The English have a scornful insular way / Of calli · Elizabeth Barrett Browning

We have hearts within, / Warm, live, improvident,

The English have a scornful insular way / Of calling the French light.

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning

1806-03-06 — 1861-06-29 · Coxhoe Hall

Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a highly regarded English poet of the Victorian era. Known for her passionate love sonnets and her socially conscious verses, she developed a significant literary reputation despite physical ailments and family opposition. Her marriage to fellow poet Robert Browning was a celebrated literary romance.