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

Quote by Robert Browning

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Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.

Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.

I would have rummaged, ransacked at the word; Those old odd corners of an empty...

I would have rummaged, ransacked at the word; Those old odd corners of an empty...

A minute's success pays the failure of years.

A minute's success pays the failure of years.

Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.

Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.

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.

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, -...

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...

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.

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...

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.

What's a man's age? He must hurry more, that's all; Cram in a day, what...

What's a man's age? He must hurry more, that's all; Cram in a day, what...

Faultless to a fault.

Faultless to a fault.

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!

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?

Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds?

Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds?

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 man who wakes up and finds himself famous hasn't been asleep.

The man who wakes up and finds himself famous hasn't been asleep.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Without music, life would be a mistake.