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Document Title: Poems. A New Edition (1881), proof Signature A (Delaware Museum, first revise proof, copy 2)
Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Date of publication: 1881 May 25 (circa)
Publisher: F. S. Ellis
Printer: Strangeways and Walden
Issue: 1

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Printer's Direction: In the corner / like this & in italics / between brackets.
Editorial Description: DGR's note to the printer specifying format of the final line of the dedication.


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. ( 1870-1881)
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ADVERTISEMENT.
Deleted Text

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 a

place here with other work of the same date;

though its publication 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
  • 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
  • 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 (LEO N PARDI) . . . . . . . . . . . .296
  • FRANCESCA DA RIMINI (DANTE) . . . . . . . .297
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Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Source File: 1-1881.siga4.del.rad.xml