A Vers de Société Anthology, edited

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Compiler

Wells, Carolyn, 1862-1942

Title

A Vers de Société Anthology

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Produced by Chris Curnow< Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

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PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Society verse

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Text

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48059

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48059

Release Date

January 24, 2015

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A VERS DE SOCIÉTÉ ANTHOLOGY
2. 2.NOTE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.A Vers de Société Anthology
6. 6.TO CELIA
7. 7.CUPID
8. 8.ROSALIND’S MADRIGAL
9. 9.ALL THINGS EXCEPT MYSELF I KNOW — ENVOY
10. 10.CUPID AND CAMPASPE
11. 11.A DITTY
12. 12.SONG FROM “TWELFTH NIGHT”
13. 13.SIGH NO MORE (From “ Much Ado About Nothing ”)
14. 14.PHILLIDA AND CORYDON
15. 15.CHERRY-RIPE
16. 16.SEND BACK MY LONG-STRAY’D EYES TO ME
17. 17.PACK CLOUDS AWAY
18. 18.SHALL I, WASTING IN DESPAIR
19. 19.TO THE VIRGINS TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME
20. 20.THE BRACELET
21. 21.AN OLD RHYME
22. 22.LOVE ME NOT FOR COMELY GRACE
23. 23.ON A GIRDLE
24. 24.TO MY LOVE
25. 25.TO ALTHEA (FROM PRISON)
26. 26.SONG
27. 27.THE DESPAIRING LOVER
28. 28.CUPID MISTAKEN
29. 29.THE CONTRAST
30. 30.OH, TELL ME HOW TO WOO THEE
31. 31.SONG FROM “THE DUENNA”
32. 32.THE RACES A BALLAD
33. 33.TO LADY ANNE HAMILTON
34. 34.TO MRS. LEIGH UPON HER WEDDING-DAY
35. 35.NAMES
36. 36.THE EXCHANGE
37. 37.DEFIANCE
38. 38.HER LIPS
39. 39.COMMINATION
40. 40.MARGARET AND DORA
41. 41.A CERTAIN YOUNG LADY
42. 42.SONG
43. 43.THE TIME I’VE LOST IN WOOING
44. 44.WHEN I LOVED YOU
45. 45.REASON, FOLLY, AND BEAUTY
46. 46.TIRESOME SPRING!
47. 47.ROSETTE
48. 48.SHE IS SO PRETTY
49. 49.RONDEAU
50. 50.STOLEN FRUIT
51. 51.LOVE AND AGE
52. 52.CLUBS
53. 53.TO ANNE
54. 54.SONG
55. 55.WHAT IS LONDON’S LAST NEW LION?
56. 56.I’D BE A BUTTERFLY
57. 57.“I MUST COME OUT NEXT SPRING”
58. 58.“WHY DON’T THE MEN PROPOSE?”
59. 59.ASK AND HAVE
60. 60.LINES IN A YOUNG LADY’S ALBUM
61. 61.THE TIME OF ROSES
62. 62.LOVE
63. 63.TO HELEN
64. 64.THE BELLE OF THE BALL-ROOM
65. 65.AMY’S CRUELTY
66. 66.BEWARE!
67. 67.LOVE IN A COTTAGE
68. 68.BECAUSE
69. 69.LILIAN
70. 70.THE HENCHMAN
71. 71.DOROTHY Q A FAMILY PORTRAIT
72. 72.A REMINISCENCE
73. 73.THE AGE OF WISDOM
74. 74.THE BALLAD OF BOUILLABAISSE
75. 75.AN INVITATION
76. 76.FANNY; OR THE BEAUTY AND THE BEE
77. 77.GARDEN FANCIES THE FLOWER’S NAME — I — II — III — IV — V — VI
78. 78.A POEM OF EVERY-DAY LIFE
79. 79.LOVE DISPOSED OF
80. 80.MABEL, IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
81. 81.THE COQUETTE A PORTRAIT
82. 82.JUSTINE, YOU LOVE ME NOT!
83. 83.SING HEIGH-HO!
84. 84.SNOWDROP
85. 85.THE PROTEST
86. 86.SCHERZO
87. 87.THE HANDSOMEST MAN IN THE ROOM
88. 88.THE LAWYER’S INVOCATION TO SPRING
89. 89.A TERRIBLE INFANT
90. 90.LOULOU AND HER CAT
91. 91.PICCADILLY
92. 92.A WORD THAT MAKES US LINGER
93. 93.MY MISTRESS’S BOOTS
94. 94.A NICE CORRESPONDENT!
95. 95.THERE’S A TIME TO BE JOLLY
96. 96.I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER
97. 97.THE FLOWER OF LOVE LIES BLEEDING
98. 98.THE GOLD ROOM AN IDYL
99. 99.COMFORT
100. 100.A SUMMER SONG
101. 101.MY AUNT’S SPECTRE
102. 102.A CONCEIT
103. 103.MARTIAL IN LONDON
104. 104.THE BEST OF THE BALL
105. 105.THE BALLAD OF DEAD LADIES
106. 106.FEMININE ARITHMETIC
107. 107.A TRIFLE
108. 108.FLIGHT
109. 109.LOVE
110. 110.SINCE WE PARTED
111. 111.A KISS—BY MISTAKE
112. 112.A GAME OF FIVES
113. 113.A VALENTINE
114. 114.THE WEDDING DAY — I — II
115. 115.EDGED TOOLS
116. 116.WITCHCRAFT
117. 117.TOUJOURS AMOUR
118. 118.DICTUM SAPIENTI
119. 119.UNDOWERED
120. 120.THE LOVE-KNOT
121. 121.VERS DE SOCIÉTÉ
122. 122.A LETTER OF ADVICE
123. 123.AT THE LATTICE
124. 124.FRENCH WITH A MASTER
125. 125.ON AN INTAGLIO HEAD OF MINERVA
126. 126.THE LUNCH
127. 127.THE WITCH IN THE GLASS
128. 128.TO PHŒBE
129. 129.MY LOVE AND MY HEART
130. 130.TO A COUNTRY COUSIN
131. 131.THE FAMILY FOOL
132. 132.AN INTERLUDE
133. 133.A MATCH
134. 134.CAPRICE — I — II — III
135. 135.THE MINUET
136. 136.A STREET SKETCH
137. 137.SAINT MAY A CITY LYRIC
138. 138.PET’S PUNISHMENT
139. 139.HER LETTER
140. 140.AVICE
141. 141.A SONG OF THE FOUR SEASONS
142. 142.IN TOWN
143. 143.WHEN I SAW YOU LAST, ROSE
144. 144.TO “LYDIA LANGUISH”
145. 145.THE OLD SEDAN CHAIR
146. 146.“LE ROMAN DE LA ROSE”
147. 147.NINETY-NINE IN THE SHADE
148. 148.BRIGHTON PIER
149. 149.A CONTRADICTION
150. 150.RONDEL
151. 151.WHITE, PILLARED NECK — I — II
152. 152.JANET — I — II — III — IV
153. 153.FOR A FAN
154. 154.BALLADE OF SUMMER — ENVOY
155. 155.COLINETTE
156. 156.BALLADE OF DEAD LADIES ( After Villon ) — ENVOY
157. 157.IL BACIO
158. 158.SUR L’HERBE
159. 159.THE ROMANCE OF A GLOVE
160. 160.IF
161. 161.DON’T
162. 162.ON REREADING TÉLÉMAQUE
163. 163.VALENTINE
164. 164.BIFTEK AUX CHAMPIGNONS
165. 165.AN EXPLANATION
166. 166.MARJORIE’S KISSES
167. 167.MISS NANCY’S GOWN
168. 168.“LE DERNIER JOUR D’UN CONDAMNÉ”
169. 169.MY WOOING
170. 170.WINTRY PARIS
171. 171.THE ROSE
172. 172.INDECISION
173. 173.LOGIC — I. HER RESPECTABLE PAPA’S — II. HER MOTHER’S — III. HER ETERNAL FRIEND’S — IV. HER BROTHER’S — V. HER OWN
174. 174.CONVERSATIONAL
175. 175.IF YOU WANT A KISS, WHY, TAKE IT
176. 176.EDUCATIONAL COURTSHIP
177. 177.KISSING’S NO SIN
178. 178.THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD
179. 179.HER NEIGHBOURS
180. 180.TO CELIA
181. 181.IN FOR IT
182. 182.KIRTLE RED
183. 183.A BAGATELLE
184. 184.A LOVE TEST
185. 185.THE MISTAKEN MOTH
186. 186.MY PRETTY NEIGHBOR
187. 187.IF
188. 188.TO MISTRESS PYRRHA
189. 189.THE TEA-GOWN
190. 190.A PARAPHRASE
191. 191.A LEAP-YEAR EPISODE
192. 192.BALLADE OF LADIES’ NAMES — ENVOY
193. 193.BALLADE OF JUNE — ENVOY
194. 194.BALLADE MADE IN THE HOT WEATHER — ENVOY
195. 195.A ROSE
196. 196.TO MINNIE
197. 197.AN AMERICAN GIRL — ENVOY
198. 198.LARKS AND NIGHTINGALES
199. 199.CAELI
200. 200.LADY MINE
201. 201.THE RIPEST PEACH [A] — FOOTNOTES:
202. 202.“I JOURNEYED SOUTH TO MEET THE SPRING”
203. 203.BEFORE THE BLOSSOM
204. 204.LOVE IN THE CALENDAR
205. 205.MY GRANDMOTHER’S TURKEY-TAIL FAN
206. 206.VALENTINE
207. 207.A VALENTINE
208. 208.ON A HYMN-BOOK
209. 209.THE BALLADE OF THE SUMMER-BOARDER — ENVOY
210. 210.INTERESTING
211. 211.THE WAY TO ARCADY
212. 212.DA CAPO
213. 213.THE MAID OF MURRAY HILL
214. 214.KITTY’S SUMMERING
215. 215.FORFEITS
216. 216.WHEN WILL LOVE COME?
217. 217.HELIOTROPE
218. 218.BORDERLAND
219. 219.EPITHALAMIUM
220. 220.INFIRM
221. 221.WORDS, WORDS, WORDS
222. 222.THE BLUEBELL
223. 223.A MODERN MARTYRDOM
224. 224.A CORSAGE BOUQUET
225. 225.THE BALLAD OF CASSANDRA BROWN
226. 226.FROM THREE FLY LEAVES
227. 227.QUESTION AND ANSWER
228. 228.A RHYME FOR PRISCILLA
229. 229.THE OLD COLLECTOR
230. 230.THE LAST DITCH
231. 231.BE YE IN LOVE WITH APRIL-TIDE
232. 232.STRAWBERRIES
233. 233.APPLIED ASTRONOMY
234. 234.COURTSHIP
235. 235.EYES OF BLACK AND EYES OF BLUE
236. 236.HER FAULTS
237. 237.A MODERN DIALOGUE
238. 238.THE POET’S PROPOSAL
239. 239.TRUTH
240. 240.THE BACHELOR GIRL
241. 241.THE SEA
242. 242.IN PHILISTIA
243. 243.BETWEEN THE SHOWERS
244. 244.GRACE’S CHOICE — ENVOY
245. 245.TO VIOLET
246. 246.HER BONNET
247. 247.A SONG
248. 248.LES PAPILLOTTES
249. 249.UPON GRACIOSA, WALKING AND TALKING
250. 250.HER VALENTINE
251. 251.STORY OF THE GATE
252. 252.TWO TRIOLETS — I ( What He Said ) — II ( What She Thought )
253. 253.A BALLADE OF OLD SWEETHEARTS — L’ENVOI
254. 254.AMOUR DE VOYAGE
255. 255.THE LOVERS’ LITANY
256. 256.A LENTEN CALL
257. 257.HELEN’S FACE A BOOK
258. 258.THE BUTTERFLY’S MADRIGAL
259. 259.BALLADE OF THE DEVIL-MAY-CARE — ENVOY
260. 260.BALLADE OF DREAMS TRANSPOSED — ENVOY
261. 261.VILLANELLE OF HIS LADY’S TREASURE
262. 262.L’ENVOI
263. 263.A MERRY BLUE-EYED LADDIE
264. 264.DANCE TIME
265. 265.HOW LIKE A WOMAN
266. 266.A VIGNETTE
267. 267.INDEX OF TITLES
268. 268.INDEX OF AUTHORS

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