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PREFACE v
THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL (_Complete Version_) 1
THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL (_Shorter Version_) 61
AVE IMPERATRIX 89
TO MY WIFE (WITH A COPY OF MY POEMS) 100
MAGDALEN WALKS 102
THEOCRITUS—A VILLANELLE 106
SONNETS—
GREECE 108
PORTIA (TO ELLEN TERRY) 110
FABIEN DEI FRANCHI (TO HENRY IRVING) 112
PHÈDRE (TO SARAH BERNHARDT) 114
ON HEARING THE DIES IRÆ SUNG IN THE 116
SISTINE CHAPEL
AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA 118
LIBERTATIS SACRA FAMES 120
ROSES AND RUE 122
FROM ‘THE GARDEN OF EROS’ 128
THE HARLOT’S HOUSE 140
FROM ‘THE BURDEN OF ITYS’ 144
FLOWER OF LOVE 158