Sonnets and Canzonets

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Amos Bronson Alcott

TO A. BRONSON ALCOTT, UPON READING HIS OCTOGENARIAN POEMS.

AN ESSAY ON THE SONNET AND THE CANZONET.

SONNETS AND CANZONETS.

PROEM.

PART I.

PART II. SONNETS . "In sundry moods, 't was pastime to be bound

SONNETS

AND

CANZONETS.

BY

A. BRONSON ALCOTT.

“Love can sun the realms of light.”
            Schiller.

BOSTON:
ROBERTS BROTHERS.

1882.

Copyright, 1882,
By A. Bronson Alcott.

University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.

Transcriber Notes:

Obvious misspellings were corrected. Uncertain or antiquated spellings or ancient words were not corrected.

Errors in punctuation and inconsistent hyphenation were not corrected unless otherwise noted.

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CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION. Page
To A. Bronson Alcott, a Letter by F. B. Sanborn 5-10

An Essay on the Sonnet
11-35

Sonnets of Illustration
21-35
I. Love in Spring 21
II. The Maiden in April 22
III. The Estrangement 23
IV. Love in Time 24
V. To those of Noble Heart 24
VI. The Ocean a blessed God 27
VII. The Nightingale 28
VIII. The Fair Saint 29
IX. Love a Poor Palmer 30
X. Love against Love 31
XI. Death 32
XII. Ah, Sweet Content! 34
XIII. The Poet’s Immortality 34

PART FIRST.
  Proem 39
  Domestic Sonnets and Canzonets 41-8

PART SECOND.
  Sonnets of Character 94-145
  A Prophetic Ode 146-149
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