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The Best Thing In The World

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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What's the best thing in the world?     June-rose, by May-dew impearled;     Sweet south-wind, that means no rain;     Truth, not cruel to a friend;     Pleasure, not in haste to end;     Beauty, not self-decked and curled     Till its pride is over-plain;     Love, when, so, you're loved again.     What's the best thing in the world?     Something out of it, I think.

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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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