tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post4388984854483128039..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: Sunday Salon: Happy Birthday Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861)Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-44132555738039202352011-03-08T09:56:17.629-05:002011-03-08T09:56:17.629-05:00Kathy: Yes, I'd never read this one but Anna Q...Kathy: Yes, I'd never read this one but Anna Quindlen uses it in her preface to HOW READING CHANGED MY LIFE and I thought it was perfect for a book blogger to post as well. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-33789688765537729362011-03-07T21:56:05.096-05:002011-03-07T21:56:05.096-05:00What a lovely poem! And I would say I've agre...What a lovely poem! And I would say I've agreed with her sentiment for decades.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-62394365114428268842011-03-07T11:56:47.010-05:002011-03-07T11:56:47.010-05:00Lisa: Such a great love story. Yes, she had all th...Lisa: Such a great love story. Yes, she had all that dark hair and I think, olive skin. But I wish she'd had a better hairdo. Victorian hair - not so crazy about some of the styles. But Browning obviously didn't mind. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-77124936246801438952011-03-06T23:57:05.694-05:002011-03-06T23:57:05.694-05:00Happy birthday, EBB! I just re-read Sonnets from ...Happy birthday, EBB! I just re-read Sonnets from the Portuguese recently and had completely forgotten that it got that title because Browning called Elizabeth "my Portuguese."Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554217416500328610noreply@blogger.com