Chapter II: Book I

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THE PROLOGUE. 13
CANTO
I. THE CATHEDRAL CLOSE 17
Preludes:
1. The Impossibility 17
2. Love’s Really 17
3. The Poet’s Confidence 18
The Cathedral Close 19
II. MARY AND MILDRED 24
Preludes:
1. The Paragon 24
2. Love at Large 26
3. Love and Duty 27
4. A Distinction 28
Mary and Mildred 28
III. HONORIA 32
Preludes:
1. The Lover 32
2. Love a Virtue 34
3. The Attainment 34
Honoria 35
IV. THE MORNING CALL 39
Preludes:
1. The Rose of the World 39
2. The Tribute 41
3. Compensation 42
The Morning Call 42
V. THE VIOLETS 46
Preludes:
1. The Comparison 46
2. Love in Tears 48
3. Prospective Faith 48
4. Venus Victrix 49
The Violets 49
VI. THE DEAN 53
Preludes:
1. Perfect Love rare 53
2. Love Justified 54
3. Love Serviceable 55
4. A Riddle Solved 56
The Dean 56
VII. ÆTNA AND THE MOON 60
Preludes:
1. Love’s Immortality 60
2. Heaven and Earth 61
Ætna and the Moon 62
VIII. SARUM PLAIN 66
Preludes:
1. Life of Life 66
2. The Revelation 67
3. The Spirit’s Epochs 67
4. The Prototype 68
5. The Praise of Love 68
Sarum Plain 69
IX. SAHARA 74
Preludes:
1. The Wife’s Tragedy 74
2. Common Graces 75
3. The Zest of Life 76
4. Fool and Wise 76
Sahara 77
X. CHURCH TO CHURCH 81
Preludes:
1. The Joyful Wisdom 81
2. The Devices 84
Going to Church 84
XI. THE DANCE 89
Preludes:
1. The Daughter of Eve 89
2. Aurea Dicta 91
The Dance 93
XII. THE ABDICATION 97
Preludes:
1. The Chace 97
2. Denied 100
3. The Churl 101
The Abdication 102