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God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it.

~Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Topics: Answers Face Gift God Our Prayed Prayers Sharp Some Sudden Thing

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How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort, in a hospital.

~Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Topics: Comfort Creatures Dues Earth Fellowship Hospital How Learnt Many Simple Social

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For tis not in mere death that men die most.

~Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Topics: Death Die Men Mere Most Tis

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The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'

~Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Topics: Add Death Greeks Happy His Phrase Said Till Tragic Unhappy Which Would

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Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished.

~Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Topics: Rare Suddenly Things Vanished Will

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He said true things, but called them by wrong names.

~Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Topics: He Names Said Them Things True Wrong

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The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong because of weakness.

~Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Topics: Beautiful Beauty Because Feeble Force Right Seems Weakness Wrong

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World's use is cold, world's love is vain, world's cruelty is bitter bane; but is not the fruit of pain.

~Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Topics: Bane Bitter Cold Cruelty Fruit Love Love Is Pain Use Vain World

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First time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers of this hand wherewith I write; And, ever since, it grew more clean and white.

~Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Topics: Clean Ever Fingers First First Time Grew Hand He Kissed Me More Only Since Time White Write I Write

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: March 6th, 1806

Died: June 29th, 1861

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