This collection contains poems Elizabeth Browning wrote in her early days as well as the last poems she wrote before her death at 55: ballads, religious, social-reforming, and political verse. Included are: "The Dream," "The Image of God," "A Sea-Side Meditation," "The Tempest," "Night and the Merry Man," "The Romaunt of Margret," "The Romance of the Ganges," "The Lost Bower," "Rime of the Duchess May," "Catarina to Camoens," "The Romance of the Swan's Nest," "A Man's Requirements," "A Woman's Shortcomings," "A Curse Before a Nation," "Christmas Gifts," "My Heart and I," "A Musical Instrument," and several others, all of which demonstrate Browning's astonishing versatility and mastery of the English language.
