A London Plane-Tree
Reading edition
and other Verse by AMY LEVY CAMEO SERIES T. FISHER UNWIN PATERNOSTER SQ. LONDON, E.C. MDCCCLXXXIX
IN SAME SERIES.
1. The Lady from the Sea. By Henrik Ibsen.
3. Wordsworth’s Grave, and Other Poems. By William Watson.
4. Sakuntalā; or, The Fatal Ring. By Kālidāsa. Translated by Sir William Jones. Introduction by Prof. Rhys Davids.
The proofs of this volume were corrected by the Author about a week before her death.
Mine is an urban Muse, and bound By some strange law to paven ground. AUSTIN DOBSON.
To Clementina Black.
More blest than was of old Diogenes, I have not held my lantern up in vain. Not mine, at least, this evil—to complain: “There is none honest among all of these.” Our hopes go down that sailed before the breeze; Our creeds upon the rock are rent in twain; Something it is, if at the last remain One floating spar cast up by hungry seas. The secret of our being, who can tell? To praise the gods and Fate is not my part; Evil I see, and pain; within my heart There is no voice that whispers: “All is well.” Yet fair are days in summer; and more fair The growths of human goodness here and there.
Contents.
A London Plane-Tree.
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A London Plane-Tree17
London in July18
A March Day in London19
Ballade of an Omnibus21
Ballade of a Special Edition23
Ballade of a Special Edition23
Straw in the Street—Roundels 25-27
Between the Showers
Out of Town
The Piano-Organ28
London Poets29
The Village Garden30
Love, Dreams, and Death.
New Love, New Life35
Impotens36
Youth and Love37
The Dream38
On the Threshold39
The Birch-Tree at Loschwitz40
Borderland42
At Dawn43
Last Words44
June46
A Reminiscence47
The Sequel to “A Reminiscence”48
In the Mile End Road50
Contradictions51
Twilight52
In September53
Moods and Thoughts.
The Old House57
Lohengrin58
Alma Mater59
In the Black Forest61
Captivity62
The Two Terrors64
The Promise of Sleep65
The Last Judgment66
Felo de Se68
The Lost Friend71
Cambridge in the Long72
To Vernon Lee74
The Old Poet75
On the Wye in May77
Oh, is it Love?78
The End of the Day80
Odds and Ends.
Songs From The New Phaon (unpublished)
1. A Wall-flower85
2. The First Extra86
3. At a Dinner Party87
Philosophy88
A Game of Lawn Tennis90
To E.91
Illustrations.
A London Plane-Tree: The Temple Church. By J. Bernard Partridge.Frontispiece.
Odds and Ends. By J. Bernard Partridge.Facing p. 83.