Elizabeth Barrett Browning ( 10 of 96 )
A woman's always younger than a man of equal years.
A woman's always younger than a man of equal years.
Free men freely work:
Whoever fears God, fears to sit at ease.
Free men freely work:
Whoever fears God, fears to sit at ease.
Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.
Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.
Hope, he called, belief
In God,--work, worship . . . therefore let us pray!
Hope, he called, belief
In God,--work, worship . . . therefore let us pray!
Capacity for joy
Admits temptation.
Capacity for joy
Admits temptation.
Let no one till his death
Be called unhappy. Measure not the work
Until the day's out read more
Let no one till his death
Be called unhappy. Measure not the work
Until the day's out and the labour done.
I worked with patience which means almost power.
I worked with patience which means almost power.
O rose, who dares to name thee?
No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet,
But pale, read more
O rose, who dares to name thee?
No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet,
But pale, and hard, and dry, as stubblewheat,--
Kept seven years in a drawer, thy titles shame thee.
You forget too much
That every creature, female as the male,
Stands single in responsible act and read more
You forget too much
That every creature, female as the male,
Stands single in responsible act and thought
As also in birth and death.
Red as a rose of Harpocrate.
Red as a rose of Harpocrate.
