Robert Browning
England
7 May 1812 // 12 Dec 1889
Poet, Playwright
7 May 1812 // 12 Dec 1889
Poet, Playwright
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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
Progress, man's distinctive mark alone,
Not God's, and not the beasts: God is, they are;
Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be.
Not God's, and not the beasts: God is, they are;
Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be.
A Death in the Desert
Ah, did you once see Shelley plain,
And did he stop and speak to you,
And did you speak to him again?
How strange it seems, and new!
And did he stop and speak to you,
And did you speak to him again?
How strange it seems, and new!
Memorabilia
What's come to perfection perishes.
Things learned on earth we shall practise in heaven;
Works done least rapidly
Art most cherishes.
Things learned on earth we shall practise in heaven;
Works done least rapidly
Art most cherishes.
That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over,
Lest you should think he never could recapture
The first fine careless rapture.
Lest you should think he never could recapture
The first fine careless rapture.
Home-Thoughts from Abroad
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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