Great Regulars: Now she has dropped those ashes of grief

at the feet of her beloved. But she notices that there seem to be some live coals in the heap of ashes; her grief is still burning "through the ashen greyness." She speculates that if her beloved could stomp out the remaining burning coals of her grief, that might be all well and good.

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Barrett Browning's Sonnet 5

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