Sonnet VI by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend April 9, 2017   Sonnet VI   Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Go from me. Yet I feel that I shall stand Henceforward in thy shadow. Nevermore Alone upon the threshold of my door Of individual life, I shall command The uses of my soul, nor lift my hand Serenely in the sunshine as before, Without the sense of that which I forbore— Thy touch upon the palm. The widest land Doom takes to part us, leaves thy heart in mine With pulses that beat double. What I do And what I dream include thee, as the wine Must taste of its own grapes. And when I sue God for myself, He hears that name of thine, And sees within my eyes the tears of two.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   "Sonnet VI" was first published in the collection Sonnets from the Portuguese (Chapman & Hall, 1850).   Born on March 6, 1806 at Coxhoe Hall, Durham, England, Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the Romantic Movement. She published numerous collections of poetry, including Casa Guidi Windows: A Poem (Chapman & Hall, 1851) and Poems before Congress (Chapman & Hall, 1860). She died in Florence on June 29, 1861. Poetry by Browning   The Collected Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Wordsworth Editions, 2015) "The Soul has Bandaged moments (360)" by Emily Dickinson "On Seeing the Elgin Marbles" by John Keats "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. If you enjoy Poem-a-Day, please consider making a donation to help make it possible. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038