Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-19

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''Sordelio" absurd.
Browning bowed hosEhr BROWNING.
to the Judgment, and gave his mind to some
thing more in harmony with the tastes oil
his readers.
Brownlng's marriage was romance Many
men of genius content themselves with the
ordinary in their loves. Browning, a post
fell in love with Miss Barrett, poetess, and
not only poetess, but one with fer more
popular appreciation at the tame than him.
self. Elizabeth Barrett had then passed the
heyday of youth, being 81 years old; she was
in bad health, and her father was opposed to
her marriage. Browning, who was three
yearsyounger, was sufficiently infatuated and
romantic to run away with her. The spec
tacle of psychologist poet running away
! with poetess verging on to forty is some
what ridiculous. But this is ali there wss
| ridiculous about the marriage, for they made
| very happy couple and were dsvosed to
each other so long as Mrs Browning lived
For long while Mrs. Browning held her
own with the public as against her husband
indeed, not two decades ago Mr.. Browning
bore some such relation TO his wife as a man
of moderate income would bear to q wife pos
sessing fortune-such as thatof the Baroness
BurIlett-C outts But this was not destined to
be always. OF late years Browning has
gained wonderfully in being appreciated, and
although bis wife ranks among the great
poetesses her husbands works have far out
stripped hers
For ten or twelve years after the marriage
Mrs. Browning produced many Of her best
works. Husband and wife were each in a
measure affected by the other. Browning 8
poems became more passionate and more
lofty, while the wife adopted some Of the
roughness of the husband Mrs Browning
lived fifteen years after her marriage; she
died IN 1861 at Florence
After her death Browning went to London
where he was honized For many years a
star in the literary and social world of Lon
don, he pleased as easily Ia social intercourse
as with difficulty in his obscure writings
Briefly stated, Browning pecnliarity-
which may be called DISTINCTLY Browning-
consisted In tracing retrospectyely the char
acters of his imagination through acts deter
mined by their own humanity and the bear
ing of external events. The comptedntsnnade
of him are that in considering the various
springs of action, the reasonings and doubts
of his characters, he becomes dfffuse and
tiresome.
When Mr.. Browning chose to writefor ell he
wrote eightfully. To read one Of his lighter
pieces is like what it was la Charlotte Cush-
mans time to see her IN comedy: or to listen
to Wagner's "WeddiDg March" in ''Lohen-
grin" Browning has delighted the children
for generations to come vssth the pied Piper
OF Hamebn-" Then there are few bits Of finer
descriptive writing. inteihgibie to all, than
How They Brought the Good News from
Ghent to AK"
spznnC to the starrup, and Joris ard he;
gaIoped, Dirck garoped, gaiioped all three.
'6ood speedr' cried the watch as the gate bolts
undrew.
.Speedr echoed the wall to us s.aIlopir,y through.
Behind shut the poszern, the lights sank rest
And into the midnight we gailoped abreast.
Not word to each other; We KEEP: the great pace;
Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing
our place.
turned in E1y Saddle and n,ads it's girtbs light.
Then shortened each strrup and set the piQue
right,
Rebucked the check strap, chained Stacker the
bit,
Nor galIoped less steadily Roland a whit
Twas a noonset at starting, but while we drew
Lokeren the cocks crew. add twilight dawzed
clear
At Boom great yellow STIR came oct to sea;
AZ D71aeid Twas morning plain cc4d he;
And froIn Aecheln church steeple sc heard the
half chime
So Jor.s broke silence with yet there Is tina
At Aerschof up ieaped Of sudien the sua,
And against him toe catt.es.ood b.ack every one
To stare through the rafz al ga1opiny past;
And snw my stout gsi,oper Roland al las,
With resnufe shoupie-s each bu-si1z away
bare <--z-- fsu
And his lcu head and crest, jus; one sharp ear
bent hac.
Fer my VOICE, Eod the Other pr.cksa OFT CO his 1
track;
And one eyes black insesHgeoce-erer ths: glance I
Der It's white edge al me, bis o~a n1zzsser. as
And the thick heavy s7une fakes. Which aye and 4
His fierce UPS shook upward il gaIiops2g o.
By Hass-l, Darck groaoed; and cried Jo-1s- Say
spar!
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Wen remember a; A2I~-tox one heard LIE gAscK
~nseze
OF he- chess zE TIE stretched Heck. and sag
g=-1nz knees
Ara s1zx tai. and hc--ss,. k-ave o. TIE fzrk
As DORM On h=r hszaeaes Azs sagt1ersd AID
saaE
80 W. were lett gzgops--. Jo-is and L
Pas Looz Esd pas Tozy-5-z no csSo3 n re SKY.
J be broad SUI Above iaSlSaed = pxts5-ss laugh.
ses<a t--s. b-o.e TIE srzts<-, sxs.ca. E-ssbss
Ike chat:
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AID 'TsaIoy, gzSssd Jc-lS. fox ak : IL siEsss~
Her ta~y-a greet us,-Aazd az Ia raorsez. as
:-o.sea Geek and e-ouo o~rr. lay sa-d a. aos~: