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 \nV  \nNor God's infliction,nor death's neighbourhood...She speaks always of her life before the meeting withBrowning as one of sadness:  \nThe sweet,sad years,the melancholy years,  \nThose of my own life ...  \nAlas,I have grieved so I am hard to love.  \nFor frequent tears have run  \nThe colours from my life...  \nYet her childhood,passed on her father's country es-tate,was a happy one,until at the age of ffteen theillness which was to haunt her life began.At this timetoo while saddling her pony she injured herself insome way which was thought to have affected herspine,and this increased the delicacy of her health.She was a precocious child,who read Greek and wroteverses from very early days.A few years after the ac-cident her mother died,and there remained to Eliza-beth eight younger brothers,two sisters—and herfather.Like the father of the Brontes,the father ofthe Barretts is one of the enigmas of literary history;vi","cbCaidIKGYptjp14","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidIKGYptjp14","pdf",2935794,120,"English","# A Note\n## Browning’s First Meeting and Her Illness\n## Life Before the Meeting: Death, Sadness, and Poems\n## Childhood, Injury, and Early Literary Talent","[{\"question\":\"What is discussed about Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s illness before her meeting with Robert Browning?\",\"answer\":\"Her illness is described as long-standing and debilitating, with its exact nature uncertain. 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