A minute’s success pays the failure of years.
Robert Browning Quotes
And it is good to cheat the pair, and gibe, Letting the rank tongue blossom into speech. Setebos, Setebos, and Setebos! Thinketh, He dwelleth i’ the cold o’ the moon. Thinketh He made it, with the sun to match, But not the stars; the stars came otherwise.
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| Birth: | 7th May, 1812 |
| Death: | 12th March, 1890 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Poet |
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Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.
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