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Sonnets From The Portuguese XXX

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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I see thine image through my tears to-night,     And yet to-day I saw thee smiling. How     Refer the cause? Belovd, is it thou     Or I, who makes me sad? The acolyte     Amid the chanted joy and thankful rite     May so fall flat, with pale insensate brow,     On the altar-stair. I hear thy voice and vow,     Perplexed, uncertain, since thou art out of sight,     As he, in his swooning ears, the choirs amen.     Belovd, dost thou love? or did I see all     The glory as I dreamed, and fainted when     Too vehement light dilated my ideal,     For my souls eyes? Will that light come again,     As now these tears come, falling hot and real?

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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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