Happy are all free peoples, too strong to be dispossessed.
But blessed are those among nations who dare to be strong for the rest!Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) English poet
“A Court Lady,” st. 20 (1859)
Quotations by:
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
The devil’s most devilish when respectable.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) English poet
“Aurora Leigh” (1857)
I praise Thee while my days go on;
I love Thee while my days go on!
Through dark and dearth, through fire and frost,
With emptied arms and treasure lost,
I thank Thee while my days go on.
‘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 (1806-1861) English poet
“The Lady’s ‘Yes'”, st. 1 (1844)
God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers,
And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face,
A gauntlet with a gift in it.Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) English poet
Aurora Leigh, Bk. II (1856)
Men get opinions as boys learn to spell: by reiteration chiefly.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) English poet
Aurora Leigh, Bk. VI (1857)
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
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
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) English poet
Sonnets from the Portuguese, #43 (1850)
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