~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes ~

[MysteRy]

Many a fervid man writes books as cold and flat as graveyard stones.

[MysteRy]

Just for a handful of silver he left us Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat.

[MysteRy]

And each man stands with his face in the light of his own drawn sword. Ready to do what a hero can.

[MysteRy]

I give the fight up; let there be an end A privacy an obscure nook for me I want to be forgotten even by God.

[MysteRy]

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

[MysteRy]

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't.

[MysteRy]

Let no one 'til his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work Until the day's out and the labor done: Then bring your gauges.

[MysteRy]

The year's at the Spring And day's at the morn; Morning's at seven; The hillside's dew-pearled; The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn: God's in his Heaven - All's right with the world!