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Robert Browning
Robert Browning

Women And Roses

Women And Roses
I.
I dream of a red-rose tree.
And which of its roses three
Is the dearest rose to me?
II.
Round and round, like a dance of s…

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Robert Browning
Robert Browning

You'll love me yet!—and I can tarry

You'll love me yet!—and I can tarry
You'll love me yet!—and I can tarry
Your love's protracted growing:
June reared that bunch of flowers you carry
From …

237
Robert Browning
Robert Browning

Up at a Villa--Down in the City

Up at a Villa--Down in the City
Had I but plenty of money, money enough and to spare,
The house for me, no doubt, were a house in the city-square;
Ah, such a l…

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Robert Browning
Robert Browning

Waring

Waring
Mr. Alfred Domett, C.M.G., author of
Ranolf and Amohia, ``full of descriptions of
New Zealand scenery.]
I.
I.
What's become of Waring …

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Robert Browning
Robert Browning

Up At A Villa--- Down In The City

Up At A Villa--- Down In The City
AS DISTINGUISHED BY AN ITALIAN PERSON OF QUALITY.)
I.
Had I but plenty of money, money enough and to spare,
The house f…

305
Robert Browning
Robert Browning

Two In The Campagna

Two In The Campagna
.
I wonder do you feel to-day
As I have felt since, hand in hand,
We sat down on the grass, to stray
In spirit better through th…

335
Robert Browning
Robert Browning

To Edward Fitzgerald

To Edward Fitzgerald
I chanced upon a new book yesterday;
I opened it, and, where my finger lay
'Twixt page and uncut page, these words I read -
Some six…

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Robert Browning
Robert Browning

Thus the Mayne glideth

Thus the Mayne glideth
THUS the Mayne glideth
Where my Love abideth;
Sleep 's no softer: it proceeds
On through lawns, on through meads,
On and on,…

350
Robert Browning
Robert Browning

Through The Metidja To Abd-El-Kadr

Through The Metidja To Abd-El-Kadr
Abd-el-Kadr was an Arab Chief of Algiers who resisted the French in .]
I.
As I ride, as I ride,
With a full heart for …

328
Robert Browning
Robert Browning

The Wanderers

The Wanderers
OVER the sea our galleys went,
With cleaving prows in order brave
To a speeding wind and a bounding wave--
A gallant armament:
Each b…

354
Robert Browning
Robert Browning

The Statue and the Bust

The Statue and the Bust
There's a palace in Florence, the world knows well,
And a statue watches it from the square,
And this story of both do our townsmen tel…

406
Robert Browning
Robert Browning

The Patriot

The Patriot
AN OLD STORY.
I.
It was roses, roses, all the way,
With myrtle mixed in my path like mad:
The house-roofs seemed to heave and sway,

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Robert Browning
Robert Browning

The Laboratory-Ancien Régime

The Laboratory-Ancien Régime
I.
Now that I, tying thy glass mask tightly,
May gaze thro' these faint smokes curling whitely,
As thou pliest thy trade in …

278
Robert Browning
Robert Browning

The Lost Leader

The Lost Leader
I.
Just for a handful of silver he left us,
Just for a riband to stick in his coat---
Found the one gift of which fortune bereft us,

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Robert Browning
Robert Browning

The Italian In England

The Italian In England
That second time they hunted me
From hill to plain, from shore to sea,
And Austria, hounding far and wide
Her blood-hounds thro' t…

354
Robert Browning
Robert Browning

The Guardian-Angel

The Guardian-Angel
A PICTURE AT FANO.
I.
Dear and great Angel, wouldst thou only leave
That child, when thou hast done with him, for me!
Let me sit…

340
Robert Browning
Robert Browning

The Flight Of The Duchess

The Flight Of The Duchess
I.
You're my friend:
I was the man the Duke spoke to;
I helped the Duchess to cast off his yoke, too;
So here's the tale …

433
Robert Browning
Robert Browning

The Dtatue And The Bust

The Dtatue And The Bust
There's a palace in Florence, the world knows well,
And a statue watches it from the square,
And this story of both do our townsmen tel…

406
Robert Browning
Robert Browning

The Bishop Orders His Tomb At Saint Praxed's Church

The Bishop Orders His Tomb At Saint Praxed's Church
Vanity, saith the preacher, vanity!
Draw round my bed: is Anselm keeping back?
Nephews -- sons mine -- ah G…

452
Robert Browning
Robert Browning

The Boy And the Angel

The Boy And the Angel
Morning, evening, noon and night,
``Praise God!; sang Theocrite.
Then to his poor trade he turned,
Whereby the daily meal was earne…

423
Robert Browning
Robert Browning

Song

Song
I.
Nay but you, who do not love her,
Is she not pure gold, my mistress?
Holds earth aught---speak truth---above her?
Aught like this tress, se…

354
Robert Browning
Robert Browning

Summum Bonum

Summum Bonum
All the breath and the bloom of the year in the bag of one bee:
All the wonder and wealth of the mine in the heart of one gem:
In the core of one …

367
Robert Browning
Robert Browning

Rabbi Ben Ezra

Rabbi Ben Ezra
Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be,
The last of life, for which the first was made:
Our times are in His hand
Who saith '…

333
Robert Browning
Robert Browning

Saul

Saul
I.
Said Abner, ``At last thou art come! Ere I tell, ere thou speak,
``Kiss my cheek, wish me well!'' Then I wished it, and did kiss his cheek.
And h…

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