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Dramatic Romances

by Robert Browning (1812–1889)

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  • 126 chapters
  • Reading level: 7th grade

"Dramatic Romances and Lyrics" by Robert Browning is a poetry collection published in 1845. This volume features diverse dramatic monologues and lyric poems exploring themes of love, loyalty, art, and mortality across European settings. From urgent rides through Flemish landscapes to confessions in Italian churches, Browning's speakers reveal complex human emotions and moral dilemmas. The collection includes now-famous works like "The Bishop Orders His Tomb at St. Praxed's Church" and "Meeting at Night," showcasing the poet's mastery of character and atmosphere through vivid, psychologically rich verse.

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  • English poetry · 19th century

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Chapter II

You know, we French stormed Ratisbon:
A mile or so away,
On a little mound, Napoleon
Stood on our storming-day;
With neck out-thrust, you fancy how,
Legs wide, arms locked behind,
As if to balance the prone brow
Oppressive with its mind.

Just as perhaps he mused, "My plans
That soar, to earth may fall, 10
Let once my army-leader Lannes
Waver at yonder wall."
Out 'twixt the battery-smokes there flew
A rider, bound on bound
Full-galloping; nor bridle drew
Until he reached the mound.

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Contents

Show all 126 chapters
  1. Introduction
  2. Chapter II
  3. Chapter III
  4. Chapter IV
  5. Chapter V
  6. Chapter VI
  7. Chapter IX
  8. Chapter XXI
  9. Chapter III
  10. Chapter IV
  11. Chapter V
  12. Chapter VI
  13. Chapter VII
  14. Chapter XXVII
  15. Chapter I
  16. Chapter I
  17. Chapter II
  18. Chapter II
  19. Chapter II
  20. Chapter II
  21. Chapter III
  22. Chapter IV
  23. Chapter V
  24. Chapter VI
  25. Chapter II
  26. Chapter III
  27. Chapter V
  28. Chapter XIV
  29. Chapter I
  30. Chapter II
  31. Chapter III
  32. Chapter IV
  33. Chapter V
  34. Chapter VI
  35. Chapter VII
  36. Chapter VIII
  37. Chapter IX
  38. Chapter X
  39. Chapter I
  40. Chapter II
  41. Chapter III
  42. Chapter IV
  43. Chapter V
  44. Chapter VI
  45. Chapter VII
  46. Chapter VIII
  47. Chapter IX
  48. Chapter X
  49. Chapter XII
  50. Chapter XIII
  51. Chapter XIV
  52. Chapter XV
  53. Chapter II
  54. Chapter III
  55. Chapter IV
  56. Chapter V
  57. Chapter VI
  58. Chapter VII
  59. Chapter VIII
  60. Chapter IX
  61. Chapter X
  62. Chapter XI
  63. Chapter XII
  64. Chapter XIII
  65. Chapter XIV
  66. Chapter XV
  67. Chapter XVI
  68. Chapter XVII
  69. Chapter I
  70. Chapter II
  71. Chapter III
  72. Chapter IV
  73. Chapter V
  74. Chapter VI
  75. Chapter VII
  76. Chapter VIII
  77. Chapter IX
  78. Chapter X
  79. Chapter II
  80. Chapter IV
  81. Chapter V
  82. Chapter VI
  83. Chapter VII
  84. Chapter IX
  85. Chapter X
  86. Chapter XI
  87. Chapter XII
  88. Chapter XIV
  89. Chapter XV
  90. Chapter XVI
  91. Chapter XVII
  92. Chapter XVIII
  93. Chapter XIX
  94. Chapter XX
  95. Chapter I
  96. Chapter II
  97. Chapter IV
  98. Chapter V
  99. Chapter VI
  100. Chapter VII
  101. Chapter IX
  102. Chapter X
  103. Chapter XI
  104. Chapter XII
  105. Chapter XIII
  106. Chapter XIV
  107. Chapter XV
  108. Chapter XVI
  109. Chapter XVII
  110. Chapter XVIII
  111. Chapter XIX
  112. Chapter XX
  113. Chapter XXI
  114. Chapter XXII
  115. Chapter XXIII
  116. Chapter XXIV
  117. Chapter XXV
  118. Chapter XXVI
  119. Chapter XXVII
  120. Chapter XXVIII
  121. Chapter XXIX
  122. Chapter XXX
  123. Chapter XXXI
  124. Chapter XXXII
  125. Chapter XXXIII
  126. Chapter XXXIV

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This free edition of Dramatic Romances by Robert Browning comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #4253, released 2003-07-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Poetry.

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