Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Lay of the Early Rose.
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And thus, what can we do, Poor rose and poet too, Who both antedate our mission In an unprepared season?
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning on Roses
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Source: Wikiquote: "Roses" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922): Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 678-682.)
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About Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (March 6 1806 – June 29 1861) was an English poet and the wife of Robert Browning.
About Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (March 6 1806 – June 29 1861) was an English poet and the wife of Robert Browning.
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