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
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!
being-yourself being-single acceptance
Best be yourself, imperial, plain, and true.
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.
kissing romantic-love teenage-love
What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?
courage fall sleep
One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake.
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.
beauty attitude simple
If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing God invents.
godly perfect poetry
God is the perfect poet.
rome late rounds
Every one soon or late comes round by Rome.