The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a legend about the abduction of many children from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Germany. Famous versions of the legend are given by the Brothers Grimm and, in English, by Robert Browning. Pied refers to patches of two or more colors, typical dress for minstrels and entertainers in the middle ages.
Product Description Victorian Poetry gathers together some of the most influential poetry of the Victorian era, including works by Alfred (Lord) Tennyson, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Brontë, Arthur Hugh Clough, Matthew Arnold, Dante Gabriel and Christina Rossetti, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Thomas Hardy, A. E. Housman and William Butler Yeats.
![The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning [unabridged, with audio]](http://englishtips.org/uploads/posts/2009-04/1240653063_pied_piper.jpg "The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning [unabridged, with audio]")
