Poetry & Verse
A Woman's Shortcomings
By Elizabeth Barrett BrowningSource: Elizabeth Barrett Browning - PoetryDB (Public Domain)252 words
She has laughed as softly as if she sighed, She has counted six, and over, Of a purse well filled, and a heart well tried...
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She has laughed as softly as if she sighed, She has counted six, and over, Of a purse well filled, and a heart well tried - Oh, each a worthy lover! They "give her time"; for her soul must slip Where the world has set the grooving; She will lie to none with her fair red lip: But love seeks truer loving.…
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