OF writing many books there is no end; And I who have written much in prose and verse For others' uses, will write now for mine,- Will write my story… - Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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OF writing many books there is no end;
And I who have written much in prose and verse
For others' uses, will write now for mine,-
Will write my story for my better self,
As when you paint your portrait for a friend,
Who keeps it in a drawer and looks at it
Long after he has ceased to love you, just
To hold together what he was and is.