Second Series
By Algernon Charles Swinburne
swinburne's poetical works
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN POEMS and BALLADS (SECOND AND THIRD SERIES) AND SONGS OF THE SPRINGTIDES
CONTENTS
POEMS AND BALLADS SECOND SERIES INSCRIBED TO
RICHARD F. BURTON
THE LAST ORACLE (A.D. 361) Image 1: Greek Text Years have risen
IN THE BAY
A FORSAKEN GARDEN
RELICS
AT A MONTH'S END
SESTINA
THE YEAR OF THE ROSE
A WASTED VIGIL
THE COMPLAINT OF LISA ( Double Sestina ) Decameron, x. 7 There
FOR THE FEAST OF GIORDANO BRUNO, PHILOSOPHER AND MARTYR I Son
AVE ATQUE VALE IN MEMORY OF CHARLES BAUDELAIRE Nous devrions
MEMORIAL VERSES ON THE DEATH OF THEOPHILE GAUTIER Death, what
SONNET (WITH A COPY OF Mademoiselle de Maupin ) This is the
AGE AND SONG (TO BARRY CORNWALL) I In vain men tell us time can
IN MEMORY OF BARRY CORNWALL (October 4, 1874) I In the garden
EPICEDE (James Lorimer Graham died at Florence, April 30, 1876)
TO VICTOR HUGO
INFERIAE
A BIRTH?SONG (For Olivia Frances Madox Rossetti, born September
EX?VOTO
A BALLAD OF DREAMLAND
CYRIL TOURNEUR
A BALLAD OF FRANaeOIS VILLON PRINCE OF ALL BALLAD?MAKERS Bird
PASTICHE
BEFORE SUNSET
SONG
A VISION OF SPRING IN WINTER
CHORIAMBICS
AT PARTING
A SONG IN SEASON
TWO LEADERS
VICTOR HUGO IN 1877 "Dazzle mine eyes, or do I see three suns?"
CHILD'S SONG
TRIADS
I I The word of the sun to the sky, The word of the wind to the
II I The message of April to May That May sends on into June
III I The live wave's love for the shore, The shore's for the
FOUR SONGS OF FOUR SEASONS
I WINTER IN NORTHUMBERLAND I Outside the garden The wet skies
II SPRING IN TUSCANY Rose?red lilies that bloom on the banner;
III SUMMER IN AUVERGNE The sundawn fills the land Full as a
IV AUTUMN IN CORNWALL The year lies fallen and faded On cliffs
THE WHITE CZAR
RIZPAH
TO LOUIS KOSSUTH 1877 Light of our fathers' eyes, and in our
TRANSLATIONS FROM THE FRENCH OF VILLON
FROM VICTOR HUGO
NOCTURNE
THEOPHILE GAUTIER
ODE (LE TOMBEAU DE THEOPHILE GAUTIER) Quelle fleur, O Mort,
IN OBITUM THEOPHILI POETAE
AD CATULLUM
DEDICATION 1878 Some nine years gone, as we dwelt together In
