Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Best Thing in the World (c. 1855)
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What’s the best thing in the world? |
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June-rose, by May-dew impearled; |
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Sweet south-wind, that means no rain; |
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Truth, not cruel to a friend; |
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Pleasure, not in haste to end; |
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Beauty, not self-decked and curled |
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Till its pride is over-plain; |
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Love, when, so, you’re loved again. |
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What’s the best thing in the world? |
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—Something out of it, I think. |