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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XXXII: The First Time

Sonnet XXXII: The First Time

The first time that the sun rose on thine oath
To love me, I looked forward to the moon
To slacken all those bonds w…

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XXXI: Thou Comest!

Sonnet XXXI: Thou Comest!

Thou comest! all is said without a word.
I sit beneath thy looks, as children do
In the noon-sun, with souls that tremb…

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XXX: I See Thine Image

Sonnet XXX: I See Thine Image

I see thine image through my tears to-night,
And yet to-day I saw thee smiling. How
Refer the cause?--Beloved, is i…

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XXVIII: My Letters

Sonnet XXVIII: My Letters

My letters-- all dead paper, mute and white!
And yet they seem alive and quivering
Against my tremulous hands which loo…

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XXVI: I Lived With Visions

Sonnet XXVI: I Lived With Visions

I lived with visions for my company
Instead of men and women, years ago,
And found them gentle mates, nor thoug…

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XXVII: My Dear Belovèd

Sonnet XXVII: My Dear Belovèd

My dear Belovèd, who hast lifted me
From this drear flat of earth where I was thrown,
And, in betwixt the languid r…

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XXIX: I Think of Thee

Sonnet XXIX: I Think of Thee

I think of thee!--my thoughts do twine and bud
About thee,as wild vines, about a tree,
Put out broad leaves, and soo…

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XXV: A Heavy Heart, Belovèd

Sonnet XXV: A Heavy Heart, Belovèd

A heavy heart, Belovèd, have I borne
From year to year until I saw thy face,
And sorrow after sorrow took the …

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XXIV: Let the World's Sharpness

Sonnet XXIV: Let the World's Sharpness

Let the world's sharpness like a clasping knife
Shut in upon itself and do no harm
In this close hand of L…

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XXIII: Is It Indeed So?

Sonnet XXIII: Is It Indeed So?

Is it indeed so? If I lay here dead,
Wouldst thou miss any life in losing mine?
And would the sun for thee more co…

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XXI: Say Over Again

Sonnet XXI: Say Over Again

Say over again, and yet once over again,
That thou dost love me. Though the word repeated
Should seem "a cuckoo-song,"…

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XXII: When Our Two Souls Stand Up

Sonnet XXII: When Our Two Souls Stand Up

When our two souls stand up erect and strong,
Face to face, silent, drawing nigh and nigher,
Until the l…

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XX: Belovèd, My Belovèd

Sonnet XX: Belovèd, My Belovèd

Belovèd, my Belovèd, when I think
That thou wast in the world a year ago,
What time I sat alone here in the snow <…

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XVIII: I Never Gave a Lock of Hair

Sonnet XVIII: I Never Gave a Lock of Hair

I never gave a lock of hair away
To a man, dearest, except this to thee,
Which now upon my fingers thou…

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XVI: And Yet, Because Thou

Sonnet XVI: And Yet, Because Thou

And yet, because thou overcomest so,
Because thou art more noble and like a king,
Thou canst prevail against my…

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XVII: My Poet, Thou Canst Touch

Sonnet XVII: My Poet, Thou Canst Touch

My poet, thou canst touch on all the notes
God set between his After and Before,
And strike up and strike …

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XLIV: Belovèd, Thou Hast Brought Me

Sonnet XLIV: Belovèd, Thou Hast Brought Me

Belovèd, thou hast brought me many flowers
Plucked in the garden, all the summer through
And winter, a…

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XV: Accuse Me Not

Sonnet XV: Accuse Me Not

Accuse me not, beseech thee, that I wear
Too calm and sad a face in front of thine;
For we two look two ways, and cannot…

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XLII: My Future

Sonnet XLII: My Future

My future will not copy fair my past -
I wrote that once; and thinking at my side
My ministering life-angel justified

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XLIII: How Do I Love Thee?

Sonnet XLIII: How Do I Love Thee?

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

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XLI: I Thank All

Sonnet XLI: I Thank All

I thank all who have loved me in their hearts,
With thanks and love from mine. Deep thanks to all
Who paused a little nea…

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XL: Oh, Yes! They Love

Sonnet XL: Oh, Yes! They Love

Oh, yes! they love through all this world of ours!
I will not gainsay love, called love forsooth,
I have heard love…

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XIX: The Soul's Rialto

Sonnet XIX: The Soul's Rialto

The soul's Rialto hath its merchandise;
I barter curl for curl upon that mart,
And from my poet's forehead to my he…

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet XIV: If Thou Must Love Me

Sonnet XIV: If Thou Must Love Me

If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love's sake only. Do not say
"I love her for her smile--h…

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