| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 8794 |
| QUOTATION: | When our two souls stand up erect and strong,
Face to face, silent, drawing nigh and nigher,
Until the lengthening wings break into fire |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861), British poet. When we two souls (l. 1–3). . .
From SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250–1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. (New ed., rev. and enl., 1939) Oxford University Press. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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