
Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning
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The definitive collection to discover and explore Robert Browning's life and work.
Chapters (582)
- SELECTIONS FROM The Poems and Plays OF Robert Browning
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- THE LIFE OF BROWNING
- THE POETRY OF BROWNING
- FOOTNOTES:
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
- SONGS FROM PARACELSUS
- I "HEAP CASSIA, SANDAL-BUDS, AND STRIPES"
- II "OVER THE SEA OUR GALLEYS WENT"
- III "THUS THE MAYNE GLIDETH"
- CAVALIER TUNES
- I MARCHING ALONG
- II GIVE A ROUSE
- III BOOT AND SADDLE
- THE LOST LEADER
- "HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX"
- GARDEN FANCIES
- THE FLOWER'S NAME
- MEETING AT NIGHT
- PARTING AT MORNING
- EVELYN HOPE
- LOVE AMONG THE RUINS
- UP AT A VILLA—DOWN IN THE CITY
- (AS DISTINGUISHED BY AN ITALIAN PERSON OF QUALITY)
- A TOCCATA OF GALUPPI'S
- OLD PICTURES IN FLORENCE
- "DE GUSTIBUS——"
- HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD
- HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM THE SEA
- SAUL
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- XI
- XII
- XIII
- XIV
- XV
- XVI
- XVII
- XVIII
- XIX
- MY STAR
- TWO IN THE CAMPAGNA
- IN THREE DAYS
- THE GUARDIAN-ANGEL
- A PICTURE AT FANO
- MEMORABILIA
- INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH CAMP
- MY LAST DUCHESS
- FERRARA
- THE BOY AND THE ANGEL
- THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN;
- A CHILD'S STORY I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- XI
- XII
- XIII
- XIV
- XV
- THE FLIGHT OF THE DUCHESS
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- XI
- XII
- XIII
- XIV
- XV
- XVI
- XVII
- A GRAMMARIAN'S FUNERAL
- SHORTLY AFTER THE REVIVAL OF LEARNING IN EUROPE
- "CHILDE ROLAND TO THE DARK TOWER CAME"
- (See Edgar's song in Lear)
- HOW IT STRIKES A CONTEMPORARY
- FRA LIPPO LIPPI
- ANDREA DEL SARTO
- Called "The Faultless Painter"
- THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH
- Rome, 15—
- CLEON
- "As certain also of your own poets have said"—
- ONE WORD MORE
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- XI
- XII
- XIII
- XIV
- XV
- XVI
- XVII
- XVIII
- XIX
- ABT VOGLER
- (AFTER HE HAS BEEN EXTEMPORIZING UPON THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT OF HIS INVENTION)
- RABBI BEN EZRA
- CALIBAN UPON SETEBOS; OR NATURAL THEOLOGY IN THE ISLAND
- "Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself."
- MAY AND DEATH
- PROSPICE
- A FACE
- O LYRIC LOVE
- PROLOGUE TO PACCHIAROTTO
- HOUSE
- SHOP
- HERVÉ RIEL
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- XI
- "GOOD, TO FORGIVE"
- "SUCH A STARVED BANK OF MOSS"
- EPILOGUE TO THE TWO POETS OF CROISIC
- PHEIDIPPIDES
- Χαιρετε, νικωμεν.
- MULÉYKEH
- WANTING IS—WHAT?
- NEVER THE TIME AND THE PLACE
- THE PATRIOT
- INSTANS TYRANNUS
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- THE ITALIAN IN ENGLAND
- "ROUND US THE WILD CREATURES"
- PROLOGUE TO ASOLANDO
- SUMMUM BONUM
- EPILOGUE TO ASOLANDO
- PIPPA PASSES
- A DRAMA
- INTRODUCTION New Year's Day at Asolo in the Trevisan
- I. Morning
- II.—NOON
- III.—EVENING
- IV.—NIGHT
- 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
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