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344a36f 'Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do! Robert Browning
1402f36 Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for? Robert Browning
a340d2d Take away love, and our earth is a tomb! Robert Browning
483491c I count life just a stuff To try the soul's strength on. Robert Browning
edacb49 What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop? Robert Browning
ee5f9d9 When the fight begins within himself,A man's worth something. Robert Browning
5e33672 He said true things, but called them by the wrong names. Robert Browning
0cb7b8c Lofty designs must close in like effects. Robert Browning
d9dc84f Rafael made a century of sonnets. Robert Browning
a9f7c23 Other heights in other lives, God willing. Robert Browning
1ce13e7 Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought. Robert Browning
037b8f5 The body sprangAt once to the height, and stayed; but the soul,--no! Robert Browning
f7642fb Look not thou down but up! To uses of a cup. Robert Browning
79d2b9f A ring without a posy, and that ring mine? Robert Browning
ea6ad2c In the great right of an excessive wrong. Robert Browning
a635ce0 Was never evening yetBut seemed far beautifuller than its day. Robert Browning
cfbda92 The curious crime, the fineFelicity and flower of wickedness. Robert Browning
64f7349 Thy rare gold ring of verse (the poet praised)Linking our England to his Italy. Robert Browning
01ad518 The sprinkled isles,Lily on lily, that o'erlace the sea. Robert Browning
ac24445 Oh never starWas lost here but it rose afar. Robert Browning
3efca65 Lost, lost! one moment knelled the woe of years. Robert Browning
458c9c7 Just for a handful of silver he left us,Just for a riband to stick in his coat. Robert Browning
18f0db7 That great browAnd the spirit-small hand propping it. Robert Browning
2b9f950 He who did well in war just earns the rightTo begin doing well in peace. Robert Browning
672b343 What I aspired to be,And was not, comforts me. Robert Browning
9f28569 How sad and bad and mad it was!But then, how it was sweet! Robert Browning
0921cde So may a glory from defect arise. Robert Browning
66d0fbf This could but have happened once,-- And we missed it, lost it forever. Robert Browning
3200014 But how carve way i' the life that lies before,If bent on groaning ever for the past? Robert Browning
3d150e3 God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance,Rests never on the track until it reach Robert Browning
2eb8e1d Good, to forgive;Dying, we live. Robert Browning
0d89406 Can we love but on condition that the thing we love must die? Robert Browning
b11ce3f Wanting is--what?Where is the blot? Robert Browning
92bf857 But little do or can the best of us:That little is achieved through Liberty. Robert Browning
cb1db7c There is no truer truth obtainable By Man than comes of music. Robert Browning
dcdc74c Beauty's of a fading nature Has a season and is gone! Robert Burns
dfa41b4 I'm truly sorry man's dominion Has broken Nature's social union. Robert Burns
65e0e4f Nature's law, That man was made to mourn. Robert Burns
4cd5987 Man's inhumanity to man Man was made to Mourn. Robert Burns
e3a4346 Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire. Robert Burns
9915ec9 On ev'ry hand it will allowed be, He's just--nae better than he should be. Robert Burns
cc5674c It's hardly in a body's pow'r, To keep, at times, frae being sour. Robert Burns
8e70333 His locked, lettered, braw brass collar Showed him the gentleman an' scholar. Robert Burns
9681338 An' there began a lang digression About the lords o' the creation. Robert Burns