Chapter I: Front Matter

SILHOUETTES

BY ARTHUR SYMONS

SECOND EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED

LONDON: LEONARD SMITHERS EFFINGHAM HOUSE: ARUNDEL STREET STRAND: MDCCCXCVI

TO KATHERINE WILLARD, NOW KATHERINE BALDWIN.

_Paris: May,_ 1892. _London: February,_ 1896.

CONTENTS.

*Preface: Being a Word on Behalf of Patchouli: p. xiii.

At Dieppe: After Sunset: p. 3. On the Beach: p. 4. Rain on the Down: p. 5. Before the Squall: p. 6. Under the Cliffs: p. 7. Requies: p. 8.

Masks and Faces: Pastel: p. 11. Her Eyes: p. 12. Morbidezza: p. 13. Maquillage: p. 14. *Impression: p. 15. An Angel of Perugino: p. 16. At Fontainebleau: p. 17. On the Heath: p. 18. In the Oratory: p. 19. Pattie: p. 20. In an Omnibus: p. 21. On Meeting After: p. 22. In Bohemia: p. 23. Emmy: p. 24. Emmy at the Eldorado: p. 26. *At the Cavour: p. 27. In the Haymarket: p. 28. At the Lyceum: p. 29. The Blind Beggar: p. 30. The Old Labourer: p. 31. The Absinthe Drinker: p. 32. Javanese Dancers p. 33.

Love’s Disguises: Love in Spring: p. 37. Gipsy Love p. 38. In Kensington Gardens: p. 39. *Rewards: p. 40. Perfume: p. 41. Souvenir: p. 42. *To Mary: p. 43. To a Great Actress: p. 44. Love in Dreams: p. 45. Music and Memory: p. 46. *Spring Twilight: p. 47. In Winter: p. 48. *Quest: p. 49. To a Portrait: p. 50. *Second Thoughts: p. 51. April Midnight: p. 52. During Music: p. 53. On the Bridge: p. 54. “I Dream of Her”: p. 55. *Tears: p. 56. *The Last Exit: p. 57. After Love: p. 58. Alla Passeretta Bruna: p. 59.

Nocturnes: Nocturne: p. 63. Her Street: p. 64. On Judges’ Walk: p. 65. In the Night: p. 66.

Fêtes Galantes: *Mandoline: p. 69. *Dans l’Allée p. 70. *Cythère: p. 71. *Les Indolents: p. 72. *Fantoches: p. 73. *Pantomine: p. 74. *L’Amour par Terre: p. 75. *A Clymène: p. 76. From Romances sans Parole p. 71.

Moods and Memories: City Nights: p. 81. A White Night: p. 82. In the Valley: p. 83. Peace at Noon: p. 84. In Fountain Court: p. 85. At Burgos: p. 86. At Dawn: p. 87. In Autumn: p. 88. On the Roads: p. 89. *Pierrot in Half-Mourning: p. 90. For a Picture of Watteau: p. 91.

* The Preface, and the nineteen Poems marked with an asterisk, were not contained in the first edition. One Poem has been omitted, and many completely rewritten.