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Sonnet 16 – And yet because thou overcomest so | Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Sonnet 16 And yet because thou overcomest so Poem  ………………. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning _______________________________________________________________________________________ And yet, because thou overcomest so,Because thou art more noble and like a king,Thou canst prevail against my fears and flingThy purple round me, till my heart shall growToo close against thine heart henceforth to knowHow it shook when alone. Why, … Read more…

Sonnet 17 – My poet thou canst touch on all the notes | Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Sonnet 17 My poet thou canst touch on all the notes Poem  ………………. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning _______________________________________________________________________________________ My poet, thou canst touch on all the notesGod set between his After and Before,And strike up and strike off the general roarOf the rushing worlds a melody that floatsIn a serene air purely. AntidotesOf medicated music, answering … Read more…

Sonnet 18 – I never gave a lock of hair away | Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Sonnet 18 I never gave a lock of hair away Poem  ………………. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning _______________________________________________________________________________________ I never gave a lock of hair awayTo a man, Dearest, except this to thee,Which now upon my fingers thoughtfully,I ring out to the full brown length and say‘Take it.‘ My day of youth went yesterday;My hair no longer … Read more…

Sonnet 19 – The souls Rialto hath its merchandise | Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Sonnet 19 The souls Rialto hath its merchandise Poem  ………………. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning _______________________________________________________________________________________ XIX The soul’s Rialto hath its merchandise;I barter curl for curl upon that mart,And from my poet’s forehead to my heartReceive this lock which outweighs argosies,?As purply black, as erst to Pindar’s eyesThe dim purpureal tresses gloomed athwartThe nine white Muse-brows. … Read more…

Sonnet 20 – Beloved my Beloved when I think | Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Sonnet 20 Beloved my Beloved when I think Poem  ………………. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning _______________________________________________________________________________________ Beloved, my Beloved, when I thinkThat thou wast in the world a year ago,What time I sat alone here in the snowAnd saw no footprint, heard the silence sinkNo moment at thy voice, but, link by link,Went counting all my chains … Read more…

Sonnet 21 – Say over again and yet once over again | Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Sonnet 21 Say over again and yet once over again Poem  ………………. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning _______________________________________________________________________________________ Say over again, and yet once over again,That thou dost love me. Though the word repeatedShould seem ‘a cuckoo-song,’ as thou dost treat it,Remember, never to the hill or plain,Valley and wood, without her cuckoo-strainComes the fresh Spring in … Read more…

Sonnet 22 – When our two souls stand up erect and strong | Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Sonnet 22 When our two souls stand up erect and strong Poem  ………………. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning _______________________________________________________________________________________ When our two souls stand up erect and strong,Face to face, silent, drawing nigh and nigher,Until the lengthening wings break into fireAt either curved point,?what bitter wrongCan the earth do to us, that we should not longBe here … Read more…

Sonnet 23 – Is it indeed so? If I lay here dead | Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Sonnet 23 Is it indeed so If I lay here dead Poem  ………………. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning _______________________________________________________________________________________ Is it indeed so? If I lay here dead,Wouldst thou miss any life in losing mine?And would the sun for thee more coldly shineBecause of grave-damps falling round my head?I marvelled, my Beloved, when I readThy thought so … Read more…

Sonnet 24 – Let the worlds sharpness like a clasping knife | Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Sonnet 24 Let the worlds sharpness like a clasping knife Poem  ………………. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning _______________________________________________________________________________________ Let the world’s sharpness, like a clasping knife,Shut in upon itself and do no harmIn this close hand of Love, now soft and warm,And let us hear no sound of human strifeAfter the click of the shutting. Life to … Read more…

Sonnet 25 – A heavy heart Beloved have I borne | Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Sonnet 25 A heavy heart Beloved have I borne Poem  ………………. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning _______________________________________________________________________________________ A heavy heart, Beloved, have I borneFrom year to year until I saw thy face,And sorrow after sorrow took the placeOf all those natural joys as lightly wornAs the stringed pearls, each lifted in its turnBy a beating heart at … Read more…