The Poetical Works of Robert Browning
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Volume: 4 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1894 Original Publisher: Macmillan and co. Subjects: Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / General Poetry / American / General Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be...
MoreVolume: 4 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1894 Original Publisher: Macmillan and co. Subjects: Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / General Poetry / American / General Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: DRAMATIS PERSONS. 1864. JAMES LEES WIFE. I. -- JAMES LEE'S WIFE SPEAKS AT THE WINDOW. I. Ah, Love, but a day And the world has changed ! The sun 's away, And the bird estranged; The wind has dropped, And the sky's deranged : Summer has stopped. Look in my eyes ! Wilt thou change too ? Should I fear surprise ? Shall I find aught new In the old and dear, In the good and true, With the changing year ? III. Thou art a man, But I am thy love. For the lake, its swan; For the dell, its dove; And for thee -- (oh, haste !) Me, to bend above, Me, to hold embraced. II. -- BY THE FIRESIDE. Is all our fire of shipwreck wood. Oak and pine ? Oh, for the ills half-understood, The dim dead woe Long ago Befallen this bitter coast of France ! Well, poor sailors took their chance; I take-mine. II. A ruddy shaft our fire must shoot O'er the sea: Do sailors eye the casement -- mute, Drenched and stark, From their bark -- And envy, gnash their teeth for hate O' the warm safe house and happy freight -- Thee and me ? III. God help you, sailors, at your need ! Spare the curse! For some ships, safe in port indeed, Rot and rust, Run to dust, All through worms i' the wood, which crept, Gnawed our hearts out while we slept: That is worse. Iv. Who lived here before us two? Old-world pairs. Did a woman ever -- would I knew ! -- Watch t...
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