Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Biography

Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime and frequently anthologised after her death. Her work received renewed attention following the feminist scholarship of the 1970s and 1980s, and greater recognition of women writers in English.

"I love thee to the level of everyday's most quiet need,by sun and candle light...I love thee with the breath,smiles,tears,of all my life."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Since when was genius found respectable?"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Whoso loves, believes the impossible."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Best be yourself, imperial, plain and true!"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"He said true things, but called them by wrong names."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Since when was genius found respectable?"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Who so loves believes the impossible."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"I felt so young, so strong, so sure of God."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Light tomorrow with today."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Since when was genius found respectable?"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Men get opinions as boys learn to spell: by reiteration chiefly."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Think, In mounting higher,<BR>The angels would press on us, and aspire<BR>To drop some golden orb of perfect song<BR>Into our deep, dear silence."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Since when was genius found respectable?"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Think, In mounting higher,<BR>The angels would press on us, and aspire<BR>To drop some golden orb of perfect song<BR>Into our deep, dear silence."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Whoso loves, believes the impossible."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Best be yourself, imperial, plain and true!"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"He said true things, but called them by wrong names."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Since when was genius found respectable?"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Men get opinions as boys learn to spell: by reiteration chiefly."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"I love thee to the level of everyday's most quiet need,by sun and candle light...I love thee with the breath,smiles,tears,of all my life."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"I felt so young, so strong, so sure of God."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Light tomorrow with today."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Who so loves believes the impossible."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Since when was genius found respectable?"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning