Sonnets from the Portuguese and Other Poems

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Overview

Famed series of 44 love poems written to the poet's husband, Robert Browning, plus a selection of poems dealing with religion, art, social problems and political events. These include "Consolation," "The Cry of the Human," "A Curse for a Nation," "The Forced Recruit," "To Flush, My Dog," and others. Alphabetical lists of titles and first lines.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486111575
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	10/04/2012
Series:	Dover Thrift Editions: Poetry
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	64
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

The Seraphim and other Poems; The Sleep; A Sea-Side Walk; Consolation; Poems; Grief; Cheerfulness Taught by Reason; To George Sand: A Desire; To George Sand: A Recognition; The Cry of the Children; To Flush, My Dog; The Cry of the Human; Two Sketches; Henrietta; Arabella Barrett; Hiriam Powers; Greek Slave; A Woman's Shortcomings; Life and Love; Sonnets from the Portuguese; Poems before Congress; A Curse for a Nation; Last Poems; A False Step; Amy's Cruelty; A Musical Instrument; The Forced Recruit; English poet; Victorian era; County Durham; John Kenyon; child labour legislation; Tennyson; Wordsworth; Robert Browning; Florence; Edgar Allan Poe; Emily Dickinson; How Do I Love Thee?; Aurora Leigh

Table of Contents

From The Seraphim and other Poems (1838)
  The Sleep
  A Sea-Side Walk
  Consolation
 
From Poems (1844)
  Grief
  Cheerfulness Taught by Reason
  To George Sand: A Desire
  To George Sand: A Recognition
  The Cry of the Children (1843)
  To Flush, My Dog (1843)
  The Cry of the Human (1842)
 
From Poems (1850)
  Two Sketches [Henrietta and Arabella Barrett, the poet's sisters] (1847)
  Hiriam Powers' 'Greek Slave'
  A Woman's Shortcomings (1846)
  Life and Love
 
Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850)
 
From Poems before Congress (1860)
  A Curse for a Nation
 
From Last Poems (1862)
  A False Step
  Amy's Cruelty
  A Musical Instrument (1860)
  The Forced Recruit (1860)
 
Alphabetical List of Titles
Alphabetical List of First Lines