When we first met and loved, I did not build Upon the event with marble. . . . Elizabeth Barrett Browning More Quotes by Elizabeth Barrett Browning More Quotes From Elizabeth Barrett Browning World's use is cold, world's love is vain, world's cruelty is bitter bane; but is not the fruit of pain. Elizabeth Barrett Browning pain use love All actual heroes are essential men, And all men possible heroes. Elizabeth Barrett Browning military hero men Gaze up at the stars knowing that I see the same sky and wish the same sweet dreams. Elizabeth Barrett Browning dream goodbye inspirational If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange And be all to me? Elizabeth Barrett Browning thee ifs O rose, who dares to name thee? Elizabeth Barrett Browning flower sweet years I should not dare to call my soul my own. Elizabeth Barrett Browning freedom soul should The essence of all beauty, I call love. Elizabeth Barrett Browning essence-of-beauty essence Unless you can muse in a crowd all day On the absent face that fixed you; Unless you can love, as the angels may, With the breadth of heaven betwixt you; Unless you can dream that his faith is fast, Through behoving and unbehoving; Unless you can die when the dream is past Oh, never call it loving! Elizabeth Barrett Browning angel dream past And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can. Elizabeth Barrett Browning memorial-day hero men Knowledge by suffering entereth, Elizabeth Barrett Browning life death knowledge Will that light come again, As now these tears come...falling hot and real! Elizabeth Barrett Browning light real fall Women know the way to rear up children (to be just). They know a simple, merry, tender knack of tying sashes, fitting baby-shoes, and stringing pretty words that make no sense. And kissing full sense into empty words. Elizabeth Barrett Browning mom mother baby Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done. Elizabeth Barrett Browning criminal-mind done work God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame. Elizabeth Barrett Browning christmas motivational inspirational What monster have we here? A great Deed at this hour of day? A great just deed - and not for pay? Absurd - or insincere? Elizabeth Barrett Browning deeds monsters pay The world's male chivalry has perished out, but women are knights-errant to the last; and, if Cervantes had been greater still, he had made his Don a Donna. Elizabeth Barrett Browning knights bravery courage My future will not copy my fair past, I wrote that once. And, thinking at my side my ministering life-angel justified the word by his appealing look upcast to the white throne of God. Elizabeth Barrett Browning angel past thinking I begin to think that none are so bold as the timid, when they are fairly roused. Elizabeth Barrett Browning weakness thinking The devil's most devilish when respectable. Elizabeth Barrett Browning respect devil witty And yet, because I love thee, I obtain From that same love this vindicating grace, To live on still in love, and yet in vain Elizabeth Barrett Browning still-in-love vain grace
