Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth
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WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
POEMS AND LYRICS OF THE JOY OF EARTH
BY GEORGE MEREDITH
London MACMILLAN AND CO. 1883
Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh .
INSCRIBED TO JAMES COTTER MORISON
Antistans mihi milibus trecentis.
Enter these enchanted woods,
You who dare.
Nothing harms beneath the leaves
George Meredith
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CONTENTS.
THE WOODS OF WESTERMAIN.
A BALLAD OF PAST MERIDIAN.
THE DAY OF THE DAUGHTER OF HADES.
THE LARK ASCENDING.
PHOEBUS WITH ADMETUS.
MELAMPUS.
LOVE IN THE VALLEY.
THE THREE SINGERS TO YOUNG BLOOD.
THE ORCHARD AND THE HEATH.
MARTIN’S PUZZLE.
EARTH AND MAN.
A BALLAD OF FAIR LADIES IN REVOLT.
SONNETS
LUCIFER IN STARLIGHT.
THE STAR SIRIUS.
SENSE AND SPIRIT.
EARTH’S SECRET.
THE SPIRIT OF SHAKESPEARE.
INTERNAL HARMONY.
GRACE AND LOVE.
APPRECIATION.
THE DISCIPLINE OF WISDOM.
THE STATE OF AGE.
PROGRESS.
THE WORLD’S ADVANCE.
A CERTAIN PEOPLE.
THE GARDEN OF EPICURUS.
A LATER ALEXANDRIAN.
AN ORSON OF THE MUSE.
THE POINT OF TASTE.
CAMELUS SALTAT.
CAMELUS SALTAT: Continued.
TO J. M.
MY THEME.
MY THEME: Continued.
TIME AND SENTIMENT.
