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Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes

And stroke with listless hand the woodbine through the window, till at last I came to do it with a sort of love Picture Quote #1

You take a pink, you dig about its roots and water it, and so improve it to a garden pink, but will not change it to a heliotrope Picture Quote #1

Eyes which the preacher could not school, by wayside graves are raised; and lips say, god be pitiful, that ne'er said God be praised Picture Quote #1

Mountain gorses, do ye teach us... That the wisest word man reaches Is the humblest he can speak? Picture Quote #1

Those tall flowering reeds which stand, in arno like a sheaf of sceptres, left by some remote dynasty of dead gods Picture Quote #1

He likes the poor things of the world the best, I would not, therefore, if I could be rich. It pleases him t stoop for buttercups Picture Quote #1

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And I must bear what is ordained with patience, being aware necessity doth front the universe with an invincible gesture Picture Quote #1

Unless you can feel when the song is done no other is sweet in its rhythm; unless you can feel when left by one that all men else go with him Picture Quote #1

Where Christ brings His cross He brings His presence; and where He is none are desolate, and there is no room for despair Picture Quote #1

My heart is very tired - my strength is low - my hands are full of blossoms pluck'd before Held dead within them till myself shall die Picture Quote #1

There's not a crime but takes its proper change out still in crime if once rung on the counter of this world Picture Quote #1

O, brothers! Let us leave the shame and sin of taking vainly in a plaintive mood, the holy name of grief - holy herein, that, by the grief of one, came all our good Picture Quote #1

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By your truth she shall be true - ever true as wives of yore - and her yes, once said to you, shall be yes for evermore Picture Quote #1

Thank God, bless God, all ye who suffer not More grief than ye can weep for. That is well - that is light grieving! Picture Quote #1

The essence of all beauty, I call love, the attribute, the evidence, and end, the consummation to the inward sense of beauty apprehended from without, I still call love Picture Quote #1

And a breastplate made of daisies, closely fitting, leaf on leaf, periwinkles interlaced Drawn for belt about the waist; while the brown bees, humming praises, shot their arrows round the chief Picture Quote #1

All are not taken! There are left behind living beloveds, tender looks to bring, and make the daylight still a happy thing, and tender voices, to make soft the wind Picture Quote #1

You forget too much that every creature, female as the male, stands single in responsible act and thought, as also in birth and death Picture Quote #1

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Of all the thoughts of God that are borne inward unto souls afar, along the psalmist's music deep, now tell me if that any is. For gift or grace, surpassing this - he giveth his beloved sleep Picture Quote #1

For none can express thee, though all should approve thee. I love thee so, dear, that I only can love thee Picture Quote #1

The world goes whispering to its own, this anguish pierces to the bone; and tender friends go sighing round, what love can ever cure this wound? My days go on, my days go on Picture Quote #1

Her deep blue eyes smile constantly, as if they had by fitness won the secret of a happy dream she does not care to speak Picture Quote #1

Life treads on life, and heart on heart; we press too close in church and mart to keep a dream or grave apart Picture Quote #1

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Books are men of higher stature, and the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear Picture Quote #1

As the moths around a taper, as the bees around a rose, as the gnats around a vapour, so the spirits group and close round about a holy childhood, as if drinking its repose Picture Quote #1

When God helps all the workers for His world, the singers shall have help of Him, not last Picture Quote #1

And lilies white, prepared to touch the whitest thought, nor soil it much, of dreamer turned to lover Picture Quote #1

But I love you, sir: and when a woman says she loves a man, the man must hear her, though he love her not Picture Quote #1

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And stroke with listless hand the woodbine through the window, till at last I came to do it with a sort of love (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) You take a pink, you dig about its roots and water it, and so improve it to a garden pink, but will not change it to a heliotrope (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) Eyes which the preacher could not school, by wayside graves are raised; and lips say, god be pitiful, that ne'er said God be praised (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) Mountain gorses, do ye teach us... That the wisest word man reaches Is the humblest he can speak? (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) Those tall flowering reeds which stand, in arno like a sheaf of sceptres, left by some remote dynasty of dead gods (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) He likes the poor things of the world the best, I would not, therefore, if I could be rich. It pleases him t stoop for buttercups (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) And I must bear what is ordained with patience, being aware necessity doth front the universe with an invincible gesture (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) Unless you can feel when the song is done no other is sweet in its rhythm; unless you can feel when left by one that all men else go with him (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) Where Christ brings His cross He brings His presence; and where He is none are desolate, and there is no room for despair (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) My heart is very tired - my strength is low - my hands are full of blossoms pluck'd before Held dead within them till myself shall die (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) There's not a crime but takes its proper change out still in crime if once rung on the counter of this world (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) O, brothers! Let us leave the shame and sin of taking vainly in a plaintive mood, the holy name of grief - holy herein, that, by the grief of one, came all our good (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) By your truth she shall be true - ever true as wives of yore - and her yes, once said to you, shall be yes for evermore (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) Thank God, bless God, all ye who suffer not More grief than ye can weep for. That is well - that is light grieving! (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) The essence of all beauty, I call love, the attribute, the evidence, and end, the consummation to the inward sense of beauty apprehended from without, I still call love (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) And a breastplate made of daisies, closely fitting, leaf on leaf, periwinkles interlaced Drawn for belt about the waist; while the brown bees, humming praises, shot their arrows round the chief (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) All are not taken! There are left behind living beloveds, tender looks to bring, and make the daylight still a happy thing, and tender voices, to make soft the wind (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) You forget too much that every creature, female as the male, stands single in responsible act and thought, as also in birth and death (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) Of all the thoughts of God that are borne inward unto souls afar, along the psalmist's music deep, now tell me if that any is. For gift or grace, surpassing this - he giveth his beloved sleep (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) For none can express thee, though all should approve thee. I love thee so, dear, that I only can love thee (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) The world goes whispering to its own, this anguish pierces to the bone; and tender friends go sighing round, what love can ever cure this wound? My days go on, my days go on (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) Her deep blue eyes smile constantly, as if they had by fitness won the secret of a happy dream she does not care to speak (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) Life treads on life, and heart on heart; we press too close in church and mart to keep a dream or grave apart (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) And there my little doves did sit with feathers softly brown and glittering eyes that showed their right to general nature's deep delight (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) Books are men of higher stature, and the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) As the moths around a taper, as the bees around a rose, as the gnats around a vapour, so the spirits group and close round about a holy childhood, as if drinking its repose (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) When God helps all the workers for His world, the singers shall have help of Him, not last (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) And lilies white, prepared to touch the whitest thought, nor soil it much, of dreamer turned to lover (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes) But I love you, sir: and when a woman says she loves a man, the man must hear her, though he love her not (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes)

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