Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half...

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning about shame, fire, fire brigade, life

Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Who's sorry for a gnat or girl?

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning about shame, fire, fire brigade, life.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806 - 1861, english poet

Was born on: 06 mar 1806.
Died on 29 jun 1861, at 55 years old.
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