Poetical Works, iii. 105.
'The Dead Pan' (Poetical Works, iii. 280).
The Athenaeum of April 22 contained a review of Browning's 'Dramatic Lyrics,' charging him with taking pleasure in being enigmatical, and declaring this to be a sign of weakness, not strength. It spoke of many of the pieces composing the volume as being rather fragments and sketches than having any right to independent existence.
Mr. Kenyon's view evidently prevailed, for stanza 19 now has 'scornful children.'