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A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Mrs. Sutherland Orr
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exist. In one group, for instance, the prevailing mood is either too
slightly indicated, or too fugitive, or too complex, or even too
fantastic, to be designated by any term but "poetic." Others, again,
such as songs and legends, depict human emotion in too simple or too
general a form, to be thought of as anything but "popular;" and a third
group may be formed of dramatic pictures or episodes, which unite the
qualities of the other two.

In the first of these groups we must place--

"The Lost Leader." ("Dramatic Lyrics." Published in "Dramatic
Romances and Lyrics." 1845.)

"Nationality in Drinks." ("Dramatic Lyrics." Published as
"Claret and Tokay," without 3rd Part, in "Dramatic Romances
and Lyrics." 1845.)

"Garden Fancies. I. The Flower's Name." ("Dramatic Lyrics."
Published in "Dramatic Romances and Lyrics." 1845.)[94]

"Earth's Immortalities." ("Dramatic Lyrics." Published in
"Dramatic Romances and Lyrics." 1845.)

"Home-Thoughts, from the Sea." ("Dramatic Lyrics." Published
in "Bells and Pomegranates." 1842 or 1845.)

"My Star." ("Dramatic Lyrics." Published in "Men and Women."
1855.)

"Misconceptions." ("Dramatic Lyrics." Published in "Men and
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