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Only I discern Infinite passion, and the pain Of finite hearts that yearn.

Robert Browning

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Robert Browning
Age: 77 †
Born: 1812
Born: May 7
Died: 1889
Died: December 12
Dramaturgy
Playwright
Poet
Writer
London
England
Robert Barrett Browning
Browning
Discern
Finite
Hearts
Infinite
Passion
Pain
Heart
Yearn

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