Robert Browning ( 10 of 73 )
Only I discern
Infinite passion, and the pain
Of finite hearts that yearn.
Only I discern
Infinite passion, and the pain
Of finite hearts that yearn.
Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
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.
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.
Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.
Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.
No, when the fight begins within himself,
A man's worth something.
No, when the fight begins within himself,
A man's worth something.
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?
What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.
What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.
Dear, dead women, with such hair, too--what's become of all the
gold
Used to hang and brush their read more
Dear, dead women, with such hair, too--what's become of all the
gold
Used to hang and brush their bosoms?
Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.
Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.
