Browning, Robert, 1812-1889; Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography
1. From "Pauline"[16]--i. "Sun-treader, life and light be thine for
ever!" 2. The Dawn of Beauty; 3. Andromeda; 4. Morning. II. "Heap
Cassia, Sandal-buds," etc. (song from "Paracelsus"). III. "Over the Sea
our Galleys went" (song from "Paracelsus"). IV. The Joy of the World
("Paracelsus").[17] V. From "Sordello"--1. Sunset;[18] 2. The Fugitive
Ethiop;[19] 3. Dante.[20] VI. Ottima and Sebald (Pt. i., "Pippa
Passes"). VII. Jules and Phene (Pt. ii., "Pippa Passes"). VIII. My Last
Duchess. IX. In a Gondola. X. Home Thoughts from Abroad (i. and ii.).
XI. Meeting at Night: Parting at Morning. XII. A Grammarian's Funeral.
XIII. Saul. XIV. Rabbi Ben Ezra. XV. Love among the Ruins. XVI. Evelyn
Hope. XVII. My Star. XVIII. A Toccata of Galuppi's. XIX. Abt Vogler. XX.
Memorabilia. XXI. Andrea del Sarto. XXI. Two in the Campagna. XXII.
James Lee's Wife. XXIII. Prospice. XXIV. From "The Ring and the
Book"--1. O Lyric Love (The Invocation: 26 lines); 2. Caponsacchi (ll.
2069 to 2103); 3. Pompilia (ll. 181 to 205); 4. Pompilia (ll. 1771 to
1845); 5. The Pope (ll. 2017 to 2228); 6. Count Guido (Book XI., ll.
2407 to 2427). XXV. Prologue to "La Saisiaz." XXVI. Prologue to "Two
Poets of Croisic." XXVII. Epilogue to "Two Poets of Croisic." XXVIII.
Never the Time and Place. XXIX. "Round us the Wild Creatures," etc.
(song from "Ferishtah's Fancies"). XXX. "The Walk" (Pts. ix., x., xi.,
xii., of "Gérard de Lairesse.") XXXI. "One word more" (To E.B.B.).[21]
[Footnote 16: The first, from the line quoted, extends through 55
lines--"To see thee for a moment as thou art." No. 2 consists of the
xviii ll. beginning, "They came to me in my first dawn of life." No. 3,
the xi ll. of the Andromeda picture. No. 4, the lix ll. beginning,
"Night, and one single ridge of narrow path" (to "delight").]
[Footnote 17: No. IV. comprises the xxix ll. beginning, "The centre fire
heaves underneath the earth," down to "ancient rapture."]
[Footnote 18: No. V. The vi. ll. beginning, "That autumn ere has stilled."]
[Footnote 19: The xxii ll. beginning, "As, shall I say, some Ethiop."]
[Footnote 20: The xxix ll. beginning, "For he,--for he."]
[Footnote 21: To these XXXI selections there must now be added "Now,"
"Summum Bonum," "Reverie" and the "Epilogue," from "Asolando."]
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