Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning I thought once how Theocritus had sungOf the sweet years, the dear and wished-for years, Who each one in a gracious hand appearsTo bear a gift for mortals, old or young: And, as I mused it in his antique tongue, I saw, in gradual vision through my tears, The sweet, sad years, the melancholy years, Those of my own life, who by turns had flungA shadow across me. Straightway I was 'ware, So weeping, how a mystic Shape did moveBehind me, and drew me backward by the hair ...
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Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning I thought once how Theocritus had sungOf the sweet years, the dear and wished-for years, Who each one in a gracious hand appearsTo bear a gift for mortals, old or young: And, as I mused it in his antique tongue, I saw, in gradual vision through my tears, The sweet, sad years, the melancholy years, Those of my own life, who by turns had flungA shadow across me. Straightway I was 'ware, So weeping, how a mystic Shape did moveBehind me, and drew me backward by the hair;And a voice said in mastery, while I strove, -"Guess now who holds thee!"-"Death," I said, But, there, The silver answer rang, "Not Death, but Love." But only three in all God's universeHave heard this word thou hast said, -Himself, besideThee speaking, and me listening! and repliedOne of us . . . that was God, . . . and laid the curseSo darkly on my eyelids, as to amerceMy sight from seeing thee, -that if I had died, The death-weights, placed there, would have signifiedLess absolute exclusion. "Nay" is worseFrom God than from all others, O my friend!Men could not part us with their worldly jars, Nor the seas change us, nor the tempests bend;Our hands would touch for all the mountain-bars: And, heaven being rolled between us at the end, We should but vow the faster for the stars. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching e
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