Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Mother and Poet
... [This was Laura Savio, of Turin, a poetess and patriot, whose sonswere killed at Ancona and Gaeta ...
Sonnet 30 - I see thine image through my tears to-night
... The acolyte Amid the chanted joy and thankful rite ...
Sonnet 34 - With the same heart, I said, I'll answer thee
... That no child's foot could run fast as this blood ...
A Woman's Shortcomings
... But dare not call it loving!Unless you can think, when the song is done, ...
Sonnet 40 - Oh, yes! they love through all this world of ours!
... Through sorrow and sickness, to bring souls to touch, ...
Sonnet 25 - A heavy heart, Beloved, have I borne
... Hopes apace Were changed to long despairs, till God's own grace ...
Comfort
... As a child, Whose song-bird seeks the wood for evermore ...
A Man's Requirements
... When I murmur 'Love me!' VII Love me with thy thinking soul, ...
Sonnet 31 - Thou comest! all is said without a word
... These thoughts which tremble when bereft of those, ...
Human Lifes Mystery
... That light is not its own! And sometimes horror chills our blood ...
Sonnet 03 - Unlike are we, unlike, O princely Heart!
... The chrism is on thine head,on mine, the dew, ...
Sonnet 15 - Accuse me not, beseech thee, that I wear
... Since sorrow hath shut me safe in love's divine, ...
Sonnet 17 - My poet, thou canst touch on all the notes
... or a fine Sad memory, with thy songs to interfuse ...
Sonnet 26 - I lived with visions for my company
... Their songs, their splendors (better, yet the same, ...
Sonnet 39 - Because thou hast the power and own'st the grace
... Nor all which makes me tired of all, self-viewed, ...
