@edgarblythe,
Funny comment on Wolves, Mark. Wow! That one by Lady Day is a sad one, Texas. Tell Robert Gentle that we have done several by that lady.
Another birthday guy. Don't know him, but here he is with Amy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91uq7f5g9Kg
and, for our izz with a y, a brief summary of Robert's poem:
The Ring and the Book is regarded as Browning's poetic masterwork. Based on a set of historical and legal documents that the poet discovered in a bookstall in the square of San Lorenzo in Florence in 1860, the poem presents a series of dramatic monologues offering various perspectives on a lurid murder trial that involved a child bride, a predatory older groom, a disguised priest, a triple murder, four hangings, and a beheading. Critics contend that Browning's adaptation of these legal briefs, letters, and pamphlets into a complex, compelling, and well-crafted poem illustrates the poet's wide-ranging knowledge on an impressive range of subjects and constitutes one of the finest achievements in English poetry.
