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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Let the world's sharpness like a clasping knife
Let the world's sharpness like a clasping knifeLet the world's sharpness like a clasping knife Shut in upon itself and do no harm In this close hand of Love, now soft and warm, And let us…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A heavy heart, Beloved, have I borne
A heavy heart, Beloved, have I borneA heavy heart, Beloved, have I borne From year to year until I saw thy face, And sorrow after sorrow took the place Of all those natural joys as lightly…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: I lived with visions for my company
I lived with visions for my companyI lived with visions for my company Instead of men and women, years ago, And found them gentle mates, nor thought to know A sweeter music than they played…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: My own Beloved, who hast lifted me
My own Beloved, who hast lifted meMy own Beloved, who hast lifted me From this drear flat of earth where I was thrown, And, in betwixt the languid ringlets, blown A life-breath, till the…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: My letters! all dead paper, mute and white!
My letters! all dead paper, mute and white!My letters! all dead paper, mute and white! And yet they seem alive and quivering Against my tremulous hands which loose the string And let them…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: I think of thee!—my thoughts do twine and bud
I think of thee!—my thoughts do twine and budI think of thee!—my thoughts do twine and bud About thee, as wild vines, about a tree, Put out broad leaves, and soon there's nought to see Except…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Unlike are we, unlike, O princely Heart!
Unlike are we, unlike, O princely Heart!Unlike are we, unlike, O princely Heart! Unlike our uses and our destinies. Our ministering two angels look surprise On one another, as they strike…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: I see thine image through my tears to-night
I see thine image through my tears to-nightI see thine image through my tears to-night, And yet to-day I saw thee smiling. How Refer the cause?—Beloved, is it thou Or I, who makes me sad?…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Thou comest! all is said without a word.
Thou comest! all is said without a word.Thou comest! all is said without a word. I sit beneath thy looks, as children do In the noon-sun, with souls that tremble through Their happy eyelids…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: The first time that the sun rose on thine oath
The first time that the sun rose on thine oathThe first time that the sun rose on thine oath To love me, I looked forward to the moon To slacken all those bonds which seemed too soon And…