He said true things, but called them by wrong names.
More Quotes from Elizabeth Barrett Browning:
Then, drawing breath,She struggled for her ordinary calm
And missed it rather, told me not to shrink,
As if she had told me not to lie or swear, --
`She loved my father, and would love me too
As long as I deserved it.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
He, in his developed manhood, stood, a little sunburn by the glare of life.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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?
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Fair, O dreamer, thee befalleth
With the glory thou hast won!
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
And Marlowe, Webster, Fletcher, Ben, Whose fire-hearts sowed our furrows when The world was worthy of such men.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The devil's most devilish when respectable.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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