Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes About Flowers

Quotes about: Flowers

• O rose, who dares to name thee?
  No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet,
  But pale, and hard, and dry, as stubblewheat,
  Kept seven years in a drawer, thy titles shame thee.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Sweet, Flower, Years

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1871). “The Poetical Works of”, p.409

• The flower-girl's prayer to buy roses and pinks, held out in the smoke, like stars by day.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Girl, Stars, Prayer

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1871). “Poetical Works”, p.52

• Who can fear
  Too many stars, though each in heaven shall roll-
  Too many flowers, though each shall crown the year?
  Say thou dost love me, love me, love me-toll
  The silver iterance!-only minding, Dear,
  To love me also in silence, with thy soul.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Life, Stars, Flower

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1872). “Poetical Works”, p.146

• The least flower, with brimming cup, may stand and share its dew drop with another near.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Flower, Dew, May

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1872). “A Selection from the Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning”, p.208

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