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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
  
THE BLESSED DAMOZEL
  
DANTE AT VERONA
  
THE BRIDE'S PRELUDE
  
JENNY
  
A LAST CONFESSION
  
THE BURDEN OF NINEVEH
  
THE STAFF AND SCRIP
  
SISTER HELEN
  
LOVE'S NOCTURN
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THE HOUSE OF LIFE:
  
[A Sonnet is a moment's monument,—]
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Part I.—YOUTH AND CHANGE
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Part II.—CHANGE AND FATE
 LX. 
SONNET LX TRANSFIGURED LIFE
 LXI. 
SONNET LXI THE SONG-THROE
 LXII. 
SONNET LXII THE SOUL'S SPHERE
 LXIII. 
SONNET LXIII INCLUSIVENESS
 LXIV. 
SONNET LXIV ARDOUR AND MEMORY
 LXV. 
SONNET LXV KNOWN IN VAIN
 LXVI. 
SONNET LXVI THE HEART OF THE NIGHT
 LXVII. 
SONNET LXVII THE LANDMARK
 LXVIII. 
SONNET LXVIII A DARK DAY
 LXIX. 
SONNET LXIX AUTUMN IDLENESS
 LXX. 
SONNET LXX THE HILL SUMMIT
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SONNETS LXXI, LXXII, LXXIII THE CHOICE
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SONNETS LXXIV, LXXV, LXXVI OLD AND NEW ART
 LXXVII. 
SONNET LXXVII SOUL'S BEAUTY
 LXXVIII. 
SONNET LXXVIII BODY'S BEAUTY
 LXXIX. 
SONNET LXXIX THE MONOCHORD
 LXXX. 
SONNET LXXX FROM DAWN TO NOON
 LXXXI. 
SONNET LXXXI MEMORIAL THRESHOLDS
 LXXXII. 
SONNET LXXXII HOARDED JOY
 LXXXIII. 
SONNET LXXXIII BARREN SPRING
 LXXXIV. 
SONNET LXXXIV FAREWELL TO THE GLEN
 LXXXV. 
SONNET LXXXV VAIN VIRTUES
 LXXXVI. 
SONNET LXXXVI LOST DAYS
 LXXXVII. 
SONNET LXXXVII DEATH'S SONGSTERS
 LXXXVIII. 
SONNET LXXXVIII HERO'S LAMP.
 LXXXIX. 
SONNET LXXXIX THE TREES OF THE GARDEN
 XC. 
SONNET XC “RETRO ME, SATHANA!”
 XCI. 
SONNET XCI LOST ON BOTH SIDES
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SONNETS XCII, XCIII THE SUN'S SHAME
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 XCIV. 
SONNET XCIV MICHELANGELO'S KISS
 XCV. 
SONNET XCV THE VASE OF LIFE
 XCVI. 
SONNET XCVI LIFE THE BELOVED
 XCVII. 
SONNET XCVII A SUPERSCRIPTION
 XCVIII. 
SONNET XCVIII HE AND I
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SONNETS XCIX, C NEWBORN DEATH
 CI. 
SONNET CI THE ONE HOPE
  
EDEN BOWER
  
THE STREAM'S SECRET
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ROSE MARY
  
THE WHITE SHIP
  
THE KING'S TRAGEDY
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II.—MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
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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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XII
Sonnet

On the Detection of a false Friend

Love and the Lady Lagia, Guido and I,
Unto a certain lord are bounden all,
Who has released us—know ye from whose thrall?
Yet I'll not speak, but let the matter die:
Since now these three no more are held thereby,
Who in such homage at his feet did fall
That I myself was not more whimsical,
In him conceiving godship from on high.
Let Love be thanked the first, who first discern'd
The truth; and that wise lady afterward,
Who in fit time took back her heart again;
And Guido next, from worship wholly turn'd;
And I, as he. But if ye have not heard,
I shall not tell how much I loved him then.
 

I should think, from the mention of Lady Lagia, that this might refer again to Lapo Gianni, who seems (one knows not why) to have fallen into disgrace with his friends. The Guido mentioned is probably Guido Orlandi.

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