Pippa Passes

Pippa Passes was a dramatical piece, as much play as poetry, by Robert Browning published in 1841 as the first volume of his Bells and Pomegranates series.

Related Topics:
Play - Poetry - Robert Browning - 1841 - Bells and Pomegranates

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The author described the work as the first of a series of dramatical pieces. His original idea was of a young innocent girl, moving unblemished through the crime-ridden neighbourhoods of Asolo. The work caused outrage when it was first published, due to the matter-of-fact portrayals of many of the area's more disreputable characters - notably the adulterous Ottima - and for its frankness on sexual matters.

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Song, from Pippa Passes

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The year's at the spring,

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And day's at the morn;

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Morning's at seven;

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The hill-side's dew-pearled;

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The lark's on the wing;

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The snail's on the thorn;

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God's in his Heaven -

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All's right with the world!

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