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Sonnets From The Portuguese XXIV

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Topics: classic

Let the worlds sharpness like a clasping knife     Shut in upon itself and do no harm     In this close hand of Love, now soft and warm,     And let us hear no sound of human strife     After the click of the shutting. Life to life,     I lean upon thee, Dear, without alarm,     And feel as safe as guarded by a charm     Against the stab of worldlings, who if rife     Are weak to injure. Very whitely still     The lilies of our lives may reassure     Their blossoms from their roots, accessible     Alone to heavenly dews that drop not fewer;     Growing straight, out of mans reach, on the hill.     God only, who made us rich, can make us poor.

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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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