SILHOUETTES

BY
ARTHUR SYMONS

SECOND EDITION
REVISED AND ENLARGED

LONDON: LEONARD SMITHERS
EFFINGHAM HOUSE: ARUNDEL STREET
STRAND: MDCCCXCVI

TO
KATHERINE WILLARD,
NOW
KATHERINE BALDWIN.

Paris: May, 1892.
London: February, 1896.

CONTENTS.

[*Preface]:
[Being a Word on Behalf of Patchouli:]p. xiii.
[At Dieppe:]
[After Sunset]:p. 3.
[On the Beach:]p. 4.
[Rain on the Down:]p. 5.
[Before the Squall:]p. 6.
[Under the Cliffs:]p. 7.
[Requies:]p. 8.
[Masks and Faces:]
[Pastel:]p. 11.
[Her Eyes:]p. 12.
[Morbidezza:]p. 13.
[Maquillage:]p. 14.
[*Impression:]p. 15.
[An Angel of Perugino:]p. 16.
[At Fontainebleau:]p. 17.
[On the Heath:]p. 18.
[In the Oratory:]p. 19.
[Pattie:]p. 20.
[In an Omnibus:]p. 21.
[On Meeting After:]p. 22.
[In Bohemia:]p. 23.
[Emmy:]p. 24.
[Emmy at the Eldorado:]p. 26.
[*At the Cavour:]p. 27.
[In the Haymarket:]p. 28.
[At the Lyceum:]p. 29.
[The Blind Beggar:]p. 30.
[The Old Labourer:]p. 31.
[The Absinthe Drinker:]p. 32.
[Javanese Dancers]p. 33.
[Love’s Disguises:]
[Love in Spring:]p. 37.
[Gipsy Love]p. 38.
[In Kensington Gardens:]p. 39.
[*Rewards:]p. 40.
[Perfume:]p. 41.
[Souvenir:]p. 42.
[*To Mary:]p. 43.
[To a Great Actress:]p. 44.
[Love in Dreams:]p. 45.
[Music and Memory:]p. 46.
[*Spring Twilight:]p. 47.
[In Winter:]p. 48.
[*Quest:]p. 49.
[To a Portrait:]p. 50.
[*Second Thoughts:]p. 51.
[April Midnight:]p. 52.
[During Music:]p. 53.
[On the Bridge:]p. 54.
[“I Dream of Her”:]p. 55.
[*Tears:]p. 56.
[*The Last Exit:]p. 57.
[After Love:]p. 58.
[Alla Passeretta Bruna:]p. 59.
[Nocturnes:]
[Nocturne:]p. 63.
[Her Street:]p. 64.
[On Judges’ Walk:]p. 65.
[In the Night:]p. 66.
[Fêtes Galantes:]
[*Mandoline:]p. 69.
[*Dans l’Allée]p. 70.
[*Cythère:]p. 71.
[*Les Indolents:]p. 72.
[*Fantoches:]p. 73.
[*Pantomine:]p. 74.
[*L’Amour par Terre:]p. 75.
[*A Clymène:]p. 76.
[From Romances sans Parole]p. 71.
[Moods and Memories:]
[City Nights:]p. 81.
[A White Night:]p. 82.
[In the Valley:]p. 83.
[Peace at Noon:]p. 84.
[In Fountain Court:]p. 85.
[At Burgos:]p. 86.
[At Dawn:]p. 87.
[In Autumn:]p. 88.
[On the Roads:]p. 89.
[*Pierrot in Half-Mourning:]p. 90.
[For a Picture of Watteau:]p. 91.

* The Preface, and the nineteen Poems marked with an asterisk, were not contained in the first edition. One Poem has been omitted, and many completely rewritten.