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Quotation by Robert Browning
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Robert Browning (115)Additional Sources
Abt VoglerA Death in the Desert Dramatis Personae (1864)A Death in the Desert (1864)Andrea del SartoAndrea del Sarto Men and Women, vol. 2 (1855)Related Subjects
love (21) death (14) war (7) grief (4) aging (4) wealth (3) lovers (3) despair (3) time (3) destruction (3)
Yet the day wears,
And door succeeds door;
I try the fresh fortune—
Range the wide house from the wing to the centre,
Still the same chance! she goes out as I enter.
Spend my whole day in the quest,—who cares?
And door succeeds door;
I try the fresh fortune—
Range the wide house from the wing to the centre,
Still the same chance! she goes out as I enter.
Spend my whole day in the quest,—who cares?
Robert Browning (1812–1889), British poet. Love in a Life (l. 9–14). . .
The Poems; Vol. 1 [Robert Browning]. John Pettigrew, ed. (1981) Penguin.
The Poems; Vol. 1 [Robert Browning]. John Pettigrew, ed. (1981) Penguin.
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