Lyrics &c. (section III of 1881 <hi rend="i">Ballads and Sonnets</hi>) Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 1881
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Introduction

The thirteen poems gathered in this section of the 1881 Ballads and Sonnets volume all focus, more or less closely and explcitly, on poetry's resources for accessing secret knowledge. Paradoxically, the non-semantic features of verse expression are represented as the key to this quasi-mystical power of apprehension.

The poems include: A Death-Parting Adieu Alas, So Long! Chimes Insomnia Parted Presence Possession Song and Music Soothsay Spheral Change Sunset Wings The Cloud Confines Three Shadows

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