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• Thou art my single day, God lends to leaven What were all earth else, with a feel of heaven.

  Robert Browning

  Art, Heaven, Sabbath

  Robert Browning (1994). “The Works of Robert Browning”, p.166, Wordsworth Editions

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• We find great things are made of little things, And little things go lessening till at last Comes God behind them.

  Robert Browning

  Littles, Lasts, Little Things

  Richard Cronin, Robert Browning, Dorothy McMillan (2015). “Robert Browning”, p.467, Oxford University Press, USA

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• 'Tis only when they spring to Heaven that angels reveal themselves to you.

  Robert Browning

  Spring, Angel, Heaven

  Robert Browning (1994). “The Works of Robert Browning”, p.55, Wordsworth Editions

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• I show you doubt, to prove that faith exists.

  Robert Browning

  Faith, Doubt, Shows

  Robert Browning, John Woolford, Daniel Karlin (1991). “The Poems of Browning: 1847-1861”, p.192, Pearson Education

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• No work begun shall ever pause for death.

  Robert Browning

  Work, Pauses

  Robert Browning, Stefan Hawlin (2001). “The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Volume VIII. The Ring and the Book”, p.289, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Twere too absurd to slight For the hereafter the todays delight!

  Robert Browning

  Delight, Today, Pleasure

  Robert Browning (1840). “Sordello [a poem].”, p.232

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• Pippa's Song The year's at the spring The day's at the morn Morning's at seven, The Hill side's dew-pearled The lark's on the wing The snail's on the thorn God's in his heaven- All's right with the world

  Robert Browning

  Song, Morning, Spring

  Pippa Passes pt. 1 (1841)

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• Sorrow, the heart must bear,
  Sits in the home of each, conspicuous there.
  Many a circumstance, at least,
  Touches the very breast.
  For those
  Whom any sent away,--he knows:
  And in the live man's stead,
  Armor and ashes reach
  The house of each.

  Robert Browning

  Home, Heart, Men

  Robert Browning (2008). “The Agamemnon of Aeschylus, La Saisiaz, Etc.”, p.15, Wildside Press LLC

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• The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength.

  Robert Browning

  Sea, Land, Break

  Robert Browning (1994). “The Works of Robert Browning”, p.366, Wordsworth Editions

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• Needs there groan a world in anguish just to teach us sympathy?

  Robert Browning

  Sympathy, Needs, World

  Robert Browning (1994). “The Works of Robert Browning”, p.559, Wordsworth Editions

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• Any nose may ravage with impunity a rose.

  Robert Browning

  Flower, Rose, Noses

  'Sordello' (1840) bk. 6, l. 881

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• Imperfection means perfection hid.

  Robert Browning

  Mean, Perfection, Imperfection

  Richard Cronin, Robert Browning, Dorothy McMillan (2015). “Robert Browning”, p.349, Oxford University Press, USA

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• A lion may die of an ass's kick.

  Robert Browning

  Lions, May, Ass

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• All good things
  Are ours, nor soul helps flesh more, now, than flesh helps soul!

  Robert Browning

  Soul, Flesh, Helping

  Richard Cronin, Robert Browning, Dorothy McMillan (2015). “Robert Browning”, p.403, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Italy, my Italy! Queen Mary's saying serves for me (When fortune's malice Lost her Calais): "Open my heart, and you will see Graved inside of it 'Italy.'"

  Robert Browning

  Queens, Heart, Lost

  'De Gustibus' (1855) pt. 2, l. 39

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• Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things. The honest thief, the tender murderer, the superstitious atheist.

  Robert Browning

  Atheist, Writing, Atheism

  'Bishop Blougram's Apology' (1855) l. 395

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• Of power does Man possess no particle: Of knowledge-just so much as show that still It ends in ignorance on every side.

  Robert Browning

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Science

  Robert Browning (2008). “The Agamemnon of Aeschylus, La Saisiaz, Etc.”, p.334, Wildside Press LLC

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• Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's; God is, they are, Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be.

  Robert Browning

  Hope, Men, Progress

  'A Death in the Desert' (1864) l. 586

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• Are there not, dear Michael, Two points in the adventure of the diver,- One, when a beggar he prepares to plunge; One, when a prince he rises with his pearl? Festus, I plunge.

  Robert Browning

  Adventure, Two, Preparation

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• Let's contend no more, Love, Strive nor weep: All be as before Love, - Only sleep.

  Robert Browning

  Love, Sleep, Strive

  'A Woman's Last Word' (1855) st. 1

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• I think, am sure, a brother's love exceeds
  All the world's loves in its unworldliness.

  Robert Browning

  Life, Brother, Thinking

  Robert Browning (1863). “A blot in the 'scutcheon. The return of the Druses. Luria. A soul's tragedy. Dramatic romances and lyrics”, p.34

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• Tis looking downward makes one dizzy.

  Robert Browning

  Adversity, Dizzy

  Robert Browning, John Woolford, Daniel Karlin (1991). “The Poems of Browning: 1847-1861”, p.322, Pearson Education

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• Heart, fear nothing, for, heart, thou shalt find her- Next time, herself!-not the trouble behind her

  Robert Browning

  Heart, Next, Trouble

  Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning (2012). “Browning: Poems”, p.14, Everyman's Library

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• All service ranks the same with God,- With God, whose puppets, best and worst, Are we: there is no last nor first.

  Robert Browning

  God, Puppets, Lasts

  'Pippa Passes' (1841) epilogue ad fin.

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• Our aspirations are our responsibilities.

  Robert Browning

  Responsibility, Aspiration

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