...— it will be the attempt of this paper to make plain. I. ' My poetry,' Mr. Browning writes, ' is always dramatic in principle, and so many utterances of so many imaginary persons, not myself.' The claim is urged perhaps with something more than justice; but when all abatement has been...

...Great-hearted gentlemen, singing this song. * Such Poems as the following come properly enough, I suppose, under the head of " Dramatic Pieces ; " being, though...utterances of so many imaginary persons, not mine. III. Hampden to Hell, and his obsequies' knell Serve Hazelrig, Fiennes, and young Harry as well ! England,...

...Great-hearted gentlemen, singing this song. * Such Poems as the following come properly enough, I suppose, under the head of " Dramatic Pieces ; " being, though...utterances of so many imaginary persons, not mine. B in. Hampden to hell, and his obsequies' knell Serve Hazelrig, Fiennes, and young Harry as well !...

...might also come properly enough, I suppose, under the head of ' Dramatic IPieces ;' being, though often Lyric in expression, always Dramatic in principle,...utterances of so many imaginary persons, not mine." This is most true, except that •we should very seldom indeed allow these pieces to be truly " lyric...

...might also come properly enough, I suppose, under the head of ' Dramatic Pieces ;' being, though often Lyric in expression, always Dramatic in principle,...utterances of so many imaginary persons, not mine." This is most true, except that we should very seldom indeed allow these pieces to be truly " lyric...

...least reflective or mimetic in structure, that ' though for the most part lyric in expression, they are always dramatic in principle, and so many utterances of so many imaginary persons.' It is Cleon, or Karshish, or Fra Lippo Lippi, or Andrea del Sarto, who is the spokesman, not Eobert...

...St. Dorothy, and Laus Vcneris. These poems are, as Mr. Browning says of a volume of his own, ' though lyric in expression, always dramatic in principle, and so many utterances of so many imaginary beings.' Some of them, in construction at least, are imitative, — such as The Masque of Queen Bersabe,...

...might also come properly enough, I suppose, under the head of " Dramatic Pieces ; " being, though often Lyric in expression, always Dramatic in principle,...utterances of so many imaginary persons, not mine." A similar note might, with advantage to the brood of minor critics, have been appended to George Eliot's...

...might also come properly enough, I suppose, under the head of " Dramatic Pieces ; " being, though often Lyric in expression, always Dramatic in principle,...utterances of so many imaginary persons, not mine. — RB Cavaliers, up ! Lips from the cup, Hands from the pasty, nor bite take nor sup Till you 're—...

...1-16. Price Is. On p. 2 "Advertisement. Such Poems as the following come properly enough, I suppose, under the head of ' Dramatic Pieces ' ; being, though...utterances of so many imaginary persons, not mine.— RB" (1842) (CONTENTS) 9 Cavalier Tunes. I. Marching Along. " Kentish Sir Byng, " &c. 4 stanzas of 6...