Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations x
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Note on Edited Text and Apparatus xiii
6. List of Abbreviations and Sigla xvi
7. Introduction 1
8. Sonnet Texts and Notes 27
9. [PROEM Sonnet] 35
10. Part I. Youth and Change
11. Sonnet I. Love Enthroned. 39
12. Sonnet II. Bridal Birth. 40
13. Sonnet III. Love’s Testament. 42
14. Sonnet IV. Lovesight. 44
15. Sonnet V. Heart’s Hope. 46
16. Sonnet VI. The Kiss. 47
17. Sonnet VIa. Nuptial Sleep. 48
18. Sonnet VII. Supreme Surrender. 52
19. Sonnet VIII. Love’s Lovers. 55
20. Sonnet IX. Passion and Worship. 56
21. Sonnet X. The Portrait. 58
22. Sonnet XI. The Love-Letter. 61
23. Sonnet XII. The Lovers’ Walk. 63
24. Sonnet XIII. Youth’s Antiphony. 65
25. Sonnet XIV. Youth’s Spring-Tribute. 67
26. Sonnet XV. The Birth-Bond. 68
27. Sonnet XVI. A Day of Love. 70
28. Sonnet XVII. Beauty’s Pageant. 71
29. Sonnet XVIII. Genius in Beauty. 72
30. Sonnet XIX. Silent Noon. 73
31. Sonnet XX. Gracious Moonlight. 76
32. Sonnet XXI. Love-Sweetness. 78
33. Sonnet XXII. Heart’s Haven. 80
34. Sonnet XXIII. Love’s Baubles. 82
35. Sonnet XXIV. Pride of Youth. 83
36. Sonnet XXV. Winged Hours. 85
37. Sonnet XXVI. Mid-Rapture. 86
38. Sonnet XXVII. Heart’s Compass. 87
39. Sonnet XXVIII. Soul-Light. 88
40. Sonnet XXIX. The Moonstar. 90
41. Sonnet XXX. Last Fire. 91
42. Sonnet XXXI. Her Gifts. 92
43. Sonnet XXXII. Equal Troth. 94
44. Sonnet XXXIII. Venus Victrix. 96
45. Sonnet XXXIV. The Dark Glass. 97
46. Sonnet XXXV. The Lamp’s Shrine. 98
47. Sonnet XXXVI. Life-in-Love. 100
48. Sonnet XXXVII. The Love-Moon. 102
49. Sonnet XXXVIII. The Morrow’s Message. 103
50. Sonnet XXXIX. Sleepless Dreams. 104
51. Sonnet XL. Severed Selves. 106
52. Sonnet XLI. Through Death to Love. 107
53. Sonnet XLII. Hope Overtaken. 109
54. Sonnet XLIII. Love and Hope. 111
55. Sonnet XLIV. Cloud and Wind. 112
56. Sonnet XLV. Secret Parting. 113
57. Sonnet XLVI. Parted Love. 115
58. Sonnet XLVII. Broken Music. 116
59. Sonnet XLVIII. Death-in-Love. 117
60. Sonnets XLIX, L, LI, LII. Willowwood. 119
61. Sonnet LIII. Without Her. 129
62. Sonnet LIV. Love’s Fatality. 130
63. Sonnet LV. Stillborn Love. 131
64. Sonnets LVI., LVII., LVIII. True Woman. 133
65. Sonnet LIX. Love’s Last Gift. 142
66. End of Part I. 142
67. Part II. Change and Fate.
68. Sonnet LX. Transfigured Life. 144
69. Sonnet LXI. The Song-Throe. 146
70. Sonnet LXII. The Soul’s Sphere. 147
71. Sonnet LXIII. Inclusiveness. 149
72. Sonnet LXIV. Ardour and Memory. 151
73. Sonnet LXV. Known in Vain. 154
74. Sonnet LXVI. The Heart of the Night. 155
75. Sonnet LXVII. The Landmark. 157
76. Sonnet LXVIII. A Dark Day. 158
77. Sonnet LXIX. Autumn Idleness. 161
78. Sonnet LXX. The Hill Summit. 164
79. Sonnets LXXI., LXXII., LXXIII. The Choice. 167
80. Sonnets LXXIV., LXXV., LXXVI. Old and New Art. 172
81. Sonnet LXXVII. Soul’s Beauty. 179
82. Sonnet LXXVIII. Body’s Beauty. 181
83. Sonnet LXXIX. The Monochord. 184
84. Sonnet LXXX. From Dawn to Noon. 186
85. Sonnet LXXXI. Memorial Thresholds. 187
86. Sonnet LXXXII. Hoarded Joy. 189
87. Sonnet LXXXIII. Barren Spring. 191
88. Sonnet LXXXIV. Farewell to the Glen. 193
89. Sonnet LXXXV. Vain Virtues. 195
90. Sonnet LXXXVI. Lost Days. 196
91. Sonnet LXXXVII. Death’s Songsters. 197
92. Sonnet LXXXVIII. Hero’s Lamp. 200
93. Sonnet LXXXIX. The Trees of the Garden. 202
94. Sonnet XC. “Retro Me, Sathana!”. 204
95. Sonnet XCI. Lost on Both Sides. 207
96. Sonnets XCII., XCIII. The Sun’s Shame. 209
97. Sonnet XCIV. Michelangelo’s Kiss. 212
98. Sonnet XCV. The Vase of Life. 214
99. Sonnet XCVI. Life the Beloved. 215
100. Sonnet XCVII. A Superscription. 216
101. Sonnet XCVIII. He and I. 218
102. Sonnets XCIX., C. Newborn Death. 219
103. Sonnet CI. The One Hope. 223
104. End of The House of Life. 223
105. Appendix One. Dating and Ordonnance 227
106. Appendix Two. Poems: Proof States 247
107. Appendix Three. Poems: Chronology 1868–71 250
108. Appendix Four. Poems: Bibliographical Summaries 254
109. Appendix Five. Ballads and Sonnets: Chronology 1879–82 261
110. Appendix Six. Ballads and Sonnets: Bibliographical Summaries 274
111. Appendix Seven. Locations of Sources 278
112. Appendix Eight. Unpublished and Excluded Sonnets 288
113. Bibliography of Works Cited or Consulted 298