Acknowledgements

Introduction

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Fr om atalanta in calydon (1865)

The First Choral Song

Althaea’s Scorn of Prayer

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The Second Choral Song

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Meleager rejects his Mother’s Counsel concerning Atalanta 7 The Fourth Choral Song 8 The Herald reports the Slaying of the Boar 13 From the Sixth Choral Song 16 Althaea’s Final Words, having Burnt the Brand 17 The Death of Meleager 18

Fr om chastelard (1865)

From Act 1, scene 3 The Queen and Chastelard (I).

From Act 2, scene 1 The Queen and Chastelard (II).

From Act 3, scene 1 Chastelard steals into the Queen’s Bedchamber.

Fr om poems and ballads, first series (1866)

A Ballad of Life

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