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The Poetical Works of John Payne

Definitive Edition in Two Volumes
Payne, John (1842-1916)

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VOL. I
  
[dedication]
  
SINE ME, LIBER.....
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NARRATIVE POEMS.
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THE ROMAUNT OF SIR FLORIS.
  
[prologue]
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I.THE FIRST COMING OF THE DOVE.
  
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POSTLUDE.
  
PRELUDE TO CANTO II OF SIR FLORIS.
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THE BUILDING OF THE DREAM.
  
[prologue]
 I. 
I.DESIRE.
 II. 
II.ATTAINMENT.
 III. 
III.FALLING AWAY.
  
SALVESTRA
  
THORGERDA.
  
THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.
  
LAUTREC.
  
THE MASQUE OF SHADOWS.
  
LIGHT O' LOVE.
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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.
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II.
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III.
 IV. 
IV.
  
ANCHISES.
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VOL. 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. )
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IV.A CHRISTMAS VIGIL.
 V. 
V.A DREAM OF FAITHS.
 VI. 
VI.A PORTRAIT.
 VII. 
VII.A DREAM-LIFE.
 VIII. 
VIII.THE RED ROSE.
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IX.CHRISTMAS BELLS.
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BALLADS AND ROMANCES.
 I. 
I.THE RIME OF REDEMPTION.
 II. 
II.THE BALLAD OF ISOBEL.
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III.INTO THE ENCHANTED LAND.
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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.THE BALLAD OF THE KING'S DAUGHTER.
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I.
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II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 XIII. 
XIII.THE ROSES OF SOLOMON.
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XIV.THE BALLAD OF MAY MARGARET.
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XV.THE MARSH-KING'S DAUGHTER.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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SONNETS.
  
INTROIT.
  
AD DANTEM.
  
TROPIC FLOWER.
  
HAUNTED LIFE.
  
HESPERIA.
  
WINTER ROSES.
  
DORIC MODE.
  
THE GARDEN OF ADONIS.
  
SOVRAN SORROW.
  
FRANCOIS RABELAIS.
  
EVOCATION.
  
ROCOCO.
  
LIFE UNLIVED.
  
BELPHOEBE.
  
ON LECONTE DE LISLE'S PROSE TRANSLATION OF HOMER.
  
AFTER LONG YEARS.
  
FATAL ATTAINMENT.
  
JACOB AND THE ANGEL.
  
SIBYL.
  
LONG DESIRE.
  
ON THE BORDERS OF THE NIGHT.
  
FEMME FELLAH DE LANDELLE.
  
PROJECTED SHADOWS.
  
AZALEAS.
  
BRIDE-NIGHT.
  
FLITTING HOPE.
  
LOVE'S EPITAPH.
  
INDIAN ISLE.
  
SIREN.
  
NIRWANA.
  
SLEEPERS AND ONE THAT WATCHES.
  
ALTISIDORA.
  
LONELY THOUGHT.
  
WESTERING HOPE.
  
SILENTIA LUNÆ.
  
IGNIS FATUUS.
  
BEATRICE.
  
MAY MEMORIES.
  
OUTSTRETCHED HANDS.
  
ANGEL DEATH.
  
BURIED CITIES.
  
EXIT.
  
WITH A COPY OF THE DIVINA COMMEDIA.
  
SUNFLOWER SOUL.
  
WITH A COPY OF HENRY VAUGHAN'S SACRED POEMS.
  
J. B. COROT.
  
ALOE-BLOSSOM.
  
DREAM-LIFE.
  
AD ZOÏLOS.
  
INDIAN SUMMER.
  
FADED LOVE.
  
SAD SUMMER.
  
THE LAST OF THE GODS.
  
ENGLAND'S HOPE.
  
SARVARTHASIDDHA-BUDDHA.
  
OMAR KHEYYAM.
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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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EXOTICA.
  
CHANT ROYAL OF THE GOD OF LOVE.
  
VIRELAY.
  
RONDEAU REDOUBLÉ.
  
DOUBLE BALLAD
  
BALLAD OF POETS.
  
VILLANELLE.
  
RONDEL.
  
BALLAD OF PAST DELIGHT.
  
RONDEAU.
  
BALLAD OF LOVE'S DESPITE.
  
RONDEAU.
  
VILLANELLE.
  
KYRIELLE.
  
PANTOUM.
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SONGS OF LIFE AND DEATH.
  
DEDICATION
  
A PRELUDE.
  
A SONG BEFORE THE GATES OF DEATH.
  
FALSE SPRING.
  
HYMN TO THE NIGHT.
  
MADRIGAL TRISTE.
  
A SONG OF ROSES.
  
A FAREWELL.
  
AUBADE.
  
COURANTE.
  
THE DEAD MASTER.
  
VOCATION SONG.
  
SUNDOWN.
  
SHADOW-SOUL.
  
A BIRTHDAY SONG.
  
IN THE NIGHT-WATCHES.
  
A SONG OF DEAD LOVE.
  
CADENCES.
  
AREOPAGITICA.
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A BACCHIC OF SPRING.
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I.
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II.
  
A SOUL'S ANTIPHON.
  
A SONG OF WILLOW.
  
SONGS' END.
  
TOURNESOL.
  
A FUNERAL SONG FOR THÉOPHILE GAUTIER.
  
ANOTHER BIRTHDAY SONG.
  
LOVE'S AMULET.
  
MADRIGAL GAI.
  
LOVE'S AUTUMN.
  
ASPECT AND PROSPECT.
  
MELISANDE.
  
IN MEMORIAM
  
SALUT D'AMOUR.
  
EPILOGUE
  
DUST TO DUST.
  
VERE NOVO.
  
PRELUDE TO HAFIZ.
  
THE DOPPER'S LAMENT.
  
REQUIEM
  
BASSARID'S HORN.
  
NOCTURN.
  
BARCAROLLE.
  
ARCADES AMBO.
  
IMPERIA
  
LITANY.
  
LOVE SOLICITOUS.
  
SUNSET-VOICES.
  
TRINITAS TRINITATUM.
  
DE PROFUNDIS.
  
A GHAZEL OF SPRING.
  
SOLITUDINEM FACIUNT.....
  
BIRD-PEEP.
  
A LAST LULLABY.
  
EVENSONG.
  
THE GRAVE OF MY SONGS.

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A voice came over the Western water:
(The deathflower blows in the Summer's prime!)
‘Dearly,’ it said, ‘hast thou won and bought her.
Her kisses are cold as are the dead
And the gold of her hair o'er thee is shed,
As wings of the birds that fly to the slaughter!
The lips thou shouldst kiss are living and red,
Thine eyes should feast on the joys of earth,
Thy hands pluck flowers in the golden prime.
Youth was not made for sorrow and dearth:
Get thee back, whilst there yet is time;
For Death is the name of the marsh-king's daughter!’
Weary of life, I answered and said,
‘O wind of the Western water!
My lips shall kiss but the lips of the dead.’
Sick of the day, I answered and said,
‘Kiss me, O marsh-king's daughter!’
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