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The Poetical Works of Robert Browning

Browning, Robert (1812-1889)

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VIII, IX, X.

VOL. VIII., IX., X.

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XVI.

FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.

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PARLEYINGS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE

APOLLO AND THE FATES.

WITH BERNARD DE MANDEVILLE.

WITH DANIEL BARTOLI.

WITH CHRISTOPHER SMART.

WITH GEORGE BUBB DODINGTON.

WITH FRANCIS FURINI.

WITH GERARD DE LAIRESSE.

WITH CHARLES AVISON.

FUST AND HIS FRIENDS.

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Boh, here's Barnabas! Job, that's you?
Up stumps Solomon—bustling too?
Shame, man! greedy beyond your years
To handsel the bishop's shaving-shears?
Fair play's a jewel! Leave friends in the lurch?
Stand on a line ere you start for the church!