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Ailes d'Alouette
(Second Series): By F. W. Bourdillon
Bourdillon, Francis William (1852-1921)
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THE SECRET OF POESY
ANIMVLA VAGVLA
SOVND AND SILENCE
AN ENGLISH EDEN
THE WAVE
THE MATTERHORN
ENCHANTMENT
A POET TO A MVSICIAN
TO A PAINTER
BONA DEA
MY WORSHIP
A CLAY IMAGE
THE NATVRE-LOVER
THE PASSING OF WINTER
A SPRING PARABLE
A DEAD LEAF AND A DAFFODIL
INSCIA REGINA
EVENING SADNESS
A CHANCE WOVND
AVTVMN SINGERS
THE TREASON
OFFERINGS
VIBRATIONS
A DAY OF LOVE
A CHARM OF SLEEP
A YEAR AGO
NON IMMORTALIS AMOR
THE WANDERER
VARIVM ET MVTABILE
AN ETERNAL MOMENT
A DREAM-HAVEN
ANIMA CAPTIVA
A NOCTVRNE
PRIMITIÆ AMORIS
STELLA STELLARVM
A WASTED WORD
THE FIRST NIGHTINGALE
THE RETVRNING
THE WASTE GARDEN
FEAR
THE ANT IN THE HOVR-GLASS
SALVAGE
STILL WATERS
THE REFVSE
A STRAY BENEDICTION
VOICES
THE CALL
REFRESHMENT OF THE SOVL
AN AWAKENING
NEARING THE END
FAILVRE
THE BOOK OF PSALMS
JOHN RVSKIN
THE PEOPLE OF ROSSETTI'S PICTVRES
OMNIA PVRA
TIME
JANVARY
FEBRVARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JVNE
JVLY
AVGVST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
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Ailes d'Alouette
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FAILVRE
From
the light of Love behind me
Falls the shadow of my soul
On my pathway, to remind me
I have passed, not won, the goal.
For behind me is the glory,
And before me is the gloom,
The unknown end of the story,
Darkness, solitude, and doom.
Ailes d'Alouette