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Robert Browning

May 7, 1812 – December 12, 1889


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Poem TitleFirst LinesPeriod# Lines# Reads
1: A Death In The Desert It is a parchment, of my rolls the fifth, 6881429
2: A Face If one could have that little head of hers 22986
3: A Forgiveness I am indeed the personage you know. 418903
4: A Grammarian’s Funeral Let us begin and carry up this corpse, 148879
5: A Light Woman So far as our story approaches the end, 561211
6: A Likeness Some people hang portraits up 69920
7: A Lover’s Quarrel Oh, what a dawn of day! 1541257
8: A Pearl, A Girl A simple ring with a single stone, 141246
9: A Pretty Woman That fawn-skin-dappled hair of hers, 721210
10: A Serenade At The Villa That was I, you heard last night, 601254
11: A Tale - Epilogue To "The Two Poets Of Croisic." What a pretty tale you told me Once upon a time 1081204
12: A Toccata Of Galuppi’s Oh Galuppi, Baldassaro, this is very sad to find! 451216
13: A Wall O the old wall here! How I could pass 241243
14: A Woman’s Last Word Let’s contend no more, Love, 401258
15: Abt Vogler Would that the structure brave, the manifold music I build, 961199
16: After Take the cloak from his face, and at first 181101
17: Among The Rocks Oh, good gigantic smile o' the brown old earth, 121021
18: An Epistle - Containing the Strange Medical Experience of Karshish, the Arab Physician Karshish, the picker-up of learning’s crumbs, 3121408
19: Andrea Del Sarto - Called The “Faultless Painter” But do not let us quarrel any more, 2671071
20: Another Way Of Love June was not over Though past the fall, 33830
21: Any Wife To Any Husband My love, this is the bitterest, that thou 1261227
22: Apparent Failure No, for I ’ll save it! Seven years since, 65783
23: Apparitions - Prologue To "The Two Poets Of Croisic." Such a starved bank of moss Till, that May-morn, 121189
24: Appearances And so you found that poor room dull, 12898
25: Arcades Ambo You blame me that I ran away? 141108
26: Artemis Prologuizes I am a Goddess of the ambrosial courts, 121780
27: Asolando - Dedication To whom but you, dear Friend, should I dedicate verses—some few written, 61259
28: Asolando - Epilogue At the midnight in the silence of the sleep-time, 21996
29: Asolando - Prologue The Poet’s age is sad: for why? 451215
30: At The “Mermaid” I “next poet?” No, my hearties, 144896
31: Bad Dreams I Last night I saw you in my sleep: 81345
32: Bad Dreams II You in the flesh and here, Your very self! Now, wait! 1001299
33: Bad Dreams III This was my dream: I saw a Forest 361235
34: Bad Dreams IV It happened thus: my slab, though new, 451195
35: Beatrice Signorini This strange thing happened to a painter once: 3691122
36: Before Let them fight it out, friend! things have gone too far. 401035
37: Ben Karshook’s Wisdom Would a man ’scape the rod?” Rabbi Ben Karshook saith, 1854 25810
38: Bifurcation We were two lovers; let me lie by her, 42770
39: Bishop Blougram’s Apology No more wine? then we’ll push back chairs and talk. 10211194
40: By The Fire-Side How well I know what I mean to do 2651158
41: Caliban Upon Setebos: Or, Natural Theology In The Island Will sprawl, now that the heat of day is best, 2951231
42: Cavalier Tunes - I. - Marching Along. Kentish Sir Byng stood for his King, 24836
43: Cavalier Tunes - II - Give A Rouse King Charles, and who’ll do him right now? 20797
44: Cavalier Tunes - III - Boot And Saddle Boot, saddle, to horse, and away! 16802
45: Cenciaja May I print, Shelley, how it came to pass 302696
46: Childe Roland To The Dark Tower Came My first thought was, he lied in every word, 2041222
47: Christmas-Eve Out of the little chapel I burst 1850 13621272
48: Cleon Cleon the poet (from the sprinkled isles, 353979
49: Confessions What is he buzzing in my ears? 361246
50: Count Gismond Christ God who savest man, save most 126748
51: Count Guido Franceschini Thanks, Sir, but, should it please the reverend Court, 2058878
52: Cristina She should never have looked at me 64764
53: De Gustibus -- Your ghost will walk, you lover of trees, 46919
54: Deaf And Dumb - A Group By Woolner Only the prism’s obstruction shows aright 81436
55: Development My father was a scholar and knew Greek. 1181079
56: Dîs Aliter Visum; Or, Le Byron De Nos Jours Stop, let me have the truth of that! 1501264
57: Dominus Hyacinthus de Archangelis - Pauperum Procurator Ah, my Giacinto, he’s no ruddy rogue, 1805843
58: Dubiety I will be happy if but for once: 241173
59: Earth’s Immortalities See, as the prettiest graves will do in time, 191342
60: Easter-Day How very hard it is to be A Christian! Hard for you and me, 10551319
61: Epilogue - Dramatis Personæ On the first of the Feast of Feasts, 104818
62: Eurydice to Orpheus - A Picture by Leighton But give them me, the mouth, the eyes, the brow! 8847
63: Evelyn Hope Beautiful Evelyn Hope is dead! 561248
64: Fears And Scruples Here’s my case. Of old I used to love him, 48775
65: Filippo Baldinucci On The Privilege Of Burial No, boy, we must not”, so began 464717
66: Flute-Music, With An Accompaniment Ah, the bird-like fluting Through the ash-tops yonder, 1931096
67: Fra Lippo Lippi I am poor brother Lippo, by your leave! 3921207
68: Garden-Fancies - I. The Flower’s Name Here’s the garden she walked across, 48757
69: Garden-Fancies - II. Sibrandus Schafnaburgensis Plague take all your pedants, say I! 72863
70: Giuseppe Caponsacchi Answer you, Sirs? Do I understand aright? 2105889
71: Gold Hair - A Story Of Pornic Oh, the beautiful girl, too white, 150741
72: Guido You are the Cardinal Acciaiuoli, and you, 2425981
73: Half-Rome What, you, Sir, come too? (Just the man I’d meet.) 1547967
74: Heap Cassia, Sandal-Buds And Stripes Heap Cassia, sandal-buds and stripes 16932
75: Hervé Riel On the sea and at the Hogue, sixteen hundred ninety-two, 140833
76: Holy-Cross Day Fee, faw, fum! bubble and squeak! 120912
77: Home-Thoughts, From Abroad Oh, to be in England Now that April’s there, 20777
78: Home-Thoughts, From The Sea Nobly, nobly Cape Saint Vincent to the North-west died away; 7774
79: House Shall I sonnet-sing you about myself? 40917
80: How It Strikes A Contemporary I only knew one poet in my life: 1151113
81: How They Brought The Good News From Ghent To Aix I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he; 60741
82: Humility What girl but, having gathered flowers, 121198
83: Imperante Augusto Natus Est-- What it was struck the terror into me? 1631150
84: In A Balcony Give me them again, those hands 11001072
85: In A Gondola I send my heart up to thee, all my heart 244859
86: In A Year Never any more, While I live, Need I hope to see his face 801074
87: In Three Days So, I shall see her in three days 381021
88: Inapprehensiveness We two stood simply friend-like side by side, 341167
89: Incident Of The French Camp You know, we French stormed Ratisbon: 40815
90: Instans Tyrannus Of the million or two, more or less, 721179
91: Introduction: Pippa Passes Day! Faster and more fast, O'er night's brim, day boils at last: 217913
92: James Lee’s Wife Ah, Love, but a day And the world has changed! 381814
93: Johannes Agricola In Meditation There's heaven above, and night by night 1842 601185
94: Juris Doctor Johannes-Baptista Bottinius Had I God’s leave, how I would alter things! 1577828
95: Life In A Love Escape me? Never Beloved! While I am I, and you are you, 221217
96: Love Among The Ruins Where the quiet-coloured end of evening smiles, 841233
97: Love In A Life Room after room, I hunt the house through 161215
98: Madhouse Cell - Johannes Agricola In Meditation There’s Heaven above, and night by night, 60890
99: Madhouse Cell - Porphyria’s Lover The rain set early in to-night, The sullen wind was soon awake, 60826
100: Magical Nature Flower, I never fancied, jewel, I profess you! 81026
101: Man I Am And Man Would Be, Love Man I am and man would be, Love, merest man and nothing more. 91003
102: Master Hugues Of Saxe-Gotha Hist, but a word, fair and soft! 1491097
103: May And Death I wish that when you died last May, 201149
104: Meeting At Night The grey sea and the long black land; 121239
105: Memorabilia Ah, did you once see Shelley plain, 161011
106: Mesmerism All I believed is true! I am able yet 1351236
107: Misconceptions This is a spray the Bird clung to, 14790
108: Mr. Sludge, “The Medium” Now, don’t, sir! Don’t expose me! 1563865
109: Muckle-Mouth Meg Frowned the Laird on the Lord: “So, red-handed I catch thee? 401127
110: My Last Duchess That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall, 56833
111: My Star All that I know Of a certain star, 131277
112: Nationality In Drinks My heart sank with our Claret-flask, 44833
113: Natural Magic All I can say is, I saw it! 18854
114: Never The Time And The Place Never the time and the place 221002
115: Now Out of your whole life give but a moment! 141226
116: Numpholeptos Still you stand, still you listen, still you smile! 155823
117: O' Lyric Love O' Lyric Love, half angel and half bird, 26967
118: Of Pacchiarotto, And How He Worked In Distemper Query: was ever a quainter 583791
119: Old Pictures In Florence The morn when first it thunders in March, 2881128
120: One Way Of Love All June I bound the rose in sheaves. 18801
121: One Word More There they are, my fifty men and women 201938
122: Over The Sea Our Galleys Went Over the sea our galleys went, 73933
123: Pacchiarotto - Epilogue The poets pour us wine” 224784
124: Pacchiarotto - Prologue Oh, the old wall here! How I could pass 24925
125: Pan And Luna Oh, worthy of belief I hold it was, 1031009
126: Paracelsus: Part I: Paracelsus Aspires Come close to me, dear friends; still closer; thus! 905932
127: Paracelsus: Part II: Paracelsus Attains Over the waters in the vaporous West 701788
128: Paracelsus: Part III: Paracelsus Heap logs and let the blaze laugh out! 1206747
129: Paracelsus: Part IV: Paracelsus Aspires Sic itur ad astra! Dear Von Visenburg 784763
130: Paracelsus: Part V: Paracelsus Attains No change! The weary night is well-nigh spent, 998885
131: Parting At Morning Round the cape of a sudden came the sea, 41317
132: Pauline - A Fragment of a Confession Pauline, mine own, bend o’er me thy soft breast 1832 1044987
133: Pheidippides First I salute this soil of the blessed, river and rock! 1201079
134: Pictor Ignotus I could have painted pictures like that youth’s 72813
135: Pippa Passes: Part I: Morning Let the watching lids wink! Day's a-blaze with eyes, think! 453721
136: Pippa Passes: Part II: Noon Do not die, Phene! I am yours now, you 362742
137: Pippa Passes: Part III: Evening If there blew wind, you'd hear a long sigh, easing 400685
138: Pippa Passes: Part IV: Night Thanks, friends, many thanks! I chiefly desire life now, 199699
139: Pippa's Song The year's at the spring, And day's at the morn; 81169
140: Pisgah-Sights Over the ball of it, Peering and prying, 80818
141: Poetics So say the foolish!” Say the foolish so, Love? 81156
142: Pompilia I am just seventeen years and five months old, 1844849
143: Ponte Dell’ Angelo, Venice Stop rowing! This one of our bye-canals 1921047
144: Popularity Stand still, true poet that you are! 65903
145: Porphyria's Lover The rain set early in to-night, 601151
146: Prospice Fear death? to feel the fog in my throat, 281142
147: Protus Among these latter busts we count by scores, 58980
148: Rabbi Ben Ezra Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, 1921226
149: Rephan How I lived, ere my human life began 1101083
150: Respectability Dear, had the world in its caprice 241039
151: Reverie I know there shall dawn a day 220911
152: Rhyme For A Child Viewing A Naked Venus In A Painting Of 'The Judgement Of Paris' He gazed and gazed and gazed and gazed, 21283
153: Rosny Woe, he went galloping into the war, 291115
154: Rudel To The Lady Of Tripoli I know a Mount, the gracious Sun perceives 36683
155: Saul Said Abner, “At last thou art come! Ere I tell, ere thou speak, 342941
156: Saul Said Abner, “At last thou art come! 1921166
157: Shop So, friend, your shop was all your house! 110743
158: Soliloquy Of The Spanish Cloister GR-R-R there go, my heart’s abhorrence! 72764
159: Song Nay but you, who do not love her, 121230
160: Songs From Pippa Passes Day! Faster and more fast, 431054
161: Sonnet - Dramatis Personæ Eyes, calm beside thee, (Lady, could’st thou know!) 1834 14777
162: Sordello: Book The Fifth Is it the same Sordello in the dusk 10381309
163: Sordello: Book the First Who will, may hear Sordello's story told: 1840 10171285
164: Sordello: Book The Fourth Meantime Ferrara lay in rueful case; 10472439
165: Sordello: Book The Second The woods were long austere with snow: at last 10361352
166: Sordello: Book The Sixth The thought of Eglamor's least like a thought, 8941259
167: Sordello: Book The Third And the font took them: let our laurels lie! 10481290
168: Speculative Others may need new life in Heaven, 101283
169: St. Martin’s Summer No protesting, dearest! Hardly kisses even! 102692
170: Summum Bonum All the breath and the bloom of the year in the bag of one bee: 81209
171: Tertium Quid True, Excellency as his Highness says, 1639812
172: The Bean-Feast He was the man, Pope Sixtus, that Fifth, that swineherd’s son: 481077
173: The Bishop Orders His Tomb At Saint Praxed’s Church Rome Vanity, saith the preacher, vanity! 125717
174: The Book And The Ring Here were the end, had anything an end: 870841
175: The Boy And The Angel Morning, evening, noon and night, 781162
176: The Cardinal And The Dog Crescenzio, the Pope’s Legate at the High Council, Trent, 151113
177: The Confessional It is a lie, their Priests, their Pope, 78848
178: The Englishman In Italy Fortù, Fortù, my beloved one, Sit here by my side, 292715
179: The Flight Of The Duchess You’re my friend: I was the man the Duke spoke to; 9161160
180: The Glove Heigho!” yawned one day King Francis, 1911092
181: The Guardian-Angel Dear and great Angel, wouldst thou only leave 56965
182: The Heretic’s Tragedy The Lord, we look to once for all, 102867
183: The Italian In England That second time they hunted me 162717
184: The Laboratory Now that I, tying thy glass mask tightly, 48705
185: The Lady And The Painter Yet womanhood you reverence, So you profess! 331167
186: The Last Ride Together I said, Then, dearest, since ’tis so, 1101082
187: The Lost Leader Just for a handful of silver he left us, 32678
188: The Lost Mistress All’s over, then: does truth sound bitter 20736
189: The Other Half-Rome Another day that finds her living yet, 1694855
190: The Patriot It was roses, roses, all the way, 301200
191: The Pied Piper Of Hamelin Hamelin town’s in Brunswick, By famous Hanover city; 303846
192: The Pope Like to Ahasuerus, that shrewd prince, 2134814
193: The Pope And The Net What, he on whom our voices unanimously ran, 241558
194: The Ring And The Book Do you see this Ring? ’Tis Rome-work, made to match 1416742
195: The Statue And The Bust There’s a palace in Florence, the world knows well, 2501062
196: The Twins Grand rough old Martin Luther Bloomed fables, flowers on furze, 28902
197: The Worst Of It Would it were I had been false, not you! 114665
198: Three Songs From Paracelsus I hear a voice, perchance I heard 148678
199: Through The Metidja To Abd-El-Kadr As I ride, as I ride, With a full heart for my guide, 1842 40653
200: Time’s Revenges I’ve a Friend, over the sea; I like him, but he loves me; 661197
201: To Edward Fitzgerald I chanced upon a new book yesterday; 121088
202: Too Late Here was I with my arm and heart 1441251
203: Transcendentalism: Stop playing, poet! may a brother speak? 51673
204: Tray Sing me a hero! Quench my thirst Of soul, ye bards! 461217
205: Two In The Campagna I wonder do you feel to-day 60746
206: Up At A Villa – Down In The City Had I but plenty of money, money enough and to spare, 641199
207: Verse-Making Was Least Of My Virtues Verse-making was least of my virtues: I viewed with despair 101118
208: Waring What’s become of Waring Since he gave us all the slip, 262761
209: Which? So, the three Court-ladies began 301231
210: White Witchcraft If you and I could change to beasts, what beast should either be? 91097
211: Why I Am A Liberal Why?" Because all I haply can and do, 141196
212: Women And Roses I dream of a red-rose tree. And which of its roses three 48954
213: You'll Love Me Yet You'll love me yet! and I can tarry 121163
214: Youth And Art It once might have been, once only: 68729




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Robert Browning was a British poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.


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