1850 – 1900 CE
Moral reflection, dramatic monologues, and lyrical experimentation.
"In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan"
"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways"
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"
I am a part of all that I have met
"I am a part of all that I have met"
Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you; but when the leaves hang trembling, the wind is passing th…
— Christina Rossetti
"Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you; but when the leaves hang trembling, th..."
Light tomorrow with today
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"Light tomorrow with today"
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield
"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield"
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"
Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire wit…
"Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God"
Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad
"Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be s..."
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"
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers
"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers"
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