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The face, which, duly as the sun

Quote byElizabeth Barrett Browning · 1806–1861

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Last Poems (1862), "De Profundis", st. 1.

English (original)

The face, which, duly as the sun, Rose up for me with life begun, To mark all bright hours of the day With hourly love, is dimmed away — And yet my days go on, go on.

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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