Lizzie Browning Rocks in her Box: New Sonnets from the Portuguese
Fiction & Literature, Poetry, Romance, Contemporary
| Author: | Manuela Cardiga | ISBN: | 9781311155733 |
| Publisher: | Manuela Cardiga | Publication: | April 28, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Manuela Cardiga |
| ISBN: | 9781311155733 |
| Publisher: | Manuela Cardiga |
| Publication: | April 28, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
"Once, long ago, I was in love with love.
I read a poem, you see.
I read many poems - it is true - but this one poem is that very poem that makes every young girl sigh, and long to die for love.
I’m talking of course, of the famous “How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count The Ways…”
How many of us have not dreamed of some lovelorn swain flung at our feet valiantly proclaiming it, as we swoon palely and interestingly?
Be honest! Admit it!
I did…"
One woman follows the twisted winding path of romantic love that leads from Lizzie Browning to Lizzie Borden, and she does it all with an Audrey Hepburn smile…
"Once, long ago, I was in love with love.
I read a poem, you see.
I read many poems - it is true - but this one poem is that very poem that makes every young girl sigh, and long to die for love.
I’m talking of course, of the famous “How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count The Ways…”
How many of us have not dreamed of some lovelorn swain flung at our feet valiantly proclaiming it, as we swoon palely and interestingly?
Be honest! Admit it!
I did…"
One woman follows the twisted winding path of romantic love that leads from Lizzie Browning to Lizzie Borden, and she does it all with an Audrey Hepburn smile…
