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
hath mind
This Quiet, all it hath a mind to do, doth.
afar draw fail knew man named night poet remember saw stand true
Stand still, true poet that you are! / I know you; let me try and draw you. / Some night you'll fail us: when afar / You rise, remember one man saw you, / Knew you and named a star!
patience proves
The are times when patience proves at fault.
best plain
It is best to be yourself, imperial, plain and true.
bride corpse leave lost though tied
Let me not know that all is lost, though lost it be - leave me not tied to this despair, this corpse like bride
care doubt
Irks care the crop-full bird? Frets doubt the maw-crammed beast?
dogs escapes leave man mistrust others time
Others mistrust and say: "But time escapes - live now or never!" He said: "What's time? Leave Now for dogs and apes - Man has For ever
best grow
Grow old with me the best is yet to come.
best grow last
Grow old with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, For which, the first is made.
again begin dry eyes laugh
To dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall, And, baffled, get up and begin again
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.
believe kiss sure
Kiss me as if you made believe You were not sure this eve, How my face, your flower, had pursed It's petals up ...
decided deter ears extra maybe pair
I would think the extra pair of eyes, extra pair of ears would maybe deter someone who may have decided to try something.
blinding fire god good hail send shall unless
Unless God send his hail / Or blinding fire balls, sleet or stifling snow, / In some time, his good time, I shall arrive.