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“Capacity for joy Admits temptation.”

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Illustrated)

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Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Illustrated)

The Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Illustrated) is a meticulously compiled collection that brings together all the poetry and prose written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a renowned 19th-century English poet. The collection is richly illustrated, providing visual accompaniment to her timeless verses. It includes her most famous works, such as 'Sonnets from the Portuguese' and 'Aurora Leigh,' as well as lesser-known poems and essays. This volume is an essential resource for students, scholars, and lovers of poetry, offering a comprehensive view of Browning's literary legacy. more

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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. more

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Littles Soar Larks

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Breaths Prophet Bubbles Purple Lilies

Book:Aurora Leigh. Author's ed

Source: Aurora Leigh. Author's ed

“I wish I were the lily's leaf To fade upon that bosom warm, Content to wither, pale and brief, The trophy of thy paler form.”

Form Wish Warm Fades Pale Leafs Bosoms Lilies Trophies

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Stills Hands White Lilies

Book:Poetical works

Source: Poetical works

“Very whitely still The lilies of our lives may reassure Their blossoms from their roots, accessible Alone to heavenly dews that drop not fewer; Growing straight out of man's reach, on the hill. God only, who made us rich, can make us poor.”

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Source: Poetical works

“Yet half the beast is the great god Pan, To laugh, as he sits by the river, Making a poet out of a man. The true gods sigh for the cost and the pain-- For the reed that grows never more again As a reed with the reeds of the river.”

Men Pain Grows Half Music Laughing Poet Cost Rivers Beast Sigh Reeds True God

Book:Poetical works

Source: Poetical works

“Health is not valued till sickness comes.”

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“The large white owl that with eye is blind, That hath sate for years in the old tree hollow, Is carried away in a gust of wind.”

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Book:Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Poetical Works

Source: Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Poetical Works

“There's nothing great Nor small, has said a poet of our day, Whose voice will ring beyond the curfew of eve And not be thrown out by the matin's bell.”

Said Voice Poet Rings Thrown Bells Curfew

Book:Poetical works

Source: Poetical works

“O brave poets, keep back nothing; Nor mix falsehood with the whole! Look up Godward! speak the truth in Worthy song from earnest soul! Hold, in high poetic duty, Truest Truth the fairest Beauty.”

Looks Soul Whole Song Speak Poet Duty Brave Worthy Look Up Poetic Falsehood Earnest Truest Speak The Truth

Book:A Selection from the Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Source: A Selection from the Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning