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1806–1861

THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

What's the best thing in the world? June-rose, by May-dew impearled; Sweet south-wind, that means no rain; Truth, not cruel to a friend;

Pleasure, not in haste to end; Beauty, not self-decked and curled Till its pride is over-plain; Light, that never makes you wink;

Memory, that gives no pain; Love, when, so, you're loved again. What's the best thing in the world? — Something out of it, I think.

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