History & Politics
XVII
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume 1
History & Politics
"Hear me forswear his roof by night,
His bread and salt by day,
His talkings at the wood-fire hearth,
His greetings by the way,
His answering looks, his systemed books,
All man, for aye and aye.
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