"I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett," was Robert Browning's first letter to Elizabeth Barrett, a fan letter rather than a love letter, but the love letters would soon follow.
It would be nearly five more months till they met, introduced by a cousin. The courtship lasted nearly two years and resulted in close to 600 love letters between them. Their reputation as the great literary love affair lasts till this day. One of the best known love poems of all times is Elizabeth's "I love thee to the depth and breadth and
height my soul can reach...and I will love thee better after death." Certainly a passionate declaration of adoration.
When they finally met, their courtship had to be kept secret because her father and brothers thought Browning was a gold digger.
It would be nearly five more months till they met, introduced by a cousin. The courtship lasted nearly two years and resulted in close to 600 love letters between them. Their reputation as the great literary love affair lasts till this day. One of the best known love poems of all times is Elizabeth's "I love thee to the depth and breadth and
height my soul can reach...and I will love thee better after death." Certainly a passionate declaration of adoration.
When they finally met, their courtship had to be kept secret because her father and brothers thought Browning was a gold digger.
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