Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or else what's a heaven for? - Robert Browning

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Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or else what's a heaven for?

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About Robert Browning

Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

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Alternative Names: Robert Barrett Browning • Browning
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Lord Byron John Dryden Alfred Tennyson William Shakespeare Alexander Pope

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