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Sonnets From The Portuguese XX

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Belovd, my Belovd, when I think     That thou wast in the world a year ago,     What time I sat alone here in the snow     And saw no footprint, heard the silence sink     No moment at thy voice, but, link by link,     Went counting all my chains as if that so     They never could fall off at any blow     Struck by thy possible hand, why, thus I drink     Of lifes great cup of wonder! Wonderful,     Never to feel thee thrill the day or night     With personal act or speech, nor ever cull     Some prescience of thee with the blossoms white     Thou sawest growing! Atheists are as dull,     Who cannot guess Gods presence out of sight.

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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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