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Document Title: Poems. A New Edition (1881), proof Signature A (Delaware Museum, first author's proof, partial copy 2)
Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Date of publication: 1881 May 22 (circa)
Publisher: F. S. Ellis
Printer: Strangeways and Walden
Issue: 1

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The Sonnets of the House of Life

which first appeared in this

volume as published in 1870 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 takes its a place

here with other work of the same

datet; though its publication

in an unfinished state needs

some indulgence.

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ADVERTISEMENT.
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‘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. After several editions

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.’

It is not unlikely that some may be displeased at

seeing the addition thus made here late to the ballad of

‘Sister Helen’. The writer's best excuse is the belief

that others will wonder with himself how such a climax

failed to enter into the first conception.

The fragment of ‘The Bride's Prelude’, now first

printed, was written earlier than almost anything in the

present volume. There may perhaps be readers not

unwilling to have it preserved; though its appearance

in an unfinished state 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
  • ASPEC TA 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
  • THE PASSOVER IN THE HOLY FAMILY . . . . . 266
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  • MARY MAGDALENE AT THE DOOR OF SIMON THE

    PHARISEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
  • CASSANDRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268-9
  • VENUS VERTICORDIA . . . . . . . . . . . .270
  • SIBYLLA PALMIFERA . . . . . . . . . . . .271
  • PANDORA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
  • ON REFUSAL OF AID BETWEEN NATIONS . . . .273
  • ON THE ‘VITA NUOVA’ OF DANTE . . . . . 274
  • DANTIS TENEBRÆ . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
  • FILII FILIA. . . . . . . . . . .276-7
  • BEAUTY AND THE BIRD . . . . . . . . . . .278
  • A MATCH WITH THE MOON . . . . . . . . . .279
    TRANSLATIONS.
  • THE BALLAD OF DEAD LADIES (Villon) . . . . 283-4
  • TO DEATH, OF HIS LADY (Villon) . . . . . . 285
  • HIS MOTHER'S SERVICE TO OUR LADY (Villon) .286-7
  • JOHN OF TOURS (Old French) . . . . . . . . 288
  • MY FATHER'S CLOSE (Old French) . . . . . . 290
  • BEAUTY (Sappho) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292
  • YOUTH AND LORDSHIP (Italian Street-song) . 293
  • THE LEAF (Leopardi) . . . . . . . . . . . .296
  • FRANCESCA DA RIMINI (Dante) . . . . . . . .297
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Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Source File: 1-1881.siga2.del.rad.xml