BRENTANO'S

THE CAXTON PRESS

NEW YORK

TO MARIE

CONTENTS

PAGE
[Introductory Notice]xi
Love Letters of a Violinist:
[Letter First—Prelude]1
[Letter Second—Sorrow]11
[Letter Third—Regrets]21
[Letter Fourth—Yearnings]31
[Letter Fifth—Confessions]41
[Letter Sixth—Despair]51
[Letter Seventh—Hope]61
[Letter Eighth—A Vision]71
[Letter Ninth—To-morrow]81
[Letter Tenth—A Retrospect]91
[Letter Eleventh—Faith]101
[Letter Twelfth—Victory]111
[Miscellaneous Poems:]
[Anteros]123
[The Waking of the Lark]129
[A Ballad of Kisses]132
[Mary Arden]133
[Sachal: A Waif of Battle]141
[The Lady of the May]146
[An Ode to Englishmen]149
[Zulalie]153
[Beethoven at the Piano]155
[A Rhapsody of Death]159
[A Prayer for Light]163
[Mirage]165
[A Mother's Name]170
[A Song of Servitude]171
[Sylvia in the West]175
[Elëanore]187
[The Statue]189
[Pablo de Sarasate]191
[My Amazon]197
[Pro Patria]199
[The Little Grave]205
[A Dirge]207
[Daisies out at Sea]209
[Sonnets]:
I.[Ecstasy]215
II.[Visions]217
III.[The Daisy]218
IV.[Probation]219
V.[Dante]221
VI.[Diffidence]222
VII.[Fairies]223
VIII.[Spirit Love]225
IX.[After Two Days]226
X.[Byron]227
XI.[Love's Ambition]228
XII.[Love's Defeat]230
XIII.[A Thunderstorm at Night]231
XIV.[In Tuscany]232
XV.[A Hero]234
XVI.[Remorse]235
XVII.[The Mission of the Bard]236
XVIII.[Death]237
XIX.[To One I Love]239
XX.[Ex Tenebra]240
XXI.[Victor Hugo]241
XXII.[Cynthia]242
XXIII.[Philomel]244
XXIV.[The Sonnet King]245
XXV.[Token Flowers]246
XXVI.[A Prayer for England]248
XXVII.[A Veteran Poet]249
[A Choral Ode To Liberty]251
[Italian Poems:]
[La Zingarella]263
[Il Ponte d'Aviglio]271
[I Miei Saluti]273