"I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett ..." So begins the first love letter to 19th century poet Elizabeth Barrett from her future husband, fellow poet Robert Browning.

"I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett ..."

The 573 love letters between Elizabeth Barrett and her future husband Robert Browning, which capture their courtship, their blossoming love and their forbidden marriage, have long fascinated scholars and poetry fans. They are now being released online.

WELLESLEY, Mass. — “I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett...” So begins the first love letter to 19th century poet Elizabeth Barrett from her future husband, fellow poet Robert Browning.

The 573 love letters capturing the courtship, blossoming love and forbidden marriage of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, have fascinated scholars and poetry fans.

WELLESLEY, Mass. — "I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett ..." So begins the first love letter to 19th-century poet Elizabeth Barrett from her future husband, fellow poet Robert Browning.

WELLESLEY, Mass. -- "I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett..." So begins the first love letter to 19th century poet Elizabeth Barrett from her future husband, fellow poet Robert Browning.

WELLESLEY, Mass. - "I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett ..." So begins the first love letter to 19th century poet Elizabeth Barrett from her future husband, fellow poet Robert Browning.

"I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett..."

  "I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett ..." So begins the first love letter to 19th-century poet Elizabeth Barrett from her future husband, fellow poet Robert Browning. Their 573 love letters, which capture their courtship, their blossoming love and their forbidden marriage, have long fascinated scholars and poetry fans. Though transcriptions of their correspondence have been ...