Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Born: 03-05-1806
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a prominent 19th-century English poet known for her innovative and passionate verse. Born in 1806, she began writing poetry at an early age and gained acclaim with works like "Sonnets from the Portuguese" and "Aurora Leigh." Her work often explored themes of love, social injustice, and spirituality. Married to fellow poet Robert Browning, she was a key figure in Victorian literature and a pioneer for female writers.
Book summaries for books written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Quotes
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.
I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears, of all my life!
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use in my old griefs.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose with my lost saints.
I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true; But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
Yet, love, mere love, is beautiful indeed And worthy of acceptation.
I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach, when feeling out of sight for the ends of Being and ideal Grace.