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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, 6881351
2: A Face If one could have that little head of hers 22897
3: A Forgiveness I am indeed the personage you know. 418840
4: A Grammarian’s Funeral Let us begin and carry up this corpse, 148798
5: A Light Woman So far as our story approaches the end, 561145
6: A Likeness Some people hang portraits up 69844
7: A Lover’s Quarrel Oh, what a dawn of day! 1541197
8: A Pearl, A Girl A simple ring with a single stone, 141187
9: A Pretty Woman That fawn-skin-dappled hair of hers, 721145
10: A Serenade At The Villa That was I, you heard last night, 601195
11: A Tale - Epilogue To "The Two Poets Of Croisic." What a pretty tale you told me Once upon a time 1081139
12: A Toccata Of Galuppi’s Oh Galuppi, Baldassaro, this is very sad to find! 451155
13: A Wall O the old wall here! How I could pass 241169
14: A Woman’s Last Word Let’s contend no more, Love, 401198
15: Abt Vogler Would that the structure brave, the manifold music I build, 961140
16: After Take the cloak from his face, and at first 181033
17: Among The Rocks Oh, good gigantic smile o' the brown old earth, 12958
18: An Epistle - Containing the Strange Medical Experience of Karshish, the Arab Physician Karshish, the picker-up of learning’s crumbs, 3121331
19: Andrea Del Sarto - Called The “Faultless Painter” But do not let us quarrel any more, 2671021
20: Another Way Of Love June was not over Though past the fall, 33768
21: Any Wife To Any Husband My love, this is the bitterest, that thou 1261164
22: Apparent Failure No, for I ’ll save it! Seven years since, 65738
23: Apparitions - Prologue To "The Two Poets Of Croisic." Such a starved bank of moss Till, that May-morn, 121128
24: Appearances And so you found that poor room dull, 12826
25: Arcades Ambo You blame me that I ran away? 141044
26: Artemis Prologuizes I am a Goddess of the ambrosial courts, 121734
27: Asolando - Dedication To whom but you, dear Friend, should I dedicate verses—some few written, 61205
28: Asolando - Epilogue At the midnight in the silence of the sleep-time, 21943
29: Asolando - Prologue The Poet’s age is sad: for why? 451167
30: At The “Mermaid” I “next poet?” No, my hearties, 144832
31: Bad Dreams I Last night I saw you in my sleep: 81265
32: Bad Dreams II You in the flesh and here, Your very self! Now, wait! 1001235
33: Bad Dreams III This was my dream: I saw a Forest 361170
34: Bad Dreams IV It happened thus: my slab, though new, 451132
35: Beatrice Signorini This strange thing happened to a painter once: 3691073
36: Before Let them fight it out, friend! things have gone too far. 40969
37: Ben Karshook’s Wisdom Would a man ’scape the rod?” Rabbi Ben Karshook saith, 1854 25757
38: Bifurcation We were two lovers; let me lie by her, 42706
39: Bishop Blougram’s Apology No more wine? then we’ll push back chairs and talk. 10211124
40: By The Fire-Side How well I know what I mean to do 2651104
41: Caliban Upon Setebos: Or, Natural Theology In The Island Will sprawl, now that the heat of day is best, 2951185
42: Cavalier Tunes - I. - Marching Along. Kentish Sir Byng stood for his King, 24779
43: Cavalier Tunes - II - Give A Rouse King Charles, and who’ll do him right now? 20745
44: Cavalier Tunes - III - Boot And Saddle Boot, saddle, to horse, and away! 16761
45: Cenciaja May I print, Shelley, how it came to pass 302645
46: Childe Roland To The Dark Tower Came My first thought was, he lied in every word, 2041164
47: Christmas-Eve Out of the little chapel I burst 1850 13621206
48: Cleon Cleon the poet (from the sprinkled isles, 353917
49: Confessions What is he buzzing in my ears? 361190
50: Count Gismond Christ God who savest man, save most 126700
51: Count Guido Franceschini Thanks, Sir, but, should it please the reverend Court, 2058812
52: Cristina She should never have looked at me 64693
53: De Gustibus -- Your ghost will walk, you lover of trees, 46875
54: Deaf And Dumb - A Group By Woolner Only the prism’s obstruction shows aright 81300
55: Development My father was a scholar and knew Greek. 1181031
56: Dîs Aliter Visum; Or, Le Byron De Nos Jours Stop, let me have the truth of that! 1501173
57: Dominus Hyacinthus de Archangelis - Pauperum Procurator Ah, my Giacinto, he’s no ruddy rogue, 1805765
58: Dubiety I will be happy if but for once: 241105
59: Earth’s Immortalities See, as the prettiest graves will do in time, 191286
60: Easter-Day How very hard it is to be A Christian! Hard for you and me, 10551243
61: Epilogue - Dramatis Personæ On the first of the Feast of Feasts, 104758
62: Eurydice to Orpheus - A Picture by Leighton But give them me, the mouth, the eyes, the brow! 8781
63: Evelyn Hope Beautiful Evelyn Hope is dead! 561175
64: Fears And Scruples Here’s my case. Of old I used to love him, 48707
65: Filippo Baldinucci On The Privilege Of Burial No, boy, we must not”, so began 464663
66: Flute-Music, With An Accompaniment Ah, the bird-like fluting Through the ash-tops yonder, 1931050
67: Fra Lippo Lippi I am poor brother Lippo, by your leave! 3921149
68: Garden-Fancies - I. The Flower’s Name Here’s the garden she walked across, 48701
69: Garden-Fancies - II. Sibrandus Schafnaburgensis Plague take all your pedants, say I! 72806
70: Giuseppe Caponsacchi Answer you, Sirs? Do I understand aright? 2105821
71: Gold Hair - A Story Of Pornic Oh, the beautiful girl, too white, 150688
72: Guido You are the Cardinal Acciaiuoli, and you, 2425830
73: Half-Rome What, you, Sir, come too? (Just the man I’d meet.) 1547882
74: Heap Cassia, Sandal-Buds And Stripes Heap Cassia, sandal-buds and stripes 16888
75: Hervé Riel On the sea and at the Hogue, sixteen hundred ninety-two, 140730
76: Holy-Cross Day Fee, faw, fum! bubble and squeak! 120847
77: Home-Thoughts, From Abroad Oh, to be in England Now that April’s there, 20717
78: Home-Thoughts, From The Sea Nobly, nobly Cape Saint Vincent to the North-west died away; 7708
79: House Shall I sonnet-sing you about myself? 40768
80: How It Strikes A Contemporary I only knew one poet in my life: 1151061
81: How They Brought The Good News From Ghent To Aix I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he; 60687
82: Humility What girl but, having gathered flowers, 121134
83: Imperante Augusto Natus Est-- What it was struck the terror into me? 1631047
84: In A Balcony Give me them again, those hands 11001011
85: In A Gondola I send my heart up to thee, all my heart 244739
86: In A Year Never any more, While I live, Need I hope to see his face 801010
87: In Three Days So, I shall see her in three days 38970
88: Inapprehensiveness We two stood simply friend-like side by side, 341121
89: Incident Of The French Camp You know, we French stormed Ratisbon: 40753
90: Instans Tyrannus Of the million or two, more or less, 721104
91: Introduction: Pippa Passes Day! Faster and more fast, O'er night's brim, day boils at last: 217865
92: James Lee’s Wife Ah, Love, but a day And the world has changed! 381751
93: Johannes Agricola In Meditation There's heaven above, and night by night 1842 601117
94: Juris Doctor Johannes-Baptista Bottinius Had I God’s leave, how I would alter things! 1577766
95: Life In A Love Escape me? Never Beloved! While I am I, and you are you, 221142
96: Love Among The Ruins Where the quiet-coloured end of evening smiles, 841171
97: Love In A Life Room after room, I hunt the house through 161135
98: Madhouse Cell - Johannes Agricola In Meditation There’s Heaven above, and night by night, 60825
99: Madhouse Cell - Porphyria’s Lover The rain set early in to-night, The sullen wind was soon awake, 60756
100: Magical Nature Flower, I never fancied, jewel, I profess you! 8887
101: Man I Am And Man Would Be, Love Man I am and man would be, Love, merest man and nothing more. 9932
102: Master Hugues Of Saxe-Gotha Hist, but a word, fair and soft! 1491039
103: May And Death I wish that when you died last May, 201108
104: Meeting At Night The grey sea and the long black land; 121170
105: Memorabilia Ah, did you once see Shelley plain, 16944
106: Mesmerism All I believed is true! I am able yet 1351168
107: Misconceptions This is a spray the Bird clung to, 14722
108: Mr. Sludge, “The Medium” Now, don’t, sir! Don’t expose me! 1563818
109: Muckle-Mouth Meg Frowned the Laird on the Lord: “So, red-handed I catch thee? 401073
110: My Last Duchess That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall, 56781
111: My Star All that I know Of a certain star, 131204
112: Nationality In Drinks My heart sank with our Claret-flask, 44772
113: Natural Magic All I can say is, I saw it! 18769
114: Never The Time And The Place Never the time and the place 22951
115: Now Out of your whole life give but a moment! 141156
116: Numpholeptos Still you stand, still you listen, still you smile! 155757
117: O' Lyric Love O' Lyric Love, half angel and half bird, 26912
118: Of Pacchiarotto, And How He Worked In Distemper Query: was ever a quainter 583700
119: Old Pictures In Florence The morn when first it thunders in March, 2881003
120: One Way Of Love All June I bound the rose in sheaves. 18747
121: One Word More There they are, my fifty men and women 201864
122: Over The Sea Our Galleys Went Over the sea our galleys went, 73880
123: Pacchiarotto - Epilogue The poets pour us wine” 224740
124: Pacchiarotto - Prologue Oh, the old wall here! How I could pass 24848
125: Pan And Luna Oh, worthy of belief I hold it was, 103953
126: Paracelsus: Part I: Paracelsus Aspires Come close to me, dear friends; still closer; thus! 905879
127: Paracelsus: Part II: Paracelsus Attains Over the waters in the vaporous West 701744
128: Paracelsus: Part III: Paracelsus Heap logs and let the blaze laugh out! 1206700
129: Paracelsus: Part IV: Paracelsus Aspires Sic itur ad astra! Dear Von Visenburg 784708
130: Paracelsus: Part V: Paracelsus Attains No change! The weary night is well-nigh spent, 998821
131: Parting At Morning Round the cape of a sudden came the sea, 41204
132: Pauline - A Fragment of a Confession Pauline, mine own, bend o’er me thy soft breast 1832 1044924
133: Pheidippides First I salute this soil of the blessed, river and rock! 1201033
134: Pictor Ignotus I could have painted pictures like that youth’s 72745
135: Pippa Passes: Part I: Morning Let the watching lids wink! Day's a-blaze with eyes, think! 453663
136: Pippa Passes: Part II: Noon Do not die, Phene! I am yours now, you 362692
137: Pippa Passes: Part III: Evening If there blew wind, you'd hear a long sigh, easing 400634
138: Pippa Passes: Part IV: Night Thanks, friends, many thanks! I chiefly desire life now, 199645
139: Pippa's Song The year's at the spring, And day's at the morn; 81109
140: Pisgah-Sights Over the ball of it, Peering and prying, 80748
141: Poetics So say the foolish!” Say the foolish so, Love? 81089
142: Pompilia I am just seventeen years and five months old, 1844770
143: Ponte Dell’ Angelo, Venice Stop rowing! This one of our bye-canals 192998
144: Popularity Stand still, true poet that you are! 65838
145: Porphyria's Lover The rain set early in to-night, 601099
146: Prospice Fear death? to feel the fog in my throat, 281074
147: Protus Among these latter busts we count by scores, 58915
148: Rabbi Ben Ezra Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, 1921151
149: Rephan How I lived, ere my human life began 1101030
150: Respectability Dear, had the world in its caprice 24980
151: Reverie I know there shall dawn a day 220836
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, 21187
153: Rosny Woe, he went galloping into the war, 291053
154: Rudel To The Lady Of Tripoli I know a Mount, the gracious Sun perceives 36626
155: Saul Said Abner, “At last thou art come! Ere I tell, ere thou speak, 342876
156: Saul Said Abner, “At last thou art come! 1921100
157: Shop So, friend, your shop was all your house! 110683
158: Soliloquy Of The Spanish Cloister GR-R-R there go, my heart’s abhorrence! 72683
159: Song Nay but you, who do not love her, 121164
160: Songs From Pippa Passes Day! Faster and more fast, 43993
161: Sonnet - Dramatis Personæ Eyes, calm beside thee, (Lady, could’st thou know!) 1834 14701
162: Sordello: Book The Fifth Is it the same Sordello in the dusk 10381252
163: Sordello: Book the First Who will, may hear Sordello's story told: 1840 10171225
164: Sordello: Book The Fourth Meantime Ferrara lay in rueful case; 10472343
165: Sordello: Book The Second The woods were long austere with snow: at last 10361299
166: Sordello: Book The Sixth The thought of Eglamor's least like a thought, 8941200
167: Sordello: Book The Third And the font took them: let our laurels lie! 10481233
168: Speculative Others may need new life in Heaven, 101219
169: St. Martin’s Summer No protesting, dearest! Hardly kisses even! 102642
170: Summum Bonum All the breath and the bloom of the year in the bag of one bee: 81151
171: Tertium Quid True, Excellency as his Highness says, 1639761
172: The Bean-Feast He was the man, Pope Sixtus, that Fifth, that swineherd’s son: 481008
173: The Bishop Orders His Tomb At Saint Praxed’s Church Rome Vanity, saith the preacher, vanity! 125655
174: The Book And The Ring Here were the end, had anything an end: 870753
175: The Boy And The Angel Morning, evening, noon and night, 781082
176: The Cardinal And The Dog Crescenzio, the Pope’s Legate at the High Council, Trent, 151046
177: The Confessional It is a lie, their Priests, their Pope, 78778
178: The Englishman In Italy Fortù, Fortù, my beloved one, Sit here by my side, 292640
179: The Flight Of The Duchess You’re my friend: I was the man the Duke spoke to; 9161097
180: The Glove Heigho!” yawned one day King Francis, 1911016
181: The Guardian-Angel Dear and great Angel, wouldst thou only leave 56904
182: The Heretic’s Tragedy The Lord, we look to once for all, 102804
183: The Italian In England That second time they hunted me 162641
184: The Laboratory Now that I, tying thy glass mask tightly, 48613
185: The Lady And The Painter Yet womanhood you reverence, So you profess! 331105
186: The Last Ride Together I said, Then, dearest, since ’tis so, 1101001
187: The Lost Leader Just for a handful of silver he left us, 32615
188: The Lost Mistress All’s over, then: does truth sound bitter 20667
189: The Other Half-Rome Another day that finds her living yet, 1694774
190: The Patriot It was roses, roses, all the way, 301114
191: The Pied Piper Of Hamelin Hamelin town’s in Brunswick, By famous Hanover city; 303756
192: The Pope Like to Ahasuerus, that shrewd prince, 2134722
193: The Pope And The Net What, he on whom our voices unanimously ran, 241483
194: The Ring And The Book Do you see this Ring? ’Tis Rome-work, made to match 1416676
195: The Statue And The Bust There’s a palace in Florence, the world knows well, 250978
196: The Twins Grand rough old Martin Luther Bloomed fables, flowers on furze, 28826
197: The Worst Of It Would it were I had been false, not you! 114604
198: Three Songs From Paracelsus I hear a voice, perchance I heard 148617
199: Through The Metidja To Abd-El-Kadr As I ride, as I ride, With a full heart for my guide, 1842 40603
200: Time’s Revenges I’ve a Friend, over the sea; I like him, but he loves me; 661143
201: To Edward Fitzgerald I chanced upon a new book yesterday; 121029
202: Too Late Here was I with my arm and heart 1441151
203: Transcendentalism: Stop playing, poet! may a brother speak? 51627
204: Tray Sing me a hero! Quench my thirst Of soul, ye bards! 461124
205: Two In The Campagna I wonder do you feel to-day 60695
206: Up At A Villa – Down In The City Had I but plenty of money, money enough and to spare, 641142
207: Verse-Making Was Least Of My Virtues Verse-making was least of my virtues: I viewed with despair 101070
208: Waring What’s become of Waring Since he gave us all the slip, 262690
209: Which? So, the three Court-ladies began 301074
210: White Witchcraft If you and I could change to beasts, what beast should either be? 91039
211: Why I Am A Liberal Why?" Because all I haply can and do, 141053
212: Women And Roses I dream of a red-rose tree. And which of its roses three 48896
213: You'll Love Me Yet You'll love me yet! and I can tarry 121112
214: Youth And Art It once might have been, once only: 68651




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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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