I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life ! and, if God choose, I shall but love thee... The Cornhill Magazine - Page 488edited by - 1874Full view - About this book
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| 1897 - 918 pages
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| Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1851 - 252 pages
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| 1851 - 608 pages
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| Dinah Maria Mulock Craik - 1853 - 358 pages
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| Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1853 - 508 pages
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| Miss E. Hedge - 1856 - 164 pages
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