The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume 2

Soh! how still the lady standeth! 'T is a dream--a dream of mercies! 'Twixt the purple lattice-curtains how she standeth still and pale! 'T is a vision, sure, of mercies, sent t...

"Quite low-born, self-educated! somewhat gifted though by nature, And we make a point of asking him,--of being very kind. You may speak, he does not hear you! and, besides, he w...

"The old convent ruin the ivy rots off, Where the owl hoots by day and the toad is sun-proof, Where no singing-birds build and the trees gaunt and grey As in stormy sea-coasts a...

No wind, no rain, no thunder! The waters had trickled not slowly, The thunder was not spent Nor the wind near finishing; Who would have said that the storm was diminishing? No w...

Could ye bless him, father--mother, Bless the dimple in his cheek? Dare ye look at one another And the benediction speak? Would ye not break out in weeping and confess yourselve...

Art Thou a King, then? Come, His universe, Come, crown me Him a King! Pluck rays from all such stars as never fling Their light where fell a curse, And make a crowning for this...

On the east tower, high'st of all,--there, where never a hoof did fall-- _Toll slowly._ Out they swept, a vision steady, noble steed and lovely lady, Calm as if in bower or stall.

THE ROMAUNT OF MARGRET 3 ISOBEL'S CHILD 15 THE ROMAUNT OF THE PAGE 40 THE LAY OF THE BROWN ROSARY. FIRST PART 57 SECOND PART 63 THIRD PART 72 FOURTH PART 80 A ROMANCE OF THE GAN...

"I do remember watching Beside this river-bed When on my childish knee was leaned My dying father's head; I turned mine own to keep the tears From falling on his face: What doth...

And such a brightness in his eye As if the ocean and the sky Within him had lit up and nurst A soul God gave him not at first, To comprehend their majesty.