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Popular English poet (1806–1861) of the Victorian era, celebrated for her love sonnets. Rare unsigned handwritten poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, one page, 4.5 x 7.25, with attached slip annotated in another hand: "Manuscript of Mrs. Browning given to Mrs. Ford by R.B., March 18, 1866." Identified at the head in the hand of her husband, the famous poet Robert Browning, "(Translation from the antistrophe of a chorus in the 'Troades' of Euripides)," the poem begins: "Love, love who once didst pass the Dardan portals / because of heavenly passion / Who once didst lift up Troy in exultation / To mingle in thy bond the high immortals." In fine condition. Published as 'Paraphrase on Euripides' in Last Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (NY: James Miller, 1862).
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