Nodoubt，inlyingonthesand-dunesinthegoldenSeptemberglow，inlookinguponthetheresomewhatturbidcurrentoftheLoire，thepoetbroodedonthosedayswhenhesawitsinlandwaterswithherwhowaswithhimnolongersaveindreamsandmemories。
Herehewrotethatstirringpoem，“HerveRiel“，foundeduponthevalorousactionofaFrenchsailorwhofrustratedthenavalmightofEngland，andclaimednothingasarewardsavepermissiontohaveaholidayonlandtospendafewhourswithhiswife，“labelleAurore“。“HerveRiel“whichhasbeentranslatedintoFrench，andisoftenrecited，particularlyinthemaritimetowns，andisalwaysevocativeofenthusiasticapplauseisoneofBrowning’sfinestaction-lyrics，andisassuredofthesameimmortalityas“HowtheybroughttheGoodNewsfromGhenttoAix“，orthe“PiedPiper“himself。
In1872therewaspracticalproofofthepoet’sgrowingpopularity。
BaronTauchnitzissuedtwovolumesofexcellentlyselectedpoems，comprisingsomeofthebestof“MenandWomen“，“DramatisPersonae“，and“DramaticRomances“，besidesthelonger“Soul’sTragedy“，“Luria“，“InaBalcony“，and“ChristmasEveandEasterDay“
themostChristianpoemofthecentury，accordingtooneeminentcleric，theheterodoxself-sophisticationofafree-thinker，accordingtoanother：