Why comes temptation, but for man to meet And master and ma… - Robert Browning

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Why comes temptation, but for man to meet
And master and make crouch beneath his foot,
And so be pedestaled in triumph?

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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Why comes temptation, but for man to meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph? - Robert Browning

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