The Ring and the Book Quotes

“I heard this drop and drop like rain outside
Fast-falling through the darkness while she spoke...”
― Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book

“dark, difficult enough
the human sphere, yet eyes grow sharp by use”
― Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book

“Now begins
The tenebrific passage of the tale:
How hold a light, display the cavern's gorge?
How, in this phase of the affair, show truth?”
― Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book