Sonnet 16 - And Yet, Because Thou Overcomest So
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
XVI And yet, because thou overcomest so, Because thou art more noble and like a king, Thou canst prevail against my fears and fling Thy purple round me, till my heart shall grow Too close against thine heart henceforth to know How it shook when alone. Why, conquering May prove as lordly and complete a thing In lifting upward, as in crushing low! And as a vanquished soldier yields his sword To one who lifts him from the bloody earth, Even so, Beloved, I at last record, Here ends my strife. If thou invite me forth, I rise above abasement at the word. Make thy love larger to enlarge my worth.
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- Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Sonnet 20 - Beloved, My Beloved, When I Think
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Sonnet 21 - Say Over Again, And Yet Once Over Again
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Sonnet 22 - When Our Two Souls Stand Up Erect And Strong
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Sonnet 23 - Is It Indeed So? If I Lay Here Dead
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- Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Sonnet 12 - Indeed This Very Love Which Is My Boast
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Sonnet 11 - And Therefore If To Love Can Be Desert
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Sonnet 10 - Yet, Love, Mere Love, Is Beautiful Indeed
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Sonnet 09 - Can It Be Right To Give What I Can Give?
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Sonnet 08 - What Can I Give Thee Back, O Liberal
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