Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Portuguese XLI lyrics
[Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Portuguese XLI lyrics]
I thank all who have loved
Me in their hearts
With thanks and love from mine
Deep thanks to all
Who paused a little near the prison-wall
To hear my music in it's louder parts
Ere they went onward, each one to the mart's
Or temple's occupation, beyond call
But thou, who, in my voice's sink and fall
When the sob took it, thy divinest Art's
Own instrument didst drop down at thy foot
To hearken what I said between my tears, -
Instruct me how to thank thee! Oh, to shoot
My soul's full meaning into future years
That they should lend it utterance
And salute
Love that endures, from Life that disappears!
Me in their hearts
With thanks and love from mine
Deep thanks to all
Who paused a little near the prison-wall
To hear my music in it's louder parts
Ere they went onward, each one to the mart's
Or temple's occupation, beyond call
But thou, who, in my voice's sink and fall
When the sob took it, thy divinest Art's
Own instrument didst drop down at thy foot
To hearken what I said between my tears, -
Instruct me how to thank thee! Oh, to shoot
My soul's full meaning into future years
That they should lend it utterance
And salute
Love that endures, from Life that disappears!