Robert Browning Paracelsus Quotes

Paracelsus At times I almost dream I too have spent a life the sages’ way, And tread once more familiar paths. Perchance I perished in an arrogant self-reliance Ages ago; and in that act a prayer For one more chance went up so earnest, so Instinct with better light let in by death, That life was blotted out — not so completely But scattered wrecks enough of it remain, Dim memories, as now, when once more seems The goal in sight again.

Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character

Let me weep My youth and its brave hopes, all dead and gone, In tears which burn.

Love, hope, fear, faith—these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character —Robert Browning, Paracelsus

I give the fight up: let there be an end, A privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten even by God.

time fleets, youth fades, life is an empty dream,

I saw no use in the past: only a scene Of degradation, ugliness, and tears; The record of disgraces best forgotten;

And what proportion love should hold with power In his right constitution: love preceding Power—with much power always much more love;

Love, hope, fear, faith—these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character —Robert Browning, Paracelsus In

But to have seen thee, and to die so soon!