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John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.

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CONTENTS.


INTRODUCTION.Page
To A. Bronson Alcott, a Letter by F. B. Sanborn[5-10]

An Essay on the Sonnet

[11-35]

Sonnets of Illustration

[21-35]
I. Love in Spring[21]
II. The Maiden in April[22]
III. The Estrangement[23]
IV. Love in Time[24]
V. To those of Noble Heart[24]
VI. The Ocean a blessed God[27]
VII. The Nightingale[28]
VIII. The Fair Saint[29]
IX. Love a Poor Palmer[30]
X. Love against Love[31]
XI. Death[32]
XII. Ah, Sweet Content![34]
XIII. The Poet’s Immortality[34]

PART FIRST.
Proem[39]
Domestic Sonnets and Canzonets[41-8]

PART SECOND.
Sonnets of Character[94-145]
A Prophetic Ode[146-149]