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Document Title: Poems. A New Edition (1881), proof Signature A (Delaware Museum, final proof)
Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Date of publication: 1881 June
Publisher: F. S. Ellis
Printer: Strangeways and Walden
Issue: 1

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POEMS.
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POEMS



BY

DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI.

A NEW EDITION.

LONDON:

ELLIS & WHITE, 29 NEW BOND STREET.



1881.

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TO

WILLIAM MICHAEL ROSSETTI,

THESE POEMS,

TO SO MANY OF WHICH, SO MANY YEARS BACK,

HE GAVE THE FIRST BROTHERLY HEARING,

ARE NOW AT LAST DEDICATED.

1870-1881.
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ADVERTISEMENT.
‘MANY poems in this volume were written between

1847 and 1853. Others are of recent date, and a few

belong to the intervening period. It has been thought

unnecessary to specify the earlier work, as nothing is

included which the author believes to be immature.’
The above brief note was prefixed to these poems

when first published in 1870. They have now been

for some time out of print.
The fifty sonnets of the House of Life which first

appeared here are now embodied with the full series in

the volume entitled ‘Ballads and Sonnets.’
The fragment of The Bride's Prelude , now first

printed, was written very early, and is here associated

with other work of the same date; though its pub-

lication in an unfinished form needs some indulgence.
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CONTENTS.
    POEMS.
  • THE BLESSED DAMOZEL . . . . . . . . . . 3
  • SISTER HELEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
  • STRATTON WATER . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
  • THE STAFF AND SCRIP . . . . . . . . . .34
  • AVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
  • DANTE AT VERONA . . . . . . . . . . . .51
  • TROY TOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
  • EDEN BOWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
  • THE CARD-DEALER . . . . . . . . . . . .92
  • LOVE'S NOCTURN . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
  • THE STREAM'S SECRET . . . . . . . . . 103
  • JENNY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
  • THE PORTRAIT . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
  • MY SISTER'S SLEEP . . . . . . . . . . 138
  • DOWN STREAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
  • A LAST CONFESSION . . . . . . . . . . 144
  • THE BURDEN OF NINEVEH . . . . . . . . 170
  • WELLINGTON'S FUNERAL . . . . . . . . .180
  • AN OLD SONG ENDED . . . . . . . . . . 184
  • WORLD'S WORTH . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
  • ASPECTA MEDUSA . . . . . . . . . . . .187
  • THE BRIDE'S PRELUDE . . . . . . . . . 188
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    LYRICS.
  • LOVE-LILY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
  • FIRST LOVE REMEMBERED . . . . . . . . 239
  • PLIGHTED PROMISE . . . . . . . . . . .240
  • SUDDEN LIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
  • A LITTLE WHILE . . . . . . . . . . . .243
  • THE SONG OF THE BOWER . . . . . . . . 245
  • PENUMBRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247
  • A NEW-YEAR'S BURDEN . . . . . . . . . 249
  • EVEN SO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
  • THE WOODSPURGE . . . . . . . . . . . .251
  • THE HONEYSUCKLE . . . . . . . . . . . 252
  • A YOUNG FIR-WOOD . . . . . . . . . . .253
  • THE SEA-LIMITS . . . . . . . . . . . .254
    SONNETS.
  • FOR ‘OUR LADY OF THE ROCKS,’ BY LEONARDO DA

    VINCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
  • FOR A VENETIAN PASTORAL, BY GIORGIONE . . 260
  • FOR AN ALLEGORICAL DANCE OF WOMEN, BY ANDREA

    MANTEGNA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261
  • FOR RUGGIERO AND ANGELICA, BY INGRES . 262-3
  • FOR ‘THE WINE OF CIRCE,’ BY EDWARD BURNE

    JONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
  • MARY'S GIRLHOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
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  • THE PASSOVER IN THE HOLY FAMILY . . . . . 266
  • MARY MAGDALENE AT THE DOOR OF SIMON THE

    PHARISEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
  • CASSANDRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268-9
  • VENUS VERTICORDIA . . . . . . . . . . . .270
  • PANDORA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271
  • ON REFUSAL OF AID BETWEEN NATIONS . . . .272
  • ON THE ‘VITA NUOVA’ OF DANTE . . . . . 273
  • DANTIS TENEBRÆ . . . . . . . . . . . . .274
  • BEAUTY AND THE BIRD . . . . . . . . . . .275
  • A MATCH WITH THE MOON . . . . . . . . . .276
    TRANSLATIONS.
  • THE BALLAD OF DEAD LADIES (VILLON) . . . . 279–80
  • TO DEATH, OF HIS LADY (VILLON) . . . . . . 281
  • HIS MOTHER'S SERVICE TO OUR LADY (VILLON) .282–3
  • JOHN OF TOURS (OLD FRENCH) . . . . . . . . 284–5
  • MY FATHER'S CLOSE (OLD FRENCH) . . . . . . 286–7
  • BEAUTY (SAPPHO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
  • YOUTH AND LORDSHIP (ITALIAN STREET-SONG) . 289–91
  • THE LEAF (LEOPARDI) . . . . . . . . . . . .292
  • FRANCESCA DA RIMINI (DANTE) . . . . . . . .293–4
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