Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes
An English poet and the wife of fellow poet Robert Browning.
(1806 - 1861)
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"Yes," I answered you last night; "No," this morning, sir, I say: Colors seen by candle-light Will not look the same by day.
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An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims make it impossible to be great at all.
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And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can.
[One Day]
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At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.
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But the child's sob curses deeper in the silence than the strong man in his wrath!
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Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers?
[Childhood]
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Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.
[Change]
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Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.
[Nature]
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Eternity stands always fronting God; a stern colossal image, with blind eyes, and grand dim lips, that murmur evermore, "God - God - God!"
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Every wish is like a prayer with God.
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First time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers of this hand wherewith I write; And, ever since, it grew more clean and white.
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For tis not in mere death that men die most.
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Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Who's sorry for a gnat or girl?
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God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it.
[Prayer]
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God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.
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God's in His Heaven - All's right with the world!
[Glory]
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He lives most life whoever breathes most air.
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