"A minute's success pays the failure of years." Robert Browning
The 19th-century English poet enjoyed brief success in his early 20s before he wrote two books that flopped so spectacularly, they seemed to spell the end of his career. For the next 30 years, he continued to write and publish poems, but few people read them.
Finally, in his 50s, he wrote The Ring and the Book, a blank-verse poem that earned him more than just "a minute's success"; it made him wealthy, world-famous, and secured his place among history's great poets.
Finally, in his 50s, he wrote The Ring and the Book, a blank-verse poem that earned him more than just "a minute's success"; it made him wealthy, world-famous, and secured his place among history's great poets.
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