Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes
Straightway I was ’ware So weeping, how a mystic shape did move Behind me, and drew me backward by the hair And a voice said in mastery while I strove... ‘Guess now who holds thee!’---‘Death’, I said, but there The silver answer rang... ‘Not Death, but Love.’
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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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