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
lost-ones years woe
Lost, lost! one moment knelled the woe of years.
queens heart fortune
Italy, my Italy! Queen Mary's saying serves for me (When fortune's malice Lost her Calais): "Open my heart, and you will see Graved inside of it 'Italy.'"
strength waste doom
Be sure that God Ne'er dooms to waste the strength he deigns impart.
hath mind
This Quiet, all it hath a mind to do, doth.
early rain soon sullen wind worst
The rain set early in to-night, / The sullen wind was soon awake. / It tore the elm-tops down for spite. / And did its worst to vex the lake.
begins fight within worth
When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something.