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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?…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Pardon, oh, pardon, that my soul should make
Pardon, oh, pardon, that my soul should makePardon, oh, pardon, that my soul should make Of all that strong divineness which I know For thine and thee, an image only so Formed of the sand,…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: First time he kissed me, he but only kissed
First time he kissed me, he but only kissedFirst time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers of this hand wherewith I write; And ever since, it grew more clean and white. Slow to world-…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Because thou hast the power and own'st the grace
Because thou hast the power and own'st the graceBecause thou hast the power and own'st the grace To look through and behind this mask of me, (Against which, years have beat thus blanchingly,…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Thou hast thy calling to some palace-floor
Thou hast thy calling to some palace-floorThou hast thy calling to some palace-floor, Most gracious singer of high poems! where The dancers will break footing, from the care Of watching up…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Oh, yes! they love through all this world of ours!
Oh, yes! they love through all this world of ours!Oh, yes! they love through all this world of ours! I will not gainsay love, called love forsooth: I have heard love talked in my early youth…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: I thank all who have loved me in their hearts
I thank all who have loved me in their heartsI thank all who have loved me in their hearts, With thanks and love from mine. Deep thanks to all Who paused a little near the prison-wall To…