Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can.

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

Light tomorrow with today!

Who so loves believes the impossible.

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

Smiles, tears, of all my life! — and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.