Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as does a distinguished success. Edward Dowden More Quotes by Edward Dowden More Quotes From Edward Dowden For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss. Edward Dowden poet cynicism littles Browning's tragedies are tragedies without villains. Edward Dowden villain tragedy Spring scarce had greener fields to show than these Of mid September; through the still warm noon The rivulets ripple forth a gladder tune Than ever in the summer; from the trees Dusk-green, and murmuring inward melodies, No leaf drops yet; only our evenings swoon In pallid skies more suddenly, and the moon Finds motionless white mists out on the leas. Edward Dowden moon summer spring Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success. Edward Dowden
