Robert Browning
Poet
1812-05-07
Quotes by Robert Browning
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The power of the night, the press of the storm, the post of the foe; where he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form, yet, the strong man must go.
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A lion may die of an ass's kick.
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In this world, who can do a thing, will not;And who would do it, cannot, I perceive:Yet the will's somewhat — somewhat, too, the power — And thus we half-men struggle.
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Who hears music, feels his solitudePeopled at once.
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Days decrease, / And autumn grows, autumn in everything.
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Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character
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The rain set early in tonight,The sullen wind was soon awake,It tore the elm-tops down for spite,And did its best to vex the lake:I listened with heart fit to break.When glided in Porphyria; straightShe shut the cold out and the storm,And kneeled and made the cheerless grateBlaze up and all the cottage warm;
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What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew
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Love is the energy of life.
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There is an inmost center in us all, where truth abides in fullness;....and, to know, rather consists in opening out a way where the imprisoned splendor may escape, then in effecting entry for a light supposed to be without.
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Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,Or what's a heaven for?
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how sad and bad and mad it was - but then, how it was sweet
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Who hears music, feels his solitudePeopled at once.
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What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew
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how sad and bad and mad it was - but then, how it was sweet
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Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character
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The power of the night, the press of the storm, the post of the foe; where he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form, yet, the strong man must go.
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In this world, who can do a thing, will not;And who would do it, cannot, I perceive:Yet the will's somewhat — somewhat, too, the power — And thus we half-men struggle.
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Days decrease, / And autumn grows, autumn in everything.
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Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,Or what's a heaven for?
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