Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Durham / England
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Durham / England
The Best Thing In The World
Rating: ★2.9
What's the best thing in the world?
June-rose, by May-dew impearled;
Sweet south-wind, that means no rain;
Truth, not cruel to a friend;
Pleasure, not in haste to end;
Beauty, not self-decked and curled
Till its pride is over-plain;
Love, when, so, you're loved again.
What's the best thing in the world?
--Something out of it, I think.
June-rose, by May-dew impearled;
Sweet south-wind, that means no rain;
Truth, not cruel to a friend;
Pleasure, not in haste to end;
Beauty, not self-decked and curled
Till its pride is over-plain;
Love, when, so, you're loved again.
What's the best thing in the world?
--Something out of it, I think.
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COMMENTS
Valerie
03 April 2018
This poem is missing two lines. Please correct!
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Carle Whitney Riley
15 July 2009
Ah! Sweet poem birthing thought, and all the wisdom living has bought.
Surely we will know the answers, when again roses are dancers.
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Claire Espanya
17 October 2008
nice! uhm..i dnt really know what's the best thing on earth....but this poem goes with what my thoughts depict of what the best thing on earth is.
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