You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quote
“Speak low to me, my Saviour, low and sweet, From out the hallelujahs, sweet and low, Lest I should fear, and fall, and miss Thee so, Who art not missed by any that entreat.”
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