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Born in March 6, 1806 / Died in June 29, 1861 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Sonnet 43 - How do I love thee? Let me count the ways

... Smiles, tears, of all my life!—and, if God choose, ...

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Sonnet 14 - If thou must love me, let it be for nought

... Do not say 'I love her for her smile—her look—her way ...

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The Cry Of The Children

... 'Stop! be silent for today!' "Ay, be silent! Let them hear each other breathing ...

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Sonnet 10 - Yet, love, mere love, is beautiful indeed

... In love, when love the lowest: meanest creatures ...

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Grief

... Half-taught in anguish, through the midnight air ...

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The Best Thing In The World

... Sweet south-wind, that means no rain ...

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A Musical Instrument

... " Then, dropping his mouth to a hole in the reed, ...

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To Flush, My Dog

... Tracked the hares, and followed through ...

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The Weakest Thing

... Yet, Heart, when sun and cloud are pined ...

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Sonnet 38 - First time he kissed me, he but only kissed

... That was the chrism of love, which love's own crown, ...

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Sonnet 36 - When we met first and loved, I did not build

... Could it mean To last, a love set pendulous between ...

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Sonnet 22 - When our two souls stand up erect and strong

... Let us stay Rather on earth, Beloved,—where the unfit ...

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A Year's Spinning

... While through the door he brought the sun: ...

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Sonnet 12 - Indeed this very love which is my boast

... When first thine earnest eyes with mine were crossed, ...

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Sonnet 20 - Beloved, my Beloved, when I think

... Some prescience of thee with the blossoms white ...