Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes - Page 11

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• Pray, pray, thou who also weepest,-- And the drops will slacken so; Weep, weep--and the watch thou keepest, With a quicker count will go. Think,--the shadow on the dial For the nature most undone, Marks the passing of the trial, Proves the presence of the sun.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Thinking, Shadow, Watches

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1844). “Poems”, p.164

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• Deep violets, you liken to The kindest eyes that look on you, Without a thought disloyal.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Eye, Looks, Violet

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1871). “Poetical Works”, p.236

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• For 'Tis not in mere death that men die most.

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  Death, Men, Dying

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1872). “Poetical Works”, p.358

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• Many a fervid man writes books as cold and flat as graveyard stones.

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  Book, Writing, Men

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1872). “Poetical Works”, p.403

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• The denial of contemporary genius is the rule rather than the exception. No one counts the eagles in the nest, till there is a rush of wings; and lo! they are flown.

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  Eagles, Wings, Genius

  Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning (2009). “The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning: 1845-1846”, p.40, The Floating Press

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• I have done most of my talking by post of late years--as people shut up in dungeons take up with scrawling mottoes on the walls.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Wall, Talking, Years

  Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning (2009). “The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning: 1845-1846”, p.23, The Floating Press

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• Books succeed; and lives fail.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Book, Reading, Succeed

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1871). “Poetical Works”, p.450

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