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Poems and Romances

By George Augustus Simcox

Simcox, George Augustus (1841-1905)

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THE FAREWELL OF GANORE.

JUDICIUM VENERIS.

THE SOLDAN'S DAUGHTER.

A PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY.

QUEEN CRIMHILD'S ROSE-GARDEN.

GAWAIN AND THE LADY OF AVALON.

IN THE JACQUERIE.

ABELARD AND HELOISE.

LADYBIRD'S WOOING.

“IL NE FAUT PAS JOUER AVEC L'AMOUR.”

THE BIRTH OF LOVE.

FORGET-ME-NOTS.

THE RAVEN AND THE DOVE.

A WIND OUT OF THE WEST.

CASTLE JOYOUSGUARD.

THE MASQUE OF NEMESIS.

WHEN LOVE DIES.

THE SONG OF THE ROSE.

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“SI DESCENDERO IN INFERNUM ADES.”

I.

II.

III.

HOTHOUSE FLOWERS.

ΕΠΩΣ ΜΟΥΣΑΓΕΤΗΣ.

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A CHILL IN SUMMER.

FALLING LEAVES.

A WINTER SUNSET.

Ο ΑΙΩΝ ΠΑΙΣ ΕΣΤΙ ΠΑΙΖΩΝ ΠΑΙΔΟΣ Η ΒΑΣΙΛΗΙΗ.

THE LOVE OF SOPHOCLES.

TO ARISTOCRATS.

THE DAUGHTERS OF PANDARUS.

SERENA LOQUITUR.

A FEW PRESS ON TO THE ETERNAL TOWERS.

WHEN NEMESIS AND AIDOS HEARD NONE PRAY.

POLYXENE.

THOREAU AND THE BHAGAVATGHITA.

THE CUMÆAN SIBYL.

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“ET EGO IN ARCADIA FUI.”

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POLYXENE.

Polyxene, when Pyrrhus took her hand
To lead her slowly to the slaughter-place,
Sprang up with a glad blush on her wan face,
And said, “Methinks you do not understand
How I am drawn with Venus' silken band
Unto your sire, or you would go apace;
For he is mine, and I desire his grace
More than I love the people of my land.
I want to rest upon the soft green grave
Of my dead lord, whose dear will sets me free,
Who knows I am a queen and not a slave.
Let girls and girlish men make moan for me,
Weeping and wringing by the sullen sea
Chained hands that were not clean or strong to save.”