XIII - And wilt thou have me fashion into speech
And wilt thou have me fashion into speech / The love I bear thee, finding words enough,
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
36 poems
XIV - If thou must love me, let it be for nought
If thou must love me, let it be for nought / Except for love's sake only. Do not say
XLIII - How do I love thee? Let me count the ways
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. / I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
XLIV - Beloved, thou hast brought me many flowers
Beloved, thou hast brought me many flowers / Plucked in the garden, all the summer through,
XV - Accuse me not, beseech thee, that I wear
Accuse me not, beseech thee, that I wear / Too calm and sad a face in front of thine;
XX - Beloved, my beloved, when I think
Beloved, my Beloved, when I think / That thou wast in the world a year ago,
XXI - Say over again, and yet once over again
Say over again, and yet once over again, / That thou dost love me. Though the word repeated
XXIV - Let the world's sharpness like a clasping knife
Let the world's sharpness like a clasping knife / Shut in upon itself and do no harm
XXV - A heavy heart, Beloved, have I borne
A heavy heart, Beloved, have I borne / From year to year until I saw thy face,
XXVII - My own Beloved, who hast lifted me
My own Beloved, who hast lifted me / From this drear flat of earth where I was thrown,
XXVIII - My letters! all dead paper, mute and white!
My letters! all dead paper, mute and white! / And yet they seem alive and quivering
XXX - I see thine image through my tears to-night
I see thine image through my tears to-night, / And yet to-day I saw thee smiling. How
XXXI - Thou comest! all is said without a word
Thou comest! all is said without a word. / I sit beneath thy looks, as children do
XXXIII - Yes, call me by my pet-name! let me hear
Yes, call me by my pet-name! let me hear / The name I used to run at, when a child,
XXXV - If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange
If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange / And be all to me? Shall I never miss
XXXVIII - First time he kissed me, he but only kissed
First time he kissed me, he but only kissed / The fingers of this hand wherewith I write;