Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browningwas one of the most prominent English poets of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth6 March 1806
men roots growing
Very whitely still The lilies of our lives may reassure Their blossoms from their roots, accessible Alone to heavenly dews that drop not fewer; Growing straight out of man's reach, on the hill. God only, who made us rich, can make us poor.
book writing men
Many a fervid man writes books as cold and flat as graveyard stones.
work men ease
Free men freely work: Whoever fears God, fears to sit at ease.
death men dies
For 'Tis not in mere death that men die most.
christian kings men
We all have known good critics, who have stamped out poet's hopes; Good statesmen, who pulled ruin on the state; Good patriots, who, for a theory, risked a cause; Good kings, who disemboweled for a tax; Good Popes, who brought all good to jeopardy; Good Christians, who sat still in easy-chairs; And damned the general world for standing up. Now, may the good God pardon all good men!
strong children men
But the child's sob curses deeper in the silence than the strong man in his wrath!
men breaths fairs
But so fair, She takes the breath of men away Who gaze upon her unaware.
passion men 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
military hero men
All actual heroes are essential men, And all men possible heroes.
men boys opinion
Men get opinions as boys learn to spell by reiteration chiefly.
life love-you men
But I love you, sir: And when a woman says she loves a man, The man must hear her, though he love her not.
death horse men
When the dust of death has choked a great man's voice, the common words he said turn oracles, the common thoughts he yoked like horses draw like griffins.
men mountain speak
Mountain gorses, do ye teach us . . . . That the wisest word man reaches Is the humblest he can speak?
book men higher
... books are men of higher stature ...