Betwixt me and the dreadful outer brink Of obvious death, where I, who thought to sink, Was caught up into love, and taught the whole Of life in a new rhythm.

During their friendship Barrett studied Greek literature including Homer Pindar and Aristophanes. Barrett Browning. This illness caused her to be frail and weak.

A collection of her last poems was publiElizabeth Barrett Browningd by her husband Robert Browning shortly after her death. Her poetry was widely popular in both England and the United States during her lifetime.