More from Robert Browning
- Men and Women (1855), “Fra Lippo Lippi, line 54.
Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what’s a heaven for?Andrea del Sarto (1855), Men and Women (1855), “Andrea del Sarto”, line 98.In context
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That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall,
Looking as if she were alive;
My Last Duchess (1842)
Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what’s a heaven for?