English - Poet | May 7, 1812 - December 12, 1889
Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do!
Robert Browning
ManHimWouldWhichDoesTis
A face to lose youth for, to occupy age With the dream of, meet death with.
AgeDeathYouthFaceLoseDream
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.
GodAloneProgressManBeastMark
Better have failed in the high aim, as I, Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed As, God be thanked! I do not.
GodSucceedBetterAimHighLow
Why comes temptation but for man to meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph?
ManTemptationMeetTriumphWhyHis
Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.
ThoughtSuddenStungSplendour
On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round.
BrokenPerfectHeavenEarthRound
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