1850 – 1900 CE
Moral reflection, dramatic monologues, and lyrical experimentation.
Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
"Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die"
"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways"
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers
"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers"
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield
"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield"
Light tomorrow with today
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"Light tomorrow with today"
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can …
"I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach"
"In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan"
I am a part of all that I have met
"I am a part of all that I have met"
Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad
— Christina Rossetti
"Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be s..."
Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you; but when the leaves hang trembling, the wind is passing th…
"Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you; but when the leaves hang trembling, th..."
Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved a…
"Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all"
My heart is like a singing bird whose nest is in a watered s…
"My heart is like a singing bird whose nest is in a watered shoot"
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