Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Maxioms by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Biography

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First time he kiss'd me, he but only kiss'd
The fingers of this hand wherewith I write;
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First time he kiss'd me, he but only kiss'd
The fingers of this hand wherewith I write;
And ever since it grew more clean and white.

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Pansies for ladies all--(I wis
That none who wear such brooches miss
A jewel in the mirror).

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Men get opinions as boys learn to spell, By reiteration chiefly.

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Since when was genius found respectable?

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The devil's most devilish when respectable.

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