Meeting at Night
About this book
"...And a voice less loud, thro' its joys and fears,Than the two hearts beating each to each!" 'Meeting at Night' is a Victorian English love poem written by Robert Browning. It was originally published within 'Dramatic Romances and Lyrics' (1845), in which 'Night" and "Morning" were distinguished as two distinct sections. In 1849, he separated them into the two poems 'Meeting at Night' and 'Parting at Morning'. The narrator in this poem speaks of the urgency to meet his lover, which requires nocturne travel through the sea to reach the beach where his lover is waiting. Robert Browning (1812–1901) was a British poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. In 1847 he married Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a distinguished poet in her own right. Today, his most esteemed works include 'My Last Duchess and Other Poems' (1842), 'Robert Browning's Poetry' (1954) and 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin' (1842).