Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.

Robert Browning 1812–89

Epitaph

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THOU whom these eyes saw never, say friends true,

Who say my soul, help’d onward by my song,

Though all unwittingly, has help’d thee too?

I gave but of the little that I knew:

How were the gift requited, while along

Life’s path I pace, couldst thou make weakness strong,

Help me with knowledge—for Life’s old.

Death’s new!