The Best Thing in the World

The Best Thing in the World
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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What's the best thing in the world?
June-rose, by May-dew impearled;
Sweet south-wind, that means no rain;
Truth, not cruel to a friend;
Pleasure, not in haste to end;
Beauty, not self-decked and curled
Till its pride is over-plain;
Love, when, so, you're loved again.
What's the best thing in the world?
--Something out of it, I think.

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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