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Preludes — Alice Meynell

Preludes

Alice Meynell

  • Poetry
  • Book language: English
  • 74 pages

Preludes is a collection of lyrical poetry by Alice Meynell, first published in 1875 under the name A. C. Thompson, with illustrations by Elizabeth Thompson. Its poems offer quiet reflections on nature, faith, time and human feeling, making it a gentle introduction to her contemplative verse.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. PRELUDES.
  2. CONTENTS.
  3. IN EARLY SPRING.
  4. PARTED.
  5. TO A POET.
  6. SONG OF THE SPRING TO THE SUMMER. THE POET SINGS TO HER POET.
  7. TO THE BELOVED.
  8. MEDITATION.
  9. TO THE BELOVED DEAD. A LAMENT.
  10. SONNET.
  11. IN AUTUMN.
  12. A LETTER FROM A GIRL TO HER OWN OLD AGE.
  13. SONG.
  14. PYGMALION. THE POET TO HIS POETRY.
  15. BUILDERS OF RUINS.
  16. SONNET.
  17. SONG OF THE DAY TO THE NIGHT. THE POET SINGS TO HIS POET.
  18. “SOEUR MONIQUE.” A RONDEAU BY COUPERIN.
  19. SONNET.
  20. A TRYST THAT FAILED.
  21. SONNET. THOUGHTS IN SEPARATION.
  22. REGRETS.
  23. SONG.
  24. SONNET. IN FEBRUARY.
  25. SAN LORENZO GIUSTINIANI’S MOTHER.
  26. THE POETS. FIRST VOICE: THE ALPS. SECOND VOICE: THE ANGEL.
  27. SONNET. THE LOVE OF NARCISSUS.
  28. TO A LOST MELODY.
  29. SONNET. AT A POET’S GRAVE.
  30. SONNET. THE POET TO NATURE.

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