Light Quotes by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

11 Light quotes by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s eleven short verses on Light give a quick taste of her romantic lyricism. The collection is small, yet each line shines with the poetic elegance that marks her work.

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Light tomorrow with today!

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And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can.

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

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The English have a scornful insular way Of calling the French light.

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I love thee to the level of everyday's most quiet need, by sun and candle light...I love thee with the breath,smiles,t ears,of…

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Yes, I answered you last night; No, this morning, sir, I say: Colors seen by candle-light Will not look the same by…

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Sleep on, Baby, on the floor, Tired of all the playing, Sleep with smile the sweeter for That you dropped away in!…

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The growing drama has outgrown such toys Of simulated stature, face, and speech: It also peradventure may outgrow The simulation of the…

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God keeps a niche In Heaven, to hold our idols; and albeit He brake them to our faces, and denied That our…

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Through heaven and earth God's will moves freely, and I follow it, As color follows light. He overflows The firmamental walls with…

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And wilt thou have me fashion into speech The love I bear thee, finding words enough, And hold the torch out, while…

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And lilies are still lilies, pulled By smutty hands, though spotted from their white.

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The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no…

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“The face of all the world is changed, I think, Since first I heard the footsteps of they soul Move still, oh, still, beside…

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Wall must get the weather stain Before they grow the ivy.

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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when…

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With stammering lips and insufficient sound I strive and struggle to deliver right the music of my nature.

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The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental.

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The flower-girl's prayer to buy roses and pinks, held out in the smoke, like stars by day.

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They say that God lives very high! But if you look above the pines You cannot see our God. And why? And if you…

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Men of science, osteologists And surgeons, beat some poets, in respect For nature,-count nought common or unclean, Spend raptures upon perfect specimens Of indurated…

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