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Chapter I: Preface: , by George Sterling

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POEMS

Arabesque 1

Beyond the Great Wall 2

To Omar Khayyam 3

Strangeness 5

The Infinite Quest 6

Rosa Mystica 7

The Nereid 8

In Saturn 9

Impression 10

Triple Aspect 11

Desolation 12

The Orchid 13

A Fragment 14

Crepuscle 15

Inferno 16

Mirrors 17

Belated Love 18

The Absence of the Muse 19

Dissonance 20

To Nora May French 21

In Lemuria 24

Recompense 25

Exotique 26

Transcendence 27

Satiety 28

The Ministers of Law 29

Coldness 30

The Desert Garden 31

The Crucifixion of Eros 32

The Exile 33

Ave Atque Vale 34

Solution 35

The Tears of Lilith 36

A Precept 37

Remembered Light 38

Song 39

Haunting 40

The Hidden Paradise 41

Cleopatra 42

Ecstasy 43

Union 44

Psalm 45

In November 47

Symbols 48

The Hashish-Eater; or, the Apocalypse of Evil 49

The Sorrow of the Winds 65

Artemis 66

Love is Not Yours, Love is Not Mine 67

The City in the Desert 68

The Melancholy Pool 69

The Mirrors of Beauty 70

Winter Moonlight 71

To the Beloved 72

Requiescat 73

Mirage 74

Inheritance 75

Autumnal 76

Chant of Autumn 77

Echo of Memnon 78

Twilight on the Snow 79

Image 80

The Refuge of Beauty 81

Nightmare 82

The Mummy 83

Forgetfulness 84

Flamingoes 85

The Chimaera 86

Satan Unrepentant 87

The Abyss Triumphant 90

The Motes 91

The Medusa of Despair 92

Laus Mortis 93

The Ghoul and the Seraph 94

At Sunrise 99

The Land of Evil Stars 100

The Harlot of the World 102

The Hope of the Infinite 103

Love Malevolent 104

Palms 105

Memnon at Midnight 106

Eidolon 107

The Kingdom of Shadows 108

Requiescat in Pace 110

Alexandrines 112

Ashes of Sunset 113

November Twilight 114

Sepulture 115

Quest 116

Beauty Implacable 117

A Vision of Lucifer 118

Desire of Vastness 119

Anticipation 120

A Psalm to the Best Beloved 121

The Witch in the Graveyard 122

POEMS IN PROSE

The Traveler 127

The Flower-Devil 129

Images 130

The Black Lake 131

Vignettes 132

A Dream of Lethe 134

The Caravan 135

The Princess Almeena 136

Ennui 137

The Statue of Silence 139

Remoteness 140

The Memnons of the Night 141

The Garden and the Tomb 142

In Cocaigne 143

The Litany of the Seven Kisses 144

From a Letter 145

From the Crypts of Memory 146

A Phantasy 148

The Demon, the Angel, and Beauty 149

The Shadows 151

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