Front matter
Reading edition
BY
A. BRONSON ALCOTT.
“Love can sun the realms of light.” Schiller.
BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS.
1882.
Copyright, 1882, By A. Bronson Alcott.
University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.Page
To A. Bronson Alcott, a Letter by F. B. Sanborn 5-10
An Essay on the Sonnet 11-35
Sonnets of Illustration 21-35
I. Love in Spring 21
II. The Maiden in April 22
III. The Estrangement 23
IV. Love in Time 24
V. To those of Noble Heart 24
VI. The Ocean a blessed God 27
VII. The Nightingale 28
VIII. The Fair Saint 29
IX. Love a Poor Palmer 30
X. Love against Love 31
XI. Death 32
XII. Ah, Sweet Content! 34
XIII. The Poet’s Immortality 34
PART FIRST.
Proem 39
Domestic Sonnets and Canzonets 41-8
PART SECOND.
Sonnets of Character 94-145
A Prophetic Ode 146-149
