Its most famous poem declares that "if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death."
In one poem from this collection, the speaker is compared to "one who sits and gazes from above, over the rivers to the bitter sea." Another poem in this collection describes a "ministering life-angel" with an "appealing look upcast to the white throne of God." One poem in this collection begins "Let the world's sharpness like a clasping knife shut in upon itself and do no harm." The first poem in this collection evokes "how Theocritus had sung of the sweet years." Its most famous poem declares that "if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death." For 10 points, name this poetry collection which includes the lines "call me by my pet name" and "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways," and which was written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
In one poem from this collection, the speaker is compared to "one who sits and gazes from above, over the rivers to the bitter sea."
Sonnets from the Portuguese