"There are nettles everywhere, but smooth, green..." - Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
There are nettles everywhere, but smooth, green grasses are more common still; the blue of heaven is larger than the cloud.
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“And there my little doves did sit With feathers softly brown And glittering eyes that showed their right To general Nature's deep delight.”
“But since he had The genius to be loved, why let him have The justice to be honoured in his grave.”
“Beloved, let us live so well our work shall still be better for our love, and still our love be sweeter for our work.”