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Album The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. IV

The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. IV by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The Best Thing in the World by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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The poem was published in 1862 after Elizabeth’s death, in the two volume collection ‘Last Works’. The date of composition is unknown, but there is a reference to her husband Robert in line ten, so it fits with the time of their courtship or marriage.

Though the poem begins with a simple, child-li...

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The Best Thing in the World Annotated

What’s the best thing in the world?
June-rose, by May-dew impearled;
Sweet south-wind, that means no rain;
Truth, not cruel to a friend;
Pleasure, not in haste to end;
Beauty, not self-decked and curled
Till its pride is over-plain;
Light, that never makes you wink;
Memory, that gives no pain;
Love, when, so, you’re loved again.
What’s the best thing in the world?
—Something out of it, I think.

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