The Lay of the Brown Rosary
This afternoon, after I finished the pickles, I read several of Mrs. Browning’s poems. We have her in our English work this year, you know. My favourite poem is The Lay of the Brown Rosary–and I am much more in sympathy with Onora than Mrs. Browning was
‘You would be,’ said Dean. ‘That is because you are a creature of emotion yourself. YOU would barter heaven for love, just as Onora did.’
‘I will not love–to love is to be a slave,’ I said.
-Emily Climbs ch.16
The Lay of the Brown Rosary
By Elizabeth Barett Browning
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