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FROM ME. YET I FEEL THAT I SHALL STAND.

From me. Yet I feel that I shall stand
Henceforth in thy shadow. Nevermore
Alone upon the threshold of my door
Of individual life, I shall command
The uses of my soul, nor lift my hand

Serenely in the sunshine as before,
Without the sense of that which I forbore--
Thy touch upon the palm. The widest land
Doom takes to part us, leaves thy heart in mine
With pulses that beat double. What I do
And what I dream include thee, as the wine
Must taste of its own grapes. And when I sue
God for myself, He hears that name of thine,
And sees within my eyes the tears of two.

Poetisa británica de la época victoriana. English Victorian poet.
Nació en Dirham en el año 1806 en una privilegiada familia. Elizabeth Barret was born in Durham, 1806, of a
Desde su infancia padeció graves problemas de salud. privileged family.
A los doce años escribió un poema épico y Since she was a child, she suffered from severe
siendo adolescente ya conocía las obras de Milton, health problems.
Shakespeare, Dante y los clásicos latinos. At twelve, she wrote an epic poem and, being a teenager,
A los veinte años publicó, Ensayo sobre la mente y otros she read Milton, Shakespeare, Dante and the Latin
poemas y en 1831, El Serafín, tragedia clásica. Classics.
En 1845 inicia una relación epistolar con el poeta Robert At the age of twenty, Barret published An Essay on
Browning que, pese a la oposición de su padre, acabaría Mind and Poems and in 1831, The Seraphim, a
en boda. classic tragedy.
En 1846 se trasladaron a Florencia y Elizabeth tuvo un In 1845, she started one of the most famous courtships
hijo a los 43 años. in literature with Robert Browning, whom she married
Su obra más importante es Los Sonetos del portugués, in spite of her father's opposition.
publicada en 1850. In 1846, they moved to Florence and Elizabeth had a
En sus libros defiende la libertad intelectual para las mujeres. son at 43.
Otras obras suyas son: El lamento de los niños, El galanteo Her most important work is Sonnets from the
84 de Lady Geraldine., Las ventanas de la Casa Guidi, Portuguese, published in 1850.
In her works, she defends intellectual freedom for women.
Poemas antes del Congreso y Aurora Leigh.
Cayó enferma y murió en Florencia en 1861. Other works are: The Cry of the Children, Casa Guidi
Windows, Poems before Congress and Aurora Leigh.
Barret fell ill and died in Florence in 1861