“And I smiled to think God's greatness Flowed around our incompleteness, — Round our restlessness, His rest.”

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Rhyme of the Duchess May, Poems (1844)

About Elizabeth Barrett Browning

1806 – 1861

English poet of the Victorian era, author of 'Sonnets from the Portuguese'.

“I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless.”

“Measure not the work until the day's out and the labour done.”

“Every wish is like a prayer—with God.”

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.”

“Prosperity is the best protector of principle.”

“Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.”

“The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.”

“The long, dull monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather.”

“In all things success depends on previous preparation, and without such previous preparation there is sure to be failure.”