Preludes

About this eBook

Author

Meynell, Alice, 1847-1922

Original Publication

London: Henry S. King, 1875.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

English poetry -- 19th century

Category

Text

eBook-No.

79402

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79402

Release Date

August 19, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PRELUDES.
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.IN EARLY SPRING.
4. 4.PARTED.
5. 5.TO A POET.
6. 6.SONG OF THE SPRING TO THE SUMMER. THE POET SINGS TO HER POET.
7. 7.TO THE BELOVED.
8. 8.MEDITATION.
9. 9.TO THE BELOVED DEAD. A LAMENT.
10. 10.SONNET.
11. 11.IN AUTUMN.
12. 12.A LETTER FROM A GIRL TO HER OWN OLD AGE.
13. 13.SONG.
14. 14.PYGMALION. THE POET TO HIS POETRY.
15. 15.BUILDERS OF RUINS.
16. 16.SONNET.
17. 17.SONG OF THE DAY TO THE NIGHT. THE POET SINGS TO HIS POET.
18. 18.“SOEUR MONIQUE.” A RONDEAU BY COUPERIN.
19. 19.SONNET.
20. 20.A TRYST THAT FAILED.
21. 21.SONNET. THOUGHTS IN SEPARATION.
22. 22.REGRETS.
23. 23.SONG.
24. 24.SONNET. IN FEBRUARY.
25. 25.SAN LORENZO GIUSTINIANI’S MOTHER.
26. 26.THE POETS. FIRST VOICE: THE ALPS. SECOND VOICE: THE ANGEL.
27. 27.SONNET. THE LOVE OF NARCISSUS.
28. 28.TO A LOST MELODY.
29. 29.SONNET. AT A POET’S GRAVE.
30. 30.SONNET. THE POET TO NATURE.
31. 31.THE POET TO HIS CHILDHOOD.
32. 32.SONNET. TO ——.
33. 33.AN UNMARKED FESTIVAL.
34. 34.SONNET. A YOUNG CONVERT.
35. 35.SONNET. SPRING ON THE ALBAN HILLS. TO ——.
36. 36.SONG OF THE NIGHT AT DAYBREAK.
37. 37.SONNET. TO A DAISY.
38. 38.SONNET. TO ONE POEM IN A SILENT TIME.
39. 39.A STUDY: IN THREE MONOLOGUES, WITH INTERRUPTIONS. — I. Before Light. — II. About Noon. — III. At Twilight.

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