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Man, the two-fold creature, apprehends

Quote byElizabeth Barrett Browning · 1806–1861

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Aurora Leigh (1857), Bk. VII, l. 801.

English (original)

Man, the two-fold creature, apprehends The two-fold manner, in and outwardly, And nothing in the world comes single to him. A mere itself, — cup, column, or candlestick, All patterns of what shall be in the Mount; The whole temporal show related royally, And build up to eterne significance Through the open arms of God.

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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