...— 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...

...suppose, under the head of " Dramatic Pieces ; " being, though for the most part Lyric in expression, always Dramatic in principle, and so many 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,...

...enough, I suppose, under the head of ' Dramatic Pieces ;' being, though often Lyric in expression, always Dramatic in principle, and so many 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...

...suppose, under the head of " Dramatic Pieces ; " being, though for the most part Lyric in expression, always Dramatic in principle, and so many 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 !...

...enough, I suppose, under the head of ' Dramatic IPieces ;' being, though often Lyric in expression, always Dramatic in principle, and so many 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...

...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,...

...character. In his earliest poem, "Pauline," published in 1833, he made his first attempt at that " poetry always dramatic in principle, and so many utterances of so many persons " not his own, to which he has remained faithful, with very few exceptions, ever since. In...

...enough, I suppose, under the head of " Dramatic Pieces ; " being, though often Lyric in expression, always Dramatic in principle, and so many 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—...

...suppose, under the head of ' Dramatic Pieces ' ; being, though for the most part Lyric in expression, always Dramatic in principle, and so many utterances of so many imaginary persons, not mine.— R B." (1842) (CONTENTS) 9 Cavalier Tunes. I. Marching Along. " Kentish Sir Byng," kc. 4 stanzas of...