E500921A. The Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

The Home Journal, 21 September 1850, p. 2.

Addendum to The Brownings’ Correspondence, vol. 16.

C.S. Francis and Co. have brought out a new, beautiful and complete edition of the poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning—a work that can scarcely fail to meet with a large and rapid sale. Since her volumes issued several years ago, Miss Barrett has risen in the estimation of American readers. Her fugitive pieces have been widely copied, and her genius recognised as one of the most original and vigorous of any modern female writer. In addition to what has formerly appeared, the present edition contains her first London volume, “The Seraphim, and other Poems,” and many pieces never before collected. The power of reflection, striking imagery, and deep feeling displayed in Mrs. Browning’s verse, finds its way to the most reflective minds. The spirit of her muse is religious, noble and profound, as well as musical and inventive. We know of no female poet whose tone is so exalted. She is emphatically a woman in the robes of song. The volumes are handsomely executed, and contain the original prefaces, as well as an essay on the poetry of the author, from “Thoughts on the Poets.”

Reviewed:

The Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, New York: C.S. Francis, 1850.

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