I entirely agree with you about the obscurity of Mrs Browning's line about the stars. It is far-fetched. She wanted to express something which she found beyond expression.

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Fancy your having no sunshine in London yesterday! Here it was glorious, like full summer,...

Fancy your having no sunshine in London yesterday! Here it was glorious, like full summer,...

The Browning love story? It is an ideal, all too rare, and yet I hardly...

The Browning love story? It is an ideal, all too rare, and yet I hardly...

Such lovely warmth of thought and delicacy of colour are beyond all praise, and equally...

Such lovely warmth of thought and delicacy of colour are beyond all praise, and equally...

You should always be well and bright, for so you do your best work; and...

You should always be well and bright, for so you do your best work; and...

I must not say what I truly think, or you will tell me I flatter...

I must not say what I truly think, or you will tell me I flatter...

I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which...

I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which...

I never married because I have three pets at home that answer the same purpose...

I never married because I have three pets at home that answer the same purpose...

The chalk thing lebron does before games...isn't chalk. It's dust from his fingers being ringless.

The chalk thing lebron does before games...isn't chalk. It's dust from his fingers being ringless.

How has retirement affected my golf game? A lot more people beat me now.

How has retirement affected my golf game? A lot more people beat me now.

See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only...

See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only...

All men are created Equal. Some just have more Splenda.

All men are created Equal. Some just have more Splenda.

You cant get too much winter in the winter.

You cant get too much winter in the winter.

Whenever the talk turns to age, I say I am 49 plus VAT.

Whenever the talk turns to age, I say I am 49 plus VAT.

Every Christmas I only buy gifts for friends when I find out they already got...

Every Christmas I only buy gifts for friends when I find out they already got...

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love...

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love...

I hate when I'm about to hug someone really sexy and then my face hits...

I hate when I'm about to hug someone really sexy and then my face hits...

The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone...

The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone...

Curve: The loveliest distance between two points

Curve: The loveliest distance between two points

I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

There is one thing I would break up over and that is if she caught...

There is one thing I would break up over and that is if she caught...

I say I dont sleep with married men, but what I mean is that I...

I say I dont sleep with married men, but what I mean is that I...