John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6659 Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806-1861 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6659 |
| AUTHOR: | Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) |
| QUOTATION: | The growing drama has outgrown such toys Of simulated stature, face, and speech: It also peradventure may outgrow The simulation of the painted scene, Boards, actors, prompters, gaslight, and costume, And take for a worthier stage the soul itself, Its shifting fancies and celestial lights, With all its grand orchestral silences To keep the pauses of its rhythmic sounds. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Aurora Leigh. Book v. |