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The man, most man, works best for men: and, if most man indeed, he gets his manhood plainest from his soul.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Very whitely still The lilies of our lives may reassure Their blossoms from their roots, accessible Alone to heavenly dews that drop not fewer; Growing straight out of man's reach, on the hill. God only, who made us rich, can make us poor.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The world's male chivalry has perished out, but women are knights-errant to the last; and, if Cervantes had been greater still, he had made his Don a Donna.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

With what cracked pitchers go we to deep wells In this world!

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The great chasm between the thing I say, and the thing I would say, would be quite dispiriting to me, in spite even of such kindnesses as yours, if the desire did not master the despondency.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Born: March 6, 1806

Died: June 29, 1861 (aged 55)

Bio: Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most prominent English poets of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime.

Known for:

Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850)
Aurora Leigh (1856)
A drama of exile
The Letters Of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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