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The Poetical works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861)
  
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JUVENILIA.
  
THE BATTLE OF MARATHON.
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AN ESSAY ON MIND,
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AN ESSAY ON MIND.
 I. 
BOOK I.
 II. 
BOOK II.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
  
TO MY FATHER ON HIS BIRTH-DAY.
  
SPENSERIAN STANZAS
  
VERSES TO MY BROTHER.
  
STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF LORD BYRON.
  
MEMORY.
  
TO ------.
  
STANZAS
  
THE PAST.
  
THE PRAYER.
  
ON A PICTURE OF RIEGO'S WIDOW,
  
SONG.
  
THE DREAM.
  
RIGA'S LAST SONG.
  
THE VISION OF FAME.
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POEMS.
  
THE TEMPEST.
  
A SEA-SIDE MEDITATION.
  
A VISION OF LIFE AND DEATH.
  
EARTH.
  
THE PICTURE GALLERY AT PENSHURST.
  
TO A POET'S CHILD.
  
MINSTRELSY.
  
TO THE MEMORY OF SIR UVEDALE PRICE, BART.
  
THE AUTUMN.
  
THE DEATH-BED OF TERESA DEL RIEGO.
  
TO VICTOIRE, ON HER MARRIAGE.
  
TO A BOY.
  
REMONSTRANCE.
  
EPITAPH.
  
THE IMAGE OF GOD.
  
THE APPEAL.
  
IDOLS.
  
HYMN.
  
WEARINESS.
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THE SERAPHIM,
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THE SERAPHIM.
 1. 
PART THE FIRST.
 2. 
PART THE SECOND.
  
EPILOGUE.
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THE POET'S VOW.
 1. 
PART THE FIRST. SHOWING WHEREFORE THE VOW WAS MADE.
 2. 
PART THE SECOND. SHOWING TO WHOM THE VOW WAS DECLARED.
 3. 
PART THE THIRD. SHOWING HOW THE VOW WAS KEPT.
 4. 
PART THE FOURTH. SHOWING HOW ROSALIND FARED BY THE KEEPING OF THE VOW.
 5. 
PART THE FIFTH. SHOWING HOW THE VOW WAS BROKEN.
  
THE ROMAUNT OF MARGRET.
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ISOBEL'S CHILD.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII.
 XVIII. 
XVIII.
 XIX. 
XIX.
 XX. 
XX.
 XXI. 
XXI.
 XXII. 
XXII.
 XXIII. 
XXIII.
 XXIV. 
XXIV.
 XXV. 
XXV.
 XXVI. 
XXVI.
 XXVII. 
XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII.
 XXIX. 
XXIX.
 XXX. 
XXX.
 XXXI. 
XXXI.
 XXXII. 
XXXII.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV.
 XXXV. 
XXXV.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII.
  
A ROMANCE OF THE GANGES.
  
AN ISLAND.
  
THE DESERTED GARDEN.
  
THE SOUL'S TRAVELLING.
  
SOUNDS.
  
NIGHT AND THE MERRY MAN.
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EARTH AND HER PRAISERS.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
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THE VIRGIN MARY TO THE CHILD JESUS.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
  
TO BETTINE,
  
FELICIA HEMANS.
  
MEMORY AND HOPE.
  
THE SLEEP.
  
MAN AND NATURE.
  
A SEA-SIDE WALK.
  
THE SEA-MEW.
  
THE LITTLE FRIEND.
  
MY DOVES.
  
TO MARY RUSSELL MITFORD
  
THE STUDENT.
  
THE EXILE'S RETURN.
  
A SONG AGAINST SINGING.
  
STANZAS.
  
THE YOUNG QUEEN.
  
VICTORIA'S TEARS.
  
VANITIES.
  
BEREAVEMENT.
  
CONSOLATION.
  
A SUPPLICATION FOR LOVE.
  
THE MEDIATOR.
  
THE WEEPING SAVIOUR.
  
THE MEASURE.
  
COWPER'S GRAVE.
  
THE WEAKEST THING.
  
THE PET-NAME.
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QUEEN ANNELIDA AND FALSE ARCITE.
  
QUEEN ANNELIDA AND FALSE ARCITE.
  
THE COMPLAINT OF ANNELIDA TO FALSE ARCITE.
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POEMS.
  
A DRAMA OF EXILE.
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SONNETS.
  
THE SOUL'S EXPRESSION.
  
THE SERAPH AND POET.
  
ON A PORTRAIT OF WORDSWORTH BY B. R. HAYDON.
  
PAST AND FUTURE.
  
IRREPARABLENESS.
  
TEARS.
  
GRIEF.
  
SUBSTITUTION.
  
COMFORT.
  
PERPLEXED MUSIC.
  
WORK.
  
FUTURITY.
  
THE TWO SAYINGS.
  
THE LOOK.
  
THE MEANING OF THE LOOK.
  
A THOUGHT FOR A LONELY DEATH-BED.
  
WORK AND CONTEMPLATION.
  
PAIN IN PLEASURE.
  
AN APPREHENSION.
  
DISCONTENT.
  
PATIENCE TAUGHT BY NATURE.
  
CHEERFULNESS TAUGHT BY REASON.
  
EXAGGERATION.
  
ADEQUACY.
  
TO GEORGE SAND.
  
TO GEORGE SAND.
  
THE PRISONER.
  
INSUFFICIENCY.
  
THE ROMAUNT OF THE PAGE.
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THE LAY OF THE BROWN ROSARY.
 1. 
FIRST PART.
 2. 
SECOND PART.
 3. 
THIRD PART.
 4. 
FOURTH PART.
  
THE MOURNING MOTHER
  
A VALEDICTION.
  
LADY GERALDINE'S COURTSHIP:
  
A VISION OF POETS.
  
RHYME OF THE DUCHESS MAY.
  
THE RHYME.
  
THE LADY'S “YES.”
  
THE POET AND THE BIRD.
  
THE LOST BOWER.
  
A CHILD ASLEEP.
  
THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN.
  
CROWNED AND WEDDED.
  
CROWNED AND BURIED.
  
TO FLUSH, MY DOG.
  
THE FOURFOLD ASPECT.
  
A FLOWER IN A LETTER.
  
THE CRY OF THE HUMAN.
  
A LAY OF THE EARLY ROSE.
  
BERTHA IN THE LANE.
  
THAT DAY.
  
LOVED ONCE.
  
RHAPSODY OF LIFE'S PROGRESS.
  
L. E. L.'S LAST QUESTION.
  
THE HOUSE OF CLOUDS.
  
CATARINA TO CAMOENS
  
A PORTRAIT.
  
SLEEPING AND WATCHING.
  
WINE OF CYPRUS.
  
THE ROMANCE OF THE SWAN'S NEST.
  
LESSONS FROM THE GORSE.
  
THE DEAD PAN.
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POEMS.
  
THE RUNAWAY SLAVE AT PILGRIM'S POINT.
  
HECTOR IN THE GARDEN.
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SONNETS.
  
FLUSH OR FAUNUS.
  
FINITE AND INFINITE.
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TWO SKETCHES.
 I. 
I. H. B.
 II. 
II. A. B.
  
MOUNTAINEER AND POET.
  
THE POET.
  
HIRAM POWERS' “GREEK SLAVE.”
  
LIFE.
  
LOVE.
  
HEAVEN AND EARTH.
  
THE PROSPECT.
  
HUGH STUART BOYD.
  
HUGH STUART BOYD.
  
HUGH STUART BOYD.
  
CONFESSIONS.
  
A SABBATH MORNING AT SEA.
  
THE MASK.
  
CALLS ON THE HEART.
  
WISDOM UNAPPLIED.
  
HUMAN LIFE'S MYSTERY.
  
A CHILD'S THOUGHT OF GOD.
  
THE CLAIM.
  
A DEAD ROSE.
  
A WOMAN'S SHORTCOMINGS.
  
A MAN'S REQUIREMENTS.
  
A YEAR'S SPINNING.
  
CHANGE UPON CHANGE.
  
A REED.
  
A CHILD'S GRAVE AT FLORENCE.
  
LIFE AND LOVE.
  
A DENIAL.
  
PROOF AND DISPROOF.
  
QUESTION AND ANSWER.
  
INCLUSIONS.
  
INSUFFICIENCY.
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SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE. 1847–1850.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII.
 XVIII. 
XVIII.
 XIX. 
XIX.
 XX. 
XX.
 XXI. 
XXI.
 XXII. 
XXII.
 XXIII. 
XXIII.
 XXIV. 
XXIV.
 XXV. 
XXV.
 XXVI. 
XXVI.
 XXVII. 
XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII.
 XXIX. 
XXIX.
 XXX. 
XXX.
 XXXI. 
XXXI.
 XXXII. 
XXXII.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV.
 XXXV. 
XXXV.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX.
 XL. 
XL.
 XLI. 
XLI.
 XLII. 
XLII.
 XLIII. 
XLIII.
 XLIV. 
XLIV.
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CASA GUIDI WINDOWS.
 I. 
PART I.
 II. 
PART II.
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AURORA LEIGH.
 1. 
FIRST BOOK.
 2. 
SECOND BOOK.
 3. 
THIRD BOOK.
 4. 
FOURTH BOOK.
 5. 
FIFTH BOOK.
 6. 
SIXTH BOOK.
 7. 
SEVENTH BOOK.
 8. 
EIGHTH BOOK.
 9. 
NINTH BOOK.
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POEMS BEFORE CONGRESS. 1860.
  
NAPOLEON III. IN ITALY.
  
THE DANCE.
  
A TALE OF VILLAFRANCA.
  
A COURT LADY.
  
AN AUGUST VOICE.
  
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
  
ITALY AND THE WORLD.
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A CURSE FOR A NATION.
  
PROLOGUE.
  
THE CURSE.
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LAST POEMS. 1862.
  
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LITTLE MATTIE.
  
A FALSE STEP.
  
VOID IN LAW.
  
LORD WALTER'S WIFE.
  
BIANCA AMONG THE NIGHTINGALES.
  
MY KATE.
  
A SONG FOR THE RAGGED SCHOOLS OF LONDON.
  
MAY'S LOVE.
  
AMY'S CRUELTY
  
MY HEART AND I.
  
THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD.
  
WHERE'S AGNES?
  
DE PROFUNDIS.
  
A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.
  
FIRST NEWS FROM VILLAFRANCA.
  
KING VICTOR EMANUEL ENTERING FLORENCE, APRIL 1860.
  
THE SWORD OF CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI.
  
SUMMING UP IN ITALY.
  
“DIED . . .”
  
THE FORCED RECRUIT.
  
GARIBALDI.
  
ONLY A CURL.
  
A VIEW AGROSS THE ROMAN CAMPAGNA.
  
THE KING'S GIFT.
  
PARTING LOVERS.
  
MOTHER AND POET.
  
NATURE'S REMORSES.
  
THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.
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TRANSLATIONS.
  
PROMETHEUS BOUND.
  
A LAMENT FOR ADONIS.
  
SONG OF THE ROSE.
  
FROM THEOCRITUS. THE CYCLOPS.
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FROM APULEIUS.
  
PSYCHE GAZING ON CUPID.
  
PSYCHE WAFTED BY ZEPHYRUS.
  
PSYCHE AND PAN.
  
PSYCHE PROPITIATING CERES.
  
PSYCHE AND THE EAGLE.
  
PSYCHE AND CERBERUS.
  
PSYCHE AND PROSERPINE.
  
PSYCHE AND VENUS.
  
MERCURY CARRIES PSYCHE TO OLYMPUS.
  
MARRIAGE OF PSYCHE AND CUPID.
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FROM NONNUS.
  
HOW BACCHUS FINDS ARIADNE SLEEPING.
  
HOW BACCHUS COMFORTS ARIADNE.
  
FROM HESIOD.
  
FROM EURIPIDES.
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FROM HOMER.
  
HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE.
  
THE DAUGHTERS OF PANDARUS.
  
ANOTHER VERSION.
  
FROM ANACREON. ODE TO THE SWALLOW.
  
FROM HEINE. THE LAST TRANSLATION.
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THE GREEK CHRISTIAN POETS.
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SOME ACCOUNT OF THE GREEK CHRISTIAN POETS.
  
[[Excerpt from Ezekiel].]
  
[[Excerpt from Clemens Alexandrinus]]
  
[[Excerpt from Euripides.]]
  
[[Excerpt from Apolinarius.]]
  
[[Excerpt from Gregory Nazianzen.]]
  
SOUL AND BODY.
  
[[Excerpts from Amphilochius, on the Right Direction of his Studies and Life.]]
  
[[Synesius' Ninth Ode.]]
  
[[Excerpt from Synesius.]]
  
[[Excerpt from Paul Silentiarius.]]
  
[[Excerpt from John Geometra.]]
  
[[Excerpt from John Geometra.]]
  
[[Excerpt from George Pisida.]]
  
[[Excerpt from George Pisida's Vanity of Life.]]
  
[[Excerpt from John Damascenus.]]
  
[[Acrostic from Simeon Metaphrastes.]]
  
[[Poem from Michael Psellus' On the Councils.]]
  
[[Excerpt from John of Euchaita.]]
  
[[Excerpt from John of Euchaita.]]
  
[[Excerpt from John of Euchaita.]]
  
[[Excerpt from John of Euchaita's To his old house.]]
  
[[Excerpt from John of Euchaita.]]
  
[[Excerpt from John of Euchaita's On Providence.]]
  
[[Excerpt from John of Euchaita.]]
  
[[Excerpt from John Tzetza.]]
  
[[Excerpt from Manuel Phile.]]
  
[[Excerpt from Manuel Phile.]]
  
[[Excerpt from Manuel Phile.]]

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Dedication TO MY FATHER.
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