English Poetry II: From Collins to Fitzgerald.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 593. Sonnets from the Portuguese |
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| | | Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) |
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| AND yet, because thou overcomest so, | |
| Because thou art more noble and like a king, | |
| Thou canst prevail against my fears and fling | |
| Thy purple round me, till my heart shall grow | |
| Too close against thine heart henceforth to know | 5 |
| How it shook when alone. Why, conquering | |
| May prove as lordly and complete a thing | |
| In lifting upward, as in crushing low! | |
| And as a vanquished soldier yields his sword | |
| To one who lifts him from the bloody earth, | 10 |
| Even so, Belovèd, I at last record, | |
| Here ends my strife. If thou invite me forth, | |
| I rise above abasement at the word. | |
| Make thy love larger to enlarge my worth. | |
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