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    ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. 369

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    LVIL—ELIZABETH BAEEETT BEOWNING.

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    ¦ i» » .¦ death Thebe of are Elizab few ...

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    first as marrie were in d order cou able ples to ; who walk arm walked . in arm The , rear two accom was and panied broug two . by ht After such up and b of y these Monsieur Monsieur their came children and and the

    Madame Madame Maitre Leclerc and with their their two children young also dau . gh " ters Three , hundred people walking to St . Benigne in procession ! Ah ! it was truly a

    beautiful at As the si I g perfect ht passed V * said with order Madame her and throug organization Leclerc h t be he . immense well of the whole w sattes , I and aske _, marve cared d if llin she for g

    t as houg 300 h . t 3000 She- work lied peop that le coul she d would as not fe organized ar to undertake 3000 , and that the rep condition of an atelier wholly depended , on the

    mas rative ters to addin have g a woman also that in wh some ere women way employed were em in p surveillance loyed it was alone . impe She in

    laug a expressed forei hed gn country h the utmost I re ; and lied astonishment said _" And she should I that Madam be a lad " should qui y cou te ld bewildered be travel quite bewil , " but

    dered if I wer en e responsibl p , e for 300 , workpeop , le and the organization of an establishment such as this . "

    " Oh / 79 said she , " c ' est Vhabitude , voild tout !" BKP

    . . .

    Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 369

    ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING . 369

    Lvil—Elizabeth Baeeett Beowning.

    LVIL—ELIZABETH BAEEETT BEOWNING .

    ¦ I» » .¦ Death Thebe Of Are Elizab Few ...

    ¦ i » » . ¦ death Thebe of are Elizab few eth homes Barrett in Eng Browning land where will not the hav announcement e roused a fe of eling the

    mourn of regret her for far the departed er than , and the sympath ordinar y transient for those sensation who are left which to y

    is excitecb w , hen a remar p kable or gifted person is called away . she Many has will taught look , the back comfort with g she rat false ef has ul remem beacon given , brance li and hts the t of t this asp he irations l world essons

    face faith which and will guided and she feel tli has e towards that loftiest led away a friend the resolve from hol and y . the and M counsellor any steadfast who never has shining g been looked of taken the upon purest from her ,

    them . ' For she was indeed faithful to the true poetic mission . She was calledas every real poet is called , to be _proxohet ,

    philosop the her error , and -seekers priest , . To warn mankind —to scourge to hallow , if need the be emotions —the errors of every and among ;

    day with the radiance of poetic light ; to tlie raise sacred what and the

    commonp and lace on call the commonp other l hand ace , into to draw the reg down ion of the sublimest teachings symbolic of , , , touch the lest hearts

    philosophy into tender cadences which simp .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1861, page 369, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081861/page/9/