A face to lose youth for, to occupy age With the dream of, meet death with.

— Robert Browning

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp or what's a heaven for?

— Robert Browning

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?

— Robert Browning

A lion may die of an ass's kick.

— Robert Browning

A minute's success pays the failure of years.

— Robert Browning

A minute’s success pays the failure of years.

— Robert Browning

Any nosegay ravage with impunity a rose.

— Robert Browning

Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.

— Robert Browning

Autumn wins you best by this: its mute Appeal to sympathy for its decay.

— Robert Browning

Best be yourself, imperial, plain, and true.

— Robert Browning