What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning | Printable Wall Art

“What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes.”

Words by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) — English poet, author of Sonnets from the Portuguese.

About this quote

This line expresses complete devotion and connection. The speaker explains that every action and dream is intimately bound to the person they love. Using the organic metaphor of wine and grapes, the poem suggests that love is not an added extra, but the very essence of who the speaker has become. One cannot be separated from the other.

Written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning for her future husband, Robert Browning, during their Victorian courtship. It appears in Sonnet 6 of her sequence, Sonnets from the Portuguese, published in 1850.

People often hang this print in a master bedroom or beside the bed to celebrate enduring romantic devotion.

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