We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book, And cal… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book, And calculating profits--so much help By so much reading. It is rather when We gloriously forget ourselves, and plunge Soul-forward, headlong, into a book's profound, Impassioned for its beauty, and salt of truth-- 'Tis then we get the right good from a book."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poet, Novelist

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Source: Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1872). “Poetical Works”, p.331

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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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