Robert Browning (May 7, 1812-December 12, 1889) was an English poet. His works include: Pauline, My Last Duchess; Men and Women, 1855; and The Ring and the Book, 1868-69. Robert Browning wrote:
<Grow old along with me. The best is yet to be; the last of life, for which the first was made. Our times are in His hands who saith, "A whole I planned, youth shows but half. Trust God; see all, nor be afraid."> 1812RB001
In The Guardian Angel, 1842, Robert Browning wrote:
<O world, as God has made it! All is beauty.> 1812RB002
Robert Browning wrote in Instans Tyrannus, 1845:
<Just my vengeance complete,
The man sprang to his feet,
Stood erect, caught at God's skirts, and prayed!
<So, I was afraid!> 1812RB003
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Endnotes:.
1812RB001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Robert Browning. Herbert V. Prochnow, 5100 Quotations for Speakers and Writers (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1992), p. 354.
1812RB002. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Robert Browning, 1842, in The Guardian Angel, l. 33. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 540.
1812RB003. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Robert Browning, 1845, in Instans Tyrannus, st. 7. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 540.