The Angel in the House

CONTENTS

BOOK I.
			PAGE
		THE PROLOGUE.	13
CANTO
I.	THE CATHEDRAL CLOSE		17
	Preludes:
	1.	The Impossibility	17
	2.	Love’s Really	17
	3.	The Poet’s Confidence	18
	The Cathedral Close		19
II.	MARY AND MILDRED		24
	Preludes:
	1.	The Paragon	24
	2.	Love at Large	26
	3.	Love and Duty	27
	4.	A Distinction	28
	Mary and Mildred		28
III.	HONORIA		32
	Preludes:
	1.	The Lover	32
	2.	Love a Virtue	34
	3.	The Attainment	34
	Honoria		35
IV.	THE MORNING CALL		39
	Preludes:
	1.	The Rose of the World	39
	2.	The Tribute	41
	3.	Compensation	42
	The Morning Call		42
V.	THE VIOLETS		46
	Preludes:
	1.	The Comparison	46
	2.	Love in Tears	48
	3.	Prospective Faith	48
	4.	Venus Victrix	49
	The Violets		49
VI.	THE DEAN		53
	Preludes:
	1.	Perfect Love rare	53
	2.	Love Justified	54
	3.	Love Serviceable	55
	4.	A Riddle Solved	56
	The Dean		56
VII.	ÆTNA AND THE MOON		60
	Preludes:
	1.	Love’s Immortality	60
	2.	Heaven and Earth	61
	Ætna and the Moon		62
VIII.	SARUM PLAIN		66
	Preludes:
	1.	Life of Life	66
	2.	The Revelation	67
	3.	The Spirit’s Epochs	67
	4.	The Prototype	68
	5.	The Praise of Love	68
	Sarum Plain		69
IX.	SAHARA		74
	Preludes:
	1.	The Wife’s Tragedy	74
	2.	Common Graces	75
	3.	The Zest of Life	76
	4.	Fool and Wise	76
	Sahara		77
X.	CHURCH TO CHURCH		81
	Preludes:
	1.	The Joyful Wisdom	81
	2.	The Devices	84
	Going to Church		84
XI.	THE DANCE		89
	Preludes:
	1.	The Daughter of Eve	89
	2.	Aurea Dicta	91
	The Dance		93
XII.	THE ABDICATION		97
	Preludes:
	1.	The Chace	97
	2.	Denied	100
	3.	The Churl	101
	The Abdication		102
BOOK II.
	THE PROLOGUE		105
I.	ACCEPTED		109
	Preludes:
	1.	The Song of Songs	109
	2.	The Kites	110
	3.	Orpheus	111
	4.	Nearest the Dearest	111
	5.	Perspective	112
	Accepted		112
II.	THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE		116
	Preludes:
	1.	The Changed Allegiance	116
	2.	Beauty	120
	3.	Lais and Lucretia	120
	The Course of True Love		121
III.	THE COUNTRY BALL		126
	Preludes:
	1.	Love Ceremonious	126
	2.	The Rainbow	127
	3.	A Paradox	127
	The County Ball		128
IV.	LOVE IN IDLENESS		132
	Preludes:
	1.	Honour and Desert	132
	2.	Love and Honour	133
	3.	Valour Misdirected	134
	Love in Idleness		134
V.	THE QUEEN’S ROOM		139
	Preludes:
	1.	Rejected	139
	2.	Rachel	140
	3.	The Heart’s Prophecies	141
	The Queen’s Room		141
VI.	THE LOVE-LETTERS		145
	Preludes:
	1.	Love’s Perversity	145
	2.	The Power of Love	147
	The Love-Letters		148
VII.	THE REVULSION		152
	Preludes:
	1.	Joy and Use	152
	2.	‘She was Mine’	153
	The Revulsion		153
VIII.	THE KOH-I-NOOR		158
	Preludes:
	1.	In Love	158
	2.	Love Thinking	160
	3.	The Kiss	161
	The Koh-i-noor		161
IX.	THE FRIENDS		165
	Preludes:
	1.	The Nursling of Civility	165
	2.	The Foreign Land	166
	3.	Disappointment	166
	The Friends		167
X.	THE EPITAPH		170
	Preludes:
	1.	Frost in Harvest	170
	2.	Felicity	171
	3.	Marriage Indissoluble	172
	The Epitaph		172
XI.	THE WEDDING		176
	Preludes:
	1.	Platonic Love	176
	2.	A Demonstration	177
	3.	The Symbol	178
	4.	Constancy Rewarded	178
	The Wedding		179
XII.	HUSBAND AND WIFE		183
	Preludes:
	1.	The Married Lover	183
	2.	The Amaranth	184
	Husband and Wife		185
	The Epilogue		189

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