"I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach."
"I would not be a rose upon the wall A queen might stop at, near the palace-door, To say to a courtier, "Pluck that rose for me, It's prettier than the rest." O Romney Leigh! I'd rather far be trodden by his foot, Than lie in a great queen's bosom."
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Source: Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1857). “Aurora Leigh”, p.129
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