Lose who may-I still can say, Those who win heaven, blest are they!
ROBERT BROWNINGLose who may-I still can say, Those who win heaven, blest are they!
ROBERT BROWNINGThe moment eternal – just that and no more – When ecstasy’s utmost we clutch at the core While cheeks burn, arms open, eyes shut, and lips meet!
ROBERT BROWNINGBut what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the nerves at strain, to dry one’s eyes and laugh at a fall, and baffled, get up and begin again.
ROBERT BROWNINGWhat Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.
ROBERT BROWNINGA minute’s success pays the failure of years.
ROBERT BROWNINGWho knows most, doubts most.
ROBERT BROWNINGTruth is within ourselves.
ROBERT BROWNINGPleasure must succeed to pleasure, else past pleasure turns to pain.
ROBERT BROWNINGThe great mind knows the power of gentleness.
ROBERT BROWNINGEach life unfulfilled, you see; It hangs still, patchy and scrappy: We have not sighed deep, laughed free, Starved, feasted, despaired,—been happy.
ROBERT BROWNINGStrike when thou wilt, the hour of rest, but let my last days be my best.
ROBERT BROWNINGEscape me? Never, beloved! While I am I, and you are you.
ROBERT BROWNINGIf all the world is a stage and life is just a play upon it, get me two seats in the stalls.
ROBERT BROWNINGMeasure your mind’s height by the shade it casts.
ROBERT BROWNINGTake away love and our earth is a tomb.
ROBERT BROWNINGGood to forgive, Best to forget.
ROBERT BROWNING