Nature

The Best Thing in the World

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806–1861

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume 4

Nature

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;
Light, that never makes you wink;
Memory, that gives no pain;
Love, when, so, you're loved again.
What's the best thing in the world?
--Something out of it, I think.

MLA

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. “The Best Thing in the World.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/browning_e/80/.

Chicago

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. “The Best Thing in the World.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/browning_e/80/.

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