Robert Browning ( 10 of 73 )
Just my vengeance complete,
The man sprang to his feet,
Stood erect, caught at God's skirts, and read more
Just my vengeance complete,
The man sprang to his feet,
Stood erect, caught at God's skirts, and prayed!
So, I was afraid!
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.
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.
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?
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.
What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.
What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.
Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.
Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.
And I have written three books on the soul,
Proving absurd all written hitherto,
And putting us read more
And I have written three books on the soul,
Proving absurd all written hitherto,
And putting us to ignorance again.
