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Beautifully sad poems revealing EBB's sorrow & resignation to a life of loneliness, her disbelief at becoming the object of RB's ardent love, her low self-esteem & feelings of unworthiness, gradually, and only partially, transformed by hope & constancy of affection.
I don't know enough about their lives, but from the little I do, it seems Elizabeth and Robert did find happiness together, and I hope she came to feel herself worthy of being loved ❤️

"Let the world's sharpness like a clasping knife
Shut in upon itself and do no harm
In this close hand of Love, now soft and warm,
And let us hear no sound of human strife
After the click of the shutting."
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- Sonnet XXIV

This was definitely an indulgence buy! A 1962 Folio edition of "Sonnets from the Portuguese". I already have a nice old copy, but this was soooo prettyyyyy! ? I can't take a photo that does justice to the beautiful cloth covering. The gold-coloured slip case is a little battered, but aren't we all from that vintage?
I have a couple of books on order, but otherwise I *must* make a real effort to pause buying books!
#Folio

Recent acquisitions:

📖 Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
📖 The Celts: Conquerors of Ancient Europe

#fREADom #UniteAgainstBookBans

#toll #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

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My favourite #bookofpoetry

#marchmagic

#solemn #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

I need a literary palette cleanser today. So decided to try poetry for a change of pace. Rainy afternoon and the dishes and laundry can wait awhile.

I can appreciate this poet without enjoying the poems, yes? Not my thing, taking a class on EBB would probably boost my understanding. #poetry #poetrymatters #poemaday
Esther assisting #DogsofLitsy
I have used this bookmark/tracker since starting my read-a-poem-every-day project! (2020)

#beloved #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

#leave #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

The first line of this says everything at the moment!! Though this is a love sonnet, not a commentary in modern life!

#Change #PoetryMatters @TheSpineView

I reread these today, probably the first time I‘ve read them straight through since junior high. Such beautiful poems, from such a romantic story. No wonder teenaged me loved them. (My edition is nowhere near this pretty.)

Final book of the year, #115. Lovely sonnets to savor alongside dark hot chocolate on a cool night. Especially moving when I think about Elizabeth Barrett Browning's life and relationship with Robert Browning.

Happy New Year, lovely Littens! 💕🎉 May y'all read lots of good books and nurture lots of good bookish friendships in the new year. ❤️😊

From an old favorite. #strong #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

#PeacefulPoetry the first thing to come to mind is this book of poetry! 😊 It‘s one of my favorites and I can just sit and read it anytime! #JazzyJune

#flowers #Poetrymatters @TheSpineView @LazyDays From an old favorite collection.

?✒️?Elizabeth Barrett Browning knew something profound about love when she wrote "I love thee withe the passion put to use/In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith." Definitely one of my favorite lines of poetry. I am celebrating this genius' birthday with this picture. What is your favorite line from any poem?

#poem #lovepoetry #poetry #sonnet

#agameoffavorites #poetry #day5
While there are a lot of poets I love, including Frank O'Hara, Elizabeth Barrett Browning is so inspiring- gorgeous poems and such a life.One of the poems from this collection was a part of my wedding vows so it's very special to me! One of her favourites in turn was Paradise lost.
@ErinSueG @WhiskeyMistress

Finally! I‘m glad EBB living was worth it. ❤️

This book is such a lovely thing.

Behold and see
What a great heap of grief lay hid in me,
And how the red wild sparkles dimly burn
Through the ashen greyness.

I had not expected this collection of love poems to be so melancholic. Although a degree of self-doubt and uncertainty goes along with any lover's thoughts, the tone here is of such low self-esteem, such self-recrimination that it strikes me that the poet was suffering from depression. But through the darkness, there are sparks of hope, that maybe love will come, will be true and will rescue.

Book mail is the BEST mail! #foliofreaks #folio

“#Male and #female he created them” two of my favorite poets. #maylovesclassics #litsyclassics @Sarah83

Up late working on my paper on Elizabeth Barrett Browning‘s Sonnets from the Portuguese 💕📝

A Book Spine Poem. Happy Valentines Day Littens!

Elizabeth Barrett Browning is one of the greatest poets of the nineteenth century and this small collection is a wonderful example of her work. Her love poems are beautiful and expressive, showing her talent and literary sensitivity.
#RoryGilmoresReadingChallenge

This was probably my #fallfavorite i loved this poetry!
#NoteworthyNovember

Chapter #13 from this book of poems. I actually just finished this. I loved her poems and it just flows and seems so full of love.
#novemberbythenumbers

TBR pile question: what‘s the smallest book TBR?
This little book of sonnets at 109 pages. Very short and I hope to read soon! I like the cover of this too!

My friend is asking me questions about my TBR stack to reconnect me with pile of books!

I was tagged for #deadpoetssociety by @jdtchicago At first it was difficult because so many of my favorite poets are alive; but then I had trouble limiting myself to 5. #dps5 Clockwise from top left: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, John Donne, Emily Dickinson, William Shakespeare, Maya Angelou.
So many have been tagged already, so if you haven't been, consider yourself tagged by me.

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For years, my parents had a beautiful copy of Sonnet XLIII hanging near their bed.

"Let us stay rather on earth, Beloved, where the unfit contrarious moods of men recoil away and isolate pure spirits, and permit a place to stand and love in for a day." ??

#BookTubeAThon choice for 6) Book I bought for the cover. I discovered this gorgeous published in 1954 at a used book store & just had to have it! 💗🌸 Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

It's been a busy spring. I'm trying to squeeze in some reading time in a relatively quiet space that doesn't include foul balls. I started back with this one because it's one of my favorites, and it's short enough to read in one sitting, even if I get distracted a half dozen times.

Day 23 - poetry #aprilbookshowers

My sister gave me this volume of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetry for my 12th birthday and I thought it was one of the most beautiful book in the world. A million years later I still do. #somethingpretty #riotgrams

💘 #poetry #lovepoetry

"The widest land doom takes to part us, leaves thy heart in mine with pulses that beat double. What I do and what I dream include thee, as wine must taste if its own grapes." #poetry #seasonsreadings

Übersetzt von Rilke.
Insel-Bücherei Nr. 252

Late night cleaning & decorating. ✨ Some of the old paperbacks that I'm slightly obsessed with.