Bad Dreams: I
LAST
night
I
saw
you
in
my
sleep:
And
how
your
charm
of
face
was
changed!
I
asked
'Some
love,
some
faith
you
keep?'
You
answered
'Faith
gone,
love
estranged.'
Whereat
I
woke-
a
twofold
bliss:
Waking
was
one,
but
next
there
came
This
other:
'Though
I
felt,
for
this,
My
heart
break,
I
loved
on
the
same.'
Robert Browning
Robert Browning (born May 7, 1812, London—died Dec. 12, 1889, Venice) major English poet of the Victorian age, noted for his mastery of dramatic monologue and psychological portraiture. His most noted work was The Ring and the Book (1868–69), the story of a Roman murder trial in 12 books. Through all the vicissitudes of critical reputation, however, Browning’s major contribution to the canon of children’s literature, “The Pied Piper of Hamelin,” has retained its popular audience. At the time of his death in 1889, he was one of the most popular poets in England.