![]() Elizabeth benefited from her privileged life as a child. Her father Edward Moulton Barrett had accumulated great wealth from his Jamaican sugar plantations. Elizabeth Barrett Browning – First PoetryĪs the eldest of 12 children, Elizabeth Barrett was born in 1806 in England. ![]() Empathetic due to her own lifelong physical sufferings but evocative of profound intellectual thought, Browning’s poems are considered among the greatest contributions to English poetry for the nineteenth century. Among her most famous works are her Sonnets, of which I especially like one above. Actually she was one of the most prominent poets of the Victorian era. I shall but love thee better after death.Įlizabeth Barrett Browning‘s poetry was widely popular in both England and the United States during her lifetime and ever since. ![]() Smiles, tears, of all my life and, if God choose, In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee freely, as men strive for right. Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight ![]() I love thee to the depth and breadth and height ![]()
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