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Chapter I
POEMS AND LYRICS OF THE JOY OF EARTH
POEMS AND LYRICS OF THE JOY OF EARTH
BY GEORGE MEREDITH
London MACMILLAN AND CO. 1883
Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh.
INSCRIBED TO JAMES COTTER MORISON
* * * * Antistans mihi milibus trecentis.
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CONTENTS.
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A BALLAD OF FAIR LADIES IN REVOLT.
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TIME AND SENTIMENT.
Phoebus with Admetus.
The measure runs:
Melampus.
Love in the Valley:
Trochaic, variable in short syllables according to stress of the accent.
A sketch of this poem appeared in a volume published many years back, now extinct.
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