WordPlay

A play on words. Poetry in motion

Sonnet 13 - And wilt thou have me fashion into speech | Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnet 13 And wilt thou have me fashion into speech Poem 

................... by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

_______________________________________________________________________________________

And wilt thou have me fashion into speech
The love I bear thee, finding words enough,
And hold the torch out, while the winds are rough,
Between our faces, to cast light on each??
I drop it at thy feet.
I cannot teach
My hand to hold my spirit so far off
From myself?me?that I should bring thee proof
In words, of love hid in me out of reach.

Nay, let the silence of my womanhood
Commend my woman-love to thy belief,?
Seeing that I stand unwon, however wooed,
And rend the garment of my life, in brief,
By a most dauntless, voiceless fortitude,
Lest one touch of this heart convey its grief

_______________________________________________________________________________________

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Wikipedia

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Poet | Academy of American Poets

Buy Elizabeth Barrett Browning
at Amazon


Buy Elizabeth Barrett Browning
at Barnes and Noble


_______________________________________________________________________________________

We hope you enjoyed the Sonnet 13 And wilt thou have me fashion into speech Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning


The last poem was Sonnet 12 - Indeed this very love which is my boast | Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The next poem is Sonnet 14 - If thou must love me let it be for nought | Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The button below can help educators and others link to this page:


Share