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
goes greatest keeping life pleasure
Bang-whang-whang goes the drum, tootle-tetootle the fife; No keeping one's haunches still: it's the greatest pleasure in life
splendor stung sudden
Stung by the splendor of a sudden thought.
best plain
It is best to be yourself, imperial, plain and true.
care doubt
Irks care the crop-full bird? Frets doubt the maw-crammed beast?
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.
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.
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
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!
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
brute deserve hated saw wicked
I never saw a brute I hated so; / He must be wicked to deserve such pain.
brown great greek horses smooth
Horses for ye, and brown Greek manuscripts, / And mistresses with great smooth marbly limbs.
chin game giants
The hills, like giants at a hunting, lay, / Chin upon hand, to see the game at bay.
heart queen
This is a heart the Queen leant on.