the whole of life in a new rhythm.

Here today's entry from the pictured 2003 compilation ...

... an Elizabeth Barrett Browning verse:


from Sonnets from the Portuguese  VII

The face of all the world is changed, I think, 
Since first I heard the footsteps of thy soul 
Move still, oh, still, beside me, as they stole 
Betwixt me and the dreadful outer brink 
Of obvious death, where I, who thought to sink, 
Was caught up into love, and taught the whole 
Of life in a new rhythm. The cup of dole 
God gave for baptism, I am fain to drink, 
And praise its sweetness, Sweet, with thee anear. 
The names of country, heaven, are changed away 
For where thou art or shalt be, there or here; 
And this ... this lute and song ... loved yesterday, 
(The singing angels know) are only dear, 
Because thy name moves right in what they say.

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 – 1861)


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