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The Poetical Works of Robert Browning

Browning, Robert (1812-1889)

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VOL. I.
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VOL. II.
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VOL. III.
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VOL. IV.
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VOL. V.
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VOL. VI.
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DRAMATIC LYRICS.
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CAVALIER TUNES.
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I. MARCHING ALONG.
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II. GIVE A ROUSE.
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III. BOOT AND SADDLE.
  
THE LOST LEADER.
  
“HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX.”
  
THROUGH THE METIDJA TO ABD-EL-KADR.
  
NATIONALITY IN DRINKS.
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GARDEN FANCIES.
  
SOLILOQUY OF THE SPANISH CLOISTER.
  
THE LABORATORY.
  
THE CONFESSIONAL
  
CRISTINA.
  
THE LOST MISTRESS.
  
EARTH'S IMMORTALITIES.
  
MEETING AT NIGHT.
  
PARTING AT MORNING.
  
SONG.
  
A WOMAN'S LAST WORD.
  
EVELYN HOPE.
  
LOVE AMONG THE RUINS.
  
A LOVERS' QUARREL.
  
UP AT A VILLA—DOWN IN THE CITY.
  
A TOCCATA OF GALUPPI'S.
  
OLD PICTURES IN FLORENCE
  
“DE GUSTIBUS------”
  
HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD.
  
HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM THE SEA.
  
SAUL.
  
MY STAR.
  
BY THE FIRE-SIDE.
  
ANY WIFE TO ANY HUSBAND.
  
TWO IN THE CAMPAGNA.
  
MISCONCEPTIONS.
  
A SERENADE AT THE VILLA.
  
ONE WAY OF LOVE.
  
ANOTHER WAY OF LOVE.
  
A PRETTY WOMAN.
  
RESPECTABILITY.
  
LOVE IN A LIFE.
  
LIFE IN A LOVE.
  
IN THREE DAYS.
  
IN A YEAR.
  
WOMEN AND ROSES.
  
BEFORE.
  
AFTER.
  
THE GUARDIAN-ANGEL.
  
MEMORABILIA.
  
POPULARITY.
  
MASTER HUGUES OF SAXE-GOTHA.
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VOL. VII.
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VOL. VIII., IX., X.
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VOL. XI.
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VOL. XII.
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VOL. XIII.
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VOL. XIV.
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VOL. XV.
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VOL. XVI.
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VOL. XVII.

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II. GIVE A ROUSE.

I.

King Charles, and who'll do him right now?
King Charles, and who's ripe for fight now?
Give a rouse: here's, in hell's despite now,
King Charles!

II.

Who gave me the goods that went since?
Who raised me the house that sank once?
Who helped me to gold I spent since?
Who found me in wine you drank once?

Chorus.

—King Charles, and who'll do him right now?
King Charles, and who's ripe for fight now?
Give a rouse: here's, in hell's despite now,
King Charles!

III.

To whom used my boy George quaff else,
By the old fool's side that begot him?
For whom did he cheer and laugh else,
While Noll's damned troopers shot him?

Chorus.

—King Charles, and who'll do him right now?
King Charles, and who's ripe for fight now?
Give a rouse: here's, in hell's despite now,
King Charles!
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