening wings break into fire At…
  5. 'Guess now who holds thee?'-'Death,' I said. But there The silver answer rang-'Not Death, but Love.'
  6. God only, who made us rich, can make us poor.
  7. Knowledge by suffering entereth, And life is perfected by death.
  8. Because God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

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