Robert Browning

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

Say not 'a small event!' Why 'small'?
Costs it more pain that this ye call
A 'great event' should come to pass
From that? Untwine me from the mass
Of deeds which make up life, one deed
Power shall fall short in or exceed!
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Pippa Passes


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