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Sonnet 36 When we met first and loved I did not build Poem  ………………. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning _______________________________________________________________________________________ When we met first and loved, I did not buildUpon the event with marble. Could it meanTo last, a love set pendulous betweenSorrow and sorrow? Nay, I rather thrilled,Distrusting every light that seemed to gildThe onward path, … Read more…

Sonnet 37 Pardon oh pardon that my soul should make Poem  ………………. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning _______________________________________________________________________________________ Pardon, oh, pardon, that my soul should make,Of all that strong divineness which I knowFor thine and thee, an image only soFormed of the sand, and fit to shift and break. It is that distant years which did not … Read more…

Sonnet 38 First time he kissed me he but only kissed Poem  ………………. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning _______________________________________________________________________________________ First time he kissed me, he but only kissedThe fingers of this hand wherewith I write;And ever since, it grew more clean and white,Slow to world-greetings, quick with its ‘Oh, list,’When the angels speak. A ring of amethystI … Read more…

Sonnet 39 Because thou hast the power and ownst the grace Poem  ………………. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning _______________________________________________________________________________________ Because thou hast the power and own’st the graceTo look through and behind this mask of me(Against which years have beat thus blanchinglyWith their rains), and behold my soul’s true face,The dim and weary witness of life’s race,?Because … Read more…

Sonnet 40 Oh yes they love through all this world of ours Poem  ………………. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning _______________________________________________________________________________________ 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,And since, not so long back but that the flowersThen gathered, smell … Read more…

Sonnet 41 I thank all who have loved me in their hearts Poem  ………………. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning _______________________________________________________________________________________ XLI I thank all who have loved me in their hearts,With thanks and love from mine. Deep thanks to allWho paused a little near the prison-wallTo hear my music in its louder partsEre they went onward, each … Read more…

Sonnet 42 My future will not copy fair my past Poem  ………………. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning _______________________________________________________________________________________ My future will not copy fair my past’?I wrote that once; and thinking at my sideMy ministering life-angel justifiedThe word by his appealing look upcastTo the white throne of God, I turned at last,And there, instead, saw thee, not … Read more…

Sonnet 43 How do I love thee Let me count the ways Poem  ………………. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning _______________________________________________________________________________________ How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach, when feeling out of sightFor the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love … Read more…

Sonnet 44 Beloved thou hast brought me many flowers Poem  ………………. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning _______________________________________________________________________________________ Beloved, thou hast brought me many flowersPlucked in the garden, all the summer throughAnd winter, and it seemed as if they grewIn this close room, nor missed the sun and showers. So, in the like name of that love of … Read more…