somethingoftherealCatullus，throughthemistsofremoteantiquity，iftherehadnotperishedthesinglepassionatecry
“Lesbiailla，IllaLesbia，quamCatullusunamPlusquamse，atquesuosamavitomnes!“
AtthebeginningofJuly1858，theBrowningsleftFlorenceforthesummerandautumn，andbyeasystagestravelledtoNormandy。
Heretheinvalidbenefitedconsiderablyatfirst：andhere，Imayadd，Browningwrotehis`LegendofPornic’，`GoldHair’。
Thispoemoftwenty-sevenfive-linestanzaswhichdiffersonlyfromthatinmorerecent“CollectedWorks“，and“Selections“，initslackofthethreestanzasnownumbered21，22，and23