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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 XII: Indeed This Very Love

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

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Sonnet XLIII: How Do I Love Thee?

... I love thee to the depth and breadth and height ...

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Sonnet VIII: What Can I Give Thee Back

... am I cold, Ungrateful, that for these most manifold ...

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Sonnet XI: And Therefore If to Love

... As these you see, and trembling knees that fail ...

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Sonnet XXI: Say Over Again

... Should seem "a cuckoo-song,"as thou dost treat it, ...

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Aurora Leigh: Book Eighth

... -Ah, I think, And chiefly when the sun shines, that I've failed ...

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The Romaunt of Margret (excerpts)

...    With a thought o’ the chase he stroked its face &emsp ...

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Sonnet XXII: When Our Two Souls Stand Up

... Let us stay Rather on earth, Belovèd,-where the unfit ...

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Sonnet XVIII: I Never Gave a Lock of Hair

... Take it thou,-finding pure, from all those years, ...

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Sonnet XXIII: Is It Indeed So?

... My near sweet view of Heaven, for earth with thee! ...

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Sonnet XV: Accuse Me Not

... Since sorrow hath shut me safe in love's divine ...

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Sonnets from the Portuguese 38: First time he kissed me

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

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Sonnets from the Portuguese 5: I lift my heavy heart up solemnly

... That none of all the fires shall scorch and shred ...

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Sonnets from the Portuguese 26: I Lived with Visions

... Their songs, their splendours, (better, yet the same, ...

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Sonnets from the Portuguese 43: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways

... Poetry Out Loud Note: In the print anthology, this poem is titled simply "How do I love thee ...