Robert Browning
England
7 May 1812 // 12 Dec 1889
Poet, Playwright
7 May 1812 // 12 Dec 1889
Poet, Playwright
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They are perfect; how else? they shall never change:
We are faulty; why not? we have time in store.
We are faulty; why not? we have time in store.
Old Pictures in Florence
O woman-country! wooed not wed,
Loved all the more by earth's male-lands,
Laid to their hearts instead.
Loved all the more by earth's male-lands,
Laid to their hearts instead.
By the Fireside
If two lives join, there is oft a scar.
They are one and one, with a shadowy third;
One near one is too far.
They are one and one, with a shadowy third;
One near one is too far.
I give the fight up: let there be an end,
A privacy, an obscure nook for me.
I want to be forgotten even by God.
A privacy, an obscure nook for me.
I want to be forgotten even by God.
Paracelsus
The ultimate, angels' law,
Indulging every instinct of the soul
There where law, life, joy, impulse are one thing!
Indulging every instinct of the soul
There where law, life, joy, impulse are one thing!
A Death in the Desert
All service ranks the same with God,
With God, whose puppets, best and worst,
Are we: there is no last nor first.
With God, whose puppets, best and worst,
Are we: there is no last nor first.
Pippa Passes
How good is man's life, the mere living! how fit to employ
All the heart and the soul and the senses forever in joy!
All the heart and the soul and the senses forever in joy!
Saul
And I have written three books on the soul,
Proving absurd all written hitherto,
And putting us to ignorance again.
Proving absurd all written hitherto,
And putting us to ignorance again.
Cleon
God made all the creatures, and gave them our love and our fear,
To give sign we and they are his children, one family here.
To give sign we and they are his children, one family here.
Saul
Just my vengeance complete,
The man sprang to his feet,
Stood erect, caught at God's skirts, and prayed!
So, I was afraid!
The man sprang to his feet,
Stood erect, caught at God's skirts, and prayed!
So, I was afraid!
Instans Tyrannus
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