A Legend of Old Persia and Other Poems

by A. B. S. Tennyson

A LEGEND OF OLD PERSIA
AND OTHER POEMS.

BY

A. B. S. TENNYSON.

LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN.
1912.

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• Fantasies.
  • Altruism: A Legend of Old Persia:[p. 3.]
  • The Enchanted Gipsy:[p. 9.]
  • The Roof of the World:[p. 11.]
  • The Poet and the Lily:[p. 13.]
  • The Tramp:[p. 15.]
  • The Black Dwarf:[p. 23.]
  • To an Elephant:[p. 24.]
• Songs.
• • The Palmer's Song:[p. 27.]
  • The Song of the Old Men:[p. 28.]
  • The Song of Snorro:[p. 30.]
  • The Island:[p. 32.]
  • Fair Filamelle:[p. 34.]
  • The Song of Kisses:[p. 35.]
  • The Song of Odysseus:[p. 36.]
• Stories in Verse.
• • Adeimantus:[p. 41.]
  • Pygmalion:[p. 44.]
  • Alexis:[p. 53.]
  • The King's Cloak:[p. 56.]
  • The Knight and the Witch:[p. 59.]
  • The Dreamer:[p. 66.]
• Dialogues.
• • The Parting of Lancelot and Guinevere:[p. 77.]
  • The Hermit and the Faun:[p. 80.]
  • Love's Defiance:[p. 85.]
  • The Playmates:[p. 87.]
• Dramas.
• • June and November:[p. 91.]
  • A Foolish Tragedy:[p. 92.]
  • Alone:[p. 94.]
  • The Wraith:[p. 101.]
  • The Two Murderers:[p. 102.]
• Reflections.
• • The Wind and the Hills:[p. 107.]
  • The Happy Ones:[p. 110.]
  • A Question:[p. 112.]
  • The Earth:[p. 113.]
  • Aspirations:[p. 114.]
  • Romance:[p. 115.]

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Of the poems in this volume "Adeimantus" and "The Hermit and the Faun" first appeared in The Contemporary Review, and "The Song of Snorro" in The Spectator. They are republished here by kind permission of the Editors.