I know what I want and what I might gain, and yet, how prof… - Robert Browning

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I know what I want and what I might gain, and yet, how profitless to know.

Robert Browning

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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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