Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Portuguese XVI lyrics
[Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Portuguese XVI lyrics]
And yet, because thou overcomest so
Because thou art more noble and like a king
Thou canst prevail against my fears and fling
Thy purple round me, till my heart shall grow
Too close against thine heart
Henceforth to know
How it shook when alone why, conquering
May prove as lordly and complete a thing
In lifting upward, as in crushing low!
And as a vanquished soldier yields his sword
To one who lifts him from the bloody earth, -
Even so, Belovèd, I at last record
Here ends my strife if thou invite me forth
I rise above abasement at the word
Make thy love larger to enlarge my worth
Because thou art more noble and like a king
Thou canst prevail against my fears and fling
Thy purple round me, till my heart shall grow
Too close against thine heart
Henceforth to know
How it shook when alone why, conquering
May prove as lordly and complete a thing
In lifting upward, as in crushing low!
And as a vanquished soldier yields his sword
To one who lifts him from the bloody earth, -
Even so, Belovèd, I at last record
Here ends my strife if thou invite me forth
I rise above abasement at the word
Make thy love larger to enlarge my worth