Literary Birthday – 7 May – Robert Browning

Robert Browning was born on 7 May 1812 and died on 12 December 1889.

Robert Browning Quotes

1. Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.
2. Love, hope, fear, faith—these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character.
3. Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
4. I was made and meant to look for you and wait for you and become yours forever.
5. A man’s reach must exceed his grasp; Or what’s a Heaven for?
6. Love is the energy of life.
7. A minute’s success pays the failure of years.

Robert Browning was one of the most famous and respected Victorian English poets. He was celebrated for his dramatic monologues and psychological insight. These monologues drew readers into the minds of unconventional or even criminal speakers, inviting a deep, empathetic engagement with their thoughts. This immersion encourages readers to weigh what they hear, prompting active moral judgment and, in turn, a process of self-discovery. His most noted work was The Ring and the Book, the story of a Roman murder trial in 12 books. He was married to the poet, Elizabeth Barrett. His poetry can be read in his Selected Poems.

Source for Image: Herbert Rose Barraud (1845 – ca.1896), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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by Amanda Patterson

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