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The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne

In Six Volumes

Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909)

VOLUME I POEMS AND BALLADS

II.

III.

IN MEMORY OF WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR

A SONG IN TIME OF ORDER. 1852.

A SONG IN TIME OF REVOLUTION. 1860.

TO VICTOR HUGO

BEFORE DAWN

DOLORES

THE GARDEN OF PROSERPINE

THE MASQUE OF QUEEN BERSABE

II.

VOLUME II. SONGS BEFORE SUNRISE AND SONGS OF TWO NATIONS

DEDICATION TO JOSEPH MAZZINI

SONGS BEFORE SUNRISE

PRELUDE

THE EVE OF REVOLUTION

A WATCH IN THE NIGHT

SUPER FLUMINA BABYLONIS

THE HALT BEFORE ROME

MENTANA: FIRST ANNIVERSARY

BLESSED AMONG WOMEN

THE LITANY OF NATIONS

TO WALT WHITMAN IN AMERICA

THE SONG OF THE STANDARD

ON THE DOWNS

MESSIDOR

ODE ON THE INSURRECTION IN CANDIA

[I saw the double-featured statue stand]

A SONG OF ITALY

ODE ON THE PROCLAMATION OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

DIRÆ

I A DEAD KING

II.

II A YEAR AFTER

III.

III PETER'S PENCE FROM PERUGIA

IV.

IV PAPAL ALLOCUTION

THE BURDEN OF AUSTRIA

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIII THE SAVIOUR OF SOCIETY

XIV.

XIV MENTANA: SECOND ANNIVERSARY

XV.

XV MENTANA: THIRD ANNIVERSARY

XVI.

XVI THE DESCENT INTO HELL

XVII.

XVII APOLOGIA

III.

VOLUME III POEMS AND BALLADS AND SONGS OF THE SPRINGTIDES

THE COMPLAINT OF LISA

FOR THE FEAST OF GIORDANO BRUNO,

AVE ATQUE VALE

MEMORIAL VERSES ON THE DEATH OF THÉOPHILE GAUTIER

SONNET (WITH A COPY OF Mademoiselle de Maupin)

AGE AND SONG

IN MEMORY OF BARRY CORNWALL

A BALLAD OF DREAMLAND

CYRIL TOURNEUR

A BALLAD OF FRANÇOIS VILLON

PASTICHE

BEFORE SUNSET

SONG

A VISION OF SPRING IN WINTER

FOUR SONGS OF FOUR SEASONS

I WINTER IN NORTHUMBERLAND

II.

II SPRING IN TUSCANY

III.

III SUMMER IN AUVERGNE

IV.

IV AUTUMN IN CORNWALL

THE WHITE CZAR

RIZPAH

TO LOUIS KOSSUTH

TRANSLATIONS FROM THE FRENCH OF VILLON

THE COMPLAINT OF THE FAIR ARMOURESS

A DOUBLE BALLAD OF GOOD COUNSEL

FRAGMENT ON DEATH

BALLAD OF THE LORDS OF OLD TIME

BALLAD OF THE WOMEN OF PARIS

BALLAD WRITTEN FOR A BRIDEGROOM

BALLAD AGAINST THE ENEMIES OF FRANCE

THE DISPUTE OF THE HEART AND BODY OF FRANÇOIS VILLON

EPISTLE IN FORM OF A BALLAD TO HIS FRIENDS

THE EPITAPH IN FORM OF A BALLAD

II.

III.

III

IV.

VI.

VII.

ON THE DEATH OF SIR HENRY TAYLOR

IN MEMORY OF JOHN WILLIAM INCHBOLD

NEW YEAR'S DAY

TO SIR RICHARD F. BURTON

A REIVER'S NECK-VERSE

THE WITCH-MOTHER

THE BRIDE'S TRAGEDY

A JACOBITE'S FAREWELL

A JACOBITE'S EXILE

THE TYNESIDE WIDOW

DEDICATION

SONGS OF THE SPRINGTIDES

DEDICATION TO EDWARD JOHN TRELAWNY

THALASSIUS

ON THE CLIFFS

THE GARDEN OF CYMODOCE

[Between two seas the sea-bird's wing makes halt]

BIRTHDAY ODE

IV.

VOLUME IV TRISTRAM OF LYONESSE. THE TALE OF BALEN. ATALANTA IN CALYDON. ERECHTHEUS

TRISTRAM OF LYONESSE

[prologue]

TRISTRAM AND ISEULT

I THE SAILING OF THE SWALLOW

II.

II THE QUEEN'S PLEASANCE

III.

III TRISTRAM IN BRITTANY

IV.

IV THE MAIDEN MARRIAGE

V ISEULT AT TINTAGEL

VI.

VI JOYOUS GARD

VII.

VII THE WIFE'S VIGIL

VIII.

VIII THE LAST PILGRIMAGE

IX.

IX THE SAILING OF THE SWAN

THE TALE OF BALEN

ATALANTA IN CALYDON

ERECHTHEUS

VOLUME V STUDIES IN SONG. A CENTURY OF ROUNDELS. SONNETS ON ENGLISH DRAMATIC POETS. THE HEPTALOGIA ETC.

STUDIES IN SONG

SONG FOR THE CENTENARY OF WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR

GRAND CHORUS OF BIRDS FROM ARISTOPHANES

OFF SHORE

AFTER NINE YEARS

FOR A PORTRAIT OF FELICE ORSINI

EVENING ON THE BROADS

THE EMPEROR'S PROGRESS

THE RESURRECTION OF ALCILIA

THE FOURTEENTH OF JULY

THE LAUNCH OF THE LIVADIA

SIX YEARS OLD

A PARTING SONG

BY THE NORTH SEA

TO WALTER THEODORE WATTS

II.

III.

III

IV.

VI.

VII.

VII

A CENTURY OF ROUNDELS

DEDICATION TO CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI

THE DEATH OF RICHARD WAGNER

TWO PRELUDES

I LOHENGRIN

II.

II TRISTAN UND ISOLDE

THE LUTE AND THE LYRE

II.

II.

III.

ON AN OLD ROUNDEL Translated by D. G. Rossetti from the French of Villon.

A LANDSCAPE BY COURBET

A FLOWER-PIECE BY FANTIN

A NIGHT-PIECE BY MILLET

THE STATUE OF VICTOR HUGO

TO WILLIAM BELL SCOTT

A DEATH ON EASTER DAY

ON THE DEATHS OF THOMAS CARLYLE AND GEORGE ELIOT

AFTER LOOKING INTO CARLYLE'S REMINISCENCES

A LAST LOOK

DICKENS

ON LAMB'S SPECIMENS OF DRAMATIC POETS

TO JOHN NICHOL

DYSTHANATOS

EUONYMOS

ON THE RUSSIAN PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS

LINES ON THE DEATH OF EDWARD JOHN TRELAWNY

ADIEUX À MARIE STUART

HERSE

TWINS

THE SALT OF THE EARTH

SONNETS ON ENGLISH DRAMATIC POETS

I CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

II.

II WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

III.

III BEN JONSON

IV.

IV BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XV THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN

XVI.

XVI ANONYMOUS PLAYS:

XVII.

XVII ANONYMOUS PLAYS

XVIII.

XVIII ANONYMOUS PLAYS

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

THE HIGHER PANTHEISM IN A NUTSHELL

JOHN JONES'S WIFE

THE POET AND THE WOODLOUSE

THE PERSON OF THE HOUSE

[section]

IDYL CCCLXVI

LAST WORDS OF A SEVENTH-RATE POET

SONNET FOR A PICTURE

NEPHELIDIA

VI.

VOLUME VI A MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY. ASTROPHEL. A CHANNEL PASSAGE. AND OTHER POEMS

II.

III.

III ON A COUNTRY ROAD

IV.

IV THE MILL GARDEN

V A SEA-MARK

VI.

VI THE CLIFFSIDE PATH

VII.

VIII.

IX.

LINES ON THE MONUMENT OF GIUSEPPE MAZZINI.

A DOUBLE BALLAD OF AUGUST

HEARTSEASE COUNTRY

A BALLAD OF APPEAL

CRADLE SONGS

II.

III.

III

IV.

VI.

VII.

VII

PELAGIUS

LOUIS BLANC

II.

III.

III

VOS DEOS LAUDAMUS:

ON THE BICENTENARY OF CORNEILLE

IN SEPULCRETIS

LOVE AND SCORN

ON THE DEATH OF RICHARD DOYLE

IN MEMORY OF HENRY A. BRIGHT

A SOLITUDE

VICTOR HUGO: L'ARCHIPEL DE LA MANCHE

THE TWILIGHT OF THE LORDS

CLEAR THE WAY!

A WORD FOR THE COUNTRY

A WORD FOR THE NATION

A WORD FROM THE PSALMIST

INSCRIPTIONS FOR THE FOUR SIDES OF A PEDESTAL

ON THE DEATH OF RICHARD BURTON

ELEGY: 1869–1891

A SEQUENCE OF SONNETS ON THE DEATH OF ROBERT BROWNING

II.

III.

III

IV.

VI.

VII.

THE BALLAD OF MELICERTES

II.

III.

IV.

IV LIBITINA VERTICORDIA

V THE ORDER OF RELEASE

VI.

ϝι πσψξηαγογος

VII.

VII THE LAST WORD

IN MEMORY OF AURELIO SAFFI

THE FESTIVAL OF BEATRICE

THE MONUMENT OF GIORDANO BRUNO

LIFE IN DEATH

EPICEDE

MEMORIAL VERSES ON THE DEATH OF WILLIAM BELL SCOTT

THE BALLAD OF DEAD MEN'S BAY

THE PROMISE OF THE HAWTHORN

HAWTHORN TIDE

II.

III.

III

THE PASSING OF THE HAWTHORN

TO A BABY KINSWOMAN

THE ALTAR OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

II.

III.

III

IV.

VI.

VII.

BARKING HALL: A YEAR AFTER

MUSIC:

THE CENTENARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE NILE

II.

III.

III

IV.

RUSSIA:

FOR GREECE AND CRETE

DELPHIC HYMN TO APOLLO

A NEW CENTURY

AN EVENING AT VICHY

TO GEORGE FREDERICK WATTS

ON THE DEATH OF MRS. LYNN LINTON

IN MEMORY OF AURELIO SAFFI

THE TURNING OF THE TIDE

ON THE DEATH OF COLONEL BENSON

ASTRÆA VICTRIX

THE FIRST OF JUNE

ROUNDEL From the French of Villon

A ROUNDEL OF RABELAIS

LUCIFER

THE CENTENARY OF ALEXANDRE DUMAS

PROLOGUE TO DOCTOR FAUSTUS

PROLOGUE TO ARDEN OF FEVERSHAM

PROLOGUE TO OLD FORTUNATUS

PROLOGUE TO THE DUCHESS OF MALFY

PROLOGUE TO THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY

PROLOGUE TO THE BROKEN HEART

PROLOGUE TO A VERY WOMAN

PROLOGUE TO THE SPANISH GIPSY

PROLOGUE TO THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN

THE AFTERGLOW OF SHAKESPEARE

DEDICATION

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The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne

In Six Volumes

Algernon Charles Swinburne

1837-1909

University of Virginia Library

The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne

In Six Volumes

Algernon Charles Swinburne

Chatto & Windus

London

1905