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TO ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING, IN 1861 by DORA GREENWELL

Poem Explanation

First Line: I PRAISED THEE NOT WHILE LIVING; WHAT TO THEE
Last Line: OH, WHAT HATH DEATH WITH SOULS LIKE THINE TO DO
Subject(s): BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT (1806-1861);

Poem Sources:

NINETEENTH-CENTURY WOMEN POETS; AN OXFORD ANTHOLOGY. EDITED BY ISOBEL ARMSTRONG AND JOSEPH BRISTOW WITH CATH SHARROCK.
  ARMSTRONG, ISOBEL (ED.)
  (1996)
 
VICTORIAN WOMEN POETS; AN ANTHOLOGY.
  LEIGHTON, ANGELA AND REYNOLDS, MARGARET (EDS.)
  (1995)
 
THE VICTORIANS; AN ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY AND POETICS.
  CUNNINGHAM, VALENTINE (ED.)
  (2000)
 



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