Poems

About this eBook

Author

Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913

Credits

Produced by Larry B. Harrison, Chuck Greif, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

English poetry -- Irish authors

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55086

Release Date

July 10, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.POEMS
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.THE WANDERER
5. 5.THE FOUNTAIN ( An Introduction To the Sonnets )
6. 6.IN THE GALLERIES — I. THE APOLLO BELVEDERE — II. THE VENUS OF MELOS — III. ANTINOUS CROWNED AS BACCHUS — IV. LEONARDO’S “MONNA LISA” — V. ST LUKE PAINTING THE VIRGIN
7. 7.ON THE HEIGHTS
8. 8.“LA RÉVÉLATION PAR LE DÉSERT”
9. 9.THE MORNING STAR — I — II — III
10. 10.A CHILD’S NOONDAY SLEEP
11. 11.IN THE GARDEN — I. THE GARDEN — II. VISIONS — III. AN INTERIOR — IV. THE SINGER — V. A SUMMER MOON — VI. A PEACH — VII. EARLY AUTUMN — VIII. LATER AUTUMN
12. 12.THE HEROINES
13. 13.HELENA ( Tenth year of Troy-Siege )
14. 14.ATALANTA
15. 15.EUROPA
16. 16.ANDROMEDA
17. 17.EURYDICE
18. 18.BY THE SEA — I. THE ASSUMPTION — II. THE ARTIST’S WAITING — III. COUNSELLORS — IV. EVENING — V. JOY — VI. OCEAN — VII. NEWS FOR LONDON
19. 19.AMONG THE ROCKS
20. 20.TO A YEAR
21. 21.A SONG OF THE NEW DAY
22. 22.SWALLOWS
23. 23.MEMORIALS OF TRAVEL — I. COACHING — II. IN A MOUNTAIN PASS — III. THE CASTLE — IV. Άισθητιχή φαντασία — V. ON THE SEA-CLIFF — VI. ASCETIC NATURE — VII. RELICS — VIII. ON THE PIER OF BOULOGNE — IX. DOVER
24. 24.AN AUTUMN SONG
25. 25.BURDENS
26. 26.SONG (From “ ’ Tis Pity she’s a Queen.”— A.D. 1610.) — ACT IV. SCENE 2.
27. 27.BY THE WINDOW
28. 28.SUNSETS
29. 29.OASIS
30. 30.FOREIGN SPEECH
31. 31.IN THE TWILIGHT
32. 32.THE INNER LIFE — I. A DISCIPLE — II. THEISTS — III. SEEKING GOD — IV. DARWINISM IN MORALS — V. AWAKENING — VI. FISHERS — VII. COMMUNION — VIII. A SONNET FOR THE TIMES — IX. EMMAUSWARD — X. A FAREWELL — XI. DELIVERANCE — XII. PARADISE LOST
33. 33.THE RESTING PLACE
34. 34.NEW HYMNS FOR SOLITUDE — I — II — III — IV — V — VI
35. 35.IN THE CATHEDRAL CLOSE
36. 36.FIRST LOVE
37. 37.THE SECRET OF THE UNIVERSE: AN ODE ( By a Western Spinning Dervish )
38. 38.BEAU RIVAGE HOTEL SATURDAY EVENING
39. 39.IN A JUNE NIGHT ( A Study in the manner of Robert Browning ) — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX
40. 40.FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER — I. BEAUTY — II. TWO INFINITIES — III. THE DAWN — IV. THE SKYLARK — V. THE MILL-RACE — VI. IN THE WOOD — VII. THE PAUSE OF EVENING — VIII. IN JULY — IX. IN SEPTEMBER — X. IN THE WINDOW — XI. AN AUTUMN MORNING
41. 41.SEA VOICES
42. 42.ABOARD THE “SEA-SWALLOW”
43. 43.SEA-SIGHING
44. 44.IN THE MOUNTAINS
45. 45.“THE TOP OF A HILL CALLED CLEAR ” ( In sight of the Celestial City )
46. 46.THE INITIATION
47. 47.RENUNCIANTS
48. 48.SPEAKERS TO GOD — First Speaker — Second Speaker — Third Speaker
49. 49.POESIA ( To a Painter )
50. 50.MUSICIANS
51. 51.MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS
52. 52.A DAY OF DEFECTION
53. 53.SONG AND SILENCE
54. 54.LOVE-TOKENS
55. 55.A DREAM
56. 56.MICHELANGELESQUE
57. 57.LIFE’S GAIN
58. 58.COMPENSATION
59. 59.TO A CHILD DEAD AS SOON AS BORN
60. 60.BROTHER DEATH
61. 61.THE MAGE
62. 62.WISE PASSIVENESS
63. 63.THE SINGER’S PLEA
64. 64.THE TRESPASSER
65. 65.RITUALISM
66. 66.PROMETHEUS UNBOUND
67. 67.KING MOB
68. 68.THE MODERN ELIJAH
69. 69.DAVID AND MICHAL (2 Samuel vi. 16)
70. 70.WINDLE-STRAWS — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII
71. 71.MISCELLANEOUS POEMS OF LATER DATES
72. 72.AT THE OAR
73. 73.THE DIVINING ROD
74. 74.SALOME ( By Henri Regnault )
75. 75.WATERSHED
76. 76.THE GUEST
77. 77.MORITURUS
78. 78.ALONE
79. 79.FAME
80. 80.WHERE WERT THOU?
81. 81.A WISH
82. 82.THE GIFT
83. 83.RECOVERY
84. 84.IF IT MIGHT BE
85. 85.WINTER NOONTIDE
86. 86.THE POOL
87. 87.THE DESIRE TO GIVE
88. 88.A BEECH-TREE IN WINTER
89. 89.JUDGMENT
90. 90.DÜRER’S “MELENCHOLIA”
91. 91.MILLET’S “THE SOWER”
92. 92.AT MULLION (CORNWALL) Sunday
93. 93.THE WINNOWER TO THE WINDS ( From Joachim de Bellay )
94. 94.EMERSON
95. 95.SENT TO AN AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY
96. 96.NOCTURNE
97. 97.THE WHIRLIGIG
98. 98.PARADISE LOST AND FOUND
99. 99.AFTER METASTASIO
100. 100.THE CORN-CRAKE — I — II — III — IV — V
101. 101.IN THE CATHEDRAL
102. 102.EDGAR ALLAN POE ( Read at the Centenary Celebration, University of Virginia, 19th Jan. 1909 )
103. 103.DEUS ABSCONDITUS
104. 104.SUBLIMINAL
105. 105.LOUISA SHORE ( Author of “Hannibal, a Drama” )
106. 106.FLOWERS FROM THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
107. 107.TO HESTER ( At the Piano )
108. 108.UNUTTERED
109. 109.IMITATED FROM J. SOULARY’S “LE FOSSOYEUR”
110. 110.IMITATED FROM GOETHE’S “GANYMEDE”
111. 111.WITH A COPY OF MY “POEMS”
112. 112.PROLOGUE TO MAURICE GEROTHWOHL’S VERSION OF VIGNY’S “CHATTERTON” ( March 1909 )
113. 113.A SONG
114. 114.THE DROPS OF NECTAR. 1789 Imitated from Goethe’s “Die Nektartropfen”
115. 115.AMOR AS LANDSCAPE-PAINTER Imitated from Goethe’s “Amor als Landschaftsmaler”
116. 116.THE WANDERER Imitated from Goethe’s “Der Wanderer” — Wanderer — Woman — Wanderer — Woman — Wanderer — Woman — Wanderer — Woman — Wanderer — Woman — Wanderer — Woman — Wanderer — Woman — Wanderer — Woman — Wanderer — Woman — Wanderer — Woman — Wanderer — Woman — Wanderer — Woman — Wanderer — Woman — Wanderer — Woman — Wanderer — Woman — Wanderer — Woman — Wanderer — Woman — Wanderer
117. 117.IMITATED FROM GOETHE’S “ALEXIS AND DORA”

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