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Inscribe all human effort with one word, artistry's haunting curse, the Incomplete!

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Robert Browning
Age: 77 †
Born: 1812
Born: May 7
Died: 1889
Died: December 12
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Playwright
Poet
Writer
London
England
Robert Barrett Browning
Browning
Humans
Inscribe
Artistry
Haunting
Incomplete
Curse
Effort
Word
Human

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Of what I call God, And fools call Nature.
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Wander at will, Day after day,-- Wander away, Wandering still-- Soul that canst soar! Body may slumber: Body shall cumber Soul-flight no more.
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White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so life's business being just the terrible choice.
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I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.
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The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength.
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Desire joy and thank God for it. Renounce it, if need be, for other's sake. That's joy beyond joy.
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Love is the energy of life.
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A lion may die of an ass's kick.
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That great brow And the spirit-small hand propping it.
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Oh, good gigantic smile o' the brown old earth, This autumn morning! How he sets his bones To bask i' the sun, and thrusts out knees and feet. From the ripple to run over in its mirth
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And gain is gain, however small.
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The lie was dead And damned, and truth stood up instead.
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Time'swheelsrunsbackor stops: Potterand clayendure.
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Sing, riding 's a joy! For me I ride.
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Italy, my Italy! Queen Mary's saying serves for me (When fortune's malice Lost her Calais): Open my heart, and you will see Graved inside of it 'Italy.'
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The ultimate, angels' law, Indulging every instinct of the soul There where law, life, joy, impulse are one thing!
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And inasmuch as feeling, the East's gift, Is quick and transient,- comes, and lo! is gone, While Northern thought is slow and durable.
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