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
love-you sunshine blessing
Ah, love, - you are my unutterable blessing.....I am in full sunshine now.
goodbye saying-goodbye love-is
Poetry, like love, is something we never truly say goodbye to.
soul
Thought is the soul of act.
truth truth-is strikes
Truth is truth howe'er it strike.
children blow blood
Mid the sharp, short emerald wheat, scarce risen three fingers well, The wild tulip at the end of its tube, blows out its great red bell, Like a thin clear bubble of blood, for the children to pick and sell.
pain women pretty-woman
A pretty woman's worth some pains to see, Nor is she spoiled, I take it, if a crown Completes the forehead pale and tresses pure.
men armor slave
A man in armor is his armor's slave.
pain voice light
For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave, The black minute's at end, And the elements' rage, the fiend voices that rave, Shall dwindle, shall blend, Shall change, shall become first a peace out of pain, Then a light, then thy breast, O thou soul of my soul! I shall clasp thee again, And with God be the rest!
men world cost
Man seeks his own good at the whole world's cost.
adversity dizzy
Tis looking downward makes one dizzy.
mean perfection imperfection
Imperfection means perfection hid.
life dream world
The world and life's too big to pass for a dream
lips praise deeper
Praise is deeper than the lips
dream action
I do what many dream of, all their lives