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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: God answers sharp...

Source: DRAMATISTS

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.

Source: Aurora Leigh, Book II.
-- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (Mar 6 1806-1861), English poet; She was noted for writing her own love story in verse.


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