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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What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.

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...

Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.

Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.

Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.

Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.

But facts are facts and flinch not

But facts are facts and flinch not

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break,...

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break,...

White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so:...

White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so:...

I have dared and done, for my resting-place is found, The C major of this...

I have dared and done, for my resting-place is found, The C major of this...

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.

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...

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

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

Faultless to a fault.

Faultless to a fault.

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?

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...

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...

When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something.

When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something.

Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom's root.

Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom's root.

Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound...

Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound...