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The Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Edited with Preface and Notes by William M. Rossetti: Revised and Enlarged Edition

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)

I.

PRINCIPAL POEMS

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II.

II.—MISCELLANEOUS POEMS

MY SISTER'S SLEEP

FOR AN ANNUNCIATION

FOR OUR LADY OF THE ROCKS

AT THE SUN-RISE IN 1848

THE LADY'S LAMENT

MARY'S GIRLHOOD

THE CARD-DEALER

VOX ECCLESIÆ, VOX CHRISTI

ON REFUSAL OF AID BETWEEN NATIONS

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A TRIP TO PARIS AND BELGIUM

I.

I LONDON TO FOLKESTONE

II.

II BOULOGNE TO AMIENS AND PARIS

III.

III THE STAIRCASE OF NOTRE DAME, PARIS

IV.

IV PLACE DE LA BASTILLE, PARIS

V.

V ON A HANDFUL OF FRENCH MONEY

VI.

VI TO THE P. R. B.

VII.

VII IN THE TRAIN, AND AT VERSAILLES

VIII.

VIII LAST VISIT TO THE LOUVRE

IX.

IX LAST SONNETS AT PARIS

X.

X FROM PARIS TO BRUSSELS

XI.

XII.

XII ON THE ROAD TO WATERLOO: 17 October

XIII.

XIII A HALF-WAY PAUSE

XIV.

XIV ON THE FIELD OF WATERLOO

XV.

RETURNING TO BRUSSELS

XVI.

XVI ANTWERP TO GHENT

XVII.

XVII ANTWERP AND BRUGES

XVIII.

XVIII ON LEAVING BRUGES

XIX.

XIX ASHORE AT DOVER

FOR A VENETIAN PASTORAL BY GIORGIONE

FOR AN ALLEGORICAL DANCE OF WOMEN BY ANDREA MANTEGNA

FOR “RUGGIERO AND ANGELICA”

FOR A VIRGIN AND CHILD BY HANS MEMMELINCK

FOR A MARRIAGE OF ST. CATHERINE BY THE SAME

A YOUNG FIR-WOOD

ON THE VITA NUOVA OF DANTE

WELLINGTON'S FUNERAL

TO THOMAS WOOLNER

THE CHURCH-PORCHES

THE HONEYSUCKLE

WORDS ON THE WINDOW-PANE

ON THE SITE OF A MULBERRY-TREE;

A MATCH WITH THE MOON

BEAUTY AND THE BIRD

DAWN ON THE NIGHT-JOURNEY

AFTER THE FRENCH LIBERATION OF ITALY

A NEW-YEAR'S BURDEN

THE SONG OF THE BOWER

ON CERTAIN ELIZABETHAN REVIVALS

DANTIS TENEBRÆ

THE SEED OF DAVID

PLIGHTED PROMISE

THE PASSOVER IN THE HOLY FAMILY

VENUS VERTICORDIA

FOR “THE WINE OF CIRCE”

MICHAEL SCOTT'S WOOING

FIRST LOVE REMEMBERED

AN OLD SONG ENDED

AFTER THE GERMAN SUBJUGATION OF FRANCE, 1871

THE CLOUD CONFINES

PARTED PRESENCE

A DEATH-PARTING

ASTARTE SYRIACA

TO PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON, INCITING ME TO POETIC WORK

THE LAST THREE FROM TRAFALGAR

THOMAS CHATTERTON

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

FOR SPRING BY SANDRO BOTTICELLI

FOR THE HOLY FAMILY BY MICHELANGELO.

TIBER, NILE, AND THAMES

CZAR ALEXANDER THE SECOND

PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

RALEIGH'S CELL IN THE TOWER

III.

VERSICLES AND FRAGMENTS

JUVENILIA AND GROTESQUES

TRANSLATIONS from the GERMAN, ITALIAN, FRENCH, AND GREEK

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VII IN THE TRAIN, AND AT VERSAILLES

In a dull swiftness we are carried by
With bodies left at sway and shaking knees.
The wind has ceased, or is a feeble breeze
Warm in the sun. The leaves are not yet dry
From yesterday's dense rain. All, low and high,
A strong green country; but, among its trees,
Ruddy and thin with Autumn. After these
There is the city still before the sky.
Versailles is reached. Pass we the galleries
And seek the gardens. A great silence here,
Through the long planted alleys, to the long
Distance of water. More than tune or song,
Silence shall grow to awe within thine eyes,
Till thy thought swim with the blue turning sphere.