“For uses, therefore, I must count worth while.”
- Source
- Aurora Leigh
- Date
- 1856
- Local voice
- Fictional narrator · Aurora Leigh
Meaning of “For uses, therefore, I must count worth while.”
After describing a slow return from profound loss, Aurora reconnects being alive with possible uses and reasons to continue engaging with the world.
Where does it come from?
Aurora Leigh, Book I, printed page 21 / Wikisource scan leaf 30, scan-backed Chapman and Hall third edition (London, 1857), cross-checked against Project Gutenberg #56621. After recounting bereavement and a slow return to ordinary consciousness, Aurora says, “For uses, therefore, I must count worth while.” This remains literary first-person narration about loss and renewed engagement with life, not clinical advice or a recovery benchmark.
Why the local voice matters
Aurora Leigh, Book I; Project Gutenberg #56621. The line occurs after the narrator recounts bereavement and a gradual return to ordinary life; it is literary narration, not clinical advice.
