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Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes: God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it.
         

God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it.


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This page presents the quote "God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it.". Author of this quote is Elizabeth Barrett Browning. This quote is about god, answers, religious, faith,.