A London Plane-Tree, and Other Verse

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Amy Levy

A London Plane-Tree. A London Plane-Tree. G REEN is the

Love, Dreams, and Death. New Love, New Life. I. S HE, who so

Moods and Thoughts. The Old House. I N through the porch and up

Odds and Ends. A Wall Flower. I lounge in the doorway and

THE CAMEO SERIES

A LONDON PLANE TREE

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
A MINOR POET, AND OTHER VERSE.
THE ROMANCE OF A SHOP (A Novel).
REUBEN SACHS (A Novel).

 

 

A London Plane-Tree


A London Plane-Tree

and other Verse
by
AMY LEVY


CAMEO
SERIES


T. FISHER UNWIN PATERNOSTER SQ.
LONDON, E.C. MDCCCLXXXIX   

IN SAME SERIES.
1. The Lady from the Sea. By Henrik Ibsen.
3. Wordsworth’s Grave, and Other Poems. By William Watson.
4. Sakuntalā; or, The Fatal Ring. By Kālidāsa. Translated by Sir William Jones. Introduction by Prof. Rhys Davids.

 

The proofs of this volume were corrected by the Author about a week before her death.

 

Mine is an urban Muse, and bound
 By some strange law to paven ground.
 AUSTIN DOBSON.

To Clementina Black.

More blest than was of old Diogenes,
 I have not held my lantern up in vain.
 Not mine, at least, this evil—to complain:
 “There is none honest among all of these.”
Our hopes go down that sailed before the breeze;
 Our creeds upon the rock are rent in twain;
 Something it is, if at the last remain
 One floating spar cast up by hungry seas.
The secret of our being, who can tell?
 To praise the gods and Fate is not my part;
 Evil I see, and pain; within my heart
 There is no voice that whispers: “All is well.”
Yet fair are days in summer; and more fair
 The growths of human goodness here and there.

Contents.

A London Plane-Tree.
  PAGE
A London Plane-Tree 17
London in July 18
A March Day in London 19
Ballade of an Omnibus 21
Ballade of a Special Edition 23
Ballade of a Special Edition 23
Straw in the Street —Roundels    25-27
Between the Showers
Out of Town
The Piano-Organ 28
London Poets 29
The Village Garden 30
 
Love, Dreams, and Death.
New Love, New Life 35
Impotens 36
Youth and Love 37
The Dream 38
On the Threshold 39
The Birch-Tree at Loschwitz 40
Borderland 42
At Dawn 43
Last Words 44
June 46
A Reminiscence 47
The Sequel to “A Reminiscence” 48
In the Mile End Road 50
Contradictions 51
Twilight 52
In September 53
 
Moods and Thoughts.
The Old House 57
Lohengrin 58
Alma Mater 59
In the Black Forest 61
Captivity 62
The Two Terrors 64
The Promise of Sleep 65
The Last Judgment 66
Felo de Se 68
The Lost Friend 71
Cambridge in the Long 72
To Vernon Lee 74
The Old Poet 75
On the Wye in May 77
Oh, is it Love? 78
The End of the Day 80
 
Odds and Ends.
Songs From The New Phaon (unpublished)
1. A Wall-flower 85
2. The First Extra 86
3. At a Dinner Party 87
Philosophy 88
A Game of Lawn Tennis 90
To E. 91

Illustrations.

A London Plane-Tree: The Temple Church. By J. Bernard Partridge. Frontispiece.
Odds and Ends. By J. Bernard Partridge. Facing p. 83.

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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