I marvelled, my Beloved, when I read Thy thought so in the letter. I am thine — But . . . so much to thee ? Can I pour thy wine While my hands tremble? Then my soul, instead Of dreams of death, resumes life's lower range. Then, love me, Love ! look... Longleat, by Elleray Lake - Page 265by mrs. David Armstrong - 1870Full view - About this book
| Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Children's poetry, English - 1850 - 596 pages
...wine While my hands tremble ? Then my soul, instead Of dreams of death, resumes life's lower range ! Then, love me, Love ! look on me . . . breathe on...My near sweet view of Heaven, for earth with thee ! XXIV. LET the world's sharpness, like a clasping knife, Shut in upon itself and do no harm In this... | |
| Elizabeth Barrett Browning - English poetry - 1851 - 252 pages
...wine While my hands tremble? Then my soul, instead Of dreams of death, resumes life's lower range ! Then, love me, Love ! look on me . . breathe on me...My near sweet view of Heaven, for earth with thee ! LET the world's sharpness like a clasping knife Shut in upon itself and do no harm In this close... | |
| Elizabeth Barrett Browning - English poetry - 1852 - 252 pages
...wine While my hands tremble? Then my soul, instead Of dreams of death, resumes life's lower range! Then, love me, Love! look on me .. breathe on me!...My near sweet view of Heaven, for earth with thee! XXIV. LET the world's sharpness like a clasping knife Shut in upon itself and do no harm In this close... | |
| Elizabeth Barrett Browning - English poetry - 1852 - 254 pages
...wine While my hands tremble? Then my soul, instead Of dreams of death, resumes life's lower range ! Then, love me, Love ! look on me . . breathe on me...degree, I yield the grave for thy sake, and exchange XXIV. LET the world's sharpness like a clasping knife Shut in upon itself and do no harm In this close... | |
| Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1853 - 508 pages
...wine While my hands tremble ? Then my soul, instead Of dreams of death, resumes life's lower range ! Then, love me, Love ! look on me . . breathe on me...My near sweet view of Heaven, for earth with thee ! LET the world's sharpness like a clasping knife Shut in upon itself and do no harm In this close... | |
| North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1857 - 608 pages
...with satisfaction of all wants, — Because God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame." And again : " As brighter ladies do not count it strange For love...My near, sweet view of heaven for earth with thee." Having thus escaped from the struggles and darkness by which she had been surrounded, she looks upon... | |
| English literature - 1862 - 610 pages
...wine While my hands tremble? Then my soul, instead Of dreams of death, resumes life's lower range. I yield the grave for thy sake, and exchange My near sweet view of heaven for earth and thee.' The growth of a new interest in life and this world is beautifully told. We are made to... | |
| Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1864 - 336 pages
...wine While my hands tremble ? Then my soul, instead Of dreams of death, resumes life's lower range. Then, love me, Love ! look on me — breathe on me...My near sweet view of Heaven, for earth with thee ! XS1II. XXIV. LET the world's sharpness like a clasping knife Shut in upon itself and do no harm In... | |
| Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1864 - 420 pages
...Of dreams of death, resumes life's lower range. Then, love me, Love ! look on me . . breathe on me 1 As brighter ladies do not count it strange, For love,...My near sweet view of Heaven, for earth with thee 1 LET the world's sharpness like a clasping knite Shut in upon itself and do no harm In this close... | |
| English fiction - 1882 - 724 pages
...the English or any other language which with such simplicity and force express so much as these : ' I yield the grave for thy sake, and exchange My near sweet view of heaven for earth with thee.' And they help to show us and make us comprehend, as far as we are capable, the new spirit which awoke... | |
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