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Title: The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV

Author: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Release Date: January 18, 2010 [EBook #31015]

Language: English


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The Poetical Works
of
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

_In Six Volumes_

Vol. IV.


London
Smith, Elder, & Co. , 15 Waterloo Place
1890




CONTENTS.

POEMS:--
A Child's Grave at Florence 3
Catarina to Camoens 12
Life and Love 20
A Denial 22
Proof and Disproof 25
Question and Answer 29
Inclusions 30
Insufficiency 32

SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE 33

CASA GUIDI WINDOWS:--
First Part 83
Second Part 134

POEMS BEFORE CONGRESS:--
Napoleon III. in Italy 171
The Dance 190
A Tale of Villafranca 195
A Court Lady 200
An August Voice 207
Christmas Gifts 213
Italy and the World 217
A Curse for a Nation 227

LAST POEMS:--
Little Mattie 241
A False Step 246
Void in Law 248
Lord Walter's Wife 252
Bianca among the Nightingales 259
My Kate 267
A Song for the Ragged Schools of London 270
May's Love 279
Amy's Cruelty 280
My Heart and I 284
The Best Thing in the World 287
Where's Agnes? 288




POEMS


A CHILD'S GRAVE AT FLORENCE.

A. A. E. C.

Born, July 1848. Died, November 1849


I.

Of English blood, of Tuscan birth,
What country should we give her?
Instead of any on the earth,
The civic Heavens receive her.

II.