The Poetical Works of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart. M.P.THE FAIRY BRIDE. A TALE[A]Reading editionChapter navigation97 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPREFATORY NOTE.THE NEW TIMON.THE NEW TIMON. (continued 2)CONSTANCE; OR, THE PORTRAIT.MILTON. IN FOUR PARTS.MILTON.A TRUE STORY.THE FAIRY BRIDE. A TALE[A]PART I.PART II.PART III.PART IV.THE BEACON.THE LAY OF THE MINSTREL'S HEART.KING ARTHUR.BOOK I.BOOK II.BOOK III.BOOK IV.BOOK V.BOOK VI.BOOK VII.BOOK VIII.BOOK IX.BOOK X.BOOK XI.BOOK XII.NOTES TO BOOK XII.CORN-FLOWERS.BOOK I.THE FIRST VIOLETS.THE IMAGE ON THE TIDE.IS IT ALL VANITY?THE TRUE JOY-GIVER.BELIEF; THE UNKNOWN LANGUAGE.THE PILGRIM OF THE DESERT.THE KING AND THE WRAITH.LOVE AND DEATH.PART I. RETROSPECTION FROM THE HALTING-PLACE.PART II. THE MEETING-PLACE OF OLD.PART III. LOVE UNTO DEATH.PART IV. LOVE AFTER DEATH.PART V. THE PANTHEISM OF LOVE PASSING INTO THE IDEAL.PART VI. THE MEMORY OF LOVE ASSOCIATES ITS CONSOLATIONS WITH ITS HOPES.MIND AND SOUL.THE GUARDIAN ANGEL.THE LOVE OF MATURER YEARS.THE EVERLASTING GRAVE-DIGGER.THE DISPUTE OE THE POETS.GANYMEDE.MEMNON.THE ANGEL AND THE CHILD.TO A WITHERED TREE IN JUNE.ON THE REPERUSAL OF LETTERS WRITTEN IN YOUTH.THE DESIRE OF FAME.THE LOYALTY OF LOVE.A LAMENT.LOST AND AVENGED.THE TREASURES BY THE WAYSIDE.ADDRESS TO THE SOUL IN DESPONDENCY.THE SABBATH.THE HOLLOW OAK.LOVE AND FAME.LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.LOVE'S SUDDEN GROWTH.THE LOVE-LETTER.THE LANGUAGE OF THE EYES.DOUBT.THE ASSURANCE.MEMORIES, THE FOOD OF LOVE.ABSENT, YET PRESENT.LOVERS' QUARRELS.THE LAST SEPARATION.THE POPE AND THE BEGGAR.THE BEAUTIFUL DESCENDS NOT.THE LONG LIFE AND THE FULL LIFE.THE MIND AND THE HEART.THE LAST CRUSADER.FOREBODINGS.ORAMA; OR, FATE AND FREEWILL.EARLIER POEMS.THE SOULS OF BOOKS.LA ROCHEFOUCAULD AND CONDORCET.JEALOUSY AND ART.THE MASTER TO THE SCHOLAR.THE TRUE CRITIC.TALENT AND GENIUS.EURIPIDES.THE BONES OF RAPHAEL.THE ATHENIAN AND THE SPARTAN.THE PHILANTHROPIST AND THE MISANTHROPE.THE IDEAL WORLD.THE IDEAL WORLD.EPIGRAPH.FICTION.Standard and Popular Works.Previous chapter ←A TRUE STORY.Next chapter →PART I.All chapters and sections (97)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPREFATORY NOTE.THE NEW TIMON.THE NEW TIMON. (continued 2)CONSTANCE; OR, THE PORTRAIT.MILTON. IN FOUR PARTS.MILTON.A TRUE STORY.THE FAIRY BRIDE. A TALE[A]Parts1234Part 4 · Other sectionsTHE BEACON.THE LAY OF THE MINSTREL'S HEART.KING ARTHUR.Part 4 / Book 1 · Books1Part 4 / Book 2 · Books2Part 4 / Book 3 · Books3Part 4 / Book 4 · Books4Part 4 / Book 5 · Books5Part 4 / Book 6 · Books6Part 4 / Book 7 · Books7Part 4 / Book 8 · Books8Part 4 / Book 9 · Books9Part 4 / Book 10 · Books10Part 4 / Book 11 · Books11Part 4 / Book 12 · Books1212Part 4 / Book 12 · Other sectionsCORN-FLOWERS.Part 4 / Book 1 · Books1Part 4 / Book 1 · Other sectionsTHE FIRST VIOLETS.THE IMAGE ON THE TIDE.IS IT ALL VANITY?THE TRUE JOY-GIVER.BELIEF; THE UNKNOWN LANGUAGE.THE PILGRIM OF THE DESERT.THE KING AND THE WRAITH.LOVE AND DEATH.Part 1 · Parts1Part 2 · Parts2Part 3 · Parts3Part 4 · Parts4Parts56Part 6 · Other sectionsMIND AND SOUL.THE GUARDIAN ANGEL.THE LOVE OF MATURER YEARS.THE EVERLASTING GRAVE-DIGGER.THE DISPUTE OE THE POETS.GANYMEDE.MEMNON.THE ANGEL AND THE CHILD.TO A WITHERED TREE IN JUNE.ON THE REPERUSAL OF LETTERS WRITTEN IN YOUTH.THE DESIRE OF FAME.THE LOYALTY OF LOVE.A LAMENT.LOST AND AVENGED.THE TREASURES BY THE WAYSIDE.ADDRESS TO THE SOUL IN DESPONDENCY.Part 6 / Book 2 · Other sectionsTHE SABBATH.THE HOLLOW OAK.LOVE AND FAME.LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.LOVE'S SUDDEN GROWTH.THE LOVE-LETTER.THE LANGUAGE OF THE EYES.DOUBT.THE ASSURANCE.MEMORIES, THE FOOD OF LOVE.ABSENT, YET PRESENT.LOVERS' QUARRELS.THE LAST SEPARATION.THE POPE AND THE BEGGAR.THE BEAUTIFUL DESCENDS NOT.THE LONG LIFE AND THE FULL LIFE.THE MIND AND THE HEART.THE LAST CRUSADER.FOREBODINGS.ORAMA; OR, FATE AND FREEWILL.EARLIER POEMS.THE SOULS OF BOOKS.LA ROCHEFOUCAULD AND CONDORCET.JEALOUSY AND ART.THE MASTER TO THE SCHOLAR.THE TRUE CRITIC.TALENT AND GENIUS.EURIPIDES.THE BONES OF RAPHAEL.THE ATHENIAN AND THE SPARTAN.THE PHILANTHROPIST AND THE MISANTHROPE.THE IDEAL WORLD.THE IDEAL WORLD.EPIGRAPH.FICTION.Standard and Popular Works.THE FAIRY BRIDE. A TALE[A]Notes in this chapterNote 1 · As the subject of this tale is suggested by one of the Fabliaux, the author has represented Arthur and Guenever, according to the view of th← A TRUE STORY.PART I. →