Browning's Shorter Poems. Robert Browning

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СКАЧАТЬ AMONG THE RUINS. (PAGE 43 .)

       MISCONCEPTIONS. (PAGE 47 .)

       NATURAL MAGIC. (PAGE 48 .)

       APPARITIONS. (PAGE 49 .)

       A WALL. (PAGE 50 .)

       CONFESSIONS. (PAGE 51 .)

       A WOMAN'S LAST WORD. (PAGE 53 .)

       A PRETTY WOMAN. (PAGE 55 .)

       YOUTH AND ART. (PAGE 58 .)

       A TALE. (PAGE 61 .)

       CAVALIER TUNES. (PAGE 67 .)

       I. MARCHING ALONG

       II. GIVE A ROUSE

       HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM THE SEA. (PAGE 70 .)

       SUMMUM BONUM. (PAGE 71 .)

       SONGS FROM PIPPA PASSES. (PAGE 73 .)

       THE LOST LEADER. (PAGE 75 .)

       APPARENT FAILURE. (PAGE 77 .)

       FEARS AND SCRUPLES. (PAGE 80 .)

       INSTANS TYRANNUS. (PAGE 82 .)

       THE PATRIOT. (PAGE 85 .)

       THE BOY AND THE ANGEL. (PAGE 87 .)

       MEMORABILIA. (PAGE 91 .)

       WHY I AM A LIBERAL. (PAGE 92 .)

       PROSPICE. (PAGE 93 .)

       EPILOGUE TO ASOLANDO. (PAGE 94 .)

       "DE GUSTIBUS—." (PAGE 96 .)

       THE ITALIAN IN ENGLAND. (PAGE 98 .)

       MY LAST DUCHESS. (PAGE 105 .)

       THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S. (PAGE 107 .)

       THE LABORATORY. (PAGE 113 .)

       HOME THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD. (PAGE 115 .)

       UP AT A VILLA—DOWN IN THE CITY. (PAGE 116 .)

       A TOCCATA OF GALUPPI'S. (PAGE 122 .)

       ABT VOGLER. (PAGE 126 .)

       RABBI BEN EZRA. (PAGE 133 .)

       A GRAMMARIAN'S FUNERAL. (PAGE 143 .)

       ANDREA DEL SARTO. (PAGE 149 .)

       CALIBAN UPON SETEBOS. (PAGE 161 .)

       "CHILDE ROLAND TO THE DARK TOWER CAME." (PAGE 174 .)

       AN EPISTLE. (PAGE 183 .)

       SAUL. (PAGE 196 .)

       ONE WORD MORE. (PAGE 224 .)

PREFACE

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      These selections from the poetry of Robert Browning have been made with especial reference to the tastes and capacities of readers of the high-school age. Every poem included has been found by experience to be within the grasp of boys and girls. Most of Browning's best poetry is within the ken of any reader of imagination and diligence. To the reader who lacks these, not only Browning, but the great world of literature, remains closed: Browning is not the only poet who requires close study. The difficulties he offers are, in his best poems, not more repellent to the thoughtful reader than the nut that protects and contains the kernel. To a boy or girl of active mind, the difficulty need rarely be more than a pleasant challenge to the exercise of a little patience and ingenuity.

      Browning, when at his best in vigor, clearness, and beauty, is peculiarly a poet for young people. His freedom from sentimentality, his liveliness СКАЧАТЬ