Lyric Poem · Happiness
Pippa's Song
by Robert Browning · 1841
Pippa
Passes
Robert
Browning
Barse & Hopkins
New York
Pippa passes;
I dedicate my best intentions, in this poem,
London: 1841.
Pippa.
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Quick facts
- Poem
- Pippa's Song
- Poet
- Robert Browning
- Published
- 1841
- Length
- 10 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Short Poems
- Themes
- Happiness, Spring, Short
Craft notes
How this poem works
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- Shape
- 10 lines · 7 stanzas of 1–2 lines
- Line length
- Mostly 2-syllable lines.
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Text, source & rights
A traceable edition
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- Author record
- Robert Browning1812–1889
- Source record
- WikisourcePippa's Song by robert-browning, Wikisource transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- 1841
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 0d27a66c3c978cb6…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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