Scanned and edited by Richard Adicks FROM THE POETIC WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING DRAMATIC ROMANCES Introduction and Notes: Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke, from the edition of Browning’s poems published by Thomas Y. Crowell and Company, New York, in 1898. Editing conventions: The digraphs have been silently rendered as “ae” or “oe.” indicates u-grave,
A Blot In The ‘Scutcheon by Robert BrowningA tragedy
This etext was prepared by Gary R. Young.A BLOT IN THE ‘SCUTCHEONby ROBERT BROWNINGINTRODUCTORY NOTEROBERT BROWNING stands, in respect to his origin and his career, in marked contrast to the two aristocratic poets beside whose dramas his “Blot in the ‘Scutcheon” is here printed. His father was a bank clerk and a dissenter at a