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This collection of Wilde’s Poems contains the volume of_ 1881 _in itsentirety_, ‘_The Sphinx_’, ‘_The Ballad of Reading Gaol_,’ _and_‘_Ravenna_.’ _Of the Uncollected Poems published in the Uniform Editionof_ 1908, _a few_, _including the Translations from the Greek and thePolish_, _are omitted_. _Two new poems_, ‘_Désespoir_’ _and_ ‘_Pan_,’_which I have recently discovered in manuscript_, _are now printed for thefirst time_. _Particulars as to the original publication of each poemwill be found in_ ‘_A Bibliography of the Poems of Oscar Wilde_,’ _byStuart Mason_, _London_ 1907. _ROBERT ROSS_. CONTENTS POEMS (1881): PAGEHélas! 3ELEUTHERIA:Sonnet To Liberty 7Ave Imperatrix 8To Milton 14Louis Napoleon 15Sonnet on the Massacre of the Christians in 16BulgariaQuantum Mutata 17Libertatis Sacra Fames 18Theoretikos 19THE GARDEN OF EROS 21ROSA MYSTICA:Requiescat 39Sonnet on approaching Italy 40San Miniato 41Ave Maria Gratia Plena 42Italia 43Sonnet written in Holy Week at Genoa 44Rome Unvisited 45Urbs Sacra Æterna 49Sonnet on hearing the Dies Iræ sung in the Sistine 50ChapelEaster Day 51E Tenebris 52Vita Nuova 53Madonna Mia 54The New Helen 55THE BURDEN OF ITYS 61WIND FLOWERS:Impression du Matin 83Magdalen Walks 84Athanasia 86Serenade 89Endymion 91La Bella Donna della mia Mente 93Chanson 95CHARMIDES 97FLOWERS OF GOLD:Impressions: I. Les Silhouettes 135II. La Fuite de la Lune 136The Grave of Keats 137Theocritus: A Villanelle 138In the Gold Room: A Harmony 139Ballade de Marguerite 140The Dole of the King’s Daughter 143Amor Intellectualis 145Santa Decca 146A Vision 147Impression de Voyage 148The Grave of Shelley 149By the Arno 150IMPRESSIONS DE THÉÀTRE:Fabien dei Franchi 155Phèdre 156Sonnets written at the Lyceum TheatreI. Portia 157II. Queen Henrietta Maria 158III. Camma 159PANTHEA 161THE FOURTH MOVEMENT:Impression: Le Réveillon 175At Verona 176Apologia 177Quia Multum Amavi 179Silentium Amoris 180Her Voice 181My Voice 183Tædium Vitæ 184HUMANITAD 185FLOWER OF LOVE:ΓΛΥΚΥΠΙΚΡΟΣ ΕΡΩΣ 211UNCOLLECTED POEMS (1876–1893):From Spring Days to Winter 217Tristitiæ 219The True Knowledge 220Impressions: I. Le Jardin 221II. La Mer 222Under the Balcony 223The Harlot’s House 225Le Jardin des Tuileries 227On the Sale by Auction of Keats’ Love Letters 228The New Remorse 229Fantasisies Décoratives: I. Le Panneau 230II. Les Ballons 232Canzonet 233Symphony in Yellow 235In the Forest 236To my Wife: With a Copy of my Poems 237With a Copy of ‘A House of Pomegranates’ 238Roses and Rue 239Désespoir 242Pan: Double Villanelle 243THE SPHINX (1894) 245THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL (1898) 269RAVENNA (1878) 305
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