Browning was born in a suburb of London in 1812 and wrote many of his early works in the city. One notable poem, “Porphyria”, was originally published in the January 1836 edition of The Monthly Repository. In 1842, he published an edited version of “Porphyria” under the title “Madhouse Cells” in Bells and Pomegranates. Both The Monthly Repository and Bells and Pomegranates were publications based in London. However, from 1846 to 1861, while living in Italy, Browning made no recorded edits to “Porphyria”. Interestingly, in 1863, just two years after moving back to London, Browning wrote a fair copy edition titled, “Porphyria’s Lover”, noting at the bottom of the page that the edition was written in London. The connection between these changes to “Porphyria” and the city of London suggests Browning may have found inspiration in London when composing and editing "Porphyria".