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God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers

Quote byElizabeth Barrett Browning · 1806–1861

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Aurora Leigh (1857), Bk. II, l. 952.

English (original)

God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in't.

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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