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May 7: BROWNING'S POEMS

A Bishop Bargains

A haughty aristocrat, who murdered his wife for enjoying life
more than he, now bargaining for a new bride; a crafty bishop
begging and bullying his heirs for a tomb richer than that of
his rival; these are subjects of Browning's pen.

Read from BROWNING'S POEMS .........   Vol. 42, pp. 1074-1078