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Poems, Dialogues in Verse and Epigrams

By Walter Savage Landor: Edited with notes by Charles G. Crump
Landor, Walter Savage (1775-1864)

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FIRST VOLUME DRAMATIC SCENES.
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COUNT JULIAN.
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FIRST ACT
 1. 
FIRST SCENE.
 2. 
SECOND SCENE.
 3. 
THIRD SCENE.
 4. 
FOURTH SCENE.
 5. 
FIFTH SCENE.
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SECOND ACT
 1. 
FIRST SCENE.
 2. 
SECOND SCENE.
 3. 
THIRD SCENE.
 4. 
FOURTH SCENE.
 5. 
FIFTH SCENE.
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THIRD ACT
 1. 
FIRST SCENE.
 2. 
SECOND SCENE.
 3. 
THIRD SCENE.
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FOURTH ACT
 1. 
FIRST SCENE.
 2. 
SECOND SCENE.
 3. 
THIRD SCENE.
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FIFTH ACT
 1. 
FIRST SCENE.
 2. 
SECOND SCENE.
 3. 
THIRD SCENE.
 4. 
FOURTH SCENE.
 5. 
FIFTH SCENE.
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IPPOLITO DI ESTE.
 1. 
[FIRST PART.]
 2. 
SECOND PART.
  
THE SHADES OF AGAMEMNON AND IPHIGENEIA.
  
THE DEATH OF CLYTEMNESTRA.
  
THE MADNESS OF ORESTES.
  
THE PRAYER OF ORESTES.
  
THE PRIESTESS OF APOLLO.
  
WALTER TYRREL AND WILLIAM RUFUS.
  
THE PARENTS OF LUTHER.
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ANDREA OF HUNGARY, GIOVANNA OF NAPLES, AND FRA RUPERT: A TRILOGY.
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ANDREA OF HUNGARY.
  
PROLOGUE.
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ACT I.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
 IV. 
SCENE IV.
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ACT II.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
 IV. 
SCENE IV.
 V. 
SCENE V.
 VI. 
SCENE VI.
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ACT III.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
 IV. 
SCENE IV.
 V. 
SCENE V.
 VI. 
SCENE VI.
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ACT IV.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
 IV. 
SCENE IV.
 V. 
SCENE V.
 VI. 
SCENE VI.
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ACT V.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
 IV. 
SCENE IV.
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GIOVANNA OF NAPLES.
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ACT I.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE. II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
 IV. 
SCENE IV.
 V. 
SCENE V.
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ACT II.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
 IV. 
SCENE IV.
 V. 
SCENE V.
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ACT III.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
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ACT IV.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
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ACT V.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
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FRA RUPERT.
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ACT I.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
 IV. 
SCENE IV.
 V. 
SCENE V.
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ACT II.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
 IV. 
SCENE IV.
 V. 
SCENE V.
 VI. 
SCENE VI.
 VII. 
SCENE VII.
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ACT III
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
 IV. 
SCENE IV.
 V. 
SCENE V.
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ACT IV.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
 IV. 
SCENE IV.
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ACT V.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
 IV. 
SCENE IV.
 V. 
SCENE V.
 VI. 
SCENE VI.
 VII. 
SCENE VII.
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THE SIEGE OF ANCONA.
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ACT I.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
 IV. 
SCENE IV.
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ACT II.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
 IV. 
SCENE IV.
 V. 
SCENE V.
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ACT III.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
 V. 
SCENE V.
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ACT IV.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
  
[section]
 IV. 
SCENE IV.
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ACT V.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
 IV. 
SCENE IV.
 V. 
SCENE V.
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ANTONY AND OCTAVIUS.
 1. 
SCENE THE FIRST.
 2. 
SCENE THE SECOND.
 3. 
SCENE THE THIRD.
 4. 
SCENE THE FOURTH.
 5. 
SCENE THE FIFTH.
 6. 
SCENE THE SIXTH.
 7. 
SCENE THE SEVENTH.
 8. 
SCENE THE EIGHTH.
 9. 
SCENE THE NINTH.
 10. 
SCENE THE TENTH.
 11. 
SCENE THE ELEVENTH.
 12. 
SCENE THE TWELFTH.
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SECOND VOLUME POEMS AND EPIGRAMS.
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GEBIR.
 I. 
FIRST BOOK.
 2. 
SECOND BOOK.
 3. 
THIRD BOOK.
 4. 
FOURTH BOOK.
 5. 
FIFTH BOOK.
 6. 
SIXTH BOOK.
 7. 
SEVENTH BOOK.
  
FROM THE PHOCÆANS.
  
CHRYSAOR.
  
REGENERATION.
  
TO CORINTH.
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POEMS AND EPIGRAMS CHIEFLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF 1846.
  
[O friends! who have accompanied thus far]
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III. WITH PETRARCA'S SONNETS.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V. TWELFTH-NIGHT.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII.
 XVIII. 
XVIII.
 XIX. 
XIX.
 XX. 
XX.
 XXI. 
XXI.
 XXII. 
XXII.
 XXIII. 
XXIII.
 XXIV. 
XXIV.
 XXV. 
XXV.
 XXVI. 
XXVI.
 XXVII. 
XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII.
 XXIX. 
XXIX.
 XXX. 
XXX.
 XXXI. 
XXXI.
 XXXII. 
XXXII.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV.
 XXXV. 
XXXV.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX.
 XL. 
XL.
 XLI. 
XLI.
 XLII. 
XLII. IANTHE'S LETTER.
 XLIII. 
XLIII.
 XLIV. 
XLIV.
 XLV. 
XLV.
 XLVI. 
XLVI.
 XLVII. 
XLVII.
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII.
 XLIX. 
XLIX.
 L. 
L.
 LI. 
LI.
 LII. 
LII.
 LIII. 
LIII.
 LIV. 
LIV.
 LV. 
LV. TO LOVE.
 LVI. 
LVI.
 LVII. 
LVII.
 LVIII. 
LVIII.
 LIX. 
LIX.
 LX. 
LX.
 LXI. 
LXI.
 LXII. 
LXII.
 LXIII. 
LXIII.
 LXIV. 
LXIV.
 LXV. 
LXV.
 LXVI. 
LXVI.
 LXVII. 
LXVII.
 LXVIII. 
LXVIII.
 LXIX. 
LXIX.
 LXX. 
LXX. THE PROGRESS OF EVENING.
 LXXI. 
LXXI.
 LXXII. 
LXXII.
 LXXIII. 
LXXIII.
 LXXIV. 
LXXIV. WRITTEN IN WALES.
 LXXV. 
LXXV.
 LXXVI. 
LXXVI.
 LXXVII. 
LXXVII.
 LXXVIII. 
LXXVIII. FOR AN URN IN THORESBY PARK.
 LXXIX. 
LXXIX. ON READING IN A NEWSPAPER THE DEATH OF A MOTHER AND THREE CHILDREN.
 LXXX. 
LXXX.
 LXXXI. 
LXXXI.
 LXXXII. 
LXXXII. ON A POET IN A WELSH CHURCHYARD.
 LXXXIII. 
LXXXIII.
 LXXXIV. 
LXXXIV.
 LXXXV. 
LXXXV.
 LXXXVI. 
LXXXVI.
 LXXXVII. 
LXXXVII.
 LXXXVIII. 
LXXXVIII.
 LXXXIX. 
LXXXIX.
 XC. 
XC.
 XCI. 
XCI.
 XCII. 
XCII.
 XCIII. 
XCIII.
 XCIV. 
XCIV.
 XCV. 
XCV.
 XCVI. 
XCVI.
 XCVII. 
XCVII.
 XCVIII. 
XCVIII.
 XCIX. 
XCIX.
 C. 
C.
 CI. 
CI.
 CII. 
CII.
 CIII. 
CIII.
 CIV. 
CIV.
 CV. 
CV.
 CVI. 
CVI. ON RECEIVING A BOOK TO WRITE IN.
 CVII. 
CVII. A SEA-SHELL SPEAKS.
 CVIII. 
CVIII.
 CIX. 
CIX.
 CX. 
CX. ON RECEIVING A PORTRAIT.
 CXI. 
CXI.
 CXII. 
CXII. SENT TO A LADY WITH FLOWERS.
 CXIII. 
CXIII.
 CXIV. 
CXIV. ON HAIR FALLING OFF AFTER AN ILLNESS.
 CXV. 
CXV.
 CXVI. 
CXVI. FAREWELL TO ITALY.
 CXVII. 
CXVII.
 CXVIII. 
CXVIII. TO ONE WHO SAID SHE SHOULD LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
 CXIX. 
CXIX. ON AN ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.
 CXX. 
CXX. ON SHAKESPEARE.
 CXXI. 
CXXI.
 CXXII. 
CXXII.
 CXXIII. 
CXXIII.
 CXXIV. 
CXXIV.
 CXXV. 
CXXV. TO LADY CALDWELL.
 CXXVI. 
CXXVI.
 CXXVII. 
CXXVII.
 CXXVIII. 
CXXVIII. CHRISTMAS HOLLY.
 CXXIX. 
CXXIX.
 CXXX. 
CXXX.
 CXXXI. 
CXXXI. FOR THE ALBUM OF THE DUCHESS DE GUICHE.
 CXXXII. 
CXXXII.
 CXXXIII. 
CXXXIII. LINES TO A DRAGON-FLY.
 CXXXIV. 
CXXXIV.
 CXXXV. 
CXXXV.
 CXXXVI. 
CXXXVI.
 CXXXVII. 
CXXXVII.
 CXXXVIII. 
CXXXVIII. TO A SPANIEL.
 CXXXIX. 
CXXXIX.
 CXL. 
CXL. ON SEEING A HAIR OF LUCRETIA BORGIA.
 CXLI. 
CXLI. ON MIGNIONETTE.
 CXLII. 
CXLII.
 CXLIII. 
CXLIII. WRITTEN ON THE RHINE.
 CXLIV. 
CXLIV. MALVOLIO.
 CXLV. 
CXLV. WITH AN ALBUM.
 CXLVI. 
CXLVI.
 CXLVII. 
CXLVII. WRITTEN AT MR RAWSON'S, WAS-WATER LAKE.
 CXLVIII. 
CXLVIII.
 CXLIX. 
CXLIX.
 CL. 
CL.
 CLI. 
CLI.
 CLII. 
CLII.
 CLIII. 
CLIII. ON THE DECEASE OF MRS ROSENHAGEN.
 CLIV. 
CLIV.
 CLV. 
CLV.
 CLVI. 
CLVI.
 CLVII. 
CLVII.
 CLVIII. 
CLVIII.
 CLIX. 
CLIX. THE DEAD MARTEN.
 CLX. 
CLX.
 CLXI. 
CLXI.
 CLXII. 
CLXII.
 CLXIII. 
CLXIII.
 CLXIV. 
CLXIV.
 CLXV. 
CLXV. ON RECEIVING A MONTHLY ROSE.
 CLXVI. 
CLXVI.
 CLXVII. 
CLXVII.
 CLXVIII. 
CLXVIII. TO A LADY ON COMING OF AGE.
 CLXIX. 
CLXIX.
 CLXX. 
CLXX.
 CLXXI. 
CLXXI.
 CLXXII. 
CLXXII. ON A QUAKER'S TANKARD.
 CLXXIII. 
CLXXIII. INVOCATION TO THE MUSE.
 CLXXIV. 
CLXXIV. EPITHALAMIUM.
 CLXXV. 
CLXXV.
 CLXXVI. 
CLXXVI.
 CLXXVII. 
CLXXVII. OLD STYLE.
 CLXXVIII. 
CLXXVIII. SUGGESTED BY HORACE.
 CLXXIX. 
CLXXIX.
 CLXXX. 
CLXXX.
 CLXXXI. 
CLXXXI. COTTAGE LEFT FOR LONDON.
 CLXXXII. 
CLXXXII.
 CLXXXIII. 
CLXXXIII.
 CLXXXIV. 
CLXXXIV.
 CLXXXV. 
CLXXXV. FLOWERS SENT IN BAY-LEAVES.
 CLXXXVI. 
CLXXXVI.
 CLXXXVII. 
CLXXXVII.
 CLXXXVIII. 
CLXXXVIII.
 CLXXXIX. 
CLXXXIX.
 CXC. 
CXC.
 CXCI. 
CXCI.
 CXCII. 
CXCII.
 CXCIII. 
CXCIII.
 CXCIV. 
CXCIV.
 CXCV. 
CXCV. A MASK ON A RING.
 CXCVI. 
CXCVI.
 CXCVII. 
CXCVII.
 CXCVIII. 
CXCVIII.
 CXCIX. 
CXCIX. TO JULIUS HARE, WITH “PERICLES AND ASPASIA.”
 CC. 
CC. TO SOUTHEY.
 CCI. 
CCI. LINES ON THE DEATH OF CHARLES LAMB.
 CCII. 
CCII. TO ANDREW JACKSON.
 CCIII. 
CCIII. TO WORDSWORTH.
 CCIV. 
CCIV. TO THE COMTESSE DE MOLANDE, ABOUT TO MARRY THE DUC DE LUXEMBOURG.
 CCV. 
CCV. TO THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON.
 CCVI. 
CCVI.
 CCVII. 
CCVII. TO LADY CHARLES BEAUCLERK.
 CCVIII. 
CCVIII. TO MY DAUGHTER.
 CCIX. 
CCIX. TO ANDREW CROSSE.
 CCX. 
CCX. TO A LADY.
 CCXI. 
CCXI. TO CZARTORYSKI, ATTENDING ON FOOT THE FUNERAL OF THE POET MENINCIVICZ.
 CCXII. 
CCXII. TO MY DAUGHTER IN ITALY, AT CHRISTMAS.
 CCXIII. 
CCXIII. TO MISS ISABELLA PERCY.
 CCXIV. 
CCXIV. TO CHARLES DICKENS.
 CCXV. 
CCXV. TO SOUTHEY, 1833.
 CCXVI. 
CCXVI. TO BARRY CORNWALL.
 CCXVII. 
CCXVII. TO MAJOR-GENERAL W. NAPIER.
 CCXVIII. 
CCXVIII. TO MATHEW AND WOLFF.
 CCXIX. 
CCXIX. TO JOHN KENYON.
 CCXX. 
CCXX. TO ROBERT BROWNING.
 CCXXI. 
CCXXI. TO THE SISTER OF ELIA.
 CCXXII. 
CCXXII. TO JOSEPH ABLETT.
 CCXXIII. 
CCXXIII. TO EMMA ISOLA.
 CCXXIV. 
CCXXIV. TO A PAINTER.
 CCXXV. 
CCXXV. FOR AN EPITAPH AT FIESOLE.
 CCXXVI. 
CCXXVI. TO A BRIDE, FEB. 17, 1846.
 CCXXVII. 
CCXXVII. TO JOHN FORSTER.
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POEMS FROM PERICLES AND ASPASIA AND OTHER PROSE WORKS.
  
PERICLES TO ASPASIA.
  
SOCRATES TO ASPASIA.
  
ASPASIA TO SOCRATES.
  
CORINNA TO TANAGRA.
  
FROM MIMNERMUS.
  
HEGEMON TO PRAXINOE.
  
FROM MYRTIS.
  
TO EROS.
  
THE DEATH OF ARTEMIDORA.
  
ALETHEIA TO PHRAORTES.
  
TO ARDALIA.
  
WAR.
  
CUPID TEARING A ROSE-BUD.
  
A FAUN TO ERIOPIS.
  
CLEONE TO ASPASIA.
  
THE IAMBICS OF HEPHÆSTION.
  
TO PERILLA.
  
FROM ALCAEUS.
  
ON AGE.
  
ODE TO MILETUS.
  
ERINNA TO LOVE.
  
SAPPHO TO HESPERUS.
  
TO HESPERUS.
  
TO PYRRHA.
  
TO MY CHILD CARLINO.
  
INVOCATION TO SLEEP.
  
POET AND LADY.
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FROM THE LAST FRUIT OFF AN OLD TREE.
  
[I strove with none; for none was worth my strife]
 I. 
I. ON CATULLUS.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII. YOUNG.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI. TO AN OLD MULBERRY TREE.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII. THE DUKE OF YORK'S STATUE.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. THE DEATH OF MADAME ROLAND.
 XIX. 
XIX.
 XX. 
XX. ROSE AYLMER'S HAIR, GIVEN BY HER SISTER.
 XXI. 
XXI. THE ONE GRAVE.
 XXII. 
XXII.
 XXIII. 
XXIII.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. ON SOUTHEY'S BIRTHDAY, NOV. 4.
 XXV. 
XXV.
 XXVI. 
XXVI.
 XXVII. 
XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. TO A CHILD.
 XXIX. 
XXIX.
 XXX. 
XXX.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. NIL ADMIRARI, ETC.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. JUNE '51.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. TO THE COUNTESS DE MOLANDÈ.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. YOUTH.
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VARIOUS.
 XXXV. 
XXXV.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. LOSS OF MEMORY.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. TO THE NIGHTINGALE.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. ROLAND.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. CORDAY.
 XL. 
XL. JANE OF ARC.
 XLI. 
XLI. ON THE STATUE OF EBENEZER ELLIOTT BY NEVILLE BURNARD, ORDERED BY THE WORKING MEN OF SHEFFIELD.
 XLII. 
XLII. ODE TO SICILY.
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XLIII. GONFALIONIERI.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 XLIV. 
XLIV. TO FRANCIS HARE, BURIED AT PALERMO, ON THE INSURRECTION OF SICILY AND NAPLES.
 XLV. 
XLV. TO SAINT CHARLES BORROMEO, ON THE MASSACRE AT MILAN.
 XLVI. 
XLVI.
 XLVII. 
XLVII. DANTE.
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII.
 XLIX. 
XLIX.
 L. 
L. ON THE SLAUGHTER OF THE BROTHERS BANDIERI, BETRAYED TO THE KING OF NAPLES.
 LI. 
LI. TO YOUTH.
 LII. 
LII. TO AGE.
 LIII. 
LIII. TYRANNICIDE.
 LIV. 
LIV. ON THE APPROACH OF A SISTER'S DEATH.
 LV. 
LV. ON SWIFT JOINING AVON NEAR RUGBY.
 LVI. 
LVI.
 LVII. 
LVII. SHAKESPEARE AND MILTON.
 LVIII. 
LVIII. TO MIDSUMMER DAY.
 LIX. 
LIX. TO SHELLEY.
 LX. 
LX. WRITTEN AT HURSTMONCEAUX.
 LXI. 
LXI.
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EPISTLES.
 LXII. 
LXII. TO THE AUTHOR OF “FESTUS.”
 LXIII. 
LXIII. TO A FRIEND'S REMONSTRANCE.
 LXIV. 
LXIV. TO THE REVEREND CUTHBERT SOUTHEY.
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FROM DRY STICKS.
 I. 
I. ON LAW.
 II. 
II. MACAULAY'S PEERAGE.
 III. 
III. PLAYS.
 IV. 
IV. TO A CYCLAMEN.
 V. 
V. TO THE CYCLAMEN.
 VI. 
VI. HEART'S-EASE.
 VII. 
VII. HOW TO READ ME.
 VIII. 
VIII. APOLOGY FOR GEBIR.
 IX. 
IX. DEATH OF THE DAY.
 X. 
X. ON SOUTHEY'S DEATH.
 XI. 
XI. GORE-HOUSE LEFT FOR PARIS.
 XII. 
XII. THE THREE ROSES.
 XIII. 
XIII. THE LAST GIFT.
 XIV. 
XIV. LA PENSIEROSA.
 XV. 
XV. THE FIG-TREES OF GHERARDESCA.
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HEROIC IDYLS, WITH ADDITIONAL POEMS.
 I. 
I. A FRIEND TO THEOCRITOS IN EGYPT.
 II. 
II. PAN.
 III. 
III. MEMORY.
 IV. 
IV. TO THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI. ABERTAWY.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX. A FOREIGN RULER.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII. TO SIR RODERICK MURCHISON.
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FROM THE HELLENICS.
  
[Come back, ye wandering Muses, come back home]
  
THRASYMEDES AND EUNÖE.
  
ICARIOS AND ERIGONÈ.
  
THE CHILDREN OF VENUS.
  
THE HAMADRYAD.
  
ACON AND RHODOPE; OR, INCONSTANCY.
  
CATILLUS AND SALIA.
  
ENALLOS AND CYMODAMEIA.
  
PAN AND PITYS.
  
LEONTION, ON TERNISSA'S DEATH (EPICUROS ALSO DEPARTED).
  
CORYTHOS.
  
CORYTHOS.
  
PELEUS AND THETIS.
  
THE ESPOUSALS OF POLYXENA.
  
DEATH OF PARIS AND ŒNONE.
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HOMER, LAERTES, AGATHA.
 1. 
FIRST DAY.
 2. 
SECOND DAY.
 3. 
THIRD DAY.

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SCENE II.

APARTMENT IN THE CASTLE OF MURO. Maximin and Agatha.
Maximin.
How fares thy lady?

Agatha.
As one fares who never
Must see the peopled earth, nor hear its voice
Nor know its sympathy; so fares Giovanna;
But, pure in spirit, rises o'er the racks
Whereof our world is only one vast chamber.

Maximin.
Dost thou enjoy the gardens, fields, and forests?

Agatha.
Perfectly.

Maximin.
Hast a palfrey?

Agatha.
Had I ever?
Reading and needlework employ the day.

Maximin.
Ah! our good mother little knew what pests
Those needles and those books are, to bright eyes;
Rivals should recommend them, mothers no.
We will ride out together.

Agatha.
On what horses?

Maximin.
One brought me. Are the queen's at grass?

Agatha.
We have none.

Maximin.
Thou art hale, Agatha, but how enjoy
Perfectly, as thou sayest, these domains?

Agatha.
By looking out at window with the queen.

Maximin.
All the day thro'?

Agatha.
I read to her: and then,
If she suspects it tires me, she takes up
The volume, and pretends great interest
Just there, and reads it out.

Maximin.
True history?

Agatha.
History she throws by.

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Maximin.
Then sweet-heart songs,
Adventures?

Agatha.
Some she reads, and over some
Tosses her work, rises, and shuts the cover.

Maximin.
I would not shut the song-book. There are others
That show within them gold-and-purple saints,
Heads under arm, eyes upon platter, laughing
At her who carries them and lately wore them.

Agatha.
Such are not wanting.

Maximin.
Pleasant sights enough!
I would fain see them.

Agatha.
Quite impossible.

Maximin.
On feast-days?

Agatha.
All are in her bedroom-closet.

Maximin.
So! the best books then must be out of sight,
As all the best things are! What are her pictures?

Agatha.
Chiefly her own lost family, and those
She loved the most in it.

Maximin.
O for a glimpse!
Tell me at least who are they.

Agatha.
Good king Robert,
Whose face she often kisses.

Maximin.
None more worth it?

Agatha.
There are the two Marias: one elate
With merriment, her eyes orbs wing'd with flame;
Long deep and dark the other's, and within
Whose cooler fountains blissfully might bathe
A silenter and (haply) purer love.

Maximin.
I should be glad to look at them, but rather
At the kind queen herself.

Agatha.
That thou mayest do.

Maximin.
When?

Agatha.
Now; I think; for having heard who 'twas
That warned her of her danger when the duke
Rode in, she wisht to thank thee. Come with me:
I must first enter and announce your name.

Maximin.
I thought you said she knew it. Take your course.

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