Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Who's sorry for a gnat or girl?

		Name: Elizabeth Barrett Browning Type: Poet Nationality: English Birth: March 6, 1806 Death: June 29, 1861