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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…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Yes, call me by my pet-name! let me hear
Yes, call me by my pet-name! let me hearYes, call me by my pet-name! let me hear The name I used to run at, when a child, From innocent play, and leave the cowslips plied, To glance up in…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: With the same heart, I said, I'll answer thee
With the same heart, I said, I'll answer theeWith the same heart, I said, I'll answer thee As those, when thou shalt call me by my name— Lo, the vain promise! is the same, the same, Perplexed…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange
If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchangeIf I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange And be all to me? Shall I never miss Home-talk and blessing and the common kiss That comes to each in…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: When we met first and loved, I did not build
When we met first and loved, I did not buildWhen we met first and loved, I did not build Upon the event with marble. Could it mean To last, a love set pendulous between Sorrow and sorrow?…