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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…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: My future will not copy fair my past
My future will not copy fair my pastMy future will not copy fair my past— I wrote that once; and thinking at my side My ministering life-angel justified The word by his appealing look upcast…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.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 feeling out of sight For the…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Beloved, thou hast brought me many flowers
Beloved, thou hast brought me many flowersBeloved, thou hast brought me many flowers Plucked in the garden, all the summer through, And winter, and it seemed as if they grew In this close…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: I lift my heavy heart up solemnly
I lift my heavy heart up solemnlyI lift my heavy heart up solemnly, As once Electra her sepulchral urn, And, looking in thine eyes, I over-turn The ashes at thy feet. Behold and see What a…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Go from me. Yet I feel that I shall stand
Go from me. Yet I feel that I shall standGo from me. Yet I feel that I shall stand Henceforward in thy shadow. Nevermore Alone upon the threshold of my door Of individual life, I shall…