PoemsFront matterReading editionChapter navigation111 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPREFACETHE WANDERERTHE FOUNTAIN (An Introduction To the Sonnets)IN THE GALLERIESON THE HEIGHTS“LA RÉVÉLATION PAR LE DÉSERT”THE MORNING STARA CHILD’S NOONDAY SLEEPIN THE GARDENHELENA (Tenth year of Troy-Siege)ATALANTAEUROPAANDROMEDAEURYDICEAMONG THE ROCKSTO A YEARA SONG OF THE NEW DAYSWALLOWSMEMORIALS OF TRAVELAN AUTUMN SONGBURDENSACT IV. SCENE 2.SUNSETSOASISFOREIGN SPEECHIN THE TWILIGHTTHE INNER LIFETHE RESTING PLACENEW HYMNS FOR SOLITUDEIN THE CATHEDRAL CLOSEFIRST LOVETHE SECRET OF THE UNIVERSE: AN ODE (By a Western Spinning Dervish)BEAU RIVAGE HOTEL SATURDAY EVENINGIN A JUNE NIGHT (A Study in the manner of Robert Browning)FROM APRIL TO OCTOBERSEA VOICESABOARD THE “SEA-SWALLOW”SEA-SIGHINGIN THE MOUNTAINS“THE TOP OF A HILL CALLED CLEAR” (In sight of the Celestial City)THE INITIATIONRENUNCIANTSSPEAKERS TO GODPOESIA (To a Painter)MUSICIANSA DAY OF DEFECTIONSONG AND SILENCELOVE-TOKENSA DREAMMICHELANGELESQUELIFE’S GAINCOMPENSATIONTO A CHILD DEAD AS SOON AS BORNBROTHER DEATHTHE MAGEWISE PASSIVENESSTHE SINGER’S PLEATHE TRESPASSERRITUALISMPROMETHEUS UNBOUNDKING MOBTHE MODERN ELIJAHDAVID AND MICHAL (2 Samuel vi. 16)WINDLE-STRAWSAT THE OARTHE DIVINING RODSALOME (By Henri Regnault)WATERSHEDTHE GUESTMORITURUSALONEFAMEWHERE WERT THOU?A WISHTHE GIFTRECOVERYIF IT MIGHT BEWINTER NOONTIDETHE POOLTHE DESIRE TO GIVEA BEECH-TREE IN WINTERJUDGMENTDÜRER’S “MELENCHOLIA”MILLET’S “THE SOWER”AT MULLION (CORNWALL) SundayTHE WINNOWER TO THE WINDS (From Joachim de Bellay)EMERSONSENT TO AN AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE SOCIETYNOCTURNETHE WHIRLIGIGPARADISE LOST AND FOUNDAFTER METASTASIOTHE CORN-CRAKEIN THE CATHEDRALEDGAR ALLAN POE (Read at the Centenary Celebration, University of Virginia, 19th Jan. 1909)DEUS ABSCONDITUSSUBLIMINALLOUISA SHORE (Author of “Hannibal, a Drama”)FLOWERS FROM THE SOUTH OF FRANCETO HESTER (At the Piano)UNUTTEREDIMITATED FROM J. SOULARY’S “LE FOSSOYEUR”IMITATED FROM GOETHE’S “GANYMEDE”WITH A COPY OF MY “POEMS”PROLOGUE TO MAURICE GEROTHWOHL’S VERSION OF VIGNY’S “CHATTERTON” (March 1909)A SONGTHE DROPS OF NECTAR. 1789 Imitated from Goethe’s “Die Nektartropfen”AMOR AS LANDSCAPE-PAINTER Imitated from Goethe’s “Amor als Landschaftsmaler”THE WANDERER Imitated from Goethe’s “Der Wanderer”IMITATED FROM GOETHE’S “ALEXIS AND DORA”Beginning of this editionNext chapter →PREFACEAll chapters and sections (111)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPREFACETHE WANDERERTHE FOUNTAIN (An Introduction To the Sonnets)IN THE GALLERIESON THE HEIGHTS“LA RÉVÉLATION PAR LE DÉSERT”THE MORNING STARA CHILD’S NOONDAY SLEEPIN THE GARDENHELENA (Tenth year of Troy-Siege)ATALANTAEUROPAANDROMEDAEURYDICEAMONG THE ROCKSTO A YEARA SONG OF THE NEW DAYSWALLOWSMEMORIALS OF TRAVELAN AUTUMN SONGBURDENSActs4Act 4 · Other sectionsSUNSETSOASISFOREIGN SPEECHIN THE TWILIGHTTHE INNER LIFETHE RESTING PLACENEW HYMNS FOR SOLITUDEIN THE CATHEDRAL CLOSEFIRST LOVETHE SECRET OF THE UNIVERSE: AN ODE (By a Western Spinning Dervish)BEAU RIVAGE HOTEL SATURDAY EVENINGIN A JUNE NIGHT (A Study in the manner of Robert Browning)FROM APRIL TO OCTOBERSEA VOICESABOARD THE “SEA-SWALLOW”SEA-SIGHINGIN THE MOUNTAINS“THE TOP OF A HILL CALLED CLEAR” (In sight of the Celestial City)THE INITIATIONRENUNCIANTSSPEAKERS TO GODPOESIA (To a Painter)MUSICIANSA DAY OF DEFECTIONSONG AND SILENCELOVE-TOKENSA DREAMMICHELANGELESQUELIFE’S GAINCOMPENSATIONTO A CHILD DEAD AS SOON AS BORNBROTHER DEATHTHE MAGEWISE PASSIVENESSTHE SINGER’S PLEATHE TRESPASSERRITUALISMPROMETHEUS UNBOUNDKING MOBTHE MODERN ELIJAHDAVID AND MICHAL (2 Samuel vi. 16)WINDLE-STRAWSAT THE OARTHE DIVINING RODSALOME (By Henri Regnault)WATERSHEDTHE GUESTMORITURUSALONEFAMEWHERE WERT THOU?A WISHTHE GIFTRECOVERYIF IT MIGHT BEWINTER NOONTIDETHE POOLTHE DESIRE TO GIVEA BEECH-TREE IN WINTERJUDGMENTDÜRER’S “MELENCHOLIA”MILLET’S “THE SOWER”AT MULLION (CORNWALL) SundayTHE WINNOWER TO THE WINDS (From Joachim de Bellay)EMERSONSENT TO AN AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE SOCIETYNOCTURNETHE WHIRLIGIGPARADISE LOST AND FOUNDAFTER METASTASIOTHE CORN-CRAKEIN THE CATHEDRALEDGAR ALLAN POE (Read at the Centenary Celebration, University of Virginia, 19th Jan. 1909)DEUS ABSCONDITUSSUBLIMINALLOUISA SHORE (Author of “Hannibal, a Drama”)FLOWERS FROM THE SOUTH OF FRANCETO HESTER (At the Piano)UNUTTEREDIMITATED FROM J. SOULARY’S “LE FOSSOYEUR”IMITATED FROM GOETHE’S “GANYMEDE”WITH A COPY OF MY “POEMS”PROLOGUE TO MAURICE GEROTHWOHL’S VERSION OF VIGNY’S “CHATTERTON” (March 1909)A SONGTHE DROPS OF NECTAR. 1789 Imitated from Goethe’s “Die Nektartropfen”AMOR AS LANDSCAPE-PAINTER Imitated from Goethe’s “Amor als Landschaftsmaler”THE WANDERER Imitated from Goethe’s “Der Wanderer”IMITATED FROM GOETHE’S “ALEXIS AND DORA”POEMS —— EDWARD DOWDEN◇[Portrait of Edward Dowden unavailable.]POEMSBY EDWARD DOWDEN MCMXIV. J. M. DENT & SONS LTD. LONDON AND TORONTO◇PREFACE →
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