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The Collected Poems of Philip Bourke Marston

Marston, Philip Bourke (1850-1887)

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TO PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON.

TO PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON.

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1.

SONNET I. A GREETING.

II.

SONNET II. THE LAST BETROTHED.

III.

SONNET III. WEDDED GRIEF.

IV.

SONNET IV. UNUTTERED THOUGHTS.

V.

SONNET V. A LAKE.

VI.

SONNET VI. ANTICIPATION.

VII.

SONNET VII. TOO NEAR.

VIII.

SONNET VIII. THE LAST LOOK.

IX.

SONNET IX. A VAIN WISH.

X.

SONNET X. LOVE AND FORGETFULNESS.

XI.

SONNET XI. A SUMMER DREAM.

XII.

SONNET XII. KNOWN TOO WELL.

XIII.

SONNET XIII. EXPIATION.

XIV.

SONNET XIV. BITTER GIFTS.

XV.

SONNET XV. LOVE'S DESPERATION.

XVI.

SONNET XVI. A POEM.

XVII.

SONNET XVII. A MESSAGE TO THE SEA.

XVIII.

SONNET XVII. LOVE'S STRENGTH.

XIX.

SONNET XIX. LOVE'S WEAKNESS.

XX.

SONNET XX. A DAY'S SECRET.

XXI.

SONNET XXI. PERSISTENT MUSIC.

XXII.

SONNET XXII. SIX MONTHS AGO.

XXIII.

SONNET XXIII. LOVE'S CONQUEROR.

XXIV.

SONNET XXIV. THE WIND'S MESSAGE.

XXV.

SONNET XXV. BRIEF REST.

XXVI.

SONNET XXVI. AT DAWN.

XXVII.

SONNET XXVII. DIVINE PITY.

XXVIII.

SONNET XXVIII. TWILIGHT VIGIL.

XXIX.

SONNET XXIX. REMEMBERED WORDS.

XXX.

SONNET XXX. DE PROFUNDIS.

XXXI.

SONNET XXXI. LOVE'S YEARNINGS.

XXXII.

SONNET XXXII. VAIN LOVE.

XXXIII.

SONNET XXXIII. ASSOCIATIONS.

XXXIV.

SONNET XXXIV. BEFORE SEVERING.

XXXV.

SONNET XXXV. RETROSPECT.

XXXVI.

SONNET XXXVI. BODY AND SOUL.

XXXVII.

SONNET XXXVII. DISTANT LIGHT.

XXXVIII.

SONNET XXXVIII. WHY DO I LOVE?

XXXIX.

SONNET XXXIX. BEFORE MEETING.

XL.

SONNET XL. WASTED STRENGTH.

XLI.

SONNET XLI. LOVE'S SELFISHNESS.

XLII.

SONNET XLII. LOVE'S MAGNETISM.

XLIII.

SONNET XLIII. LOVE'S SHRINES.

XLIV.

SONNET XLIV. SEVERED FOREVER.

XLV.

SONNET XLV. LOVE PAST UTTERANCE.

XLVI.

SONNET XLVI. UNSOLVED.

XLVII.

SONNET XLVII. HOPELESS LOVE.

XLVIII.

SONNET XLVIII. SONNETS TO A VOICE.

XLIX.

SONNET XLIX. SONNETS TO A VOICE.

L.

SONNET L. SONNETS TO A VOICE.

LI.

SONNET LI. A VISION OF DAYS.

LII.

SONNET LII. PARTING WORDS.

LIII.

SONNET LIII. PRESENTIMENT.

LIV.

SONNET LIV. LOVE AND HOPE.

LV.

SONNET LV. LOVE'S MUSIC.

LVI.

SONNET LVI. SUMMER'S RETURN.

LVII.

SONNET LVII. FINIS.

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GARDEN SECRETS.

WHAT THE ROSE SAW.

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THE ROSE AND THE WIND.

THE GARDEN'S LOSS.

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A CHRISTMAS VIGIL.

SHAKE HANDS AND GO.

UPON THE SHORE.

IN PRAISE OF HER.

PAST AND FUTURE.

AFTER MANY DAYS.

A GARDEN REVERIE.

“MY LOVE IS DEAD.”

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MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS.

FIRST AND LAST KISS.

NOT LIVED IN VAIN.

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I.

II.

III.

IV.

LOVE'S ILLUSIONS.

SLEEPLAND GLORIFIED.

SLEEPLAND FORSAKEN.

LOVE'S WARFARE.

STRONGER THAN SLEEP.

SHAMELESS LOVE.

THE FIRST KISS.

TO M. C., ON HER VISIT TO LONDON IN WINTER.

CAPTURED THOUGHT.

SUPPLANTED LOVES.

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IN THE JUNE TWILIGHT.

IN THE NOVEMBER NIGHT.

FIRST KNOWLEDGE.

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LOVE AND RESURRECTION.

I.

II.

POSSIBLE MEETING.

SAD SONGS REMEMBERED.

A DAY OF PEACE.

MOVELESS MEMORIES.

COMFORT IN ABSENCE.

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I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

NOT THOU BUT I.

NOT DEATH, BUT LIFE.

DREAMLESS LIFE.

LIFE IN MEMORY.

LOVE'S JOURNEY UNENDED.

SPRING'S RETURN.

LOVE MET BY DEATH.

THE SOUL'S YEARNING.

HOW MY SONGS OF HER BEGAN.

THE ONE QUESTION.

REBUKED OF LOVE.

THE NEW RELIGION.

A FAIR THOUGHT.

DIVINE COUNSEL.

BITTER POSSESSION.

UNCONFESSED WORSHIP.

AN UNKNOWN TONGUE.

WEDDED MEMORIES.

DEATHWARD WAYS.

WAS IT FOR THIS?

A MESSAGE FROM LOVE.

LOVE'S PRE-VISION.

DIVINE POSSIBILITY.

GRIEF'S ASPECTS.

IMPOSSIBLE JOY.

RESTLESS SORROW.

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I.

II.

GRIEF AGAINST GRIEF.

COMPLETE SACRIFICE.

UNSEEN WORSHIP.

PROPHETIC MOMENTS.

LOVE'S BIRTH-HOUR.

TREASURED THOUGHTS.

HER MESSENGERS.

A TERRIBLE SUGGESTION.

ARRESTED SPRING.

LIFE AND DEATH.

WHAT PROFITS IT?

LETHARGIC SORROW.

BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM.

THE TWO TEMPTATIONS.

PAST AND PRESENT.

THE RIGHT TO LOVE.

QUANTUM MUTATUS!

LOVE AND DEATH.

LOVE'S SERVANTS.

LOVE'S SUFFICIENCY.

THE HIGHER SELF.

A MESSAGE FOR THE OLD YEAR.

LOVE AND SORROW.

CONCERNING THE NEXT BOOK, TO BE CALLED “THE PILGRIMAGE.”

SUMMER TWILIGHT.

THE UTTERED SOUL.

AND THOU SLEEPEST.

BEFORE SLEEPING.

HOPE AND MEMORY.

THE SEASON'S ASSOCIATIONS.

TO CICELY NARNEY MARSTON.

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A BALLAD OF BRAVE WOMEN.

THE OLD CHURCHYARD OF BONCHURCH.

BETWEEN JOY AND SORROW.

THE TWO BURDENS.

UNGATHERED LOVE.

IN MEMORY OF ARTHUR O'SHAUGHNESSY.

CAUGHT IN THE NETS.

THE BALLAD OF MONK JULIUS.

UNCOMPLETED LIVES.

FALSE REST AND TRUE REST.

A SONG'S MESSAGE.

THE SWEETEST DREAM.

AT HOPE'S GRAVE.

“LOVE HAS TURNED HIS FACE AWAY.”

“LOVE LIES A-DYING.”

AT LOVE'S GRAVE.

LOVE'S RESURRECTION SONG.

A SONG OF MEETING.

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NEW GARDEN SECRETS.

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BEFORE AND AFTER FLOWERING.

JUST BEFORE DAWN.

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THE ROSE'S DREAM.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

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THE FLOWER AND THE HAND.

I.

Just after Nightfall.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

GARDEN FAIRIES.

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SONNETS TO C. N. M.

THE NINTH WAVE.

EIGHT YEARS AGO.

FIVE YEARS AGO.

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AFTER READING IN INGRAM'S MONOGRAPH ON OLIVER MADOX BROWN THE CHAPTER ENTITLED “FRIENDSHIP.”

I.

II.

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MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS.

I, LEAST OF ALL.

LOVE AND MUSIC.

REMEMBERED HOURS.

THE HEAVEN OF HEAVENS.

LOVE'S LOST DAY.

OTHER TWILIGHTS.

LOVE'S INFINITY.

BESIDE THE DEAD.

SPRING SADNESS.

IN EARLY SPRING.

MAN AND SPRING.

YOUTH AND NATURE.

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MOMENTS OF VISION.

I.

II.

III.

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I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

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THREE SONNETS ON SORROW.

I.

II.

III.

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IN PRAISE OF SLEEP.

I.

II.

WORTH REMEMBRANCE.

ANTICIPATED DEATH.

PRISONED THOUGHTS.

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I.

II.

III.

WARFARE WITH THE GODS.

VAIN FREEDOM.

DREAM-MOONLIGHT.

LIFE'S UNCERTAINTY.

LOVE AND DESPAIR.

THE SOUL'S PREGNANCY.

ATHEIST TO PANTHEIST.

TO PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE.

WITHOUT PASSION.

JONATHAN SWIFT; HIS LAST ILLNESS.

TO ARTHUR O'SHAUGHNESSY.

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TO JAMES THOMSON, AUTHOR OF “THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT.”

I.

II.

IN MEMORY OF D. G. ROSSETTI.

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A LAST HARVEST.

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LOVE'S LOST PLEASURE-HOUSE.

MY LIFE PUTS FORTH TO SEA ALONE.

A CASTLE IN SPAIN.

A SONG FOR TWILIGHT.

LOVE'S FLYING FEET.

A REMEMBERED TUNE.

AFTER LOVE'S PASSING.

HEART-BREAKS AND SONGS.

LOOKING FORWARD, IN FEBRUARY.

GO, SONGS OF MINE.

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LAST GARDEN SECRETS.

ROSES AND THE NIGHTINGALE.

FLOWER FAIRIES.

THE LONELY ROSE.

SUMMER CHANGES.

A RUINED GARDEN.

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WHEN WITH THY LIFE THOU DIDST ENCOMPASS MINE.

THE BREADTH AND BEAUTY OF THE SPACIOUS NIGHT.

WHICH IS IT, LOVE?

HER ATMOSPHERE.

HER IN ALL THINGS.

OF EARLY VIOLETS.

BELLS OF LONDON.

A COUNTRY'S GHOST.

TO ALL SAD OF HEART.

TO ALL IN HAVEN.

FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE.

HERE IN THIS SUNSET SPLENDOR DESOLATE.

ALL ROUND ABOUT ME IS THE CITY'S NOISE.

O YE WHO SAILED WITH ME.

BELOVED OF HER.

COULD IT BUT BE!

NOT ONLY ROOMS WHEREIN THY LOVE HAS BEEN.

WHAT WAILING WIND.

I THOUGHT THAT I WAS HAPPY YESTERDAY.

WHEN THOU ART FAR FROM ME.

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I.

I. HEIGHT UPON HEIGHT.

II.

II. ABOUT THIS LAND MOVES MANY A SAD-EYED GHOST.

III.

III. I WALKED ONE SPRING DAY, WHILE YET WINDS WERE COLD.

IV.

IV. BEFORE THIS NEW LORD CAME.

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LOVE'S DESERTED PALACE.

SPRING AND DESPAIR.

FROM LONDON STREETS.

SORROW'S GHOST.

LONDON, FROM FAR.

UNSHELTERED LOVE.

WHEN IN THE DARKNESS I WAKE UP ALONE.

A PRAYER TO SLEEP.

I WALKED IN LOVE'S DESERTED ROOM.

TO THE SPIRIT OF POETRY.

GOOD-NIGHT AND GOOD-MORROW.

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SORROW'S KINSHIP.

LOVE REFT OF HOPE.

COULD THIS THING BE?

REMEMBERED GRIEF.

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I.

II.

PARTING WITH SUMMER.

AT END OF LOVE.

ON HEARING OLE BULL IMPROVISE ON THE VIOLIN.

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LOVE STRONG AS DEATH.

PRECIOUS COMFORT.

ACROSS THE SEA.

IF YOU WERE HERE.

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VAIN FREEDOM.

I sat between two shapes with eyes of fire:
All there was dark except those eyes of flame;
Each shape spake severally its dreadful name;
Through them was life made barren of desire.
I heard a sound as of a stricken lyre,
And lust of power and song upon me came;
But they cried out, “For thee shall be no fame;
Kneel down, now, and cast dust on thine attire.”

Silent I knelt, in my most abject woe,
Till from my lips there brake a passionate prayer.
Then Love's voice called me, and I strove to go.
They freed me, with wild laughter on the air;
I struggled forward to the light, and, lo!
Not Love it was, but Death who met me there.