Pacchiarotto and How He Worked in Distemper: With Other Poems

Pacchiarotto and How He Worked in Distemper: With Other Poems,
a collection of 19 poems, in various metres, by R. Browning , published 1876 . The title poem, the three which follow it, and the epilogue, were directed at Browning's critics, in satirical or serious vein; the remaining poems are a miscellany on topics of religion, love, and art. ‘Numpholeptos’, ‘St Martin's Summer’, and ‘A Forgiveness’ deserve particular mention. The most unusual poem in the volume is, however, the ballad ‘Hervé Riel’, about the heroic exploit of a French sailor in a fight against the British.