English Poetry II: From Collins to Fitzgerald.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 604. Sonnets from the Portuguese |
| | | XXVII |
| | | Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) |
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| MY own Belovèd, who hast lifted me | |
| From this drear flat of earth where I was thrown, | |
| And, in betwixt the languid ringlets, blown | |
| A life-breath, till the forehead hopefully | |
| Shines out again, as all the angels see, | 5 |
| Before thy saving kiss! My own, my own, | |
| Who camest to me when the world was gone, | |
| And I who looked for only God, found thee! | |
| I find thee; I am safe, and strong, and glad. | |
| As one who stands in dewless asphodel | 10 |
| Looks backward on the tedious time he had | |
| In the upper life,—so I, with bosom-swell, | |
| Make witness, here, between the good and bad, | |
| That Love, as strong as Death, retrieves as well. | |
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