Sonnets from the Portuguese

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning · language: en

Transcribed from the 1906 Caradoc Press edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org [Picture: Book cover] SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE BY ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING [Picture: Decorative graphic] THE CARADOC PRESS BEDFORD PARK CHISWICK LONDON MDCCCCVI INDEX OF FIRST LINES I I thought once how Theocritus had sung II But only three in all God’s universe III Unlike are we, unlike, O princely Heart!

IV Thou hast thy calling to some palace-floor V I lift my heavy heart up solemnly VI Go from me.

Yet I feel that I shall stand VII The face of all the world is changed, I think VIII What can I give thee back, O liberal IX Can it be right to give what I can give?

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