Tag: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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A Musical Instrument
A Musical InstrumentElizabeth Barrett Browning I.WHAT was he doing, the great god Pan, Down in the reeds by the river ? Spreading ruin and scattering ban, Splashing and paddling with hoofs of a goat, And breaking the golden lilies afloat With the dragon-fly on the river. II.He tore out a reed, the great god Pan, From the deep…
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Farewells from Paradise
Farewells from Paradise Elizabeth Barrett Browning River-spirits HARK! the flow of the four rivers— Hark the flow! How the silence round you shivers, While our voices through it go, Cold and clear. A softer voice Think a little, while ye hear, Of the banks Where the willows and the deer Crowd in intermingled ranks, As…
Dan Yingst 