. A short history of England's and America's literature, by Eva March Tappan. children who were toiling in mills and in mines. Itpictures their sadness and weariness, and closes with thestrong lines, — But the childs sob in the silence curses deeper Than the strong man in his wrath. Another favorite is The Rhyme of the Duchess May,which ends with a good thought expressed with thepoets frequent disregard of rhyme : — And I smiled to think Gods greatness flowed around our incom-pleteness,Round our restlessness, His rest. The author had been an invalid for years, and she wasable to see only a few
. A short history of England's and America's literature, by Eva March Tappan. children who were toiling in mills and in mines. Itpictures their sadness and weariness, and closes with thestrong lines, — But the childs sob in the silence curses deeper Than the strong man in his wrath. Another favorite is The Rhyme of the Duchess May,which ends with a good thought expressed with thepoets frequent disregard of rhyme : — And I smiled to think Gods greatness flowed around our incom-pleteness,Round our restlessness, His rest. The author had been an invalid for years, and she wasable to see only a few people. She replied to Mr. Brown-ings letter, Sympa-thy is dear — verydear to me ; but thesympathy of a poet,and of such a poet,is the quintessenceof sympathy ! Itwas four months be-fore Miss Barrett wasable to receive a callfrom Mr. Browning,but at last they time later theywere married ; anduntil the death ofMrs. Browning, in1861, they made theirhome in Italy, — ahome which was idealin its love and hap-piness. Mr. Browning had written much poetry, but it. ROBERT BROWNINGl8l2-l88Q 1835-1856] THE CENTURY OF THE NOVEL 241 was not nearly so famous as that of his wife. It washarder to understand ; for some of it was on philosophi-cal subjects, and some of it was dramatic. Sometimesit is not easy to tell how to classify a poem; Paracelsus, for instance, is called a drama, 1835-but it is almost entirely made up of monologue. Thesimplest of his dramas is Pippa Passes. Theyoung girl Pippa is a silk-winder who has but Passes,one holiday in the year. When the joyful 1841morning has come, she names over the Four Happi-est in the little town and says to herself, — I will pass each and see their happinessAnd envy none. She passes, first, by the house wherein is one of the Happiest; but Pippa does not know that this one andher lover have just committed a murder. As Pippa sings, Gods in his heaven —Alls right with the world, the horror of their crime comes
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