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Sonnets From The Portuguese XVII

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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My poet, thou canst touch on all the notes     God set between His After and Before,     And strike up and strike off the general roar     Of the rushing worlds a melody that floats     In a serene air purely. Antidotes     Of medicated music, answering for     Mankinds forlornest uses, thou canst pour     From thence into their ears. Gods will devotes     Thine to such ends, and mine to wait on thine.     How, Dearest, wilt thou have me for most use?     A hope, to sing by gladly? or a fine     Sad memory, with thy songs to interfuse?     A shade, in which to sing, of palm or pine?     A grave, on which to rest from singing? Choose.

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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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