CONTENTS
PREFACE
THE WANDERER
THE FOUNTAIN ( An Introduction To the Sonnets )
IN THE GALLERIES I. THE APOLLO BELVEDERE
ON THE HEIGHTS
"LA REVELATION PAR LE DESERT"
THE MORNING STAR I Backward betwixt the gates of steepest
A CHILD'S NOONDAY SLEEP
IN THE GARDEN I. THE GARDEN Past the town's clamour is a garden
THE HEROINES
HELENA ( Tenth year of Troy-Siege )
ATALANTA
EUROPA
ANDROMEDA
EURYDICE
BY THE SEA I. THE ASSUMPTION Why would the open sky not be
AMONG THE ROCKS
TO A YEAR
A SONG OF THE NEW DAY
SWALLOWS
MEMORIALS OF TRAVEL I. COACHING
AN AUTUMN SONG
BURDENS
SONG (From " ' Tis Pity she's a Queen." A.D. 1610.) ACT IV. SCENE 2.
BY THE WINDOW
SUNSETS
OASIS
FOREIGN SPEECH
IN THE TWILIGHT
THE INNER LIFE I. A DISCIPLE Master , they argued fast
THE RESTING PLACE
NEW HYMNS FOR SOLITUDE I I come to Thee not asking aught; I
IN THE CATHEDRAL CLOSE
FIRST LOVE
THE SECRET OF THE UNIVERSE: AN ODE ( By a Western Spinning Dervish )
BEAU RIVAGE HOTEL SATURDAY EVENING
IN A JUNE NIGHT ( A Study in the manner of Robert Browning ) I
FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER I. BEAUTY The beauty of the world, the
SEA VOICES
ABOARD THE "SEA-SWALLOW"
SEA-SIGHING
IN THE MOUNTAINS
"THE TOP OF A HILL CALLED CLEAR " ( In sight of the Celestial City )
THE INITIATION
RENUNCIANTS
SPEAKERS TO GOD First Speaker Eastward I went and Westward,
POESIA ( To a Painter )
MUSICIANS
MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS
A DAY OF DEFECTION
SONG AND SILENCE
LOVE-TOKENS
A DREAM
MICHELANGELESQUE
LIFE'S GAIN
COMPENSATION
TO A CHILD DEAD AS SOON AS BORN
BROTHER DEATH
THE MAGE
WISE PASSIVENESS
THE SINGER'S PLEA
THE TRESPASSER
RITUALISM
PROMETHEUS UNBOUND
KING MOB
THE MODERN ELIJAH
DAVID AND MICHAL (2 Samuel vi. 16)
WINDLE-STRAWS
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS OF LATER DATES
AT THE OAR
THE DIVINING ROD
SALOME ( By Henri Regnault )
WATERSHED
THE GUEST
MORITURUS
ALONE
FAME
WHERE WERT THOU?
A WISH
THE GIFT
RECOVERY
IF IT MIGHT BE
WINTER NOONTIDE
THE POOL
THE DESIRE TO GIVE
A BEECH-TREE IN WINTER
JUDGMENT
DuRER'S "MELENCHOLIA"
MILLET'S "THE SOWER"
AT MULLION (CORNWALL) Sunday
THE WINNOWER TO THE WINDS ( From Joachim de Bellay )
EMERSON
SENT TO AN AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY
NOCTURNE
THE WHIRLIGIG
PARADISE LOST AND FOUND
AFTER METASTASIO
THE CORN-CRAKE I Here let the bliss of summer and her night Be
IN THE CATHEDRAL
EDGAR ALLAN POE ( Read at the Centenary Celebration, University of Virginia, 19th Jan. 1909 )
DEUS ABSCONDITUS
SUBLIMINAL
LOUISA SHORE ( Author of "Hannibal, a Drama" )
FLOWERS FROM THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
TO HESTER ( At the Piano )
UNUTTERED
IMITATED FROM J. SOULARY'S "LE FOSSOYEUR"
IMITATED FROM GOETHE'S "GANYMEDE"
WITH A COPY OF MY "POEMS"
PROLOGUE TO MAURICE GEROTHWOHL'S VERSION OF VIGNY'S "CHATTERTON" ( Mar-09 )
A SONG
THE DROPS OF NECTAR. 1789 Imitated from Goethe's "Die Nektartropfen"
AMOR AS LANDSCAPE-PAINTER Imitated from Goethe's "Amor als Landschaftsmaler"
THE WANDERER Imitated from Goethe's "Der Wanderer" Wanderer God
IMITATED FROM GOETHE'S "ALEXIS AND DORA"
POEMS —— EDWARD DOWDEN
BY EDWARD DOWDEN MCMXIV. J. M. DENT & SONS LTD. LONDON AND TORONTO
