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Sonnets From The Portuguese V

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Topics: classic

I lift my heavy heart up solemnly,     As once Electra her sepulchral urn,     And, looking in thine eyes, I over-turn     The ashes at thy feet.    Behold and see     What a great heap of grief lay hid in me,     And how the red wild sparkles dimly burn     Through the ashen greyness.    If thy foot in scorn     Could tread them out to darkness utterly,     It might be well perhaps.    But if instead     Thou wait beside me for the wind to blow     The grey dust up, . . . those laurels on thine head,     O my Belovd, will not shield thee so,     That none of all the fires shall scorch and shred     The hair beneath.    Stand further off then! go!

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning

About Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) was one of the most prominent English poets of the Victorian era. Her "Sonnets from the Portuguese" are among the most famous love poems in English, and her verse novel "Aurora Leigh" addressed women's roles in society and art.

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