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Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning

Robert Browning

  • Poetry
  • Book language: English
  • 385 pages

A collection of poetry and dramatic excerpts by Victorian poet Robert Browning, including lyrics, narrative poems and dramatic monologues. It explores human character, love, art and faith, often through historical and Italian subjects. Worth listening for the expressive voices and psychological depth of his verse.

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ROBERT BROWNING
ROBERT BROWNING
The Lake Library Edition
SELECTIONS
FROM
The Poems and Plays
OF
Robert Browning

EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION
BY
MYRA REYNOLDS
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
SCOTT, FORESMAN AND COMPANY
CHICAGO ATLANTA
NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT, 1909
SCOTT, FORESMAN AND COMPANY
286.4
CONTENTS
IƿǵǡLjŠǼŕǵƗLjƿ—
PAG
I. The Life of Browning
II. The Poetry of Browning
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BƗœƯƗLjƄǡĵǙƒΏ

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CƒǡLjƿLjƯLjƄƗŕĵƯ TĵœƯŧ

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SŧƯŧŕǵƗLjƿǪ żǡLjƽ BǡLj΅ƿƗƿƄ—

(The figures in parentheses refer to the pages of the Notes.)

Songs from Paracelsus (389)

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Cavalier Tunes (391)

6

The Lost Leader (391)

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"How They Brought the Good News" (392)

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The Flower's Name (393)

7

Meeting at Night (393)

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Parting at Morning (393)

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Evelyn Hope (393)

7

Love Among the Ruins (394)

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Up at a Villa—Down in the City (394)

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A Toccata of Galuppi's (395)

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Old Pictures in Florence (396)

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"De Gustibus—" (399)

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Home-Thoughts, from Abroad (399)

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Home-Thoughts, from the Sea (400)

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Saul (400)

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My Star (402)

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Two in the Campagna (403)

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In Three Days (403)

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The Guardian-Angel (403)

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Memorabilia (404)

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Incident of the French Camp (404)

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My Last Duchess (404)

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The Boy and the Angel (404)

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The Pied Piper of Hamelin (404)

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Contents

  1. Transcriber's note
  2. SELECTIONS FROM The Poems and Plays OF Robert Browning
  3. CONTENTS
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  6. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
  7. SONGS FROM PARACELSUS
  8. CAVALIER TUNES
  9. THE LOST LEADER
  10. "HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX"
  11. GARDEN FANCIES
  12. MEETING AT NIGHT
  13. PARTING AT MORNING
  14. EVELYN HOPE
  15. LOVE AMONG THE RUINS
  16. UP AT A VILLA—DOWN IN THE CITY
  17. A TOCCATA OF GALUPPI'S
  18. OLD PICTURES IN FLORENCE
  19. "DE GUSTIBUS——"
  20. HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD
  21. HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM THE SEA
  22. SAUL
  23. MY STAR
  24. TWO IN THE CAMPAGNA
  25. IN THREE DAYS
  26. THE GUARDIAN-ANGEL
  27. MEMORABILIA
  28. INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH CAMP
  29. MY LAST DUCHESS
  30. THE BOY AND THE ANGEL

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