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Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a prominent English Romantic poet, was born on March 6, 1806, and died on June 29, 1861. Her poetry is renowned for its profound emotions and rich imagination, making her one of the greatest female poets of the 19th century.

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“And friends, dear friends,--when it shall be That this low breath is gone from me, And gone my bier ye come to weep, Let One, most loving of you all, Say, "Not a tear must o'er her fall; He giveth His beloved sleep.”

Fall Sleep Gone Tears Lows Breaths Dear Beloved Dear Friend

Book:'He Giveth His Beloved Sleep'

Source: 'He Giveth His Beloved Sleep'

“Thank God for grace, Ye who weep only! If, as some have done, Ye grope tear-blinded in a desert place And touch but tombs,--look up! Those tears will run Soon in long rivers down the lifted face, And leave the vision clear for stars and sun.”

Ifs Looks Long Done Running Faces Stars Vision Sun Clear Grace Tears Rivers Desert Look Up Thank God Tombs Blinded

Book:Poetical works

Source: Poetical works

“For me, my heart, that erst did go Most like a tired child at a show, That sees through tears the mummers leap, Would now its wearied vision close, Would childlike on His love repose, Who giveth His Beloved, sleep.”

Heart Children Shows Sleep Vision Tears My Heart Tired Beloved Leap His Love Repose Childlike

Book:'He Giveth His Beloved Sleep'

Source: 'He Giveth His Beloved Sleep'

“I, who had had my heart full for hours, took advantage of an early moment of solitude, to cry in it very bitterly. Suddenly a little hairy head thrust itself from behind my pillow into my face, rubbing its ears and nose against me in a responsive agitation, and drying the tears as they came.”

Heart Littles Moments Faces Hours Behinds Cry Tears My Heart Solitude Advantage Ears Noses Pillow Thrust Agitation

Author:Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“Our Euripides the human, With his droppings of warm tears, and his touchings of things common Till they rose to meet the spheres.”

Humans Common Tears Rose Warm Touching Spheres Dropping

Author:Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“What we call Life is a condition of the soul. And the soul must improve in happiness and wisdom, except by its own fault. These tears in our eyes, these faintings of the flesh, will not hinder such improvement.”

Soul Eye Life Is Conditions Tears Faults Flesh Improvement Hinder Fainting

Book:The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning: 1845-1846

Source: The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning: 1845-1846

“I saw, in gradual vision through my tears, The sweet, sad years, the melancholy years, Those of my own life, who by turns had flung A shadow across me.”

Years Turns My Own Vision Saws Tears Sweet Shadow Melancholy My Own Life

Book:Poetical works

Source: Poetical works

“Will that light come again, As now these tears come...falling hot and real!”

Real Light Fall Tears Hot

Book:Browning: Poems

Source: Browning: Poems

“I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints,-I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life!-and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.”

“Definition of Love: A score of zero in tennis. I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears of all my life.”

Love Tears Breaths Definitions Thee Tennis Score Love Life Zero Definition Of Love

Author:Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“His ears were often the first thing to catch my tears.”

Firsts Animal Tears Ears Old Dog Pet Loss Dogs And Life Dog Grief Dog Death

Author:Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“For frequent tears have run; The colours from my life.”

Running Suffering Tears Colour

Author:Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“There Shakespeare, on whose forehead climb The crowns o' the world; oh, eyes sublime With tears and laughter for all time!”

World Eye Time Tears Laughter All Time Climbs Crowns Sublime Foreheads

Book:The Brownings' Correspondence: September 1849-January 1851, letters 2813-2900

Source: The Brownings' Correspondence: September 1849-January 1851, letters 2813-2900

About the Author

Born: March 6, 1806
Died: June 29, 1861
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 277

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