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" My letters ! all dead paper, mute and white ! And yet they seem alive and quivering Against my tremulous hands which loose the string And let them drop down on my knee to-night, This said, — he wished to have me in his sight Once, as a friend: this... "
Prometheus Bound, and Other Poems: Including Sonnets from the Portuguese ... - Page 156
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1851 - 234 pages
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 91

1862 - 822 pages
...Love-letters, again — old letters, read in after years — can thus move the chords : — " My letters 1 all dead paper, mute and white ! And yet they seem...simple thing, Yet I wept for it ! — this . . . the paper s light . . . Said, /<••.. / love Oiee; and I sank and quailed As if God's future thundered...
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The Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning: With Memoir, Etc

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1850 - 596 pages
...witness here between the good and bad, That Love, as strong as Death, retrieves as well. XXVIII. MY letters ! all dead paper, . . . mute and white ! —...— this, . . . the paper's light . . . Said, Dear, I love thee: and I sank and quailed As if God's future thundered on my past : This said, I am thine...
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Prometheus Bound, and Other Poems: Including Sonnets from the Portuguese ...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1852 - 252 pages
...Make witness here between the good and bad, That Love, as strong as Death, retrieves as well. xxvm. MT letters! all dead paper, . . mute and white !— And...and touch my hand ... a simple thing, Yet I wept for it!—this, . . the paper's light. . Said, Dear, I love thee: and I sank and quailed As if God's future...
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Poems, Volume 2

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1853 - 508 pages
...ail dead jeper, - . irate &cd white ! — And vet they seem alive and quivering Against my tremnloos hands which loose the string And let them drop down...Once, as a friend : this fixed a day in spring To comp and touch my hand ... a simple thing. Yet I wept for it ! — this, . . the paper's light . ....
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Poems, by E.B. Barrett, Volume 3

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1856 - 328 pages
...witness, here, between the good and bad, That Love, as strong as Death, retrieves as well. XXVIII. MY. letters ! all dead paper, . . mute and white ! —...! — this, . . the paper's light . . Said, Dear, I love ihee ; and I sank and quailed As if God's future thundered on my past. This said, I am thine...
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Poems, by E.B. Barrett, Volume 3

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1862 - 328 pages
...Make witness, here, between the good and bad, That Love, as strong as Death, retrieves as well. MY letters ! all dead paper, mute and white ! And yet...spring To come and touch my hand ... a simple thing, Tet I wept for it ! — this, . . the paper's light . . Said, Dear, I love thee ; and I sank and quailed...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 91

1862 - 1092 pages
...read in after years — can thus move the chords : — " My letters ! all dead paper, muto and whits I And yet they seem alive and quivering Against my tremulous...on my knee tonight. This said — he wished to have mo in his sight Once, as a friend; this fixed a day in spring To come and touch my hand ... a simple...
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Poems, Volume 3

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1864 - 336 pages
...witness, here, between the good and bad, That Love, as strong as Death, retrieves as well. XXVII. MY letters ! all dead paper, mute and white ! And yet...they seem alive and quivering Against my tremulous Lands which loose the string And let them drop down on my knee to-night. This said, — he wished to...
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Leaves from the Poets' Laurels

1869 - 254 pages
...village green, Yours is a lower but a happier star. George Meredith. SONNET FROM THE PORTUGUESE. MY letters ! all dead paper, mute and white ! And yet...! — this . . . the paper's light . . Said, Dear, I love thee ; and I sank and quailed As if God's future thundered on my past. This said, / am thine—...
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The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Complete in One Volume

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1870 - 533 pages
...witness here between the good and bad, That Love, as strong as Death, retrieves as well. xxvur. Mv letters all dead paper, . . mute and white ! — •...fixed a day in spring To come and touch my hand ... a simfe thing, wept for it I — this, . . the paper's light . . Said, Dear, I l(n>e thf? : and I sank...
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