Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Original Text
Vachel Lindsay, Going-to-the-sun (New York: D. Appleton, 1923): 78. PS 3523 I58G45 Robarts Library.
2Sat gossiping with Robert.
3(She was really a raving beauty in her day.
5She was trying to think of something nice to say,
6So she pointed to a page by her fellow star and sage,
7And said: "I wish that I could write that way!"
Notes
1] Victorian poet, married to Robert Browning. Back to Line
4] Mary Pickford: Toronto-born stage and screen actress, "America's sweetheart," whose second husband was the swashbuckling Douglas Fairbanks. Back to Line
Publication Start Year
1923
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
RPO 1998.
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