"Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees, takes off his shoes -- The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries. . . ."
God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.
What is genius -- but the power of expressing a new individuality?
"Measure not the work Until the day's out and the labour done, Then bring your gauges."
Since when was genius found respectable?
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Published Sources for
the above Quotations:
F:
""Aurora Leigh," bk. VII, 1. 820, 1857."
R:
""Sonnets From the Portuguese," 1850."
A:
"Letter, 14 Jan. 1843, to author Mary Russell Mitford; in "Elizabeth Barrett to Miss Mitford," 1954."
