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The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning I. Hamelin Town''s in Brunswick, By famous Hanover city;The river Weser, deep and wide, Washes its wall on the southern side;A pleasanter spot you never spied;But, when begins my ditty, Almost five hundred years ago, To see the townsfolk suffer soFrom vermin, was a pity. Listen II. Rats!They fought the dogs and killed the cats, And bit the babies in the cradles, And ate the cheeses out of the vats. And licked the soup from the cook''s own ladles, Split open the kegs of salted sprats, Made nests inside men''s Sunday hats, And even spoiled the women''s chats, By drowning their speakingWith shrieking and squeakingIn fifty different sharps and flats. Listen III. At last the people in a bodyTo the Town Hall came flocking: "Tis clear," cried they, "our Mayor''s a noddy;And as for our Corporation-shockingTo think we buy gowns lined with ermineFor dolts that can''t or won''t determineWhat''s best to rid us of our vermin!You hope, because you''re old and obese, To find in the furry civic robe ease?Rouse up, sirs! Give your brains a rackingTo find the remedy we''re lacking, Or, sure as fate, we''ll send you packing!"At this the Mayor and CorporationQuaked with a mighty consternation. Listen IV. An hour they sate in council, At length the Mayor broke silence: "For a guilder I''d my ermine gown sell;I wish I were a mile hence!It''s easy to bid one rack one''s brain-I''m sure my poor head aches again, I''ve scratched it so, and all in vainOh for a trap, a trap, a trap!"Just as he said this, what should hapAt the chamber door but a gentle tap?"Bless us," cried the Mayor, "what''s that?"(With the Corporation as he sat, Looking little though wondrous fat;Nor brighter was his eye, nor moisterThan a too-long-opened oyster, Save when at noon his paunch grew mutinousFor a plate of turtle green and glutinous)"Only a scraping of shoes on the mat?Anything like the sound of a ratMakes my heart go pit-a-pat!" Listen V. "Come in!"-the Mayor cried, looking bigger: And in did come the strangest figure!His queer long coat from heel to headWas half of yellow and half of red, And he himself was tall and thin, With sharp blue eyes, each like a pin, And light loose hair, yet swarthy skinNo tuft on cheek nor beard on chin, But lips where smile went out and in;There was no guessing his kith and kin: And nobody could enough admireThe tall man and his quaint attire.Quoth one: "It''s as my great-grandsire, Starting up at the Trump of Doom''s tone, Had walked this way from his painted tombstone!" We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

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The Pied Piper of Hamelin and Other Poems / Every Boy''s Library by Robert Browning Hamelin Town''s in Brunswick, By famous Hanover city; The river Weser, deep and wide, Washes its wall on the southern side; A pleasanter spot you never spied; But, when begins my ditty, Almost five hundred years ago, To see the townsfolk suffer so From vermin, was a pity. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. The Pied Piper of Hamelin "''Leave to go and see my wife, whom I call the Belle Aurore''" "I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three" "A rider bound on bound full galloping, nor bridle drew until he reached the mound" "Hair, such a wonder of flix and floss" "And full in the face of its owner flung the glove" CONTENTS. The Pied Piper of Hamelin Hervé Riel Cavalier Tunes "How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix" Through the Metidja to Abd-el-kadr Incident of the French Camp Clive Muléykeh Tray A Tale Gold Hair Donald The Glove

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Robert Browning, a towering poetic presence of the Victorian era, was hailed by Henry James as a tremendous and incomparable modern. The sheer immediacy and colloquial energy of his poetry ensure enduring appeal. Browning paints landscapes both suburban and sublime, combines lyric and demotic language, and introduces everyday events of the streets and marketplace into the rarified world of Victorian poetry. This edition includes examples from the early Dramatic Lyrics (1842) and Dramatic Romances and Lyrics (1845); from the masterpieces Men and Women (1855) and Dramatis Personae (1864), and from the less familiar works of his later years. Together they convey the intensity, the lyric beauty, and the vitality of Browning''s poetry.

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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1897 Edition.

Volume II contains Stafford, a play seldom reprinted, and Sordello, a poem commonly, but mistakenly, neglected as "unintelligible." The book looks at Browning''s correspondence with Emily Hickey, the first editor of Strafford, and important copies of Sordello that help to shed light on Browning''s attempts to revise the poem. Also included are such of the juvenilia that survive.

"The Laboratory" is a poem and dramatic monologue. This poem, set in seventeenth century France, is the monologue of a woman speaking to an apothecary as he prepares a poison, which she intends to use to kill her rival in love. It was inspired by the life of Marie Madeleine Marguerite D''Aubray, marquise de Brinvilliers (1630-1676), who poisoned her father and two brothers and planned to poison her husband. Robert Browning (1812-1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, and in particular the dramatic monologue, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. His poems are known for their irony, characterization, dark humor, social commentary, historical settings, and challenging vocabulary and syntax. The speakers in his poems are often musicians or painters whose work functions as a metaphor for poetry.