Lose who may I still can say, Those who win heaven, blest are they. (Robert Browning)
Italy, my Italy Queen Mary's saying serves for me (When fortune's malice Lost her Calais) 'Open my heart, and you will see Graved inside of it 'Italy.' (Robert Browning)
Every joy is gain, and gain is gain, however small. (Robert Browning)
Thou hast no power nor mayst conceive of mine, But love I gave thee, with myself to love, And thou must love me who have died for thee! (Robert Browning, "")
But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the nerves at strain, to dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall, and baffled, get up and begin again. (Robert Browning)
By this time he has tested his first plough, And studied his last chapter of St John. (Robert Browning)