Pomegranates from an English Garden

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Robert Browning. Pomegranates from an English Garden

INTRODUCTORY

HOME THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD

HOME THOUGHTS, FROM THE SEA

“HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD. NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX.”

ECHETLOS

HELEN’S TOWER

SHOP

THE BOY AND THE ANGEL

THE PATRIOT

INSTANS TYRANNUS

THE LOST LEADER

LOVE AMONG THE RUINS

MY STAR

RUDEL TO THE LADY OF TRIPOLI

NEVER THE TIME AND THE PLACE

WANTING IS – WHAT?

EVELYN HOPE

PROSPICE

GOOD, TO FORGIVE

TOUCH HIM NE’ER SO LIGHTLY

POPULARITY

THE GUARDIAN-ANGEL

DEAF AND DUMB

ABT VOGLER

ONE WORD MORE

SAUL

AN EPISTLE

CHRISTMAS-EVE & EASTER-DAY

CHRISTMAS-EVE

EASTER-DAY

Отрывок из книги

The former of these companion poems may have been written from Italy or the south of Spain, as would appear from the last line of it. Mr. E. C. Stedman, one of the severest of Browning’s appreciative critics, commenting (in his “Victorian Poets”) on the lines beginning “That’s the wise thrush,” says: – “Having in mind Shakespeare and Shelley, I nevertheless think these three lines the finest ever written touching the song of a bird.”

In the latter poem, the course is from the southern point of Portugal through the Straits. “Here and here” – the reference is to the battles of Cape St. Vincent (1796) and Trafalgar (1805), and perhaps to the defence of Gibraltar (1782).

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This poem, therefore, widely known and appreciated as one of the most stirring in the language, may be regarded as a living picture to illustrate the pages – no page in particular – of Motley.

As parallels in American literature, reference may be made to “Paul Revere’s Ride,” by Longfellow, and “Sheridan’s Ride,” by T. B. Reade.

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