Browning's Shorter Poems

All the breath and the bloom of the year in the bag of one bee: 
All the wonder and wealth of the mine in the heart of one gem: 
In the core of one pearl all the shade and the shine of the sea: 
Breath and bloom, shade and shine,—­wonder, wealth, and—­how far above them—­
   Truth, that’s brighter than gem,
   Trust, that’s purer than pearl,—­
Brightest truth, purest trust in the universe,—­all were for me
   In the kiss of one girl.

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