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The Poetical Works of Robert Browning

Browning, Robert (1812-1889)

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VOL. VIII., IX., X.

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XVI.

FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.

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PARLEYINGS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE

APOLLO AND THE FATES.

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WITH BERNARD DE MANDEVILLE.

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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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Ay, this same midnight, by this chair of mine,
Come and review thy counsels: art thou still
Staunch to their teaching?—not as fools opine
Its purport might be, but as subtler skill
Could, through turbidity, the loaded line
Of logic casting, sound deep, deeper, till
It touched a quietude and reached a shrine
And recognized harmoniously combine
Evil with good, and hailed truth's triumph—thine,
Sage dead long since, Bernard de Mandeville!