Robert Browning ( 10 of 73 )
Good, to forgive;
Best to forget.
Good, to forgive;
Best to forget.
Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.
Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.
What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.
What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.
This could but have happened once,
And we missed it, lost it forever.
This could but have happened once,
And we missed it, lost it forever.
'Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do.
'Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do.
It's a long time between drinks.
It's a long time between drinks.
Just for a handful of silver he left us,
Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat;
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Just for a handful of silver he left us,
Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat;
Found the one gift of which Fortune bereft us,
Lost all the others she lets us devote.
And gain is gain, however small.
And gain is gain, however small.
But how carve way i' the life that lies before,
If bent on groaning ever for the past?
But how carve way i' the life that lies before,
If bent on groaning ever for the past?
And I have written three books on the soul,
Proving absurd all written hitherto,
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And I have written three books on the soul,
Proving absurd all written hitherto,
And putting us to ignorance again.
