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The Weakest Thing

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Which is the weakest thing of all     Mine heart can ponder?     The sun, a little cloud can pall     With darkness yonder?     The cloud, a little wind can move     Where'er it listeth?     The wind, a little leaf above,     Though sere, resisteth?     What time that yellow leaf was green,     My days were gladder;     But now, whatever Spring may mean,     I must grow sadder.     Ah me! a leaf with sighs can wring     My lips asunder     Then is mine heart the weakest thing     Itself can ponder.     Yet, Heart, when sun and cloud are pined     And drop together,     And at a blast, which is not wind,     The forests wither,     Thou, from the darkening deathly curse     To glory breakest,     The Strongest of the universe     Guarding the weakest!

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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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