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71 Top Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes

Famous As: English poet of the Victorian era, best known for her 'Sonnets From the Portuguese' and 'Aurora Leigh.
Born On: March 6, 1806
Died On: June 29, 1861
Born In: Kelloe, Durham, England
Died At Age: 55
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a renowned English poet who lived in the Victorian era. She gained a lot of recognition in tehe United States and Britain in her lifetime. Browning started writing poems at the age of six. Her thoughts, writings and poems were collected by her mother and form one of the largest collections of poems by juvenilia by an English writer. In 1838, her first adult collection of poetry was published. She wrote profusely from 1841-1844 and produced some notable works of prose, poetry and translations. He work, thoughts, writings and life revolved around abolition of slavery. She also contributed in reforming the child labour legislation with her works. Her writings, thoughts, poetry and works have inspired and influenced prominent writers. Go through the quotes and sayings by Elizabeth Barrett Browning on beauty, beautiful, silence, comfort, earth, greatness, weakness, faith, desire, rare, painful, equal, genius etc which still has a large readership.
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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
You're something between a dream and a miracle.

You're something between a dream and a miracle.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Earth's crammed with heaven...
But only he who sees, takes off his shoes.

Earth's crammed with heaven... But only he who sees, takes off his shoes.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books.

No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Earth's crammed with heaven, 
And every common bush afire with God, 
But only he who sees takes off his shoes;
The rest sit round and pluck blackberries.

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God, But only he who sees takes off his shoes; The rest sit round and pluck blackberries.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
You were made perfectly to be loved and surely I have loved you in the idea of you my whole life long.

You were made perfectly to be loved and surely I have loved you in the idea of you my whole life long.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Love me sweet 
With all thou art 
Feeling, thinking, seeing; 
Love me in the Lightest part, 
Love me in full Being.

Love me sweet With all thou art Feeling, thinking, seeing; Love me in the Lightest part, Love me in full Being.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Why, what is to live? Not to eat and drink and breathe,—but to feel the life in you down all the fibres of being, passionately and joyfully.

Why, what is to live? Not to eat and drink and breathe,—but to feel the life in you down all the fibres of being, passionately and joyfully.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Who so loves believes the impossible.

Who so loves believes the impossible.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Quick-loving hearts ... may quickly loathe.

Quick-loving hearts ... may quickly loathe.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
My sun sets to rise again.

My sun sets to rise again.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The little cares that fretted me,
I lost them yesterday
Among the fields above the sea,
Among the winds at play.

The little cares that fretted me, I lost them yesterday Among the fields above the sea, Among the winds at play.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
God's gifts put men's best dreams to shame.

God's gifts put men's best dreams to shame.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Light tomorrow with today.

Light tomorrow with today.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
With stammering lips and insufficient sound I strive and struggle to deliver right the music of my nature.

With stammering lips and insufficient sound I strive and struggle to deliver right the music of my nature.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
All actual heroes are essential men,
And all men possible heroes.

All actual heroes are essential men, And all men possible heroes.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Parting is all we know of heaven
And all we need of hell

Parting is all we know of heaven And all we need of hell

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
What we call Life is a condition of the soul. And the soul must improve in happiness and wisdom, except by its own fault. These tears in our eyes, these faintings of the flesh, will not hinder such improvement.

What we call Life is a condition of the soul. And the soul must improve in happiness and wisdom, except by its own fault. These tears in our eyes, these faintings of the flesh, will not hinder such improvement.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
And if God choose 
 I shall but love thee better after death.

And if God choose I shall but love thee better after death.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
What I do, and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes.

What I do, and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
My patience has dreadful chilblains from standing so long on a monument.

My patience has dreadful chilblains from standing so long on a monument.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I saw, in gradual vision through my tears,
The sweet, sad years, the melancholy years,
Those of my own life, who by turns had flung
A shadow across me.

I saw, in gradual vision through my tears, The sweet, sad years, the melancholy years, Those of my own life, who by turns had flung A shadow across me.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Alas, I have grieved so I am hard to love.
Yet love me--wilt thou? Open thine heart wide,
And fold within, the wet wings of thy dove.

Alas, I have grieved so I am hard to love. Yet love me--wilt thou? Open thine heart wide, And fold within, the wet wings of thy dove.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
And yet, because I love thee, I obtain
From that same love this vindicating grace,
To live on still in love, and yet in vain

And yet, because I love thee, I obtain From that same love this vindicating grace, To live on still in love, and yet in vain

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.

Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange
And be all to me?

If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange And be all to me?

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
You have touched me more profoundly than I thought even you could have touched me - my heart was full when you came here today. Henceforward I am yours for everything.

You have touched me more profoundly than I thought even you could have touched me - my heart was full when you came here today. Henceforward I am yours for everything.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Will that light come again,
As now these tears come...falling hot and real!

Will that light come again, As now these tears come...falling hot and real!

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Yes, I answered you last night;
No, this morning, sir, I say:
Colors seen by candle-light
Will not look the same by day.

Yes, I answered you last night; No, this morning, sir, I say: Colors seen by candle-light Will not look the same by day.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Beloved, let us live so well our work shall still be better for our love, and still our love be sweeter for our work.

Beloved, let us live so well our work shall still be better for our love, and still our love be sweeter for our work.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
She lived, we'll say,
A harmless life, she called a 
virtuous life,
A quiet life, which was not life at all
(But that she had not lived enough to know)

She lived, we'll say, A harmless life, she called a virtuous life, A quiet life, which was not life at all (But that she had not lived enough to know)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The world of books is still the world.

The world of books is still the world.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
If thou must love me, let it be for naught except for love's sake only.

If thou must love me, let it be for naught except for love's sake only.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God.

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told:

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I'm with you kid. Let's go.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I am one who could have forgotten the plague, listening to Boccaccio's stories; and I am not ashamed of it.

I am one who could have forgotten the plague, listening to Boccaccio's stories; and I am not ashamed of it.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use

I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
...But the child's sob in silence curses deeper / Than the strong man in his wrath.

...But the child's sob in silence curses deeper / Than the strong man in his wrath.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Our Euripides the human,
With his droppings of warm tears,
and his touchings of things common 
Till they rose to meet the spheres.

Our Euripides the human, With his droppings of warm tears, and his touchings of things common Till they rose to meet the spheres.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The widest land
Doom takes to part us, leaves thy heart in mine
With pulses that beat double. What I do 
And what I dream include thee, as the wine
Must taste of its own grapes.

The widest land Doom takes to part us, leaves thy heart in mine With pulses that beat double. What I do And what I dream include thee, as the wine Must taste of its own grapes.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The face of all the world is changed, I think,
Since first I heard the footsteps of they soul
Move still, oh, still, beside me...

The face of all the world is changed, I think, Since first I heard the footsteps of they soul Move still, oh, still, beside me...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I begin to think that none are so bold as the timid, when they are fairly roused.

I begin to think that none are so bold as the timid, when they are fairly roused.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I think of thee!-my thoughts do twine and bud
About thee, as wild vines, about a tree...
Yet, O my palm-tree, be it understood
I will not have my thoughts instead of thee
Who art dearer, better!

I think of thee!-my thoughts do twine and bud About thee, as wild vines, about a tree... Yet, O my palm-tree, be it understood I will not have my thoughts instead of thee Who art dearer, better!

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
And I breathe large at home. I drop my cloak,
Unclasp my girdle, loose the band that ties
My hair...now could I but unloose my soul!
We are sepulchred alive in this close world,
And want more room.

And I breathe large at home. I drop my cloak, Unclasp my girdle, loose the band that ties My hair...now could I but unloose my soul! We are sepulchred alive in this close world, And want more room.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
But love me for love's sake, that evermore
Thou may'st love on, through love's eternity.

But love me for love's sake, that evermore Thou may'st love on, through love's eternity.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Thou comest! all is said without a word.

Thou comest! all is said without a word.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I shall but love thee bitter after death

I shall but love thee bitter after death

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
And trade is art, and art's philosophy,
In Paris.

And trade is art, and art's philosophy, In Paris.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The wisest word man reaches is the humblest he can speak.

The wisest word man reaches is the humblest he can speak.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Love doesn't make the world go round, Love is what makes the ride worthwhile!

Love doesn't make the world go round, Love is what makes the ride worthwhile!

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
True knowledge comes only through suffering

True knowledge comes only through suffering

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.

I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Because God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

Because God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
A harmless life, she called a virtuous life,
A quiet life, which was not life at all . . .

A harmless life, she called a virtuous life, A quiet life, which was not life at all . . .

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Say over again, and yet once over again,
That thou dost love me...-toll
The silver iterance!

Say over again, and yet once over again, That thou dost love me...-toll The silver iterance!

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I take her as God made her, and as men Must fail to unmake her, for my honoured wife.

I take her as God made her, and as men Must fail to unmake her, for my honoured wife.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The soul hath snatched up mine all faint and weak,
And placed it by thee on a golden throne,
-- And that I love (O soul, we must be meek!)
Is by thee only, whom I love alone.

The soul hath snatched up mine all faint and weak, And placed it by thee on a golden throne, -- And that I love (O soul, we must be meek!) Is by thee only, whom I love alone.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The face of all the world is changed, I think
Since first I heard the footsteps of thy soul.

The face of all the world is changed, I think Since first I heard the footsteps of thy soul.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Never say No when the world says Aye

Never say No when the world says Aye

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The heart doth recognise thee,
Alone, alone! The heart doth smell thee sweet,
Doth view thee fair, doth judge thee most complete,—-
Though seeing now those changes that disguise thee.

The heart doth recognise thee, Alone, alone! The heart doth smell thee sweet, Doth view thee fair, doth judge thee most complete,—- Though seeing now those changes that disguise thee.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Yes,

Yes," I answered you last night; "No," this morning, sir, I say. Colours seen by candlelight Will not look the same by day.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Betwixt me and the dreadful outer brink
Of obvious death, where I, who thought to sink,
Was caught up into love, and taught the whole
Of life in a new rhythm.

Betwixt me and the dreadful outer brink Of obvious death, where I, who thought to sink, Was caught up into love, and taught the whole Of life in a new rhythm.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
A cheerful genius suits the times, / And all true poets laugh unquenchably / Like Shakespeare and the gods.

A cheerful genius suits the times, / And all true poets laugh unquenchably / Like Shakespeare and the gods.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The great chasm between the thing I say, & the thing I would say, wd be quite dispiriting to me, in spite even of such kindnesses as yours, if the desire did not master the despondency.

The great chasm between the thing I say, & the thing I would say, wd be quite dispiriting to me, in spite even of such kindnesses as yours, if the desire did not master the despondency.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Did you think of that? Who burns his viol will not dance, I know. To cymbals, Romney.

Did you think of that? Who burns his viol will not dance, I know. To cymbals, Romney.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Italy/Is one thing, England one.

Italy/Is one thing, England one.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning