Robert Browning
Robert Browning
Robert Browningwas an English poet and playwright whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. His poems are known for their irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings, and challenging vocabulary and syntax...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth7 May 1812
poverty world littles
Oh, the little more, and how much it is! And the little less, and what worlds away.
atheist writing atheism
Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things. The honest thief, the tender murderer, the superstitious atheist.
faith doubt shows
I show you doubt, to prove that faith exists.
heart next trouble
Heart, fear nothing, for, heart, thou shalt find her- Next time, herself!-not the trouble behind her
might gains want
I know what I want and what I might gain, and yet, how profitless to know.
rain heart wind
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; straight She shut the cold out and the storm, And kneeled and made the cheerless grate Blaze up and all the cottage warm;
hate men debt
Women hate a debt as men a gift.
sea land break
The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength.
pain passion heart
Only I discern Infinite passion, and the pain Of finite hearts that yearn.
inspirational life positive
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?
remakes made absolutes
My business is not to remake myself, but to make the absolute best of what God made.
time fire snow
I see my way as birds their trackless way. I shall arrive,- what time, what circuit first, I ask not; but unless God send his hail Or blinding fire-balls, sleet or stifling snow, In some time, his good time, I shall arrive: He guides me and the bird. In his good time.
time perfect why-not
They are perfect; how else?-they shall never change: We are faulty; why not?-we have time in store.
time fall looks
In God's good time, Which does not always fall on Saturday When the world looks for wages.