Sonnets From The Portuguese XXV
A heavy heart, Belovd, have I borne From year to year until I saw thy face, And sorrow after sorrow took the place Of all those natural joys as lightly worn As the stringed pearls, each lifted in its turn By a beating heart at dance-time. Hopes apace Were changed to long despairs, till Gods own grace Could scarcely lift above the world forlorn My heavy heart. Then thou didst bid me bring And let it drop adown thy calmly great Deep being! Fast it sinketh, as a thing Which its own nature does precipitate, While thine doth close above it, mediating Betwixt the stars and the unaccomplished fate.
AI analysis available. Enable JavaScript to interact.
About this line
"A heavy heart, Belovd, have I borne..."
Exploring the themes of classic, Elizabeth Barrett Browning delivers a powerful performance in "Sonnets From The Portuguese XXV"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...