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Was there nought better than to enjoy? No feat which, done, would make time break, And let us pent-up creatures through Into eternity, our due? No forcing earth teach heaven's employ?

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
Would
Break
Feat
Time
Heaven
Feats
Enjoy
Forcing
Force
Employ
Earth
Dues
Better
Eternity
Done
Creatures
Pent
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