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The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'

The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Happiness, Death, Greek
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Illustrated)”, p.1033, Delphi Classics

Guess now who holds thee?'--'Death,' I said. But, there, The silver answer rang, . . . 'Not Death, but Love.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Love, Death, Answers
'Sonnets from the Portuguese' (1850) no. 1

When the dust of death has choked a great man's voice, the common words he said turn oracles, the common thoughts he yoked like horses draw like griffins.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Death, Horse, Men
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Illustrated)”, p.867, Delphi Classics

Knowledge by suffering entereth, And life is perfected by death.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Life, Death, Knowledge
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1872). “Poetical Works”, p.231

For 'Tis not in mere death that men die most.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Death, Men, Dying
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1872). “Poetical Works”, p.358

O Earth, so full of dreary noises! O men, with wailing in your voices! O delved gold, the wader's heap! O strife, O curse, that o'er it fall! God makes a silence through you all, And "giveth His beloved, sleep.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Death, Fall, Sleep

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