Smiling the boy fell dead. Autor: Robert Browning Copy Quote More from Robert Browning “But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the nerves at strain, …” “Paracelsus At times I almost dreamI too have spent a life the sages’ way,And tr…” “Days decrease, / And autumn grows, autumn in everything.” “The good stars met in your horoscope,Made you of spirit and fire and dew.”