"of Edward's trip to Torquay. She wrote to Mitford, ""That was a very near escape from madness, absolute hopeless madness"". The family returned to Wimpole Street in 1841. At Wimpole Street Barrett Browning spent most of her time in her upstairs room. Her health began to improve, though she saw few people other than her immediate family. One of those was Kenyon, a wealthy friend of the family and patron of the arts. She received comfort from a spaniel named Flush, a gift from Mary Mitford. (Virginia Woolf later fictionalised the life of the dog, making him the protagonist of"
"Epitaph to a Dog ""Epitaph to a Dog"" (also sometimes referred to as ""Inscription on the Monument to a Newfoundland Dog"") is a poem by the British poet Lord Byron. It was written in 1808 in honour of his Newfoundland dog, Boatswain, who had just died of rabies. When Boatswain contracted the disease, Byron reportedly nursed him without any fear of becoming bitten and infected. The poem is inscribed on Boatswain's tomb, which is larger than Byron's, at Newstead Abbey, Byron's estate. The sections above the poem form a memorial eulogy to Boatswain, and introduce the poem. They are often"
"over a century. Elizabeth Barrett Browning Elizabeth Barrett Browning (née Moulton-Barrett, ; 6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861) was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime. Born in County Durham, the eldest of 12 children, Elizabeth Barrett wrote poetry from about the age of six. Her mother's collection of her poems forms one of the largest extant collections of juvenilia by any English writer. At 15 she became ill, suffering intense head and spinal pain for the rest of her life. Later in life she also developed lung problems,"
"Elizabeth Barrett Browning Elizabeth Barrett Browning (née Moulton-Barrett, ; 6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861) was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime. Born in County Durham, the eldest of 12 children, Elizabeth Barrett wrote poetry from about the age of six. Her mother's collection of her poems forms one of the largest extant collections of juvenilia by any English writer. At 15 she became ill, suffering intense head and spinal pain for the rest of her life. Later in life she also developed lung problems, possibly tuberculosis. She"
"with other writers, including Mary Russell Mitford, who would become a close friend and who would support Elizabeth's literary ambitions. In 1838 ""The Seraphim and Other Poems"" appeared, the first volume of Elizabeth's mature poetry to appear under her own name. ""Sonnets from the Portuguese"" was published in 1850. There is debate about the origin of the title. Some say it refers to the series of sonnets of the 16th-century Portuguese poet Luís de Camões. However, ""my little Portuguese"" was a pet name that Browning had adopted for Elizabeth and this may have some connection. The verse-novel ""Aurora Leigh,"" her"
"great success, attracting the admiration of the writer Robert Browning. Their correspondence, courtship and marriage were carried out in secret, for fear of her father's disapproval. Following the wedding she was indeed disinherited by her father. The couple moved to Italy in 1846, where she would live for the rest of her life. They had one son, Robert Wiedeman Barrett Browning, whom they called Pen. She died in Florence in 1861. A collection of her last poems was published by her husband shortly after her death. Elizabeth's work had a major influence on prominent writers of the day, including the"
"said that she died ""smilingly, happily, and with a face like a girl's... Her last word was... ""</nowiki>Beautiful"". She was buried in the Protestant English Cemetery of Florence. ""On Monday July 1 the shops in the area around Casa Guidi were closed, while Elizabeth was mourned with unusual demonstrations."" The nature of her illness is still unclear. Some modern scientists speculate her illness may have been hypokalemic periodic paralysis, a genetic disorder that causes weakness and many of the other symptoms she described. Barrett Browning's first known poem was written at the age of six or eight, ""On the Cruelty"
"1811 will, Byron requested that he be buried with him. The 26‐line poem ""Epitaph to a Dog"" has become one of his best-known works, but a draft of an 1830 letter by Hobhouse shows him to be the author, and that Byron decided to use Hobhouse's lengthy epitaph instead of his own, which read: ""To mark a friend's remains these stones arise/I never knew but one – and here he lies."" Byron also kept a tame bear while he was a student at Trinity, out of resentment for rules forbidding pet dogs like his beloved Boatswain. There being no mention"
"Athenaeum"". ""Since she was not burdened with any domestic duties expected of her sisters, Barrett Browning could now devote herself entirely to the life of the mind, cultivating an enormous correspondence, reading widely"". Her prolific output made her a rival to Tennyson as a candidate for poet laureate in 1850 on the death of Wordsworth. A Royal Society of Arts blue plaque now commemorates Elizabeth at 50 Wimpole Street. Her 1844 volume ""Poems"" made her one of the most popular writers in the country, and inspired Robert Browning to write to her. He wrote, ""I love your verses with all"
"of the ""Broadway Journal"", saying that ""her poetic inspiration is the highest – we can conceive of nothing more august. Her sense of Art is pure in itself."" In return, she praised ""The Raven"", and Poe dedicated his 1845 collection ""The Raven and Other Poems"" to her, referring to her as ""the noblest of her sex"". Barrett Browning's poetry greatly influenced Emily Dickinson, who admired her as a woman of achievement. Her popularity in the United States and Britain was further advanced by her stands against social injustice, including slavery in the United States, injustice toward Italian citizens by foreign"
"for shame. Ye, who behold perchance this simple urn, Pass on – it honours none you wish to mourn. To mark a friend’s remains these stones arise; I never knew but one -- and here he lies. </poem> Epitaph to a Dog ""Epitaph to a Dog"" (also sometimes referred to as ""Inscription on the Monument to a Newfoundland Dog"") is a poem by the British poet Lord Byron. It was written in 1808 in honour of his Newfoundland dog, Boatswain, who had just died of rabies. When Boatswain contracted the disease, Byron reportedly nursed him without any fear of becoming"
"honour of Barrett Browning. Brightwen Binyon beat 44 other designs. It was based on the timber-framed Market House, which was opposite the site. It was completed in 1896. However, Nikolaus Pevsner was not impressed by its style. In 1938, it became a public library. It has been Grade II-listed since 2007. Barrett Browning was widely popular in the United Kingdom and the United States during her lifetime. Edgar Allan Poe was inspired by her poem ""Lady Geraldine's Courtship"" and specifically borrowed the poem's metre for his poem ""The Raven"". Poe had reviewed Barrett Browning's work in the January 1845 issue"
"she loved all wild, free creatures and things"", and critics attest that her love of the moors is manifest in ""Wuthering Heights"". Over the years, Emily's love of nature has been the subject of many anecdotes. A newspaper dated 31 December 1899, gives the folksy account that ""with bird and beast [Emily] had the most intimate relations, and from her walks she often came with fledgling or young rabbit in hand, talking softly to it, quite sure, too, that it understood"". Elizabeth Gaskell, in her biography of Charlotte, told the story of Emily's punishing her pet dog Keeper for lying"
"second edition of Elizabeth’s ""Poems"" included her love sonnets. The book increased her popularity and high critical regard, cementing her position as an eminent Victorian poet. Upon William Wordsworth's death in 1850, she was a serious contender to become Poet Laureate, the position eventually going to Tennyson. From the time of their marriage and until Elizabeth's death, the Brownings lived in Italy, residing first in Pisa, and then, within a year, finding an apartment in Florence at Casa Guidi (now a museum to their memory). Their only child, Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning, nicknamed ""Penini"" or ""Pen"", was born in 1849."
"such as his own ""Lion's Bride"" (lady to lion) illusion, made him very popular with audiences. The pampered object of the Great Lafayette's affection was his dog Beauty, a perky terrier given to him as a pup by fellow conjurer and admirer Harry Houdini. Beauty had her own suite of brocaded rooms, ate five-course meals, and wore a diamond-studded collar. Beauty died four days before the opening of a show at the Empire Palace Theatre in Edinburgh. After initial resistance from Edinburgh City Council, Neuberger arranged for the dog to be buried in Piershill Cemetery. The Council agreed to provide"
"Millie (dog) Mildred ""Millie"" Kerr Bush (January 12, 1985 – May 19, 1997) was the pet English Springer Spaniel of Barbara and George H. W. Bush. She was named for Mildred Caldwell Kerr, a long-time friend of the Bushes, which is also the name of Kerr's granddaughter, Millie Kerr. Millie was referred to as ""the most famous dog in White House history."" Bush mentioned her in a speech during his 1992 bid for re-election, saying ""My dog Millie knows more about foreign affairs than these two bozos"" in reference to opposition candidates Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Millie is credited"
"home in Edinburgh. She has many anecdotes of these encounters in her book, ""Poets, Patriots, and Lovers"", that give insights into their personalities. For example, she has a 'hazy memory' of Thomas Carlyle ""standing by my table stooping as he spread golden syrup on a slice of bread for me at my breakfast."" Later, in April 1884, (aged 16) she flirted innocently with the poet Robert Browning (aged 71) who came over to her at breakfast and said: She also spent a fortnight or so with the philosopher Herbert Spencer at his home in Brighton. She recalled that Spencer abhorred"
"a son, Robert Wiedeman Barrett Browning, whom they called Pen. Their son later married, but had no legitimate children. At her husband's insistence, Elizabeth's second edition of ""Poems"" included her love sonnets; as a result, her popularity increased (as well as critical regard), and her artistic position was confirmed. The couple came to know a wide circle of artists and writers including William Makepeace Thackeray, sculptor Harriet Hosmer (who, she wrote, seemed to be the ""perfectly emancipated female"") and Harriet Beecher Stowe. In 1849 she met Margaret Fuller, and the female French novelist George Sand in 1852, whom she had"
"Susan (dog) Susan (20 February 1944 – 26 January 1959) was a Pembroke Corgi dog owned by Queen Elizabeth II that was given to her on her eighteenth birthday. Following the dog's death in 1959, the Queen personally designed a headstone for her grave at Sandringham House. Susan was the first of a long line of Corgis and Dorgis (Dachshund/Corgi crosses) owned by the Queen, all of them descended from Susan. The dogs have often accompanied the Queen in her public appearances, and have thus come to feature prominently in her public image. King George VI bought his first Pembroke"
"Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Biography Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Biography by Margaret Forster, first published in 1988, is a biography of the English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, which won the Heinemann Award in 1989. Forster draws on newly discovered letters and papers that shed light on the poet's life before she met and eloped with Robert Browning, and rewrites the myth of the invalid poet guarded by an ogre-like father, to give a more-nuanced picture of an active, difficult woman who was complicit in her own virtual imprisonment. It remained the most-detailed published biography of the poet in 2003, and"
"showed them to W. J. Fox. Fox also liked the poems but convinced Browning that they were not good enough for publication. The poems were eventually destroyed by Browning, with much of his other work, in 1884. Browning developed a boyish love for Flower, nine years his senior, and remained fond of her until her death. She was the inspiration for his poem ""Pauline"". Eliza Flower Eliza Flower (1803 – 12 December 1846) was a British musician and composer. In addition to her own work, Flower became known for her friendships including those with William Johnson Fox, Robert Browning, John"
"story is retold as historical fiction in ""Shep Forever Faithful"" by Stewart H. Beveridge and Lee Nelson. The folk song ""Ol Shep"", sung by Ramblin' Jack Elliott, is related but tells a different story. A bronze sculpture by Bob Scriver of Shep, with his front paws on a rail, was unveiled in Fort Benton in 1994. Shep (American dog) Shep was the name given to a herding dog that appeared at the Great Northern Railway station one day in 1936 in Fort Benton, Montana and watched as his deceased master's casket was loaded onto the train and left. The dog"
"episode of ""The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"" on July 28, 1981. Ed McMahon later described the poem itself as ""forgettable"", but added that both he and Johnny Carson, a couple of ""maudlin mutt mourners"", were nevertheless moved to tears by Stewart's passionate delivery. Beau (poem) ""Beau"", also known as ""I’ll Never Forget a Dog Named Beau"", is a poem written by American film and stage actor James Stewart. A humorous tribute to Stewart's deceased pet dog, the poem was first recited on ""The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"" in 1981, and later published in the 1989 collection ""Jimmy Stewart"
"'Love-begotten Daughter' or alternatively 'his bastard wean' we find : No poems seem to have been inspired directly by Elizabeth Paton, but she may have been in the poet's mind when he wrote """"The Rantin' Dog."""" A few lines in Burns's first Commonplace Book dated September 1784 relate to her. In 1784, in the song """"O Tibbie, I hae seen the day"""", which were addressed to Isabella Steven, the daughter of a Tarbolton farmer, Burns addresses her with: In this piece the poet may have been referring to Elizabeth as the """"lass beside yon park"""" although he never confirms this."
"Beau (poem) ""Beau"", also known as ""I’ll Never Forget a Dog Named Beau"", is a poem written by American film and stage actor James Stewart. A humorous tribute to Stewart's deceased pet dog, the poem was first recited on ""The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"" in 1981, and later published in the 1989 collection ""Jimmy Stewart and his Poems."" James Stewart owned a ""willful but beloved"" golden retriever named Beau, of whom he was extremely fond. Beau slept in the corner of Stewart's bedroom, but would often crawl onto the bed between Stewart and his wife Gloria. Stewart recalled, ""he"
"urgent love for Elizabeth Barrett had led him to write ""the most sensual poem he had yet created."" Meeting at Night ""Meeting at Night"" is a Victorian English love poem by Robert Browning. The original poem appeared in ""Dramatic Romances and Lyrics"" (1845) in which ""Night"" and ""Morning"" were two sections. In 1849, the poet separated them into the two poems """" and """". The poem (like others of the 1845 collection) was written during the courtship period of Browning with his future wife Elizabeth Barrett. Kennedy and Hair describe the poem as the ""most sensual poem"" he had written"
"poisoned the dog as an experiment, the ringworm powder was the means and that motive was an affair with the boarder. Defendants at this time were barred from testifying on their own behalf so Elizabeth was unable to answer the accusations. Following a three-day trial the jury, after deliberating for 20 minutes, found her guilty with a recommendation for mercy on account of her youth. The plea for mercy was declined by Governor Anthony Musgrave and she was sentenced to death. On 30 December 1873, dressed in a white frock and carrying a posie of fresh flowers, Elizabeth gave a"
"dead. That was all. The drawing-room table, strangely enough, stood perfectly still."" Woolf ostensibly uses the life of a dog as pointed social criticism, ranging across topics from feminism and environmentalism to class conflict. Flush: A Biography Flush: A Biography, an imaginative biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel, is a cross-genre blend of fiction and nonfiction by Virginia Woolf published in 1933. Written after the completion of her emotionally draining ""The Waves"", the work returned Woolf to the imaginative consideration of English history that she had begun in """", and to which she would return in ""Between the Acts""."
"mating, with Lucky Strike of the Rozavel kennel, Susan was the mother of Sugar (officially Prince Charles' dog) and Honey, who became the Queen Mother's favourite. She was later bred with a Rozavel dog named Rebellion; the Queen kept two puppies from that litter. Following Susan's death at Sandringham House on 26 January 1959, she was buried in the pet cemetery which Queen Victoria had founded there. The Queen drew up plans for a gravestone, sending a sketch, along with an initial inscription, to Robert Marrington, who dealt with the works on the Crown Estate. The initial inscription on the"
"gradually a romance developed between them, leading to their marriage and journey to Italy (for Elizabeth's health) on 12 September 1846. The marriage was initially secret because Elizabeth's domineering father disapproved of marriage for any of his children. Mr. Barrett disinherited Elizabeth, as he did for each of his children who married: ""The Mrs. Browning of popular imagination was a sweet, innocent young woman who suffered endless cruelties at the hands of a tyrannical papa but who nonetheless had the good fortune to fall in love with a dashing and handsome poet named Robert Browning."" At her husband's insistence, the"
"with the displayed toys. The most famous resident was the poet Elizabeth Barrett, who lived at 50 Wimpole Street with her family from 1838 until 1846 when she eloped with Robert Browning. The street became famous from the play based on their courtship, ""The Barretts of Wimpole Street"". The play starred Katharine Cornell, and when she retired, she moved to E. 51st St. in New York. As she was now neighbour to two other actors who also starred in the play, the street was nicknamed ""Wimpole Street"". Virginia Woolf memorably describes Wimpole Street in """", beginning: ""It is the most"
"Flush: A Biography Flush: A Biography, an imaginative biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel, is a cross-genre blend of fiction and nonfiction by Virginia Woolf published in 1933. Written after the completion of her emotionally draining ""The Waves"", the work returned Woolf to the imaginative consideration of English history that she had begun in """", and to which she would return in ""Between the Acts"". Commonly read as a modernist consideration of city life seen through the eyes of a dog, Flush serves as a harsh criticism of the supposedly unnatural ways of living in the city. The figure"
"almost 100 novels and thousands of sketches and poems including, ""A fearful inheritance; or, For his love's sake"", ""Lancaster's love; or, Richest girl in Boston"", and ""Sold for gold"". ""A Gilded God"" was very successful, with 72,000 copies sold within a week of its publication. Her hobbies included horseback riding, bicycling, boating, and driving. Emma Augusta Browne was born in Rochester, New York on September 15, 1858. Her father, W. S. Brown, was a successful business man in that city. Her mother was the only sister of Hon. Frederic Whiting, of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, whose published genealogy traces the family"