And that dismal cry rose slowly And sank slowly through the… - Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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And that dismal cry rose slowly And sank slowly through the air,
Full of spirit's melancholy And eternity's despair;
And they heard the words it said,—
"Pan is dead! great Pan is dead! Pan, Pan is dead!"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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About Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (March 6 1806 – June 29 1861) was an English poet and the wife of Robert Browning.

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Birth Name: Elizabeth Moulton-Barrett

Alternative Names: Mrs. Browning • Elizabeth Barrett Barrett • Elizabeth Barrett-Browning • Elizaveta Barrett Brauning • Elisabeth Barrett Browning • Elizabeth Barrett Browning, née Barrett

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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
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Go from me. Yet I feel that I shall stand
Henceforward in thy shadow.

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