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Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Sonnet XXXIX: Because Thou Hast the Power
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Because thou hast the power and own`st the grace 
To look through and behind this mask of me 
(Against which years have beat thus blanchingly 
With their rains), and behold my soul`s true face, 
The dim and weary witness of life`s race, 
Because thou hast the faith and love to see, 
Through that same soul`s distracting lethargy, 
The patient angel waiting for a place 
In the new Heavens,—because nor sin nor woe, 
Nor God`s infliction, nor death`s neighbourhood, 
Nor all which others viewing, turn to go, 
Nor all of which makes me tired of all, self-viewed,— 
Nothing repels thee,…Dearest, teach me so 
To pour out gratitude, as thou dost, good!
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