Robert Browning ( 10 of 73 )
I trust in Nature for the stable laws
Of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant
And Autumn read more
I trust in Nature for the stable laws
Of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant
And Autumn garner to the end of time.
I trust in God--the right shall be the right
And other than the wrong, while he endures;
I trust in my own soul, that can perceive
The outward and the inward, Nature's good
And God's.
Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone,
Not God's, and not the beast's;
God is, they are,
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Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone,
Not God's, and not the beast's;
God is, they are,
Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be.
Just my vengeance complete,
The man sprang to his feet,
Stood erect, caught at God's skirts, and read more
Just my vengeance complete,
The man sprang to his feet,
Stood erect, caught at God's skirts, and prayed!
So, I was afraid!
Love, hope, fear, faith--these make humanity;
These are its sign and note and character.
Love, hope, fear, faith--these make humanity;
These are its sign and note and character.
O world as God has made it! All is beauty.
O world as God has made it! All is beauty.
When the liquor's out, why clink the cannikin?
When the liquor's out, why clink the cannikin?
No, when the fight begins within himself,
A man's worth something.
No, when the fight begins within himself,
A man's worth something.
It's a long time between drinks.
It's a long time between drinks.
And gain is gain, however small.
And gain is gain, however small.
Only I discern
Infinite passion, and the pain
Of finite hearts that yearn.
Only I discern
Infinite passion, and the pain
Of finite hearts that yearn.
