Preludes (Meynell)

by Alice Meynell

For works with similar titles, see Preludes.

 

PRELUDES.

Frontispiece.

PRELUDES.

BY

A. C. THOMPSON.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY AND ORNAMENTS BY

ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

HENRY S. KING & CO.,

65, CORNHILL, AND 12, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON.

1875.

(All rights reserved.)

TO

MY FATHER AND MOTHER.

CONTENTS.

 

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IN EARLY SPRING	1
PARTED	3
TO A POET	5
SONG OF THE SPRING TO THE SUMMER	8
TO THE BELOVED	10
MEDITATION	12
TO THE BELOVED DEAD	13
SONNET	15
IN AUTUMN	16
A LETTER FROM A GIRL TO HER OWN OLD AGE	19
SONG	23
PYGMALION	25
BUILDERS OF RUINS	27
SONNET	31
SONG OF THE DAY TO THE NIGHT	32
"SOEUR MONIQUE"	34
SONNET	40
A TRYST THAT FAILED	41
SONNET. THOUGHTS IN SEPARATION	43
REGRETS	44
SONG	46
SONNET. IN FEBRUARY	47
SAN LORENZO GIUSTINIANI'S MOTHER	48
THE POETS	50
SONNET. THE LOVE OF NARCISSUS	53
TO A LOST MELODY	54
SONNET. AT A POET'S GRAVE	57
SONNET. THE POET TO NATURE	58
THE POET TO HIS CHILDHOOD	59
SONNET. TO ——	63
AN UNMARKED FESTIVAL	64
SONNET. A YOUNG CONVERT	66
SONNET. SPRING ON THE ALBAN HILLS	67
SONG OF THE NIGHT AT DAYBREAK	69
SONNET. TO A DAISY	70
SONNET. TO ONE POEM IN A SILENT TIME	71
A STUDY: IN THREE MONOLOGUES, WITH INTERRUPTIONS	72