Sonnet 32 - The First Time That The Sun Rose On Thine Oath
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
XXXII The first time that the sun rose on thine oath To love me, I looked forward to the moon To slacken all those bonds which seemed too soon And quickly tied to make a lasting troth. Quick-loving hearts, I thought, may quickly loathe; And, looking on myself, I seemed not one For such man’s love!—more like an out-of-tune Worn viol, a good singer would be wroth To spoil his song with, and which, snatched in haste, Is laid down at the first ill-sounding note. I did not wrong myself so, but I placed A wrong on thee. For perfect strains may float ’Neath master-hands, from instruments defaced,— And great souls, at one stroke, may do and doat.
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- Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Sonnet 40 - Oh, Yes! They Love Through All This World Of Ours!
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- Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Sonnet 31 - Thou Comest! All Is Said Without A Word
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Sonnet 30 - I See Thine Image Through My Tears To-night
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Sonnet 29 - I Think Of Thee! - My Thoughts Do Twine And Bud
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Sonnet 28 - My Letters! All Dead Paper, Mute And White!
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Sonnet 27 - My Own Beloved, Who Hast Lifted Me
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Sonnet 26 - I Lived With Visions For My Company
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Sonnet 25 - A Heavy Heart, Beloved, Have I Borne
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Sonnet 24 - Let The World's Sharpness, Like A Clasping Knife
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Sonnet 23 - Is It Indeed So? If I Lay Here Dead
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning : Sonnet 22 - When Our Two Souls Stand Up Erect And Strong