The Complete Poetical Works of Constance Naden Constance Naden The Complete Poetical Works of Constance Naden Table of Contents The Complete Poetical Works of Constance Naden........................................................................................1 Constance Naden.....................................................................................................................................1 THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF CONSTANCE NADEN. WITH AN EXPLANATORY FORE−WORD BY ROBERT LEWINS, M.D., Surgeon Lieut.−Colonel (Retired). DEDICATION.........................................................................................................................................4 THE ASTRONOMER, Etc......................................................................................................................5 POEMS....................................................................................................................................................5 THE ASTRONOMER.............................................................................................................................5 THE CONFESSION................................................................................................................................9 THE ROMAN PHILOSOPHER TO CHRISTIAN PRIESTS.............................................................11 THE LAST DRUID...............................................................................................................................13 THE CARMELITE NUN......................................................................................................................14 THE ALCHEMIST................................................................................................................................15 THE SCULPTOR..................................................................................................................................16 THE SISTER OF MERCY....................................................................................................................17 THE WIFE'S SONG..............................................................................................................................18 I. NIGHT................................................................................................................................................18 II. MORNING........................................................................................................................................19 A LETTER.............................................................................................................................................19 THE MYSTIC'S PRAYER....................................................................................................................20 THE PILGRIM......................................................................................................................................21 THE PANTHEIST'S SONG OF IMMORTALITY...............................................................................23 LIGHT AT EVENTIDE........................................................................................................................24 BOOKS..................................................................................................................................................25 MEMORY.............................................................................................................................................26 LIGHT−BORN SORROWS..................................................................................................................27 ON THE MALVERN HILLS................................................................................................................28 JANUARY 28th, 1880...........................................................................................................................29 SPRINGTIDE........................................................................................................................................29 NOONDAY...........................................................................................................................................30 TWILIGHT............................................................................................................................................30 YEARNING...........................................................................................................................................32 CHANGED............................................................................................................................................32 SIR LANCELOT'S BRIDE...................................................................................................................33 THE ABBOT.........................................................................................................................................35 DAS IDEAL...........................................................................................................................................36 THE LADY DOCTOR, Etc...................................................................................................................37 THE LADY DOCTOR..........................................................................................................................38 THE OLD LOVE−LETTERS...............................................................................................................40 LOVE VERSUS LEARNING...............................................................................................................41 MOONLIGHT AND GAS.....................................................................................................................43 THE TWO ARTISTS............................................................................................................................44 MAIDEN MEDITATION.....................................................................................................................45 LAMENT OF THE CORK−CELL. ......................................................................................................46 SIX YEARS OLD..................................................................................................................................47 SONNETS.............................................................................................................................................51 JANUARY, 1879...................................................................................................................................51 TO A HYACINTH IN JANUARY........................................................................................................51 i The Complete Poetical Works of Constance Naden Table of Contents TO THE FIRST SNOWDROP..............................................................................................................52 MARCH, 1878.......................................................................................................................................52 MARCH, 1879.......................................................................................................................................52 APRIL, 1879..........................................................................................................................................53 MAY, 1879............................................................................................................................................53 STRATFORD−ON−AVON, MAY 14th, 1880.....................................................................................53 IN THE LANES BETWEEN STRATFORD AND SHOTTERY, MAY 14th, 1880..........................54 SUNSHINE............................................................................................................................................54 IN THE GARDEN.................................................................................................................................54 YELLOW ROSES.................................................................................................................................55 JULY, 1878............................................................................................................................................55 SUNSET................................................................................................................................................56 SEPTEMBER, 1880..............................................................................................................................56 SONGS BEFORE DAYBREAK...........................................................................................................56 THE SEED.............................................................................................................................................57 OCTOBER, 1879...................................................................................................................................57 NOVEMBER, 1878...............................................................................................................................58 DECEMBER, 1879................................................................................................................................58 UNDISCERNED PERFECTION..........................................................................................................58 THE PAINTER TO THE MUSICIAN..................................................................................................59