As that great assemblage turned away from the last rites in commemoration of the poet who produced the largest body of poetry, and the most valuable as a spiritual message, of any English poet, was there not wafted in the air the choral strains from some unseen angelic choir, that thrilled the venerable Abbey with celestial triumph:
“‘Glory to God—to God!’ he saith:
Knowledge by suffering entereth,
And Life is perfected by Death.”
INDEX
Abinger, Lord, [18]
“Abt Vogler,” [205]
“Andrea del Sarto,” [152], [170]
“Any Wife to Any Husband,” [152]
“Apprehension, An,” [47]
Arnold, Matthew, [112]
Arnould, Joseph, friendship for Browning, [14], [39], [40], [129];
letters to Domett, [69], [94], [99], [103]
Ashburton, Lady Louisa, [222]
“Asolando,” [5], [282], [292]
“Aurora Leigh,” [50], [52], [76], [127], [134], [143], [148], [158], [160], [164], [167], [171], [174-176], [210]
“Balaustion’s Adventure,” [229]
Barrett, Alfred, [16], [164]
——, Arabel, [16], [50], [129], [137], [164], [202], [212]
——, Edward (brother), [16], [22], [59];
death of, [18], [62], [135]
——, Edward (father) legal name, [17];
marriage, [18];
character, [20], [21], [121], [164];
death, [178]
——, Elizabeth. See [Moulton-Barrett, Elizabeth]
——, George, [16], [50]
——, Henrietta (Mrs. Surtees Cook), [16], [50];
marriage, [121];
affection for sister, [129];
[137], [164], [192]
——, Mrs. (mother), [18], [21]
“Battle of Marathon,” [20]
“Beatrice Signorini,” [237], [267]
“Bells and Pomegranates,” [14], [39], [67], [68]
“Ben Karshook’s Wisdom,” [158]
Berdoe, Dr., commentary on "Paracelsus," [37]
“Bertha in the Lane,” [46], [71]
“Bishop Blougram’s Apology,” [205]
Blagden, Isabella, friendship with Brownings, [111], [112], [178], [182], [184], [190], [191], [197], [200], [201], [207], [225];
death, [229]
Blessington, Lady, [33], [113], [138]
“Blot in the ’Scutcheon, A,” [69]
“Book of the Poets, The,” [64], [206]
Boyd, Hugh Stuart, tutor, [22];
letters from Elizabeth Barrett, [25], [45], [53], [55], [63], [64], [68], [73], [89]
Bronson, Mrs. Arthur (Katherine DeKay), friendship with Browning, [242], [273];
letters from Browning, [243], [248], [249], [252-260], [265], [271], [272], [277-286], [291], [292];
hospitality, [242], [274-276];
entertains Browning in Asolo, [286], [287], [290];
letters from Robert Barrett Browning, [293-294];
letter from Sarianna Browning, [295]
Bronson, Edith (Contessa Rucellai), [275], [280]
Brooks, Rev. Dr. Phillips, [211], [212]
Browning, Mrs. (mother), [4-6], [38]
——, Elizabeth Barrett, birth, [16];
childhood, [17], [19];
ancestry, [17], [18];
first literary work, [20];
accident to, [21];
studies, [22];
tastes, [23], [24];
removal to Sidmouth, [24];
translation of "Prometheus Bound," [44];
removal to London, [45];
fugitive poems, [46-48], [53];
Hebrew Bible, [49];
definite periods in her life, [50];
change of residence, [54], [56];
notable friends, [58], [59];
publication of "The Seraphim," [56];
literary criticisms, [60], [61], [67], [68];
goes to Torquay, [59];
personal appearance, [58];
death of brother, [62];
returns to England, [63];
translations from Greek, [64];
description of her room, [65];
refusal to meet Browning, [65];
publication of two volumes of poems, [71];
literary reputation established, [71], [72];
first letter from Browning, [73], [74];
correspondence of poets, [74-89];
meets Browning, [80];
lyrics, [83], [84];
marriage, [87], [89];
will, [93];
lyrics, [100], [101];
mentioned for Laureateship, [121], [122];
books read by, [143];
genius for friendship, [148];
comment on dress, [151];
description of, [153], [179];
souvenir locket, [153];
views on life, [159];
appreciation of Tennyson, [166];
success of "Aurora Leigh," [174-176];
American appreciation, [187];
ill health, [193], [195];
closing days, [196];
last words, [197];
burial, [197];
tomb, [200];
tablet on Casa Guidi to her memory, [218], [264];
Tauchnitz edition of poems, [227]
Browning, Reuben (uncle), [8]
——, Robert (father), character and qualities, [4-6];
removal to Paris, [132];
talent for caricature, [137];
death, [210]
——, Robert (grandfather), [4]
——, Robert, ancestry of, [4-6];
birth, [4];
childhood and early tastes, [6-8];
first literary work, [7];
home atmosphere, [10], [11];
school, [12];
influenced by Byron and Shelley, [13], [14];
juvenile verses, [14];
publication of "Pauline," [14];
visit to Russia, [27], [28];
meets Wordsworth, Landor, Dickens, and Leigh Hunt, [30], [32];
personal appearance, [31];
writes play for Macready, [33];
visit to Venice, [35], [36];
removal to Hatcham, [38];
English friends and social life, [38-41];
hears of Elizabeth Barrett, [41];
visit to Italy, [70], [71];
return to England, [71];
correspondence of the poets, [74-89];
first meeting with Miss Barrett, [80];
marriage, [87], [89];
sees "Sonnets from the Portuguese," [109];
lyrics, [120], [121], [152];
keynote of his art, [122-125];
interpretation of Shelley, [133], [134];
Fisher’s portrait of, [153];
Page’s portrait of, [155];
literary standing, [172];
finds "Old Yellow Book," [181];
homage to Landor, [183];
leaves Florence forever, [200];
returns to London, [200];
takes London house, [202];
literary work, [203-207];
extension of social activities, [206], [207];
friendship with Jowett, [209];
meeting with Tennyson, [210];
death of father, [210];
Oxford conferred degree of M.A., [211];
made Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, [211];
new six-volume edition of poems, [213];
dedication to Tennyson, [213];
success of "The Ring and the Book," [214-215];
comparison of character of Pompilia to that of his wife, [219];
visits Scotland with the Storys, [221-222];
conversation and personal charm, [222-224];
with Milsand in "Red Cotton Night-cap Country," [224-226];
prepares Tauchnitz edition of Mrs. Browning’s poems, [227];
friendship with Domett, [228];
relations with Tennyson, [230-232];
facility for rhyming, [231];
visit to Oxford and Cambridge, [232];
sojourn at "La Saisiaz," [233-234];
revisits Italy, [235], [239-240];
doctrine of life, [237];
Oxford conferred degree of D.C.L., [241];
son’s portrait of, [242];
friendship with Mrs. Bronson, [242];
gift from Browning Societies, [243];
letters to Mrs. Bronson, [243], [248], [249], [252-260], [265], [271], [272], [277-286], [291];
Italian recognition, [245];
honored at Edinburgh, [249];
letters to Professor Masson, [249], [250];
removal to DeVere Gardens, [260];
Foreign Correspondent to Royal Academy, [266];
poet of intensity, [270];
last year in London, [281];
return to Asolo, [287-288];
last meeting with the Storys and Dr. Corson, [289-290];
death, [294];
memorial inscription, [295];
burial, [295]
Browning, Robert Barrett ("Penini"), birth, [107];
anecdotes of, [126], [139], [144], [146], [147], [155];
studies of, [171], [178], [180], [185], [188], [192], [193];
love of novels, [181];
enjoyment of Siena, [184];
children’s party at French Embassy, [194];
preparation for University, [202];
characteristics, [202], [265];
explanation of "The Ring and the Book," [218];
begins study of painting, [227];
picture in Royal Academy, [227];
success in art, [236], [241];
marriage to Miss Coddington, [260];
purchase of Palazzo Rezzonico, [262];
portrait of father, [217], [242];
portrait of Milsand, [263];
purchase of Casa Guidi, [265];
Florentine villa, [264-265], [267]
——, Robert Jardine, [38]
——, Sarianna, [4], [38];
letter from Browning, [71];
letters from Mrs. Browning, [195];
goes to live with brother, [211];
letter to Domett, [228];
travels with brother, [236];
letters to Mrs. Bronson, [248], [293];
death, [295]
Brownings, The, life in Paris, [92], [93];
finances, [93];
journey to Italy, [95];
winter in Pisa, [95], [97];
home in Florence, [97];
visit to Vallombrosa, [98], [99];
apartments in Casa Guidi, [100], [101];
trip to Fano, [103], [104];
literary work, [106];
meet Story, [107];
summer at Bagni di Lucca, [107];
Florentine friends and life, [111-113], [118], [119];
visit to Siena, [125];
return to England, [129];
life and friends in Paris, [130-137];
return to England, [137];
social life in London, [137-141];
return to Casa Guidi, [142];
summer at Bagni di Lucca, [144-151];
winter in Rome, [152-157];
“Clasped Hands,” [153];
pilgrimage to Albano, [156];
return to Florence, [157];
poetic work, [158];
Italian appreciation, [161];
return to London, [164];
Tennyson reads "Maud" to them, [165];
winter and social life in Paris, [167-172];
return to Florence, [176];
Florentine gayety, [176], [178];
summer in Normandy, [179];
another winter in Rome, [180];
return to Florence, [181];
summer in Siena, [184-185];
in Florence again, [185];
Roman winter, [185], [188-189];
journey to Florence, [189-190];
last summer in Siena, [191-192];
last winter in Rome, [192-193];
return to Casa Guidi, [195];
memorials in Palazzo Rezzonico, [262]
“Browning Society, The,” [240]
Browning, William Shergold, [38]
Brunton, Rev. Wm., poem, [91]
“By the Fire-side,” [170]
Carducci, Contessa, [71]
Carlyle, Thomas and Jane, [30], [38], [39], [41], [61], [68], [97], [129], [130], [131]
Casa Alvisi, [242], [243], [274]
“Casa Guidi Windows,” [106], [115], [116]
“Catarina to Camoens,” [71], [83]
Chaucer, project to modernize, [60]
“Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came,” [152], [261]
“Child’s Grave at Florence, A,” [121]
Chorley, Henry, [39], [40], [147]
“Christmas Eve and Easter Day,” [110], [119], [123], [124], [125]
“Christopher Smart,” [237]
Clarke, Mary Graham. See [Barrett, Mrs.]
“Clasped Hands, The,” [153]
Coddington, Fanny, [260]
“Colombe’s Birthday,” [27], [38], [143]
“Comfort,” [47]
“Conclusion,” [72]
“Confessions,” [46], [83], [84]
Cook, Mrs. Surtees. See [Barrett, Henrietta]
Corson, Dr. Hiram, criticism of Browning’s poetry, [29], [218];
visit to Browning, [35], [222], [244], [245-247], [290-291];
founder of Browning Society, [240-241];
letters from Browning, [247], [259];
[215]
Cosimo I, statue of, [114]
“Cowper’s Grave,” [46], [57]
Coxhoe Hall, [16]
Cranch, Christopher Pearse, [111]
Crosse, Andrew, [58], [59]
“Crowned and Wedded,” [46]
“Cry of the Children, The,” [46]
“Curse for a Nation, A,” [186]
Curtis, George William, [118], [119]
Cushman, Charlotte, [40], [141]
“Dead Pan, The,” [47], [68], [83]
“Deaf and Dumb,” [205]
“Death in the Desert, A,” [205], [237]
“Denial, A,” [84]
“De Profundis,” [18], [52], [136]
“Development,” [5]
Dickens, Charles, [30], [33], [59],
[61], [69]
Dilke, Mr., [64]
Domett, Alfred, friendship for Browning, [14], [39], [228];
Browning’s letters to, [42], [43];
Arnould’s letters to, [69], [94], [99], [103]
Dowden, Dr. Edward, [97], [133]
Dowson, Christopher, [39]
“Drama of Exile, A,” [46], [71-72]
“Dramatic Idyls,” [236]
“Dramatis Personæ,” [203-205]
“Dryope,” statue of, [263]
Dulwich Gallery, [11]
Eastnor Castle, [22]
Egerton-Smith, Miss, [233-234]
Elgin, Lady, [131], [132], [167]
Eliot, George, [190]
“Englishman in Italy, The,” [71]
“Epistle of Karnish,” [158]
“Essay on Mind,” [22]
“Eurydice to Orpheus,” [265]
“Evelyn Hope,” [120]
“Face, A,” [205]
Faucit, Helen (Lady Martin), [70], [143]
“Ferishtah’s Fancies,” [244]
Field, Kate, Browning gives locket, [154];
visit to the Brownings, [182];
Browning’s letters to, [183], [186], [208];
Mrs. Browning’s letter to, [187]
“Fifine,” [237]
“Flight of the Duchess, The,” [80], [152]
“Flute-Music,” [267]
Forster, John, criticism of “Paracelsus,” [30];
friendship for Browning, [31], [32], [129];
[33], [39], [69]
Fox, Rev. William Johnson, [30], [140], [141]
“Fra Lippo Lippi,” [152], [169-170]
Franceschini, tragedy of, [181]
Fuller, Margaret. See [D’Ossoli, Marchesa]
Furnivall, Dr., [240]
“Futurity,” [47]
Garrow, Theodosia. See [Trollope]
Giorgi, Signor, [217]
“Gold Hair,” [204]
Gosse, Edmund, [97], [281]
“Grammarian’s Burial, A,” [152]
“Greek Christian Poets, The,” [23], [65], [206]
Griffin, Professor Hall, [27], [118], [134]
“Guardian Angel, The,” [103], [152]
Gurney, Rev. Archer, [38]
“Half Rome,” [218]
Haworth, Fanny, letter from Browning, [36];
[40]
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, [150], [178-179]
“Hector in the Garden,” [47]
“Helen’s Tower,” [222]
“Hervé Riel,” [211]
Hillard, George Stillman, [106], [118]
Hodell, Dr. Charles W., [215-216]
Holmes, Dr. Oliver Wendell, [48]
“Holy Cross Day,” [158]
Hope End, [16], [19], [22], [24]
Horne, Richard Hengist, letter from Elizabeth Barrett, [19], [59];
friendship with Miss Barrett, [30], [53], [60], [61], [62], [65], [68]
Hosmer, Harriet, takes cast of “Clasped Hands,” [153];
excursion with Brownings, [156], [157];
letter from Browning, [168];
visits poets, [191], [194]
“How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix,” [35]
“In a Balcony,” [144], [158], [203]
“In a Gondola,” [36]
“Inclusions,” [84]
“Incondita,” [14], [140]
“Inn Album,” [232], [269]
“Insufficiency,” [47], [84]
“In the Doorway,” [207]
“Isabel’s Child,” [46], [57]
Italy, political conditions of, [105], [108], [115], [117], [121], [143], [180]
“Ivan Ivanovitch,” [27], [236]
James, Henry, characterization of Browning, [224]
“James Lee’s Wife,” [204], [261]
Jameson, Mrs., friendship with Miss Barrett, [73], [92], [93], [94], [95], [96], [129];
letter from Browning, [108]
Jerrold, Douglas, [41]
Jowett, Dr., [209], [229], [281]
Kemble, Mrs. Fanny, [129], [138], [153], [154], [155]
Kenyon, John, [33];
meets Browning, [40];
offers an introduction to Miss Barrett, [41];
[45];
visit to Rydal Mount, [56];
account of, [58], [59];
termed the “joy-giver,” [65];
shows manuscript of “Dead Pan” to Browning, [68];
dedication of "Paracelsus" to, [69];
appreciation of, [74];
letters to the Brownings, [74], [97];
friendship, [112], [113], [129], [137];
dedication of “Aurora Leigh” to, [174];
death and legacy to Brownings, [176]
Kingsley, Charles, [139]
King Victor and King Charles, [69]
Kinney, Mrs., [144], [145]
“Lady and the Painter, The,” [288]
“Lady Geraldine’s Courtship,” [71], [72], [73]
“Lament for Adonis,” [23]
Landor, Walter Savage, chirography of, [23];
meets Browning, [30];
courtesy of, [32];
meets Miss Barrett, [55], [59], [137];
quoted, [60];
intimacy with Leigh Hunt, [112], [113];
opinions, [138];
guest of Brownings, [182];
homage from Browning, [183];
guest of Storys, [183], [184], [190], [192]
“La Saisiaz,” [233-234]
“Last Poems,” [202]
“La Torre all’ Antella,” [264], [295]
“La Vallière,” [33]
Leighton, Sir Frederic, [200]
“Les Charmettes,” [238]
“Lost Leader, The,” [32]
“Loved Once,” [83], [84]
Lowell, James Russell, [51], [74]
“Luria,” [69]
Lytton, Bulwer, [33], [53], [60]
——, Lord (Owen Meredith), [142];
entertains Mrs. Browning, [145-146];
visits the Brownings, [149], [150], [158]
Macready, William, meeting with Browning, [30], [31];
suggests playwriting to Browning, [32];
sees “Strafford,” [33];
produces “Strafford,” [34];
dinner to Browning, [39];
produces “A Blot in the ’Scutcheon,” [69], [70]
Marcello, Contessa, [276]
Martineau, Harriet, friendship with Brownings, [33], [35], [39], [60], [62], [68]
Masson, Professor, Browning entertained by, [249-251]
Mazzini, [13], [143]
Medici, Marchesa Peruzzi di, birthday fête, [184];
reminiscences of, [188], [193];
visit to Scotland, [221];
villa of, [239];
translation of Duprè’s Autobiography, [257];
Browning’s letter to, [257];
Florentine palace of, [265]
Medici, statue of Fernandino di, [173]
“Meeting at Night,” [120]
“Men and Women,” [106], [157], [164], [169], [172]
Millais, Lady, [240]
——, Sir John Everett, Browning’s letter to, [227-228];
[251]
Milnes, Monckton (Lord Houghton), [30], [60], [61], [138];
christening party, [139]
Milsand, Joseph, meeting with Browning, [134];
paper on Browning, [135];
letter from Browning, [152], [225];
friendship with Brownings, [159], [224], [225], [226];
criticism of "Aurora Leigh," [176];
death, [259];
portrait, [263]
Mitford, Mary Russell, [32];
association with the Brownings, [32], [45], [55], [56], [58], [61], [65], [72];
letter from Mrs. Browning, [108], [118], [135], [136], [159];
death, [173]
Mohl, Mme., [132], [167], [171]
Moore, Mrs. Bloomfield, [252]
Moulton-Barrett, Elizabeth (niece), [18]
——. See [Barrett], explanation of name, [17]
Nancioni, il Signor Dottore, [245]
Nettleship, Mr., essays on Browning, [213]
“New Spirit of the Age, The,” [60], [68]
Nightingale, Florence, [140]
“Old Yellow Book, The,” [215]
“One Word More,” [123], [168-169], [205]
Ongaro, Dall’, [194]
“Only a Cure,” [121]
Ossoli, Marchesa d’ (Margaret Fuller), [111], [112];
visits the Brownings, [118];
death, [112], [126]
“Other Half Rome, The,” [218]
“Pacchiarotto,” [232]
Page, William, [152], [155], [181]
Palazzo Giustiniani, [242]
—— Peruzzi, [265]
—— Pitti, [102], [105], [106]
—— Rezzonico, [262-264], [290], [293], [295]
“Paracelsus,” [14], [28], [29], [30], [31], [32], [34], [36], [37], [39], [57], [69], [168], [237]
“Parleyings,” [269]
“Parting at Morning,” [120]
Patmore, Coventry, [140]
“Pauline,” [12], [14], [15], [28], [34], [57], [169], [172], [267]
“Penini.” See [Browning, Robert Barrett]
“Pippa Passes,” [36], [65], [67], [69], [271], [286-287]
Pius IX (Pio Nono), [105], [115], [117], [118], [121]
Poe, Edgar Allan, [52]
“Poems before Congress,” [185]
“Poet’s Vow, The,” [53], [55], [57]
“Pompilia,” [206], [218], [219]
“Portrait, A,” [18], [164]
Powers, Hiram, [102], [112], [118], [142]
Prince of Wales (Edward VII), [180-181]
Proctor (“Barry Cornwall”), [30], [33], [40], [61], [69], [129]
“Prometheus Bound,” [23], [25], [44]
“Proof and Disproof,” [84]
“Prospice,” [123], [205]
“Question and Answer,” [84]
“Rabbi Ben Ezra,” [205]
“Recollections of a Literary Life,” [135]
“Red Cotton Night-cap Country,” [226], [230]
“Return of the Druses, The,” [69]
“Rhapsody of Life’s Progress, A,” [47], [48], [83]
“Rhyme of the Duchess May, The,” [227]
“Ring and the Book, The,” [182], [203] [205], [214-220]
Ripert-Monclar, Marquis Amédée de, [28], [38], [153]
Ritchie, Lady, [153], [154], [226]
Robertson, John, [35], [39]
Rogers, Arthur, [273]
“Romances and Lyrics,” [67]
“Romaunt of Margret, The,” [53], [58]
“Rosny,” [267]
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, [139], [165], [166], [169], [174]
Sand, George, [131], [136]
“Saul,” [120], [157]
Scotti, Signor, [71]
“Seraphim, The,” [46], [56], [58], [110]
Sharp, William, quoted, [6];
suggested origin of “Flight of the Duchess,” [12];
quoted, [28];
description of Browning, [31];
[43]
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, [13], [133], [134]
Silverthorne, Mrs., [14]
“Sleep, The,” [46], [83]
Smith, Alexander, [151]
Smith, George Murray, [247], [270], [296]
“Sonnets from the Portuguese,” [50], [71], [97], [108], [109], [110], [123], [168]
“Sordello,” [14], [27], [28], [35], [41-42], [69], [171], [207], [237]
“Soul’s Tragedy, A,” [69]
“Statue and the Bust, The,” [152], [173]
Stedman, Edmund Clarence, [90]
Story, Edith. See [Medici, Marchessa Peruzzi di]
——, William Wetmore and Emeline, Browning’s first meeting, [107], [111];
characteristics, [118], [119];
associations with the Brownings, [148-152], [155], [184], [185], [192], [196], [197], [199], [221], [239];
entertain Landor, [183];
characterization of Hawthorne, [150];
last meeting with Browning, [289-290]
“Strafford,” [33], [34], [35], [57]
Talfourd, Field, [39]
Talfourd, Sergeant, [30], [32], [40], [60], [69]
Taylor, Bayard, [129]
Tennyson, Alfred, [15];
comment on “Sordello,” [41];
[60];
works, [56], [68];
Miss Barrett’s comments on, [61], [67], [120];
becomes Laureate, [122];
letter to Mrs. Browning, [139], [140];
reads “Maud” to the poets, [165];
letters from Browning, [209], [230], [284];
friendship with Browning, [231];
dedication, [213];
regarding Browning’s lines, [232]
——, Frederick, [144], [158]
——, Hallam, [296]
“Tertium Quid,” [218]
Thackeray, Anne. See [Ritchie, Lady]
Ticknor and Fields, [156]
Tittle, Margaret, [4]
“Toccata of Galuppi’s, A,” [120]
Trollope, Thomas Adolphus and Theodosia, [59], [111], [112], [190], [229]
“Two Poets of Croisic,” [236]
“Valediction, A,” [84]
Vallombrosa, [98], [99]
Villari, Mme. Pasquale, [112]
“Virgin Mary to the Child Jesus, The,” [46]
“Vision of Poets, A,” [71]
Wiedemann, Sarah Anna, [4-6]
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