The moment eternal - just that and no more - When ecstasy's utmost we clutch at the core While cheeks burn, arms open, eyes shut, and lips meet!

Quote by Robert Browning

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God is the perfect poet.

God is the perfect poet.

I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant...

I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant...

On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round.

On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round.

I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook...

I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook...

If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing God...

If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing God...

Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.

Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.

But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the...

But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the...

That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he...

That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he...

Love is energy of life.

Love is energy of life.

Take away love, and our earth is a tomb.

Take away love, and our earth is a tomb.

Never the time and the place and the loved one all together!

Never the time and the place and the loved one all together!

Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than...

Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than...

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.

Therefore I summon age To grant youth's heritage.

Therefore I summon age To grant youth's heritage.

Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once.

Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once.

There is no truer truth obtainable by man than comes of music.

There is no truer truth obtainable by man than comes of music.

Grow old with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, For...

Grow old with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, For...

Take away love and our earth is a tomb.

Take away love and our earth is a tomb.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with...

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with...

What can the love in my soul be compared to another wonderful soul which is...

What can the love in my soul be compared to another wonderful soul which is...