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
years pay minutes
A minute of success pays for years of failure.
love life friendship
Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.
love life positive
Take away love and our earth is a tomb.
care doubt
Irks care the crop-full bird? Frets doubt the maw-crammed beast?
best plain
It is best to be yourself, imperial, plain and true.
inspirational looks
Look not down but up!
hurt truth
Truth never hurts the teller.
hurt truth
Truth never hurt the teller.
best dream guess plants saw
Like plants in mines, which never saw the sun, But dream of him, and guess where he may be, And do the best to climb, and get to him.
fast free
So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.