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
patience proves
The are times when patience proves at fault.
blessing city facilities golfers hopefully match park played
This may be a blessing for some courses. The attrition of the facilities hopefully will match the attrition of the population. The golfers that played at City Park or Eastover will want to play golf. So they will have to go to other facilities.
goes greatest keeping life pleasure
Bang-whang-whang goes the drum, tootle-tetootle the fife; No keeping one's haunches still: it's the greatest pleasure in life
heart queen
This is a heart the Queen leant on.
begins fight within worth
When a man's fight begins within himself, he is worth something
years pay minutes
A minute of success pays for years of failure.
learning grieving funeral
I walked a mile with Pleasure; She chattered all the way. But left me none the wiser For all she had to say. I walked a mile with Sorrow And ne'er a word said she; But oh, the things I learned from her When Sorrow walked with me!
soul earth
Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.
mind great-minds knows
The great mind knows the power of gentleness.
stars heaven bread
If thou tastest a crust of bread, thou tastest all the stars and all the heavens.
heart my-heart
Open my heart, and you will see Graved inside of it ‘Italy.'
splendour
Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.
music solitude musical
Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.
afterlife sun daylight
Must in death your daylight finish? My sun sets to rise again.