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Deep-hearted man, express
Grief for thy dead in silence like to death;
Most like a monumental statue set
In everlasting watch and moveless woe,
Till itself crumble to the dust beneath.
Touch it: the marble eyelids are not wet—
If it could weep, it could arise and go.

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems (1844)

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I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life!—and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

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There Shakespeare, on whose forehead climb
The crowns o’ the world; oh, eyes sublime
With tears and laughter for all time!

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If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love's sake only.

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Thou large-brained woman and large-hearted man.

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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

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