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'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...

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

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

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...

Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once.

Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once.

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 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 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...

God is the perfect poet.

God is the perfect poet.

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew

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

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

Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.

Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.

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, -...

My sun sets to rise again.

My sun sets to rise again.

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...

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:...

Faultless to a fault.

Faultless to a fault.

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...

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

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

If you work on a lobster boat, sneaking up behind someone and pinching him is...

If you work on a lobster boat, sneaking up behind someone and pinching him is...

The best of it is, God is with us.

The best of it is, God is with us.

She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice,...

She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice,...