Tag Archives: Aurora Leigh

Blaze Again, Like Fire in Every Leaf

By Robin Bates | Published: August 29, 2026

For poet Malcolm Guite, the story of Moses encountering God as a burning push prefigures the arrival of Christ.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Return of the Prodigal Son", “O Adonai", André Gide, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck, Malcolm Guite, Moses and the burning bush | Comments closed

Earth’s Crammed with Heaven

By Robin Bates | Published: March 22, 2025

Barrett Browning’s captures nature’s transcendent meaning through the image of the burning bush in “Aurora Leigh.” Also writing about the bush is Michael Lewis.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Sestina of the Burning Bush", burning bush, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Exodus, Michael Lewis, Moses | Comments closed

The Secret Ecstasy of Reading

By Robin Bates | Published: September 10, 2014

Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Aurora Leigh” captures my own relationship with books.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged books, Elizabeth Browning, reading | Comments closed

New Grandchild Born under a Dancing Star

By Robin Bates | Published: March 7, 2014

To celebrate the birth of my new granddaughter, I turn to Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Shakespeare.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Birth, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, grandchildren, Much Ado about Nothing, William Shakespeare | Comments closed

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