God keeps a niche
In Heav...

God keeps a niche
In Heaven, to hold our idols; and albeit
He brake them to our faces, and denied
That our close kisses should impair their white,--
I know we shall behold them raised, complete,
The dust swept from their beauty, glorified,
New Memnons singing in the great God-light.

Tis aye a solemn thing to me

Tis aye a solemn thing to me
To look upon a babe that sleeps--
Wearing in its spirit-deeps
The unrevealed mystery
Of its Adam's taint and woe,
Which, when they revealed lie,
Will not let it slumber so.

Elizabeth Browning 03.03.2018 03:03:03 367 quotes

Nor myrtle--which means chiefl...

Nor myrtle--which means chiefly love: and love
Is something awful which one dare not touch
So early o' mornings.

I work with patience, which is...

I work with patience, which is almost power.

O Earth, so full of dreary noi...

O Earth, so full of dreary noises!
O men, with wailing in your voices!
O delved gold, the wader's heap!
O strife, O curse, that o'er it fall!
God makes a silence through you all,
And 'giveth His beloved, sleep.

When the dust of death has cho...

When the dust of death has choked a great man's voice, the common words he said turn oracles, the common thoughts he yoked like horses draw like griffins.

Folded eyes see brighter color...

Folded eyes see brighter colors than the open ever do.

Large, musing eyes, neither jo...

Large, musing eyes, neither joyous nor sorry.

A woman's pity sometimes makes...

A woman's pity sometimes makes her mad.

Through heaven and earth
...

Through heaven and earth
God's will moves freely, and I follow it,
As color follows light. He overflows
The firmamental walls with deity,
Therefore with love; His lightnings go abroad,
His pity may do so, His angels must,
Whene'er He gives them charges.

For me, my heart, that erst di...

For me, my heart, that erst did go
Most like a tired child at a show,
That sees through tears the mummers leap,
Would now its wearied vision close,
Would childlike on His love repose,
Who giveth His Beloved, sleep.

Many a crown
Covers bald ...

Many a crown
Covers bald foreheads.

How joyously the young sea-mew...

How joyously the young sea-mew
Lay dreaming on the waters blue,
Whereon our little bark had thrown
A little shade, the only one;
But shadows ever man pursue.

Sing, seraph with the glory! h...

Sing, seraph with the glory! heaven is high.
Sing, poet with the sorrow! earth is low.
The universe's inward voices cry
'Amen' to either song of joy and woe.
Sing, seraph, poet! sing on equally!

When God helps all the workers...

When God helps all the workers for His world,
The singers shall have help of Him, not last.

Earth may embitter, not remove...

Earth may embitter, not remove,
The love divinely given;
And e'en that mortal grief shall prove
The immortality of love,
And lead us nearer heaven.

Souls are dangerous things to ...

Souls are dangerous things to carry straight through all the spilt saltpetre of this world.

You believe
In God, for y...

You believe
In God, for your part?--that He who makes
Can make good things from ill things, best from worst,
As men plant tulips upon dunghills when
They wish them finest.

The tyrant should take heed to...

The tyrant should take heed to what he doth,
Since every victim-carrion turns to use,
And drives a chariot, like a god made wroth,
Against each piled injustice.

much of the possibility of bei...

much of the possibility of being cheerful comes from the faculty of throwing oneself beyond oneself ...