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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 becom…

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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, su…

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Robert Browning
Robert Browning

Two In The Campagna

Two In The Campagna
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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 …

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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…

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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 -

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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,

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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:

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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 he…

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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…

804
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 townsm…

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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 …

567
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 t…

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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…

344
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!

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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…

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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 townsm…

396
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 -…

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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 w…

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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 o…

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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…

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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
W…

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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.

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Robert Browning
Robert Browning

Prospice

Prospice
Fear death?---to feel the fog in my throat,
The mist in my face,
When the snows begin, and the blasts denote
I am nearing the place,

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Robert Browning
Robert Browning

Popularity

Popularity
I.
Stand still, true poet that you are!
I know you; let me try and draw you.
Some night you'll fail us: when afar
You rise, re…

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