Browning's England: A Study in English Influences in Browning

A STUDY OF ENGLISH INFLUENCES IN BROWNING
BY HELEN ARCHIBALD CLARKE Author of Browning's Italy
NEW YORK THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY MCMVIII
Copyright, 1908, by The Baker & Taylor Company
Published, October, 1908
The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass. U.S.A.
To MY COLLEAGUE IN PLEASANT LITERARY PATHS and MANY YEARS FRIEND CHARLOTTE PORTER
ENGLISH POETS, FRIENDS AND ENTHUSIASMS
To any one casually trying to recall what England has given Robert Browning by way of direct poetical inspiration, it is more than likely that the little poem about Shelley, Memorabilia would at once occur:
Ah, did you once see Shelley plain, And did he stop and speak to you And did you speak to him again? How strange it seems and new!
But you were living before that, And also you are living after; And the memory I started at— My starting moves your laughter!