Poems

About this eBook

Author

Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903

Credits

Transcribed from the 1907 David Nutt edition by Diarmuid Pigott with some additional material and proofing by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Poetry

Category

Text

eBook-No.

1568

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1568

Release Date

December 1, 1998

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.POEMS
2. 2.TO MY WIFE
3. 3.ADVERTISEMENT
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.IN HOSPITAL — I ENTER PATIENT — II WAITING — III INTERIOR — IV BEFORE — V OPERATION — VI AFTER — VII VIGIL — VIII STAFF-NURSE: OLD STYLE — IX LADY-PROBATIONER — X STAFF-NURSE: NEW STYLE — XI CLINICAL — XII ETCHING — XIII CASUALTY — XIV AVE CAESER! — XV ‘THE CHIEF’ — XVI HOUSE-SURGEON — XVII INTERLUDE — XVIII CHILDREN: PRIVATE WARD — XIX SCRUBBER — XX VISITOR — XXI ROMANCE — XXII PASTORAL — XXIII MUSIC — XXIV SUICIDE — XXV APPARITION — XXVI ANTEROTICS — XXVII NOCTURN — XXVIII DISCHARGED
6. 6.ENVOY To Charles Baxter
7. 7.THE SONG OF THE SWORD
8. 8.ARABIAN NIGHTS’ ENTERTAINMENTS
9. 9.BRIC-À-BRAC — BALLADE OF A TOYOKUNI COLOUR-PRINT — BALLADE (DOUBLE REFRAIN) OF YOUTH AND AGE — BALLADE (DOUBLE REFRAIN) OF MIDSUMMER DAYS AND NIGHTS — BALLADE OF DEAD ACTORS — BALLADE MADE IN THE HOT WEATHER — BALLADE OF TRUISMS — DOUBLE BALLADE OF LIFE AND FATE — DOUBLE BALLADE OF THE NOTHINGNESS OF THINGS — AT QUEENSFERRY — ORIENTALE — IN FISHERROW — BACK-VIEW — CROLUIS — ATTADALE WEST HIGHLANDS — FROM A WINDOW IN PRINCES STREET — IN THE DIALS — THE GODS ARE DEAD — To F. W. — WHEN YOU ARE OLD — BESIDE THE IDLE SUMMER SEA — I. M. R. G. C. B. 1878 — WE SHALL SURELY DIE — WHAT IS TO COME
10. 10.ECHOES — I TO MY MOTHER — II — III — IV I. M. R. T. HAMILTON BRUCE (1846–1899) — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX To W. R. — X — XI To W. R. — XII — XIII — XIV — XV — XVI — XVII — XVIII To A. D. — XIX — XX — XXI — XXII — XXIII — XXIV — XXV — XXVI — XXVII — XXVIII To S. C. — XXIX To R. L. S. — XXX — XXXI — XXXII To D. H. — XXXIII — XXXIV To K. de M. — XXXV I. M. MARGARITÆ SORORI (1886) — XXXVI — XXXVII To W. A. — XXXVIII — XXXIX — XL — XLVI To R. A. M. S. — XLII — XLII — XLIV — XLV To W. B. — XLVI MATRI DILECTISSIMÆ I. M. — XLVII
11. 11.LONDON VOLUNTARIES — I Grave — II Andante con moto — III Scherzando — IV Largo e mesto — V Allegro maëstoso
12. 12.RHYMES AND RHYTHMS — PROLOGUE — I To H. B. M. W. — II To R. F. B. — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII To A. J. H. — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII To James McNeill Whistler — XIV To J. A. C. — XV — XVI — XVII CARMEN PATIBULARE To H. S. — XVIII I. M. MARGARET EMMA HENLEY (1888–1894) — XIX I. M. R. L. S. (1850–1894) — XX — XXI — XXII — XXIII To P. A. G. — XXIV To A. C. — XXV — EPILOGUE

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