[
  {
    "title": "Porphyria's Lover",
    "author": "Robert Browning",
    "lines": [
      "The rain set early in to-night,",
      "        The sullen wind was soon awake,",
      "It tore the elm-tops down for spite,",
      "        And did its worst to vex the lake:",
      "        I listened with heart fit to break.",
      "When glided in Porphyria; straight",
      "        She shut the cold out and the storm,",
      "And kneeled and made the cheerless grate",
      "        Blaze up, and all the cottage warm;",
      "        Which done, she rose, and from her form",
      "Withdrew the dripping cloak and shawl,",
      "        And laid her soiled gloves by, untied",
      "Her hat and let the damp hair fall,",
      "        And, last, she sat down by my side",
      "        And called me. When no voice replied,",
      "She put my arm about her waist,",
      "        And made her smooth white shoulder bare,",
      "And all her yellow hair displaced,",
      "        And, stooping, made my cheek lie there,",
      "        And spread, o'er all, her yellow hair,",
      "Murmuring how she loved me--she",
      "        Too weak, for all her heart's endeavour,",
      "To set its struggling passion free",
      "        From pride, and vainer ties dissever,",
      "        And give herself to me for ever.",
      "But passion sometimes would prevail,",
      "        Nor could to-night's gay feast restrain",
      "A sudden thought of one so pale",
      "        For love of her, and all in vain:",
      "        So, she was come through wind and rain.",
      "",
      "Be sure I looked up at her eyes",
      "        Happy and proud; at last I knew",
      "Porphyria worshipped me; surprise",
      "        Made my heart swell, and still it grew",
      "        While I debated what to do.",
      "That moment she was mine, mine, fair,",
      "        Perfectly pure and good: I found",
      "A thing to do, and all her hair",
      "        In one long yellow string I wound",
      "        Three times her little throat around,",
      "And strangled her.  No pain felt she;",
      "        I am quite sure she felt no pain.",
      "As a shut bud that holds a bee,",
      "        I warily oped her lids: again",
      "        Laughed the blue eyes without a stain.",
      "And I untightened next the tress",
      "        About her neck; her cheek once more",
      "Blushed bright beneath my burning kiss:",
      "        I propped her head up as before,",
      "        Only, this time my shoulder bore",
      "Her head, which droops upon it still:",
      "        The smiling rosy little head,",
      "So glad it has its utmost will,",
      "        That all it scorned at once is fled,",
      "And I, its love, am gained instead!",
      "Porphyria's love: she guessed not how",
      "        Her darling one wish would be heard.",
      "And thus we sit together now,",
      "        And all night long we have not stirred,",
      "        And yet God has not said a word!"
    ],
    "linecount": "60"
  }
]