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May and Death (425) 271 Prospice (425) 272 A Face (425) 273 O Lyric Love (425) 274 Prologue to Pacchiarotto (425) 275 House (426) 276 Shop (426) 278 Herve Riel (426) 282 Good to Forgive (427) 289 "Such a Starved Bank of Moss" (427) 290 Epilogue to the Two Poets of Croisic (427) 290 Pheidippides (427) 295 Muleykeh (428) 302 Wanting Is--What? (428) 309 Never the Time and the Place (428) 310 The Patriot (429) 311 Instans Tyrannus (429) 312 The Italian in England (430) 315 "Round Us the Wild Creatures" (431) 321 Prologue to Asolando (431) 321 Summum Bonum (431) 323 Epilogue to Asolando (431) 324 Pippa Passes (431) 325 NOTES 389 INTRODUCTION THE LIFE OF BROWNING Robert Browning, the poet, was the third of that name. The first Robert Browning, a man of energy and ability, held an important post in the Bank of England. His wife, Margaret Tittle, was a Creole from the West Indies, and at the time of her marriage her property was still in the estates owned by her father near St. Kitts. When their son, the second Robert, was seven years of age, his mother died, and his father afterwards married again. The second wife's ascendency over her husband was unfortunately exerted against the best interests of the son. His desire to become an artist, his wish for a university training, were disregarded, and he was sent instead
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