Learn to win a lady's faith Nobly, as the thing is high; Br… - Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Learn to win a lady's faith
Nobly, as the thing is high;
Bravely as for life and death -
With a loyal gravity.

Lead her from the festive boards,
Point her to the starry skies,
Guard her, by your truthful words,
Pure from courtship's flatteries.

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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Lord Byron John Keats John Donne Alfred Tennyson Emily Dickinson

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Instruct me how to thank thee! Oh, to shoot My soul's full meaning into future years, That they should lend it utterance, and salute Love that endures, from life that disappears!

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