I would have rummaged, ransacked at the word; Those old odd corners of an empty heart; For remnants of dim love the long disused, And dusty crumbling of romance!

Quote by Robert Browning

Topics: Love Quotes

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

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

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...

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.

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious...

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious...

Progress is The law of life, man is not man as yet

Progress is The law of life, man is not man as yet

There are those who believe something, and therefore will tolerate nothing; and on the other...

There are those who believe something, and therefore will tolerate nothing; and on the other...

This is our master, famous, calm, and dead, Borne on our shoulders.

This is our master, famous, calm, and dead, Borne on our shoulders.

The moment eternal - just that and no more - When ecstasy's utmost we clutch...

The moment eternal - just that and no more - When ecstasy's utmost we clutch...

Ambition is not what man does... but what man would do.

Ambition is not what man does... but what man would do.

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

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

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

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

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew

Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do!

Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do!

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...

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...

So, fall asleep love, loved by me... for I know love, I am loved by...

So, fall asleep love, loved by me... for I know love, I am loved 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...

What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?

What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?

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...