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somethingoftherealCatullus，throughthemistsofremoteantiquity，iftherehadnotperishedthesinglepassionatecry
“Lesbiailla，IllaLesbia，quamCatullusunamPlusquamse，atquesuosamavitomnes!“
AtthebeginningofJuly(1858)，theBrowningsleftFlorenceforthesummerandautumn，andbyeasystagestravelledtoNormandy。
Heretheinvalidbenefitedconsiderablyatfirst：andhere，Imayadd，Browningwrotehis`LegendofPornic’，`GoldHair’。
Thispoemoftwenty-sevenfive-linestanzas(whichdiffersonlyfromthatinmorerecent“CollectedWorks“，and“Selections“，initslackofthethreestanzasnownumbered21，22，and23)
wasprintedforlimitedprivatecirculation，thoughprimarilyforthepurposeofsecuringAmericancopyright。Browningseveraltimesprintedsinglepoemsthus，andforthesamereasons
thatis，eitherfortransatlanticcopyright，orwhentheverseswerenotlikelytobeincludedinanyvolumeforaprolongedperiod。
Theseleafletsorhalf-sheetletsof`GoldHair’and`Prospice’，of`Cleon’and`TheStatueandtheBust’togetherwiththe`TwoPoemsbyElizabethBarrettandRobertBrowning’，published，forbenefitofacharity，in1854areamongtherarest“finds“
forthecollector，andareliterallyworthagooddealmorethantheirweightingold。
Inthetumultuousyearof1859allItalywasinaferment。
NopatriotamongtheNationalistswasmoreardentinherhopesthanthedelicate，toofragile，dyingpoetess，whoseflameoflifeburnedanewwiththegreathopesthatanimatedherforheradoptedcountry。
Wellindeeddidshedeserve，amongthelineswhichthepoetTommaseowroteandtheFlorencemunicipalitycausedtobeengravedingolduponawhitemarbleslab，tobeplaceduponCasaGuidi，thewords`fecedelsuoversoaureoanellofraItaliaeInghilterra’
“whoofherVersemadeagoldenlinkconnectingEnglandandItaly。“
ThevictoriesofSolferinoandSanMartinomadethebitternessofthedisgracefulTreatyofVillafrancathemorehardtobear。
EvenhadwenotMr。Story’sevidence，itwouldbeanaturalconclusionthatthisdisastrousendingtothehighhopesoftheItalianpatriotsacceleratedMrs。Browning’sdeath。Thewithdrawalofhopeisoftenworseinitsphysicaleffectsthananydirectbodilyill。
Itwasamiserablesummerforbothhusbandandwife，formoreprivatesorrowsalsopresseduponthem。NoteventhesweetautumnalwindsblowinguponSienawaftedawaytheshadowthathadsettledupontheinvalid：
norwastheremedicineforherintheairofRome，wherethewinterwasspent。
Atemporaryrelief，however，wasaffordedbythemoregenialclimate，andinthespringof1860shewasable，withBrowning’shelp，toseeherItalianpatrioticpoemsthroughthepress。Itgoeswithoutsayingthatthese“Poemsbefor
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