Poetry
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Rosalind’s Scroll by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Rosalind’s Scroll was published in the anthology, The Oxford Book of English Verse (1900), compiled by the author Sir Arthur…
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Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Sonnets from the Portuguese is Ms. Browning’s most widely recognized collection of works. The sonnets are indexed by their first…
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Stanzas on the Death of Lord Byron by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
He was, and is not! Graecia’s trembling shore,Sighing through all her palmy groves, shall tellThat Harold’s pilgrimage at last is…
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Substitution by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
When some beloved voice that was to youBoth sound and sweetness, faileth suddenly,And silence, against which you dare not cry,Aches…
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Tears by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Thank God, bless God, all ye who suffer notMore grief than ye can weep for. That is wellThat is light…
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The Autumn by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Go, sit upon the lofty hill,And turn your eyes around,Where waving woods and waters wildDo hymn an autumn sound.The summer…
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The Best Thing in the World by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
What’s the best thing in the world?June-rose, by May-dew impearled;Sweet south-wind, that means no rain;Truth, not cruel to a friend;Pleasure,…
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The Cry Of The Children by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Theu theu, ti prosderkesthe m ommasin, tekna;”[Alas, alas, why do you gaze at me with your eyes, my children.]– Medea.…
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The Deserted Garden by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Browning delights in this poem’s reminiscence of her own secret, wild garden and lost childhood. I mind me in the…
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The House Of Clouds by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I would build a cloudy HouseFor my thoughts to live in;When for earth too fancy-looseAnd too low for Heaven!Hush! I…
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