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Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes: We overstate the ills of life, and take Imagination... down our earth to rake.
         

We overstate the ills of life, and take Imagination... down our earth to rake.


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I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.



Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.




You're something between a dream and a miracle.

You're something between a dream and a miracle.



Light tomorrow with today!

Light tomorrow with today!



You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.

You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.




I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

I love you for the part of me that you bring out.



Why, what is to live? Not to eat and drink and breathe,—but to feel the life in you down all the fibres of being, passionately and joyfully.

Why, what is to live? Not to eat and drink and breathe,—but to feel the life in you down all the fibres of being, passionately and joyfully.





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