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The Pied Piper of Hamelin and Inspirational Quotes - by Robert Browning

Robert Browning lived in the 1800's. His inspirational quotes are still being written about and spoken. Listed here are some of these inspirational quotes along with inspirational quotes of other famous authors.

Robert Browning wrote his famous poem, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, which is still read today. We remember the story from our childhood where the pied piper's music led the children of the town to a mountain, the side of which opened, and the children were not heard from again.

There are different versions of the story throughout the world and many different theories about the origin of The Pied Piper of Hamelin. One theory is that because of the offering of land for settlement in various parts of Europe in the 1200's, many people moved out of their native towns. The groups of people leaving may have been referred to as "the children of the town."

Robert Browning, an English poet, was born in 1812. He was raised in a household of significant literary resources. His father amassed a library of nearly 6,000 books and his mother was an extremely talented musician. He became well-known as a writer in mid life when he published the two-volume, Men and Women. His greatest contribution was The Ring and the Book, a dramatic monologue published in l869. (free download here)

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The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Robert Browning's poem, The Pied Piper of Hamelin is one we remember
from our childhood. It is a story of a town named Hamelin which had
become infested with rats. A piper appeared in town and offered to play
his pipe and lead the rats out of town to the river.

To read the poem, click here

The town officials agreed to pay the pied piper (pied referring to the color areas of the clothing worn by entertainers at that time)for his services but after the rats were removed, they refused payment. Some time later, because the town people did not keep their promise, the piper returned to the town and played his pipe again, this time leading the 130 children of the town to a mountain, the side of which opened, the children entered, and the opening closed behind them.

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For various versions of this story, go to Wikipedia.org

The Pied Piper of Hamelin - Music Arrangement

The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning - set to music for tenor and bass soli, chorus and orchestra by C. Hubert H. Parry. copyright 1905.

See the complete poem and music score by clicking here.

Pied Piper of Hamelin Reading and Video

CLICK HERE - Listen to the reading of The Pied Piper of Hamlin -
with charming Kate Greenaway illustrations at Storynory.com

The famous story of the greatest rat-charmer of all time. Verse by Robert Browning. Natasha's reading is synced to the beautiful illustrations of Kate Greenaway (1846 - 1901).

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About Robert Browning, English poet

May 7, 1812 - December 12, 1889

After Robert Browning's marriage in 1845 to Elizabeth Barrett, the couple lived in Italy. Their apartment in Florence at Casa Guidi, is now a museum to their memory. Elizabeth Barrett Browning died in 1861. His early works were not very well known. After returning to England after her death, he became a part of the London literary scene.

Robert Browning Inspirational Quotes

God's in His Heaven: All's right with the world.

God made all the creatures, and gave them our love and our fear,
To give sign we and they are his children, one family here.

A minute's sucess pays the failure of years

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp. Or what's a Heaven for?

I count life just a stuff to try the soul's strength on.

God is the perfect poet. Who in his person acts his own creations.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing

Good to forgive. Best to forget.

Other Web Sites About Robert Browning

Robert Browning - Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More: Robert Browning was born on May 7, 1812, in Camberwell, England. His mother
was an accomplished pianist and a devout evangelical Christian. His father, who
worked as a bank clerk, was also an artist, scholar, antiquarian, and
collector of books an...
Robert Browning: An Overview: Overview - Robert Browning
Robert Browning: Robert "The Obscure" Browning
Robert Browning - Biography and Works: Biography of Robert Browning and a searchable collection of works.
Robert Browning: Biography from Answers.com: Robert Browning , Poet Born: 7 May 1812 Birthplace: London, England Died: 12 December 1889 Best Known As: Victorian poet and husband of Elizabeth

Historic 19th Century Recording

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I see my way as birds their trackless way.
I shall arrive,-what time, what circuit first,
I ask not; but unless God send his hail
Or blinding fire-balls, sleet or stifling snow,
In some time, his good time, I shall arrive:
He guides me and the bird. In his good time.
Robert Browning
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Inspirational Quotes by Other Famous Authors

These Inspirational Quotes, by famous authors, are in the public domain.

Enjoy using them on websites and in projects. They are especially suitable for use on calendars, posters, wall plaques, mousepads, greeting cards and more.

Inspirational Quotes - Henry David Thoreau

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.

I have learned that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at
something high

Inspirational Quotes - Abraham Lincoln

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any
one thing.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.

We can complain that rose bushes have thorns. Or we can rejoice that thorn bushes
have roses.

Inspirational Quotes - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

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More Authors' Quotes

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Aesop

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.
Michelangelo

Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.
Guillaum Appolinaire

Success is dependent on effort.
Sophocles

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
William Arthur Ward

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Today I live in the quiet, joyous expectation of good.
Ernest Holmen

Life isn't about finding yourself - life is about creating yourself.
George Bernard Shaw

Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.
Theodore Roosevelt

Famous Artist Quotes

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life
Pablo Picasso

Lord, grant me that I may always desire more than I can accomplish
Michelangelo

Creativity takes courage
Henry Matisse

Art is not what you see but what you make others see.
Edgar Degas

A work of art that did not begin in emotion is not art
Paul Cezanne

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