December 12th How the Glorious News was Carried to Aix Robert Browning (1812–1889), Selected Poetry. Vol. 42, pp. 1066-1068 of The Harvard Classics Three brave men began the heroic ride from Ghent to Aix. Only one man arrived to tell the thrilling story of the tempestuous ride. In one of his most bewitching poems, in lines that haunt the memory, Browning retells the story. (Robert Browning died Dec. 12, 1889.)
