Happy are all free peoples, too strong to be dispossessed.
But blessed are those among nations who dare to be strong for the rest!
¶ "A Court Lady," st. 20 (1859)
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) English poet
God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers,
And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face,
A gauntlet with a gift in it.
¶ Aurora Leigh, Bk. II (1856)
Men get opinions as boys learn to spell: by reiteration chiefly.
¶ Aurora Leigh, Bk. VI (1857)
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