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
soul body may
Wander at will, Day after day,-- Wander away, Wandering still-- Soul that canst soar! Body may slumber: Body shall cumber Soul-flight no more.
should breasts humans
No thought which ever stirred A human breast should be untold.
girl kissing universe
Brightest truth, purest trust in the universe, all were for me, in the kiss of one girl.
Death: the grand perhaps.
silence decree awe
Silence 'tis awe decrees.
running morning autumn
Oh, good gigantic smile o' the brown old earth, This autumn morning! How he sets his bones To bask i' the sun, and thrusts out knees and feet. From the ripple to run over in its mirth
devil way fiddle
The devil, that old stager, who leads downward, perhaps, but fiddles all the way!
tree lasts three
Generations pass while some tree stands, and old families last not three oaks.
men slave armour
A man in armour is his armour's slave.
humble pride ifs
As if true pride Were not also humble!
consent
There is nothing so unpardonable as to consent to a senseless, aimless, purposeless life.
infinite finite poetry-is
All poetry is putting the infinite within the finite.
night world universe
Night conceals a world but reveals a universe.
beloved
Escape me? Never, beloved! While I am I, and you are you.