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Marah
By Owen Meredith [i.e. E. R. B. Lytton]: 2nd ed.
Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton (1831-1891)
MARAH
PROLOGUE
I.
I
[Tears are Christian, kisses Pagan. Love is both, and each his prize.]
“THAT IS THE QUESTION”
HIC INCEPIT
CHI LO SA?
IF . . . . ?
TELEPATHY
HER PORTRAIT
DEFECTIVE TITLE
INVESTITURE
CORROBORATION
SUMMER NIGHT
AWAY!
ABSENCE
WAITING
DEATH
II.
II
[I gave her love: I gave her faith and truth]
EXPERIENTIA DOCET?
OMENS AND ORACLES
IDOLATRY
ANTAGONISMS
AMARI ALIQUID
ARS AMORIS
MARAH'S DOWER
RUBIES AND PEARLS
DREAMS
FIGURES OF SPEECH
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE
ONE ROSE
BY THE GATES OF HELL
WHEN ALL IS OVER
III.
III
[If thou art still a griefless girl or boy]
LIFE
SEMPER EADEM
FIRELIGHT
GHOSTS
NUNC STANS
PERVERSITY
HAUNTED
EPISODE
LIES
LOVE'S LABOUR LOST
HORACE AND LYDIA
FUGIENS IMAGO
STILL!
SELENE
TRAVELLING ACQUAINTANCES
IV.
IV
[I have search'd the universe, beneath, above]
SEAWARD
NOCTURN
OCEANUS
A LOST CHANCE
SATURNALIA
PERTURBATION
STORM
DIMINUENDO
MOONLAND
SELENITES
SOMNIUM BELLUINUM
EPILOGUE
APPENDIX
LORD LYTTON'S LAST POEM
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MARAH'S DOWER
Two
Muses Marah's dower supply,
And each a gift bestows:
For all her looks are Poetry,
And all her feelings Prose.
Marah
