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Christmas Eve - 9781449598716
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9781449598716
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9781449598716
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Christmas Eve - 9781449598716
$9.32
Robert Browning (7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. I Out of the little chapel I burst Into the fresh night-air again. Five minutes full, I waited first In the doorway, to escape the rain That drove in gusts down the common's centre At the edge of which the chapel stands, Before I plucked up heart to enter. Heaven knows how many sorts of hands Reached past me, groping for the latch Of the inner door that hung on catch More obstinate the more they fumbled, Till, giving way at last with a scold Of the crazy hinge, in squeezed or tumbled One sheep more to the rest in fold, And left me irresolute, standing sentry In the sheepfold's lath-and-plaster entry, Six feet long by three feet wide, Partitioned off from the vast inside- I blocked up half of it at least. No remedy; the rain kept driving. They eyed me much as some wild beast,
| Author: Robert Browning |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Nov 12, 2009 |
| Number of Pages: 42 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1449598714 |
| ISBN-13: 9781449598716 |
