Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"She lived, we'll say, A harmless life, she called a virtuous life, A quiet life, which was not life at all (But that she had not lived enough to know)"

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Source: Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning (2012). “Browning: Poems”, p.164, Everyman's Library

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Poet, Novelist

Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a prominent Victorian poet known for her passionate love poetry, especially in 'Sonnets from the Portuguese.'

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