Pippa : of Pippa Passes, poetic drama by Robert Browning; Pippa is an Italian girl of Asolo, whose songs as she passes through streets on New Year’s Day changes peoples’ lives.
... condemn. With this courteous bow of elucidative understanding in Sri Aurobindo's direction I may proceed to my own task. The whole piece which concludes with our lines is from Browning's play Pippa Passes and is the song of a simple young girl going to her work. It is small enough for Mencken to have quoted in full: The year's at the spring, And day's at the morn; Morning's at seven; ...
... possession and true sovereignty Which thou must bridge with a diviner kiss. I questioned all the beauty of other girls Thinking thou hadst it not to give indeed. But not Giannina's breasts nor Pippa's curls Contained it; thou alone canst meet my need. Deniest thou some secret of thy soul To me who claim thee all? Nay, can it be Thy bosom's joys escape from my control? Forbid it Heaven Hell ...
... The former lines are Nashe writing with inspiration from a lower temperature of his inner being, whereas the latter are the inspired outbreak from a higher one. For another example, take Pippa's song by Browning: The year's at the spring, The day's at the morn; The morning's at seven; The hill-side's dew-pearled; The lark's on the wing; The snail's ...
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