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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)

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PRINCIPAL POEMS
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II.—MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
  
MY SISTER'S SLEEP
  
FOR AN ANNUNCIATION
  
AVE
  
THE PORTRAIT
  
FOR OUR LADY OF THE ROCKS
  
AT THE SUN-RISE IN 1848
  
AUTUMN SONG
  
THE LADY'S LAMENT
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MARY'S GIRLHOOD
  
THE CARD-DEALER
  
VOX ECCLESIÆ, VOX CHRISTI
  
ON REFUSAL OF AID BETWEEN NATIONS
  
SHAKESPEAR
  
BLAKE
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A TRIP TO PARIS AND BELGIUM
  
FOR A VENETIAN PASTORAL BY GIORGIONE
  
FOR AN ALLEGORICAL DANCE OF WOMEN BY ANDREA MANTEGNA
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FOR “RUGGIERO AND ANGELICA”
  
FOR A VIRGIN AND CHILD BY HANS MEMMELINCK
  
FOR A MARRIAGE OF ST. CATHERINE BY THE SAME
  
THE SEA-LIMITS
  
WORLD'S WORTH
  
SONG AND MUSIC
  
SACRAMENT HYMN
  
DENNIS SHAND
  
THE MIRROR
  
A YOUNG FIR-WOOD
  
DURING MUSIC
  
ON THE VITA NUOVA OF DANTE
  
WELLINGTON'S FUNERAL
  
TO THOMAS WOOLNER
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THE CHURCH-PORCHES
  
PENUMBRA
  
THE HONEYSUCKLE
  
WORDS ON THE WINDOW-PANE
  
ON THE SITE OF A MULBERRY-TREE;
  
A MATCH WITH THE MOON
  
SUDDEN LIGHT
  
STRATTON WATER
  
BEAUTY AND THE BIRD
  
DAWN ON THE NIGHT-JOURNEY
  
THE WOODSPURGE
  
AFTER THE FRENCH LIBERATION OF ITALY
  
EVEN SO
  
A LITTLE WHILE
  
A NEW-YEAR'S BURDEN
  
THE SONG OF THE BOWER
  
ON CERTAIN ELIZABETHAN REVIVALS
  
DANTIS TENEBRÆ
  
THE SEED OF DAVID
  
ASPECTA MEDUSA
  
PLIGHTED PROMISE
  
THE PASSOVER IN THE HOLY FAMILY
  
VENUS VERTICORDIA
  
PANDORA
  
A SEA-SPELL
  
FOR “THE WINE OF CIRCE”
  
LOVE-LILY
  
ENGLISH MAY
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CASSANDRA
  
MARY MAGDALENE
  
MICHAEL SCOTT'S WOOING
  
TROY TOWN
  
FIRST LOVE REMEMBERED
  
AN OLD SONG ENDED
  
AFTER THE GERMAN SUBJUGATION OF FRANCE, 1871
  
DOWN STREAM
  
THE CLOUD CONFINES
  
SUNSET WINGS
  
SOOTHSAY
  
WINTER
  
SPRING
  
UNTIMELY LOST
  
PARTED PRESENCE
  
A DEATH-PARTING
  
THREE SHADOWS
  
ADIEU
  
ASTARTE SYRIACA
  
CHIMES
  
TO PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON, INCITING ME TO POETIC WORK
  
THE LAST THREE FROM TRAFALGAR
  
FIAMMETTA
  
MNEMOSYNE
  
JOHN KEATS
  
THOMAS CHATTERTON
  
WILLIAM BLAKE
  
THE DAY-DREAM
  
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
  
FOR SPRING BY SANDRO BOTTICELLI
  
FOR THE HOLY FAMILY BY MICHELANGELO.
  
TIBER, NILE, AND THAMES
  
“FOUND”
  
CZAR ALEXANDER THE SECOND
  
ALAS, SO LONG!
  
INSOMNIA
  
POSSESSION
  
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
  
RALEIGH'S CELL IN THE TOWER
  
SPHERAL CHANGE
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VERSICLES AND FRAGMENTS
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FOREIGN
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JUVENILIA AND GROTESQUES
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TRANSLATIONS
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TRANSLATIONS from the GERMAN, ITALIAN, FRENCH, AND GREEK

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THE SEED OF DAVID

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Christ sprang from David Shepherd, and even so
From David King, being born of high and low.
The Shepherd lays his crook, the King his crown,
Here at Christ's feet, and high and low bow down.
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