Category: Poetry

The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume 2

THE ROMAUNT OF MARGRET 3 ISOBEL'S CHILD 15 THE ROMAUNT OF THE PAGE 40 THE LAY OF THE BROWN ROSARY. FIRST PART 57 SECOND PART 63 THIRD PART 72 FOURTH PART 80 A ROMANCE OF THE GANGES 83 RHYME OF THE DUCHESS MAY 94 THE RHYME 96 THE ROMANCE OF THE SWAN'S NEST 132 BERTHA IN THE LAN...

Chapters

7. Part 7

Soh! how still the lady standeth! 'T is a dream--a dream of mercies! 'Twixt the purple lattice-curtains how she standeth still and pale! 'T is a vision, sure, of mercies, sent t...

6. Part 6

"Quite low-born, self-educated! somewhat gifted though by nature, And we make a point of asking him,--of being very kind. You may speak, he does not hear you! and, besides, he w...

3. Part 3

"The old convent ruin the ivy rots off, Where the owl hoots by day and the toad is sun-proof, Where no singing-birds build and the trees gaunt and grey As in stormy sea-coasts a...

2. Part 2

No wind, no rain, no thunder! The waters had trickled not slowly, The thunder was not spent Nor the wind near finishing; Who would have said that the storm was diminishing? No w...

8. Part 8

Could ye bless him, father--mother, Bless the dimple in his cheek? Dare ye look at one another And the benediction speak? Would ye not break out in weeping and confess yourselve...

9. Part 9

Art Thou a King, then? Come, His universe, Come, crown me Him a King! Pluck rays from all such stars as never fling Their light where fell a curse, And make a crowning for this...

5. Part 5

On the east tower, high'st of all,--there, where never a hoof did fall-- _Toll slowly._ Out they swept, a vision steady, noble steed and lovely lady, Calm as if in bower or stall.

1. Part 1

THE ROMAUNT OF MARGRET 3 ISOBEL'S CHILD 15 THE ROMAUNT OF THE PAGE 40 THE LAY OF THE BROWN ROSARY. FIRST PART 57 SECOND PART 63 THIRD PART 72 FOURTH PART 80 A ROMANCE OF THE GAN...

4. Part 4

"I do remember watching Beside this river-bed When on my childish knee was leaned My dying father's head; I turned mine own to keep the tears From falling on his face: What doth...

10. Part 10

And such a brightness in his eye As if the ocean and the sky Within him had lit up and nurst A soul God gave him not at first, To comprehend their majesty.