"I f thou must love me, let it……" — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"I f thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love's sake only. Do not say, I love her for her smile ... her look ... her way Of speaking gently ... for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine, and, certes, brought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day- For these things in themselves, Beloved, may Be changed, or change for thee-and love so wrought, May be unwrought so."
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185 Quotes by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes.
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How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort, in a hospital.
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My sun sets to raise again.
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Since when was genius found respectable?
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First time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers of this hand wherewith I write; And, ever since,…
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The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I…
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If thou must love me, let it be for naught except for love's sake only.
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Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.
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Who so loves believes the impossible.
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Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours…
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God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.
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You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my…
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