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Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning

Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning

by Robert Browning

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Author
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889
Credits
E-text prepared by Brian Sogard, Carla Foust, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Poetry -- Collections
Category
Text
eBook-No.
28041
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28041
Release Date
February 9, 2009
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Transcriber's note — SELECTIONS FROM The Poems and Plays OF Robert Browning
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.INTRODUCTION — THE LIFE OF BROWNING — THE POETRY OF BROWNING — FOOTNOTES:
  4. 4.BIBLIOGRAPHY
  5. 5.CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
  6. 6.SONGS FROM PARACELSUS — I — "HEAP CASSIA, SANDAL-BUDS, AND STRIPES" — II — "OVER THE SEA OUR GALLEYS WENT" — III — "THUS THE MAYNE GLIDETH"
  7. 7.CAVALIER TUNES — I — MARCHING ALONG — II — GIVE A ROUSE — III BOOT AND SADDLE
  8. 8.THE LOST LEADER
  9. 9."HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX"
  10. 10.GARDEN FANCIES — THE FLOWER'S NAME
  11. 11.MEETING AT NIGHT
  12. 12.PARTING AT MORNING
  13. 13.EVELYN HOPE
  14. 14.LOVE AMONG THE RUINS
  15. 15.UP AT A VILLA—DOWN IN THE CITY — (AS DISTINGUISHED BY AN ITALIAN PERSON OF QUALITY)
  16. 16.A TOCCATA OF GALUPPI'S
  17. 17.OLD PICTURES IN FLORENCE
  18. 18."DE GUSTIBUS——"
  19. 19.HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD
  20. 20.HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM THE SEA
  21. 21.SAUL — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII — XIV — XV — XVI — XVII — XVIII — XIX
  22. 22.MY STAR
  23. 23.TWO IN THE CAMPAGNA
  24. 24.IN THREE DAYS
  25. 25.THE GUARDIAN-ANGEL — A PICTURE AT FANO
  26. 26.MEMORABILIA
  27. 27.INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH CAMP
  28. 28.MY LAST DUCHESS — FERRARA
  29. 29.THE BOY AND THE ANGEL
  30. 30.THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN; — A CHILD'S STORY — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII — XIV — XV
  31. 31.THE FLIGHT OF THE DUCHESS — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII — XIV — XV — XVI — XVII
  32. 32.A GRAMMARIAN'S FUNERAL — SHORTLY AFTER THE REVIVAL OF LEARNING IN EUROPE
  33. 33."CHILDE ROLAND TO THE DARK TOWER CAME" — (See Edgar's song in Lear )
  34. 34.HOW IT STRIKES A CONTEMPORARY
  35. 35.FRA LIPPO LIPPI
  36. 36.ANDREA DEL SARTO — Called "The Faultless Painter"
  37. 37.THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH — Rome , 15—
  38. 38.CLEON — "As certain also of your own poets have said"—
  39. 39.ONE WORD MORE — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII — XIV — XV — XVI — XVII — XVIII — XIX
  40. 40.ABT VOGLER — (AFTER HE HAS BEEN EXTEMPORIZING UPON THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT OF HIS INVENTION)
  41. 41.RABBI BEN EZRA
  42. 42.CALIBAN UPON SETEBOS; OR NATURAL THEOLOGY IN THE ISLAND — "Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself."
  43. 43.MAY AND DEATH
  44. 44.PROSPICE
  45. 45.A FACE
  46. 46.O LYRIC LOVE
  47. 47.PROLOGUE TO PACCHIAROTTO
  48. 48.HOUSE
  49. 49.SHOP
  50. 50.HERVÉ RIEL — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI
  51. 51."GOOD, TO FORGIVE"
  52. 52."SUCH A STARVED BANK OF MOSS"
  53. 53.EPILOGUE TO THE TWO POETS OF CROISIC
  54. 54.PHEIDIPPIDES — Χαιρετε, νικωμεν.
  55. 55.MULÉYKEH
  56. 56.WANTING IS—WHAT?
  57. 57.NEVER THE TIME AND THE PLACE
  58. 58.THE PATRIOT
  59. 59.INSTANS TYRANNUS — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII
  60. 60.THE ITALIAN IN ENGLAND
  61. 61."ROUND US THE WILD CREATURES"
  62. 62.PROLOGUE TO ASOLANDO
  63. 63.SUMMUM BONUM
  64. 64.EPILOGUE TO ASOLANDO
  65. 65.PIPPA PASSES — A DRAMA — INTRODUCTION — New Year's Day at Asolo in the Trevisan — I. Morning — II.—NOON — III.—EVENING — IV.—NIGHT
  66. 66.NOTES — SONGS FROM PARACELSUS — Song I — Song II. (Book IV) — Song III. (Book V) — CAVALIER TUNES — THE LOST LEADER — HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX — THE FLOWER'S NAME — MEETING AT NIGHT AND PARTING AT MORNING — EVELYN HOPE — LOVE AMONG THE RUINS — UP AT A VILLA—DOWN IN THE CITY — A TOCCATA OF GALUPPI'S — OLD PICTURES IN FLORENCE — "DE GUSTIBUS—" — HOME-THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD — HOME-THOUGHTS FROM THE SEA — SAUL — MY STAR — TWO IN THE CAMPAGNA — IN THREE DAYS — THE GUARDIAN ANGEL — MEMORABILIA — INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH CAMP — MY LAST DUCHESS — THE BOY AND THE ANGEL — THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN — THE FLIGHT OF THE DUCHESS — A GRAMMARIAN'S FUNERAL — "CHILDE ROLAND TO THE DARK TOWER CAME" — HOW IT STRIKES A CONTEMPORARY — FRA LIPPO LIPPI — ANDREA DEL SARTO — THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT ST. PRAXED'S CHURCH — CLEON — ONE WORD MORE — ABT VOGLER — RABBI BEN EZRA — CALIBAN UPON SETEBOS — MAY AND DEATH — PROSPICE — A FACE — O LYRIC LOVE — A WALL — HOUSE AND SHOP — HERVÉ RIEL — "GOOD TO FORGIVE" — "SUCH A STARVED BANK OF MOSS" — EPILOGUE TO THE TWO POETS OF CROISIC — PHEIDIPPIDES — MULÉYKEH — WANTING IS—WHAT? — "NEVER THE TIME AND THE PLACE" — THE PATRIOT — INSTANS TYRANNUS — THE ITALIAN IN ENGLAND — "ROUND US THE WILD CREATURES" — PROLOGUE TO ASOLANDO — SUMMUM BONUM — EPILOGUE TO ASOLANDO — PIPPA PASSES — Introduction — Morning — Interlude I — Noon — Interlude II — Evening — Interlude III — Night — Epilogue — Transcriber's note

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