Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes

I Would Not Be A Rose Upon The Wall
A Queen Might Stop At, Near The Palace-door,
To Say To A Courtier, "Pluck That Rose For Me,
It's Prettier Than The Rest." O Romney Leigh!
I'd Rather Far Be Trodden By His Foot,
Than Lie In A Great Queen's Bosom.

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