Browning

Famous quotes containing the word browning:

“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)

“His very serviceable suit of black
Was courtly once and conscientious still,”
—Robert Browning (1812–1889)

“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)