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“`Wouldaman’scapetherod？’
RabbiBenKarshooksaith，`SeethatheturnstoGodThedaybeforehisdeath。’
`Ay，couldamaninquireWhenitshallcome!’Isay。
TheRabbi’seyeshootsfire
`Thenlethimturnto-day!’
II。
QuothayoungSadducee，
`Readerofmanyrolls，IsitsocertainweHave，astheytellus，souls？’
`Son，thereisnoreply!’
TheRabbibithisbeard：
`Certain，asoulhave_I_
WEmayhavenone，’hesneer’d。
ThusKarshook，theHiram’s-Hammer，TheRight-HandTemplecolumn，Taughtbabestheirgraceingrammar，Andstruckthesimple，solemn。“
*So-called，itisasserted，fromhischildishefforttopronounceadifficultname(Wiedemann)。Butdespitethegoodauthorityforthisstatement，itisimpossiblenottocreditrathertheexplanationgivenbyNathanielHawthorne，who，moreover，affordsthepracticallydefiniteproofthattheboywasatfirst，asatermofendearment，called“Pennini“，whichwaslaterabbreviatedto“Pen“。Thecognomen，Hawthornestates，wasadiminutiveof“Apennino“，whichwasbestowedupontheboyinbabyhoodbecausehewasverysmall，therebeingastatueinFlorenceofcolossalsizecalled“Apennino“。
[SeeMrs。Orr’s“LifeandLettersofRobertBrowning“(nowonline)
foradifferentopinion。A。L。，1996。]
Itwasinthisyear(1855)that“MenandWomen“waspublished。
Itisdifficulttounderstandhowacollectioncomprisingpoemssuchas“LoveamongtheRuins“，“EvelynHope“，“FraLippoLippi“，“AToccataofGaluppi’s“，“AnyWifetoanyHusband“，“MasterHuguesofSaxe-Gotha“，“AndreadelSarto“，“InaBalcony“，“Saul“，“AGrammarian’sFuneral“，tomentiononlytennowalmostuniversallyknown，didnotatonceobtainanationalpopularityfortheauthor。
Butloversofliteratureweresimplyenthralled：andthetwovolumeshadawelcomefromthemwhichwasperhapsallthemoreardentbecauseoftheirdisproportionatenumbers。Earsalerttonovelpoeticmusicmusthavethrilledtothenewstrainwhichsoundedfirst
“LoveamongtheRuins“，withitsMillet-likeopening
“Wherethequiet-colouredendofeveningsmiles，MilesandmilesOnthesolitarypastureswhereoursheepHalfasleepTinklehomewardthroughthetwilight，strayorstopAstheycrop
Wasthesiteonceofacitygreatandgay……“
SoonafterthereturntoFlorence，which，hotasitwas，waspreferableinJulytoRome，Mrs。BrowningwrotetoherfrequentcorrespondentMissMitford，andmentionedthataboutfourthousandlinesof“AuroraLeigh“hadbeenwritten。Sheaddedasignificantpassage：
thatherhusbandhadnotseenasinglelineofituptothattime
significant，asoneoftheseveralindicationsthattheunionofBrowningandhiswifewasindeedamarriageoftrueminds，where
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