Robert Browning

England
7 May 1812 // 12 Dec 1889
Poet, Playwright

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On Facts:

But facts are facts and flinch not.

The Ring and the Book

Sing, riding 's a joy! For me I ride.

The last Ride together

On Ambition:

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

On Love:

Take away love and our earth is a tomb.

On Solitude:

When is man strong until he feels alone?

Colombe's Birthday

Lofty designs must close in like effects.

A Grammarian's Funeral

On Thought:

Stung by the splendor of a sudden thought.

A Death in the Desert

Other heights in other lives, God willing.

Two in the Campagna

Any nose
May ravage with impunity a rose.

Sordello

On Thought:

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.
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