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The Poetical Works of John Payne

Definitive Edition in Two Volumes

Payne, John (1842-1916)

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I.

SINE ME, LIBER.....

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NARRATIVE POEMS.

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THE ROMAUNT OF SIR FLORIS.

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I.

I.THE FIRST COMING OF THE DOVE.

PRELUDE TO CANTO II OF SIR FLORIS.

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THE BUILDING OF THE DREAM.

I.

II.

III.

III.FALLING AWAY.

THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.

THE MASQUE OF SHADOWS.

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FLOWERS FROM SYRIAN GARDENS.

I.

I.The Apples of Paradise.

II.

II.The Scavenger of Baghdad.

III.

III.The Blacksmith who could handle fire without hurt.

IV.

IV.The Golden Cup.

V.

V.By the token of the Bean.

VI.

VI.The two Cakes of Bread.

VII.

VII.The Hermit's Heritage.

VIII.

VIII.The Mad Lover.

THE LAST OF HERCULES.

USQUE AD PORTAS.

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THE PACT OF THE TWIN GODS.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

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II.

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LONDON CITY POEMS.

I.

I.A CITY APOLOGUE.

II.

II.AN IDYLL OF THE PLAGUE.

III.

III.QUIA MULTUM AMAVIT. )

IV.

IV.A CHRISTMAS VIGIL.

V.

V.A DREAM OF FAITHS.

VI.

VII.

VII.A DREAM-LIFE.

VIII.

VIII.THE RED ROSE.

IX.

IX.CHRISTMAS BELLS.

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BALLADS AND ROMANCES.

I.

I.THE RIME OF REDEMPTION.

II.

II.THE BALLAD OF ISOBEL.

III.

III.INTO THE ENCHANTED LAND.

IV.

IV.SIR WINFRITH.

V.

V.THE KING'S SLEEP.

VI.

VI.MADONNA DEI SOGNI.

VII.

VII.THE HOUSE OF SORROW.

VIII.

VIII.IN ARMIDA'S GARDEN.

IX.

IX.THE WESTWARD SAILING.

X.

X.SIR ERWIN'S QUESTING.

XI.

XI.THE BALLAD OF SHAMEFUL DEATH.

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XII.

XII.THE BALLAD OF THE KING'S DAUGHTER.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

XIII.

XIII.THE ROSES OF SOLOMON.

XIV.

XIV.THE BALLAD OF MAY MARGARET.

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XV.

XV.THE MARSH-KING'S DAUGHTER.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

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THE GARDEN OF ADONIS.

FRANCOIS RABELAIS.

ON LECONTE DE LISLE'S PROSE TRANSLATION OF HOMER.

AFTER LONG YEARS.

FATAL ATTAINMENT.

JACOB AND THE ANGEL.

ON THE BORDERS OF THE NIGHT.

FEMME FELLAH DE LANDELLE.

PROJECTED SHADOWS.

LOVE'S EPITAPH.

SLEEPERS AND ONE THAT WATCHES.

ALTISIDORA.

LONELY THOUGHT.

WESTERING HOPE.

SILENTIA LUNÆ.

OUTSTRETCHED HANDS.

WITH A COPY OF THE DIVINA COMMEDIA.

SUNFLOWER SOUL.

WITH A COPY OF HENRY VAUGHAN'S SACRED POEMS.

THE LAST OF THE GODS.

ENGLAND'S HOPE.

SARVARTHASIDDHA-BUDDHA.

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FROM BOCCACCIO.

TO PETRARCH DEAD.

TO HIS OWN SOUL, EXHORTING IT TO REPENTANCE.

OF THREE DAMSELS IN A MEADOW.

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CHANT ROYAL OF THE GOD OF LOVE.

RONDEAU REDOUBLÉ.

BALLAD OF POETS.

BALLAD OF PAST DELIGHT.

BALLAD OF LOVE'S DESPITE.

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SONGS OF LIFE AND DEATH.

A SONG BEFORE THE GATES OF DEATH.

HYMN TO THE NIGHT.

MADRIGAL TRISTE.

A SONG OF ROSES.

THE DEAD MASTER.

A BIRTHDAY SONG.

IN THE NIGHT-WATCHES.

A SONG OF DEAD LOVE.

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A BACCHIC OF SPRING.

I.

II.

A SOUL'S ANTIPHON.

A SONG OF WILLOW.

A FUNERAL SONG FOR THÉOPHILE GAUTIER.

ANOTHER BIRTHDAY SONG.

ASPECT AND PROSPECT.

PRELUDE TO HAFIZ.

THE DOPPER'S LAMENT.

BASSARID'S HORN.

LOVE SOLICITOUS.

TRINITAS TRINITATUM.

A GHAZEL OF SPRING.

SOLITUDINEM FACIUNT.....

A LAST LULLABY.

THE GRAVE OF MY SONGS.

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ALTISIDORA.

IN the mid-wood I strayed; and as I went,
I saw a lady sitting all alone
Upon a bank with primroses o'ergrown,
With tear-stained eyes and tresses all to-rent.
“Sweetheart,” said I, “is all thy joy forspent
And all the stir of Spring unfelt for thee,
That thou dost linger here so wearily,
Flouting the flowers with sorrow and lament?”
And she, “Is Spring then blossomed on the lands?
Methought the world wore winter with my soul
And these pale flowers, dim-set in weft green bands,
Blew but as wraiths of the bright host that stands
Within the summer-gardens winter stole,
To mock my sorrow with his flowerful hands.”