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I would not be a rose upon the wall A queen might stop at, near the palace-door, To say to a courtier, Pluck that rose for me, It's prettier than the rest. O Romney Leigh! I'd rather far be trodden by his foot, Than lie

I would not be a rose upon the wall A queen might stop at, near the palace-door, To say to a courtier, "Pluck that rose for me, It's prettier than the rest." O Romney Leigh! I'd rather far be trodden by his foot, Than lie in a great queen's bosom.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Life, Queens, Wall
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1857). “Aurora Leigh”, p.129

Wall must get the weather stain Before they grow the ivy.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Wall, Ivy, Weather
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1871). “Poetical Works”, p.470

Through heaven and earth God's will moves freely, and I follow it, As color follows light. He overflows The firmamental walls with deity, Therefore with love; His lightnings go abroad, His pity may do so, His angels must, Whene'er He gives them charges.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Wall, Moving, Angel
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1871). “The Poetical Works of”, p.28

I have done most of my talking by post of late years--as people shut up in dungeons take up with scrawling mottoes on the walls.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Wall, Talking, Years
Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning (2009). “The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning: 1845-1846”, p.23, The Floating Press

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