Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes
1806 – 1861
English poet of the Victorian era, author of 'Sonnets from the Portuguese'.
“Measure not the work until the day's out and the labour done.”
“Knowledge by suffering entereth, And life is perfected by death.”
“Colours, seen by candle-light, Will not look the same by day.”
“If thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love's sake only.”
“But love me for love's sake, that evermore Thou may'st love on, through love's eternity.”
“Go from me. Yet I feel that I shall stand Henceforward in thy shadow.”
“Instruct thine eyes to keep their colours true, And tell thy soul, their roots are left in mine.”
“Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God.”
“Grief may be joy misunderstood; Only the Good discerns the good.”
“Perhaps the cup was broken here, That Heaven's new wine might show more clear.”
“What was he doing, the great god Pan, Down in the reeds by the river?”
