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A VERS DE SOCIÉTÉ ANTHOLOGY

NOTE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

TO CELIA

CUPID

ROSALIND’S MADRIGAL

ALL THINGS EXCEPT MYSELF I KNOW

ENVOY

CUPID AND CAMPASPE

A DITTY

SONG FROM “TWELFTH NIGHT”

PHILLIDA AND CORYDON

CHERRY-RIPE

SEND BACK MY LONG-STRAY’D EYES TO ME

PACK CLOUDS AWAY

SHALL I, WASTING IN DESPAIR

TO THE VIRGINS TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME

THE BRACELET

AN OLD RHYME

LOVE ME NOT FOR COMELY GRACE

ON A GIRDLE

TO MY LOVE

TO ALTHEA (FROM PRISON)

SONG

THE DESPAIRING LOVER

CUPID MISTAKEN

THE CONTRAST

OH, TELL ME HOW TO WOO THEE

SONG FROM “THE DUENNA”

TO LADY ANNE HAMILTON

TO MRS. LEIGH UPON HER WEDDING-DAY

NAMES

THE EXCHANGE

DEFIANCE

HER LIPS

COMMINATION

MARGARET AND DORA

A CERTAIN YOUNG LADY

SONG

THE TIME I’VE LOST IN WOOING

WHEN I LOVED YOU

REASON, FOLLY, AND BEAUTY

TIRESOME SPRING!

ROSETTE

SHE IS SO PRETTY

RONDEAU

STOLEN FRUIT

LOVE AND AGE

CLUBS

TO ANNE

SONG

WHAT IS LONDON’S LAST NEW LION?

I’D BE A BUTTERFLY

“I MUST COME OUT NEXT SPRING”

“WHY DON’T THE MEN PROPOSE?”

ASK AND HAVE

LINES IN A YOUNG LADY’S ALBUM

THE TIME OF ROSES

LOVE

TO HELEN

THE BELLE OF THE BALL-ROOM

AMY’S CRUELTY

BEWARE!

LOVE IN A COTTAGE

BECAUSE

LILIAN

THE HENCHMAN

A REMINISCENCE

THE AGE OF WISDOM

THE BALLAD OF BOUILLABAISSE

AN INVITATION

FANNY; OR THE BEAUTY AND THE BEE

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

A POEM OF EVERY-DAY LIFE

LOVE DISPOSED OF

MABEL, IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

JUSTINE, YOU LOVE ME NOT!

SING HEIGH-HO!

SNOWDROP

THE PROTEST

SCHERZO

THE HANDSOMEST MAN IN THE ROOM

THE LAWYER’S INVOCATION TO SPRING

A TERRIBLE INFANT

LOULOU AND HER CAT

PICCADILLY

A WORD THAT MAKES US LINGER

MY MISTRESS’S BOOTS

A NICE CORRESPONDENT!

THERE’S A TIME TO BE JOLLY

I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER

THE FLOWER OF LOVE LIES BLEEDING

COMFORT

A SUMMER SONG

MY AUNT’S SPECTRE

A CONCEIT

MARTIAL IN LONDON

THE BEST OF THE BALL

THE BALLAD OF DEAD LADIES

FEMININE ARITHMETIC

A TRIFLE

FLIGHT

LOVE

SINCE WE PARTED

A KISS—BY MISTAKE

A GAME OF FIVES

A VALENTINE

THE WEDDING DAY

I

II

EDGED TOOLS

WITCHCRAFT

TOUJOURS AMOUR

DICTUM SAPIENTI

UNDOWERED

THE LOVE-KNOT

VERS DE SOCIÉTÉ

A LETTER OF ADVICE

AT THE LATTICE

FRENCH WITH A MASTER

ON AN INTAGLIO HEAD OF MINERVA

THE LUNCH

THE WITCH IN THE GLASS

TO PHŒBE

MY LOVE AND MY HEART

TO A COUNTRY COUSIN

THE FAMILY FOOL

AN INTERLUDE

A MATCH

CAPRICE

I

II

III

THE MINUET

A STREET SKETCH

PET’S PUNISHMENT

HER LETTER

AVICE

A SONG OF THE FOUR SEASONS

IN TOWN

WHEN I SAW YOU LAST, ROSE

TO “LYDIA LANGUISH”

THE OLD SEDAN CHAIR

“LE ROMAN DE LA ROSE”

NINETY-NINE IN THE SHADE

BRIGHTON PIER

A CONTRADICTION

RONDEL

WHITE, PILLARED NECK

I

II

JANET

I

II

III

IV

FOR A FAN

BALLADE OF SUMMER

ENVOY

COLINETTE

ENVOY

IL BACIO

SUR L’HERBE

THE ROMANCE OF A GLOVE

IF

DON’T

ON REREADING TÉLÉMAQUE

VALENTINE

BIFTEK AUX CHAMPIGNONS

AN EXPLANATION

MARJORIE’S KISSES

MISS NANCY’S GOWN

“LE DERNIER JOUR D’UN CONDAMNÉ”

MY WOOING

WINTRY PARIS

THE ROSE

INDECISION

LOGIC

I. HER RESPECTABLE PAPA’S

II. HER MOTHER’S

III. HER ETERNAL FRIEND’S

IV. HER BROTHER’S

V. HER OWN

CONVERSATIONAL

IF YOU WANT A KISS, WHY, TAKE IT

EDUCATIONAL COURTSHIP

KISSING’S NO SIN

THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD

HER NEIGHBOURS

TO CELIA

IN FOR IT

KIRTLE RED

A BAGATELLE

A LOVE TEST

THE MISTAKEN MOTH

MY PRETTY NEIGHBOR

IF

TO MISTRESS PYRRHA

THE TEA-GOWN

A PARAPHRASE

A LEAP-YEAR EPISODE

BALLADE OF LADIES’ NAMES

ENVOY

BALLADE OF JUNE

ENVOY

BALLADE MADE IN THE HOT WEATHER

ENVOY

A ROSE

TO MINNIE

AN AMERICAN GIRL

ENVOY

LARKS AND NIGHTINGALES

CAELI

LADY MINE

FOOTNOTES:

“I JOURNEYED SOUTH TO MEET THE SPRING”

BEFORE THE BLOSSOM

LOVE IN THE CALENDAR

MY GRANDMOTHER’S TURKEY-TAIL FAN

VALENTINE

A VALENTINE

ON A HYMN-BOOK

THE BALLADE OF THE SUMMER-BOARDER

ENVOY

INTERESTING

THE WAY TO ARCADY

DA CAPO

THE MAID OF MURRAY HILL

KITTY’S SUMMERING

FORFEITS

WHEN WILL LOVE COME?

HELIOTROPE

BORDERLAND

EPITHALAMIUM

INFIRM

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS

THE BLUEBELL

A MODERN MARTYRDOM

A CORSAGE BOUQUET

THE BALLAD OF CASSANDRA BROWN

FROM THREE FLY LEAVES

QUESTION AND ANSWER

A RHYME FOR PRISCILLA

THE OLD COLLECTOR

THE LAST DITCH

BE YE IN LOVE WITH APRIL-TIDE

STRAWBERRIES

APPLIED ASTRONOMY

COURTSHIP

EYES OF BLACK AND EYES OF BLUE

HER FAULTS

A MODERN DIALOGUE

THE POET’S PROPOSAL

TRUTH

THE BACHELOR GIRL

THE SEA

IN PHILISTIA

BETWEEN THE SHOWERS

GRACE’S CHOICE

ENVOY

TO VIOLET

HER BONNET

A SONG

LES PAPILLOTTES

UPON GRACIOSA, WALKING AND TALKING

HER VALENTINE

STORY OF THE GATE

TWO TRIOLETS

A BALLADE OF OLD SWEETHEARTS

L’ENVOI

AMOUR DE VOYAGE

THE LOVERS’ LITANY

A LENTEN CALL

HELEN’S FACE A BOOK

THE BUTTERFLY’S MADRIGAL

BALLADE OF THE DEVIL-MAY-CARE

ENVOY

BALLADE OF DREAMS TRANSPOSED

ENVOY

VILLANELLE OF HIS LADY’S TREASURE

L’ENVOI

A MERRY BLUE-EYED LADDIE

DANCE TIME

HOW LIKE A WOMAN

A VIGNETTE

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