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Sonnets From The Portuguese XXXIX

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Because thou hast the power and ownst the grace     To look through and behind this mask of me,     (Against which, years have beat thus blanchingly,     With their rains,) and behold my souls true face,     The dim and weary witness of lifes race,     Because thou hast the faith and love to see,     Through that same souls distracting lethargy,     The patient angel waiting for a place     In the new Heavens, because nor sin nor woe,     Nor Gods infliction, nor deaths neighbourhood,     Nor all which others viewing, turn to go,     Nor all which makes me tired of all, self-viewed,     Nothing repels thee, . . . Dearest, teach me so     To pour out gratitude, as thou dost, good!

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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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