God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it.

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.