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

Quote by Robert Browning

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For life, with all its yields of joy and woe, And hope and fear, -...

For life, with all its yields of joy and woe, And hope and fear, -...

Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.

Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew

Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once.

Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once.

And gain is gain, however small

And gain is gain, however small

Pleasure must succeed to pleasure, else past pleasure turns to pain

Pleasure must succeed to pleasure, else past pleasure turns to pain

Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.

Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.

I have written three books on the soul, Proving absurd all written hitherto, And putting...

I have written three books on the soul, Proving absurd all written hitherto, And putting...

Ignorance is not innocence but sin

Ignorance is not innocence but sin

I count life just a stuff to try the soul's strength on.

I count life just a stuff to try the soul's strength on.

The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave...

The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave...

You should not take a fellow eight years old and make him swear to never...

You should not take a fellow eight years old and make him swear to never...

All we have gained then by our unbelief Is a life of doubt diversified by...

All we have gained then by our unbelief Is a life of doubt diversified by...

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...

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

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

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.

Grow old along with me the best is yet to be.

Grow old along with me the best is yet to be.

A minute's success pays the failure of years.

A minute's success pays the failure of years.

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...

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...