It is the nature of the human mind to convey its own charac… - Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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It is the nature of the human mind to convey its own character to whatever substance it conveys, whether it convey metaphysical impressions from itself to another mind, or literary compositions from one to another language.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Prometheus Bound, Tr. From Æschylus, and Miscellaneous Poems, by the Translator, Author of 'an Essay On Mind' · August 31, 2015 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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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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But since he had
The genius to be loved, why let him have
The justice to be honoured in his grave.

And yet, because I love thee, I obtain
From that same love this vindicating grace,
To live on still in love, and yet in vain

The soul hath snatched up mine all faint and weak,
And placed it by thee on a golden throne, — And that I love (O soul, we must be meek!)
Is by thee only, whom I love alone.

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