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Life Poems
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| Read inspiring life poems such as this one by Elizabeth Barrett Browning entitled Out In The Fields. It's important to learn how to let go of your worries and frustrations; to take the time to play and enjoy the abundance of life around you right now. Take a walk in nature and just soak up what's around you; be in the present moment of your surroundings where there are no problems. Often, this is when new outlooks and solutions come to mind. |
Out In The Fields
The little cares that fretted me,
I lost them yesterday
Among the fields above the sea,
Among the winds that play,
Among the lowing of the herd,
The rustling of the trees,
Among the singing of the birds,
The humming of the bees.
The foolish fears of what might pass
I cast them all away
Among the clover-scented grass,
Among the new-mown hay,
Among the hushing of the corn,
Where drowsy poppies nod,
Where ill thoughts die and good are born-
Out in the fields of God.
~Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861)
Browning was one of the most respected poets of the Victorian era. The eldest of twelve children, Elizabeth was educated at home and attended lessons with her brother's tutor becoming very well-educated for a girl of that time. She first began writing poetry between the ages of six and eight; and her poem "The Battle of Marathon" was published when she was only fourteen. The death of her brother Edward in 1840 had a serious effect on her already fragile health, which she eventually recovered from after several years. During this time her fame continued to grow. In 1845 she met her future husband, Robert Browning, and they married in secret due to her delicate health and the extraordinary objections made by Mr. Barrett to the marriage of any of his children.
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