Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh (1856), Book VII.
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* * * Purple lilies Dante blew To a larger bubble with his prophet breath.
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning on Lilies
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "* * * Purple lilies Dante blew To a larger bubble with his prophet breath." in the context of "Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh (1856), Book VII." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Lilies" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 457-58.)
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About Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (March 6 1806 – June 29 1861) was an English poet and the wife of Robert Browning.
About Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (March 6 1806 – June 29 1861) was an English poet and the wife of Robert Browning.
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