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The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume 2

Note 6 — THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN.

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A fact rendered pathetically historical by Mr. Horne's report of his Commission. The name of the poet of "Orion" and "Cosmo de' Medici" has, however, a change of associations, and comes in time to remind me that we have some noble poetic heat of literature still,—however open to the reproach of being somewhat gelid in our humanity—1844.

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