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Robert Browning. (1812–1889) (continued)

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In the great right of an excessive wrong.

The Ring and the Book. The other Half-Rome. Line 1055.

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Was never evening yet
But seemed far beautifuller than its day.

The Ring and the Book. Pompilia. Line 357.

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The curious crime, the fine
Felicity and flower of wickedness.

The Ring and the Book. The Pope. Line 590.

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Of what I call God,
And fools call Nature.

The Ring and the Book. The Pope. Line 1073.

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Why comes temptation, but for man to meet
And master and make crouch beneath his foot,
And so be pedestaled in triumph?

The Ring and the Book. The Pope. Line 1185.

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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.

The Ring and the Book. The Pope. Line 1236.

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It is the glory and good of Art
That Art remains the one way possible
Of speaking truth,—to mouths like mine, at least.

The Ring and the Book. The Book and the Ring. Line 842.

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Thy 1 rare gold ring of verse (the poet praised)
Linking our England to his Italy.

The Ring and the Book. The Book and the Ring. Line 873.

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But how carve way i’ the life that lies before,
If bent on groaning ever for the past?

Balaustion’s Adventure.

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Better have failed in the high aim, as I,
Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed,—
As, God be thanked! I do not.

The Inn Album. iv.

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