Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"You believe In God, for your part?--that He who makes Can make good things from ill things, best from worst, As men plant tulips upon dunghills when They wish them finest."

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Source: Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1871). “Poetical Works”, p.343

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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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