Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes
Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Who's sorry for a gnat or girl?
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| Birth: | 6th March, 1806 |
| Death: | 29th June, 1861 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Poet |
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born in Kelloe, Durham, England. She was an English poet. Her first adult collection of poems was published in 1838 and she wrote prolifically between 1841 and 1844, producing poetry, translation and prose. She is remembered for such poems as "How Do I Love Thee?" and Aurora Leigh. In 1826, she anonymously published her collection An Essay on Mind and Other Poems.
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