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Sonnets from the Portuguese: And Other Treasured Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Sonnets from the Portuguese And Other Treasured Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Author:Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Nancy Holmes (Editor) The most memorable of Mrs. Browning's sonnets as well as other poems. So great was her love of her husband, also a poet; she waited three years to present her sonnet sequence to Robert, fearing to displease! He was pleased, honoured, awed, and moved. — "Sonnets From The Portuguese" are more than a personal triumph over shyness and d... more »espair. They are also, as Robert understood, his wife's most important contribution to literature.... and an intimate, moving expression of love.« less