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Collected poems
By Austin Dobson: Ninth edition
Dobson, Austin (1840-1921)
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[To you I sing, whom towns immure]
OLD-WORLD IDYLLS
A DEAD LETTER
A GENTLEMAN OF THE OLD SCHOOL
A GENTLEWOMAN OF THE OLD SCHOOL
THE BALLAD OF “BEAU BROCADE”
UNE MARQUISE
THE STORY OF ROSINA
PROVERBS IN PORCELAIN
PROLOGUE
THE BALLAD À-LA-MODE
THE METAMORPHOSIS
THE SONG OUT OF SEASON
THE CAP THAT FITS
THE SECRETS OF THE HEART
“GOOD-NIGHT, BABETTE!”
EPILOGUE
VIGNETTES IN RHYME
THE DRAMA OF THE DOCTOR'S WINDOW
Prologue
1.
Act the First.
2.
Act the Second.
Act the Third.
AN AUTUMN IDYLL
A GARDEN IDYLL
TU QUOQUE
A DIALOGUE FROM PLATO
THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE
LOVE IN WINTER
POT-POURRI
DOROTHY
AVICE
THE LOVE-LETTER
THE MISOGYNIST
A VIRTUOSO
LAISSEZ FAIRE
TO Q. H. F.
TO “LYDIA LANGUISH”
A GAGE D'AMOUR
CUPID'S ALLEY
THE IDYLL OF THE CARP
THE SUNDIAL
AN UNFINISHED SONG
THE CHILD-MUSICIAN
THE CRADLE
BEFORE SEDAN
THE FORGOTTEN GRAVE
MY LANDLADY
BEFORE THE CURTAIN
A NIGHTINGALE IN KENSINGTON GARDENS
MISCELLANEOUS PIECES
A SONG OF THE FOUR SEASONS
THE PARADOX OF TIME
TO A GREEK GIRL
THE DEATH OF PROCRIS
THE PRAYER OF THE SWINE TO CIRCE
A CASE OF CAMEOS
LOVE'S QUEST
THE SICK MAN AND THE BIRDS
A FLOWER SONG OF ANGIOLA
A SONG OF ANGIOLA IN HEAVEN
ANDRÉ LE CHAPELAIN
THE DYING OF TANNEGUY DU BOIS
PALOMYDES
THE MOSQUE OF THE CALIPH
IN THE BELFRY
ARS VICTRIX
AT THE SIGN OF THE LYRE
[“At the Sign of the Lyre,”]
THE LADIES OF ST. JAMES'S
THE OLD SEDAN CHAIR
TO AN INTRUSIVE BUTTERFLY
THE CURÉ'S PROGRESS
THE MASQUE OF THE MONTHS
TWO SERMONS
“AU REVOIR”
THE CARVER AND THE CALIPH
TO AN UNKNOWN BUST IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
MOLLY TREFUSIS
AT THE CONVENT GATE
THE MILKMAID
AN OLD FISH POND
AN EASTERN APOLOGUE
TO A MISSAL OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY
A REVOLUTIONARY RELIC
A MADRIGAL
A SONG TO THE LUTE
A GARDEN SONG
A CHAPTER OF FROISSART
TO THE MAMMOTH-TORTOISE
A ROMAN ROUND-ROBIN
VERSES TO ORDER
A LEGACY
“LITTLE BLUE-RIBBONS”
LINES TO A STUPID PICTURE
A FAIRY TALE
TO A CHILD
HOUSEHOLD ART
THE DISTRESSED POET
JOCOSA LYRA
MY BOOKS
THE COLLECTOR TO HIS LIBRARY
THE BOOK-PLATE'S PETITION
THE WATER OF GOLD
A FANCY FROM FONTENELLE
DON QUIXOTE
A BROKEN SWORD
THE POET'S SEAT
THE LOST ELIXIR
MEMORIAL VERSES
A DIALOGUE
A FAMILIAR EPISTLE
HENRY FIELDING
A POSTSCRIPT TO “RETALIATION”
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
CHARLES GEORGE GORDON
VICTOR HUGO
ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON
FABLES OF LITERATURE AND ART
THE POET AND THE CRITICS
THE TOYMAN
THE SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR
THE DILETTANT
THE TWO PAINTERS
THE CLAIMS OF THE MUSE
THE 'SQUIRE AT VAUXHALL
THE CLIMACTERIC
TALES IN RHYME
THE VIRGIN WITH THE BELLS
A TALE OF POLYPHEME
A STORY FROM A DICTIONARY
THE WATER-CURE
THE NOBLE PATRON
VERS DE SOCIÉTÉ
A CITY FLOWER
INCOGNITA
DORA VERSUS ROSE
AD ROSAM
OUTWARD BOUND
IN THE ROYAL ACADEMY
THE LAST DESPATCH
“PREMIERS AMOURS”
THE SCREEN IN THE LUMBER ROOM
DAISY'S VALENTINES
IN TOWN
A SONNET IN DIALOGUE
GROWING GRAY
VARIA
THE MALTWORM'S MADRIGAL
AN APRIL PASTORAL
A NEW SONG OF THE SPRING GARDENS
A LOVE-SONG
OF HIS MISTRESS
THE NAMELESS CHARM
TO PHIDYLE
TO HIS BOOK
FOR A COPY OF HERRICK
WITH A VOLUME OF VERSE
FOR THE AVERY “KNICKER-BOCKER”
TO A PASTORAL POET
TO ONE WHO BIDS ME SING
“SAT EST SCRIPSISSE”
PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES
PROLOGUE TO ABBEY'S EDITION OF “SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER”
L'ENVOI
PROLOGUE TO ABBEY'S “QUIET LIFE”
DEDICATION OF “THE STORY OF ROSINA”
PROLOGUE TO “EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY VIGNETTES”
EPILOGUE TO “EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY VIGNETTES
ESSAYS IN OLD FRENCH FORMS
[As, to the pipe, with rhythmic feet]
ROSE-LEAVES
“PERSICOS ODI”
THE WANDERER
“VITAS HINNULEO”
“ON LONDON STONES”
“FAREWELL, RENOWN!”
“MORE POETS YET!”
“WITH PIPE AND FLUTE”
TO A JUNE ROSE
TO DAFFODILS
ON THE HURRY OF THIS TIME
“WHEN BURBADGE PLAYED”
A GREETING
LÉAL SOUVENIR
AFTER WATTEAU
TO ETHEL
“WHEN FINIS COMES”
“O FONS BANDUSIÆ”
“EXTREMUM TANAIN”
“VIXI PUELLIS”
“WHEN I SAW YOU LAST, ROSE”
ON A NANKIN PLATE
FOR A COPY OF THEOCRITUS
“TU NE QUAESIERIS”
THE PRODIGALS
ON A FAN THAT BELONGED TO THE MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR
A BALLAD TO QUEEN ELIZABETH of the Spanish Armada
A BALLAD OF HEROES
THE BALLAD OF THE THRUSH
THE BALLAD OF THE BARMECIDE
THE BALLAD OF IMITATION
THE BALLAD OF PROSE AND RHYME
“O NAVIS”
THE DANCE OF DEATH
CARMINA VOTIVA
A MADRIGAL
RANK AND FILE
FOR A COPY OF “THE COMPLEAT ANGLER”
VERSES READ AT THE DINNER OF THE OMAR KHAYYÁM CLUB
VERSES WRITTEN FOR THE MENU OF THE OMAR KHAYYÁM CLUB
FOR “AN APPENDIX TO THE ROWFANT LIBRARY”
FOR A CHARITY ANNUAL
FOR A COPY OF “THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD”
AFTER A HOLIDAY
THE BALLAD OF THE BORE
TO THE LADY DOROTHY NEVILL
TO EDMUND GOSSE
TO THE SAME
TO THE SAME
TO THE SAME
TO THE SAME
TO THE SAME
TO THE SAME
FOR LOCKER'S “LONDON LYRICS”
TO BRANDER MATTHEWS
TO THE LATE H. C. BUNNER
TO RICHARD WATSON GILDER
“GOOD LUCK TO YOUR FISHING!”
1.
A BALLAD OF ANTIQUARIES
2.
A SECOND BALLAD OF ANTIQUARIES
LUDIBRIA VENTIS
R. L. S.
A BALLAD OF INCAPACITY
“A VOICE IN THE SCENTED NIGHT”
A WELCOME FROM THE JOHNSON CLUB
SURGE ET AMBULA
SNAP-SHOT
HORATIAN ODE ON THE TERCENTENARY OF “DON QUIXOTE”
PEPYS' DIARY
THE SIMPLE LIFE
A NEW YEAR'S THOUGHT
RICHARD GARNETT
THE PASSIONATE PRINTER TO HIS LOVE
AN EPISTLE TO AN EDITOR
TO THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
TO MYRTALÉ
“FAME IS A FOOD THAT DEAD MEN EAT”
A WAIF
LONGFELLOW
A PLEASANT INVECTIVE AGAINST PRINTING
THE FRIEND OF HUMANITY AND THE RHYMER
TO A FRIEND WHO DEPLORED THE BRIEF LIFE OF LITERARY PERSONALITY
A PROEM
THE LAST PROOF
AN EPITAPH (FOR A PARISH MAGAZINE)
THE HAPPY PRINTER
A MILTONIC EXERCISE
PROLOGUE TO “DE LIBRIS”
A SONG OF THE GREENAWAY CHILD
FOR A VISITORS' BOOK
“TWO MAIDS UPROSE IN THE SHIMMERING LIGHT”
ELIM
COLLABORATION:
ENTENTE CORDIALE
LATER POEMS
VERSES WRITTEN FOR THE MENU OF THE OMAR KHAYYÁM CLUB
LA BONNE COMÉDIE
IN MEMORIAM
THREESCORE AND TEN
AN HORATIAN ODE TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
TO HUGH THOMSON
TO TIME, THE TYRANT
ADDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS
[(Too hard it is to sing]
ROSE, IN THE HEDGEROW GROWN
JULY
A FABLE (IN THE MANNER OF MR. JOHN GAY)
ON A PICTURE BY HOPPNER
ON THE BELFRY TOWER
THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE PORCH
THE HOLOCAUST
THE SONG OF THE SEA WIND
HILL AND VALLEY
A BALLAD OF THE QUEEN'S MAJESTY
TO A FRIEND (ON RECEIVING HIS “COMPLETE POEMS”)
THE SONNET OF THE MOUNTAIN
REGRETS
REGRETS
TO MONSIEUR DE LA MOTHE LE VAYER, UPON THE DEATH OF HIS SON
“ALBI, NE DOLEAS”
AD LYRAM
THE BALLAD OF BITTER FRUIT
TO MAECENAS
[In after days when grasses high]
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