A collection of quotes and sayings by Elizabeth Barrett Browning on death, love, style, blackberries, today, tomorrow, poems, life, light, soul, dreams, God and fire.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 wisest word man reaches is the humblest he can speak.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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Is by thee only, whom I love alone. )
