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Poems and Sonnets

By George Barlow
Barlow, George

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POEMS AND SONNETS
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PART I.
  
DEDICATION.
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LOVE.
  
PSYCHE AND MERCURY, ONE OF RAPHAEL'S FRESCOES.
  
THE SONG OF THE BLIND POET.
  
BLOWN BUBBLES.
  
THE ECSTACY OF THE HAIR.
  
SPRING.
  
IN SPITE OF ME.
  
KING LOVE.
  
A KISS FOR EVER.
  
ANNE HATHAWAY.
  
REMINISCENCE.
  
A FLOWER.
  
SACRA NOX.
  
TO A YELLOW ROSE.
  
ONCE!
  
DON'T.
  
THE BAY-LEAF CROWN.
  
ISOLINA.
  
ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
  
MY OWN DART.
  
POETRY.
  
MISS THACKERAY'S “REINE.”
  
ABSTRACT TO CONCRETE.
  
LOVE'S ORDEAL.
  
BLUE WEATHER.
  
THE WORLD.
  
A MEETING.
  
THE GOVERNESS.
  
GLANCES.
  
DELL' INFERNO.
  
KATE AT THE WINDOW, “GRIFFITH GAUNT.”
  
WHAT THE SONNET NEEDS.
  
A VISION.
  
CROWNS.
  
THE POET'S CROWN.
  
DEATH'S LIPS AND PALMS.
  
LOVES.
  
THE POET.
  
WREATHS.
  
A VISION OF THE PAST.
  
THE PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE.
  
THE PROMISED LAND.
  
NORTH AND SOUTH.
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THE POET'S GRAVE.
  
THE POET'S GRAVE.
  
THE POET'S GRAVE.
  
A CONTEMPLATED VOYAGE.
  
SWEET!
  
THE SUPERNAL LOVELINESS.
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THE SPARROW AND THE THRUSH.
  
THE SPARROW AND THE THRUSH.
  
DANTE AND BEATRICE.
  
ROSES FOR HER.
  
PHASES.
  
MUSIC.
  
THE LEOPARD.
  
“AND KEEP OUR SOULS IN ONE ETERNAL PANT.”
  
THE PEARL NECKLACE.
  
THE LOVE-PHILTRE.
  
THE LAST SONNET.
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PART II.
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LATER SONNETS.
  
THE SONNET-THRONE.
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THE SERENADER.
  
THE SERENADER.
  
TRY AGAIN.
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BROWN AND RED.
  
BROWN AND RED.
  
BROWN AND GOLD.
  
NOT GONE?
  
THE SAME AS EVER.
  
HARMONIA AND THE HANDMAIDEN.
  
MY FIRST PROOF-SHEETS.
  
PYGMALION'S DOOM REVERSED.
  
THE LOVE-NOTES.
  
THE HANDMAIDEN WITH THE GREEN GREEN EYES.
  
WHAT SHALL I DO?
  
THOU COULDST NOT WATCH WITH ME.
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THE POET'S GARDEN.
  
THE ROSE.
  
THE LILY.
  
THE VIOLET.
  
THE PRIMROSE.
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THE POET'S AVIARY.
  
THE HAWK.
  
THE FIRST WOMAN.
  
WHAT CAN I GIVE YOU?
  
WELL?
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GRAINS OF SAND.
  
SWEET EYES.
  
FROM SUNSHINE.
  
YESTERDAY'S DEW.
  
TO-MORROW.
  
A LOVER'S APOLOGY FOR KISSING HIS MISTRESS' HANDWRITING.
  
A KISS.
  
WHAT A SMILE CAN DO.
  
A QUESTION.
  
THE HOT CLEAR WEATHER.
  
GONE IS THE BEAUTY.
  
THE ROSE.
  
VERILY THEY HAVE THEIR REWARD.
  
SURELY TO DIE IS GOOD!
  
SUNSET OVER THE MULGRAVE WOODS.
  
A LETTER.
  
HER BEDROOM.
  
THE MAN OF GENIUS.
  
CONTRASTS.
  
A DREAM.
  
A MELODY.
  
OVER!
  
BAGPIPES.
  
THE IMAGE OF EACH.
  
THE ENGLISH MAIDENS.
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SONGS.
  
BEAUTY WITH GREEN EYES.
  
THE WHOLE NIGHT LONG.
  
A DREAM OF ROSES.
  
WHEN WE ARE LEFT ALONE!
  
AS ROSES ARE TO JUNE.
  
WEEPING ALONE.
  
AUGUST—AN IDYLL.
  
A SERENADE.
  
THRICE!
  
SISTERS.
  
THE SONG OF THE LONELY SOUL.
  
IT'S ALL GONE AWAY.
  
MY LOVE.
  
ACROSS THE SEA.
  
THREE—ONLY THREE.
  
VICTOR HUGO INSIDE PARIS.
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AT NIGHT.
  
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ANSWER.
  
BREAKERS THREE.
  
TWO TOGETHER!
  
ALONE!
  
WHEN SUNS ARE BRIGHT.
  
AH, WELL-A-DAY!
  
GOOD-NIGHT!
  
MY LOVE.
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MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.
  
THE FIRST.
  
ONE TRESS.
  
MY LOVE.
  
YET HOW FAIR!
  
THE BRIGAND'S LETTER.
  
A LITANY
  
HYMN
  
RELIGIONISTS.
  
THE AGONY OF THE AGE.
  
A NINETEENTH-CENTURY “EPITHALAMION.”
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PANTHEISTIC EFFUSIONS.
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WHAT THE DEAD MAN SAW.
  
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II.
  
A COOL WET RIPPLE.
  
THE HOME OF LOVE.
  
THE POET'S BRIDE.
  
CHANGES.
  
NORTH AND SOUTH.
  
POWERLESS!

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A LOVER'S APOLOGY FOR KISSING HIS MISTRESS' HANDWRITING.

Your hand touched the pen and the pen touched the place,
And that's quite enough, love, for me,
If I can't kiss yourself why I needs must trace
In your writing an image of thee.
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