“And thus we all are nighing The truth we fear to know: Death will end our crying For friends that come and go.”
Quotes by Edwin Arlington Robinson
“Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, imperially slim. And he was always quietly arrayed, And he was always human when he talked; But still he fluttered pulses when he said, 'Good-morning,' and he glittered when he walked. And he was rich--yes, richer than a king-- And admirably schooled in every grace: In fine, we thought that he was everything To make us wish that we were in his place. So on we worked, and waited for the light, And went without the meat, and cursed the bread; And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, Went home and put a bullet through his head.”
“The world is not a prison house, but a kind of spiritual kindergarten where millions of of bewildered infants are trying to spell God with the wrong blocks.”
Edwin Arlington RobinsonEdwin Arlington Robinson was an influential American poet and playwright, known for his profound exploration of human psychology and social themes. Born in a small town in Maine, Robinson faced early ...