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Elizabeth Barrett Browning My Heart & I Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 6.50/10 [10 votes]Album: The Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning / Original Release Date: 2011-07-01Genre: Spoken WordSong Duration: 2 min 28 sec
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
- My Heart & I LyricsI.
Enough! we're tired, my heart and I.
 We sit beside the headstone thus,
 And wish that name were carved for us.
The moss reprints more tenderly
 The hard types of the mason's knife,
 As heaven's sweet life renews earth's life
With which we're tired, my heart and I.
II.
You see we're tired, my heart and I.
 We dealt with books, we trusted men,
 And in our own blood drenched the pen,
As if such colours could not fly.
 We walked too straight for fortune's end,
 We loved too true to keep a friend;
At last we're tired, my heart and I.
III.
How tired we feel, my heart and I!
 We seem of no use in the world;
 Our fancies hang grey and uncurled
About men's eyes indifferently;
 Our voice which thrilled you so, will let
 You sleep; our tears are only wet:
What do we here, my heart and I?
IV.
So tired, so tired, my heart and I!
 It was not thus in that old time
 When Ralph sat with me 'neath the lime
To watch the sunset from the sky.
 “Dear love, you're looking tired,” he said;
 I, smiling at him, shook my head:
'T is now we're tired, my heart and I.
V.
So tired, so tired, my heart and I!
 Though now none takes me on his arm
 To fold me close and kiss me warm
Till each quick breath end in a sigh
 Of happy languor. Now, alone,
 We lean upon this graveyard stone,
Uncheered, unkissed, my heart and I.
VI.
Tired out we are, my heart and I.
 Suppose the world brought diadems
 To tempt us, crusted with loose gems
Of powers and pleasures? Let it try.
 We scarcely care to look at even
 A pretty child, or God's blue heaven,
We feel so tired, my heart and I.
VII.
Yet who complains? My heart and I?
 In this abundant earth no doubt
 Is little room for things worn out:
Disdain them, break them, throw them by!
 And if before the days grew rough
 We once were loved, used,—well enough,
I think, we've fared, my heart and I.
Enough! we're tired, my heart and I.
 We sit beside the headstone thus,
 And wish that name were carved for us.
The moss reprints more tenderly
 The hard types of the mason's knife,
 As heaven's sweet life renews earth's life
With which we're tired, my heart and I.
II.
You see we're tired, my heart and I.
 We dealt with books, we trusted men,
 And in our own blood drenched the pen,
As if such colours could not fly.
 We walked too straight for fortune's end,
 We loved too true to keep a friend;
At last we're tired, my heart and I.
III.
How tired we feel, my heart and I!
 We seem of no use in the world;
 Our fancies hang grey and uncurled
About men's eyes indifferently;
 Our voice which thrilled you so, will let
 You sleep; our tears are only wet:
What do we here, my heart and I?
IV.
So tired, so tired, my heart and I!
 It was not thus in that old time
 When Ralph sat with me 'neath the lime
To watch the sunset from the sky.
 “Dear love, you're looking tired,” he said;
 I, smiling at him, shook my head:
V.
So tired, so tired, my heart and I!
 Though now none takes me on his arm
 To fold me close and kiss me warm
Till each quick breath end in a sigh
 Of happy languor. Now, alone,
 We lean upon this graveyard stone,
Uncheered, unkissed, my heart and I.
VI.
Tired out we are, my heart and I.
 Suppose the world brought diadems
 To tempt us, crusted with loose gems
Of powers and pleasures? Let it try.
 We scarcely care to look at even
 A pretty child, or God's blue heaven,
We feel so tired, my heart and I.
VII.
Yet who complains? My heart and I?
 In this abundant earth no doubt
 Is little room for things worn out:
Disdain them, break them, throw them by!
 And if before the days grew rough
 We once were loved, used,—well enough,
I think, we've fared, my heart and I.
Facts about My Heart & I
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My Heart & I is first released on July 01, 2011 as part of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's album "The Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning" which includes 19 tracks in total. This song is the 12nd track on this album.
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My Heart & I falls under the genre Spoken Word.
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My Heart & I song length is 2 minutes and 28 seconds.
When was My Heart & I released?
My Heart & I is first released on July 01, 2011 as part of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's album "The Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning" which includes 19 tracks in total. This song is the 12nd track on this album.
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Which genre is My Heart & I?
My Heart & I falls under the genre Spoken Word.
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How long is the song My Heart & I?
My Heart & I song length is 2 minutes and 28 seconds.
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