"Man, the two-fold creature, apprehends The two-fold manner, in and outwardly, And nothing in the world comes single to him. A mere itself, β cup, column, or candlestick, All patterns of what shall be in the Mount; The whole temporal show related royally, And build up to eterne significance Through the open arms of God."
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Bk. VII, l. 801-808
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (March 6 1806 β June 29 1861) was an English poet and the wife of Robert Browning.
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