Elizabeth Barrett Browning ( 10 of 96 )
Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.
Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.
Free men freely work:
Whoever fears God, fears to sit at ease.
Free men freely work:
Whoever fears God, fears to sit at ease.
Capacity for joy
Admits temptation.
Capacity for joy
Admits temptation.
Hope, he called, belief
In God,--work, worship . . . therefore let us pray!
Hope, he called, belief
In God,--work, worship . . . therefore let us pray!
Red as a rose of Harpocrate.
Red as a rose of Harpocrate.
Let no one till his death
Be called unhappy. Measure not the work
Until the day's out read more
Let no one till his death
Be called unhappy. Measure not the work
Until the day's out and the labour done.
O rose, who dares to name thee?
No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet,
But pale, read more
O rose, who dares to name thee?
No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet,
But pale, and hard, and dry, as stubblewheat,--
Kept seven years in a drawer, thy titles shame thee.
A woman's always younger than a man of equal years.
A woman's always younger than a man of equal years.
The flower-girl's prayer to buy roses and pinks,
Held out in the smoke, like stars by day.
The flower-girl's prayer to buy roses and pinks,
Held out in the smoke, like stars by day.
I worked with patience which means almost power.
I worked with patience which means almost power.
