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Laurella and other poems

by John Todhunter

Todhunter, John (1839-1916)

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I.

THE DAUGHTER OF HIPPOCRATES.

THE LOST VIOLIN-THEME.

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II.

II.—MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

CÄCILCHEN AT THE PIANO.

HYMN FOR A MAY MORNING.

A SUMMER NIGHT.

A SKETCH FROM NATURE.

ROMAUNT OF THE MYRTLE.

THE WASTE OF NATURE.

THE CHRIST-CHILD.

ODE TO DYSPEPSIA.

THE SEXTON'S DAUGHTER.

HOW IT STRIKES THE CULTURE PHILOSOPHER.

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III.

III.—THE MYSTIC.

A VISION OF DEATH.

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A SONG OF EXPERIENCE.

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I.—VITA NUOVA.

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II.—DEATH IN LIFE.

A SONG OF REMORSE.

THE BOTTOMLESS PIT.

A SONG OF SUSTAINMENT.

THERE SHALL COME FALSE CHRISTS.

PARADISE FOUND.

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A SONG OF SECRETS.

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II.

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IV.

TO MENDELSSOHN.

THE FIRST SPRING DAY.

ROSAMUND'S BOWER.

IN THE HASLI-THAL.

PSYCHE PAIDOTROPHE.

A DAIGNTIE-CONSEATED SONNET.

NESSUN MAGGIOR' DOLORE!

LOVE'S LITURGY.

MERLIN IN THE TOILS.

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V.

V.—PRIMITIÆ.

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SCENES FROM THE MASQUE OF PSYCHE.

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A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM.

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A MOONLIGHT SONATA.

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II. ALLEGRETTO.

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V.

V. ANDANTE TRANQUILLO.

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VI. ANDANTE CON MOTO.

VII.

VII. ADAGIO MISTERIOSO.

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POESY; RHAPSODIA.

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VII.

Fled, they too fled, fond shapes of youth's delight,
Their glamour faded from the workday world!
What lamp of joy shall glorify the night
Wherein they sink? O yet, thy wings unfurled
For mightier flights, thy stern eyes comfort me,
Strength-bringing Poesy!