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
design lofty effects
Lofty designs must close in like effects.
past records secure
The past is gained, secure, and on record.
writing belief conviction
I write from a thorough conviction that it is the duty of me, and with the belief that, after every drawback and shortcoming, I do my best, all things considered--that is for me, and, so being, the not being listened to by one human creature would, I hope, in nowise affect me.
book people feelings
I have no little insight into the feelings of furniture, and treat books and prints with a reasonable consideration. How some people use their pictures, for instance, is a mystery to me; very revolting all the same--portraits obliged to face each other for ever--prints put together in portfolios.
judging people might
I judge people by what they might be, - not are, nor will be.
mean men youth
Youth means love, Vows can't change nature, priests are only men.
drinking liquor
When the liquor's out, why clink the cannikin?
liberty littles
But little do or can the best of us: That little is achieved through Liberty.
ears may musician
But God has a few of us to whom he whispers in the ear; The rest may reason and welcome; 'tis we musicians know.
heart heaven earth
The heavens and earth stay as they were; my heart Beats as it beat: the truth remains the truth.
dies conditions
Can we love but on condition that the thing we love must die?
pain gains ends
When pain ends, gain ends too.
christian atheism candid
The candid incline to surmise of late that the Christian faith proves false.
heart home men
Sorrow, the heart must bear, Sits in the home of each, conspicuous there. Many a circumstance, at least, Touches the very breast. For those Whom any sent away,--he knows: And in the live man's stead, Armor and ashes reach The house of each.