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Ah, did you once see Shelley plain,
And did he stop and speak to you,
And did you speak to him again?
How strange it seems and new!
(Robert Browning (1812-1889), British poet. Memorabilia (l. 1-4). . .
The Poems; Vol. 1 [Robert Browning]. John Pettigrew, ed. (1981) Penguin.)
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Then the two hearts beating each to each!
(Robert Browning (1812-1889), British poet. Meeting at Night (l. 12). . .
The Poems; Vol. 1 [Robert Browning]. John Pettigrew, ed. (1981) Penguin.)
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She thanked men,—good! but thanked
Somehow—I know not how—as if she ranked
My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name
With anybody's gift.
(Robert Browning (1812-1889), British poet. My Last Duchess (l. 31-34). . .
The Poems; Vol. 1 [Robert Browning]. John Pettigrew, ed. (1981) Penguin.)
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That's my last Duchess painted on the wall,
Looking as if she were alive. I call
(Robert Browning (1812-1889), British poet. My Last Duchess (l. 1-2). . .
The Poems; Vol. 1 [Robert Browning]. John Pettigrew, ed. (1981) Penguin.)
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Well then, 'supposeth He is good i' the main,
Placable if His mind and ways were guessed,
But rougher than His handiwork, be sure!
(Robert Browning (1812-1889), British poet. Caliban upon Setebos; or, Natural Theology in the Island (l. 110-112). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3d ed., 1983) W. W. Norton & Company.)
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'Tis the Last Judgment's fire must cure this place,
(Robert Browning (1812-1889), British poet. Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came (l. 65). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3d ed., 1983) W. W. Norton & Company.)
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Let's contend no more, Love
Strive nor weep:
All be as before, Love,
MOnly sleep!
(Robert Browning (1812-1889), British poet. A Woman's Last Word, st. 1, Men and Women, vol. 1 (1855).)
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