Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browningwas one of the most prominent English poets of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth6 March 1806
heart men fire
And Marlowe, Webster, Fletcher, Ben, Whose fire-hearts sowed our furrows when The world was worthy of such men.
love wedding soulmate
I love you for the part of me that you bring out.
divinity divine chaucer
And Chaucer, with his infantine Familiar clasp of things divine.
eye sky azure
Eyes of gentianellas azure, Staring, winking at the skies.
time laughter eye
There Shakespeare, on whose forehead climb The crowns o' the world; oh, eyes sublime With tears and laughter for all time!
love eye winning
Death forerunneth Love to win "Sweetest eyes were ever seen."
running suffering tears
For frequent tears have run; The colours from my life.
heart cutting blood
Or from Browning some "Pomegranate," which if cut deep down the middle Shows a heart within blood-tinctured, of a veined humanity.
singing graves
A grave, on which to rest from singing?
faith heaven earth
Earth's crammed with Heaven.
bird west east
Oh, the little birds sang east, and the little birds sang west.
love pain use
World's use is cold, world's love is vain, world's cruelty is bitter bane; but is not the fruit of pain.
school eye sorrow
"There is no God," the foolish saith, But none, "There is no sorrow." And nature oft the cry of faith In bitter need will borrow: Eyes which the preacher could not school, By wayside graves are raised; And lips say, "God be pitiful," Who ne'er said, "God be praised."
may sake friendship-love
But love me for love's sake, that evermore Thou may'st love on, through love's eternity.