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Document Title: Ballads and Sonnets (1881), proof Signature A (Delaware Museum, first revise, copy 2)
Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Date of publication: 1881 May 23
Publisher: F. S. Ellis
Printer: Chiswick Press, C. Whittingham and Co.
Issue: 2

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Image of page [v] page: [v]
Manuscript Addition: 2
Editorial Description: Printer's mark in upper left corner
Manuscript Addition: [Charles Whittingham's printer date stamp, 23 May 81]
Editorial Description: Crosses are inscribed next to the subtitles "Henry I. of England" and "James I. of Scotland."
CONTENTS.
    BALLADS.
    Editorial Note (page ornament): Page
  • ROSE MARY, PART I . . . . . 1
  • Beryl-Song . . . . . 22
  • ROSE MARY, PART II . . . . . 25
  • Beryl-Song . . . . . 45
  • ROSE MARY, PART III . . . . . 48
  • Beryl-Song . . . . . 65
  • THE WHITE SHIP

    ( Henry I. of England) . . . 69
  • THE KING'S TRAGEDY

    ( James I. of Scots). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
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    THE HOUSE OF LIFE.

    A SONNET-SEQUENCE     . 1
  • Introductory Sonnet . . . . . . . 161
    • PART I. YOUTH AND CHANGE.
    • I. Love Enthroned . . . . . . 163
    • *II. Bridal Birth . . . . . . . 164
    • *III. Love's Testament . . . . . . 165
    • *IV. Lovesight . . . . . . 166
    • V. Heart's Hope . . . . . . . 167
    • *VI. The Kiss . . . . . . . . 168
    • *VII. Supreme Surrender . . . . . 169
    • *VIII. Love's Lovers . . . . . . 170
    • *IX. Passion and Worship . . . . . 171
    • *X. The Portrait . . . . . . . 172
    • *XI. The Love-Letter . . . . . . 173
    • XII. The Lovers' Walk . . . . . . 174
    • XIII. Youth's Antiphony . . . . . . 175
      • Transcribed Footnote (page vi):

      1 In this table, the sonnets marked * are those which appeared in the author's

      former volume.

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    • XIV. Youth's Spring-Tribute . . . . 176
    • *XV. The Birth-Bond . . . . . 177
    • *XVI. A Day of Love . . . . . . 178
    • XVII. Beauty's Pagent . . . . . 179
    • XVIII. Genius in Beauty . . . . . 180
    • XIX. Silent Noon . . . . . . 181
    • XX. Gracious Moonlight . . . . . 182
    • *XXI. Love-Sweetness . . . . . 183
    • XXII. Heart's Haven . . . . . . 184
    • *XXIII. Love's Baubles . . . . . . 185
    • XXIV. Pride of Youth . . . . . . 186
    • *XXV. Winged Hours . . . . . . 187
    • XXVI. Mid-Rapture . . . . . . 188
    • XXVII. Heart's Compass . . . . . 189
    • XXVIII. Soul-Light . . . . . . 190
    • XXIX. The Moonstar . . . . . . 191
    • XXX. Last Fire . . . . . . . 192
    • XXXI. Her Gifts . . . . . . . 193
    • XXXII. Equal Troth . . . . . . 194
    • XXXIII. Venus Victrix . . . . . . 195
    • XXXIV. The Dark Glass . . . . . 196
    • XXXV. The Lamp's Shrine . . . . . 197
    • *XXXVI. Life-in-Love . . . . . . 198
    • *XXXVII. The Love-Moon . . . . . 199
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    • *XXXVIII. The Morrow's Message . . . . 200
    • *XXXIX. Sleepless Dreams . . . . . 201
    • XL. Severed Selves . . . . . 202
    • XLI. Through Death to Love . . . . 203
    • XLII. Hope Overtaken . . . . . 204
    • XLIII. Love and Hope . . . . . 205
    • XLIV. Cloud and Wind . . . . . 206
    • *XLV. Secret Parting . . . . . . 207
    • *XLVI. Parted Love . . . . . . 208
    • *XLVII. Broken Music . . . . . . 209
    • *XLVIII. Death-in-Love . . . . . . 210
    • *XLIX. Willowwood . . . . . . 211
    • *L. Willowwood. II. . . . . . 212
    • *LI. Willowwood. III. . . . . . 213
    • *LII. Willowwood. IV. . . . . . 214
    • LII. Without Her . . . . . . 215
    • LIV. Love's Fatality . . . . . . 216
    • *LV. Stillborn Love . . . . . . 217
    • LVI. True Woman. I. Herself . . . . 218
    • LVII. True Woman. II. Her Love . . . 219
    • LVIII. True Woman. III. Her Heaven . . 220
    • LIX. Love's Last Gift . . . . . . 221
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    Editorial Description: A cross is inscribed next to the heading for "LXXIV. Old and New Art. I. St. Luke the Painter"
    • PART II. CHANGE AND FATE.
    • LX. Transfigured Life . . . . . 222
    • LXI. The Song-Throe . . . . . 223
    • LXII. The Soul's Sphere . . . . . 224
    • *LXIII. Inclusiveness . . . . . . 225
    • LXIV. Ardour and Memory . . . . 226
    • *LXV. Known in Vain . . . . . 227
    • LXVI. The Heart of the Night . . . . 228
    • *LXVII. The Landmark . . . . . 229
    • *LXVIII. A Dark Day . . . . . . 230
    • *LXIX. Autumn Idleness . . . . . 231
    • *LXX. The Hill Summit . . . . . 232
    • *LXXI. The Choice. I. . . . . . 233
    • *LXXII. The Choice. II. . . . . . 234
    • *LXXIII. The Choice. III. . . . . . . . . 235
    • *LXXIV. Old and New Art. I. St. Luke the

      Painter . . . . . . 236
    • LXXV. Old and New Art. II. Not as These . 237
    • LXXVI. Old and New Art. III. The Husband-

      men . . . . . . . 238
    • *LXXVII. Soul's Beauty . . . . . . 239
    • *LXXVIII. Body's Beauty . . . . . 240
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      Editorial Description: XCIV. Michael Angelo's Kiss
    • *LXXIX. The Monochord . . . . . 241
    • LXXX. From Dawn to Noon . . . . 242
    • LXXXI. Memorial Thresholds . . . . 243
    • *LXXXII. Hoarded Joy . . . . . . 244
    • *LXXXIII.Barren Spring . . . . . . 245
    • *LXXXIV. Farewell to the Glen . . . . 246
    • *LXXXV. Vain Virtues . . . . . . 247
    • *LXXXVI. Lost Days . . . . . . 248
    • *LXXXVII. Death's Songsters . . . . . 249
    • LXXXVIII. Hero's Lamp . . . . . . 250
    • LXXXIX. The Trees of the Garden . . . 251
    • *XC. “Retro me, Sathana!” . . . . . 252
    • *XCI. Lost on Both Sides . . . . . 253
    • *XCII. The Sun's Shame. I. . . . . 254
    • XCIII. The Sun's Shame. II. . . . . 255
    • XCIV. Michael Angelo's Kiss . . . . 256
    • *XCV. The Vase of Life . . . . . 257
    • XCVI. Life the Beloved . . . . . 258
    • *XCVII. A Superscription . . . . . 259
    • *XCVIII. He and I . . . . . . . 260
    • *XCIX. Newborn Death. I. . . . . 261
    • *C. Newborn Death. II. . . . . 262
    • *CI. The One Hope . . . . . 263
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Editorial Description: Two crosses are inscribed next to the heading "For the Holy Family (by Michael Angelo)"
    LYRICS, &c.
  • Soothsay . . . . . . . . . 267
  • Chimes . . . . . . . . . 275
  • Parted Presence . . . . . . . . 282
  • A Death-Parting . . . . . . . . 286
  • Spheral Change . . . . . . . . 288
  • Sunset Wings . . . . . . . . 290
  • Song and Music . . . . . . . . 293
  • Three Shadows . . . . . . . . 295
  • Alas, So Long! . . . . . . . . 297
  • Adieu . . . . . . . . . . 299
  • Insomnia . . . . . . . . . 301
  • Possession . . . . . . . . . 303
  • The Cloud Confines . . . . . . . 304
    SONNETS.
  • For the Holy Family (by Michael Angelo). . . 311
  • For Spring (by Sandro Botticelli) . . . . 312
    • Five English Poets—
    • I. Thomas Chatterton . . . . 313
    • II. William Blake . . . . . 314
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    • Five English Poets—
    • III. Samuel Taylor Coleridge . . . 315
    • IV. John Keats . . . . . . 316
    • V. Percy Bysshe Shelley . . . . 317
  • Tiber, Nile, and Thames . . . . . . 318
  • The Last Three From Trafalgar . . . . . 319
  • Czar Alexander II. . . . . . . . 320
  • Words on the Window-pane . . . . . 321
  • Winter . . . . . . . . . . 322
  • Spring . . . . . . . . . . 323
  • The Church-Porch . . . . . . . 324
  • Untimely Lost. (Oliver Madox Brown) . . . 325
  • Place de la Bastille, Paris . . . . . . 326
  • “Found” (for a Picture) . . . . . . 327
  • A Sea-Spell (for a Picture) . . . . . . 328
  • Fiammetta (for a Picture) . . . . . . 329
  • The Day-Dream (for a Picture) . . . . . 330
  • Astarte Syriaca (for a Picture) . . . . . 331
  • Proserpina (per un Quadro) . . . . . 332
  • Proserpina (for a Picture) . . . . . . 333
  • La Bella Mano (per un Quadro) . . . . . 334
  • >La Bella Mano (for a Picture) . . . . . 335
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Source File: 2-1881.siga2a.delms.rad.xml