Part 1

Transcribed from the 1912 Times Book Club “Surrey” edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

POEMS VOL. II

BY GEORGE MEREDITH

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SURREY EDITION

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LONDON THE TIMES BOOK CLUB 376–384 OXFORD STREET, W. 1912

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Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to his Majesty

CONTENTS

PAGE TO J. M., 1

Let Fate or Insufficiency provide LINES TO A FRIEND VISITING AMERICA, 2

Now farewell to you! you are TIME AND SENTIMENT, 11

I see a fair young couple in a wood, LUCIFER IN STARLIGHT, 12

On a starred night Prince Lucifer uprose THE STAR SIRIUS, 12

Bright Sirius! that when Orion pales SENSE AND SPIRIT, 13

The senses loving Earth or well or ill EARTH’S SECRET, 13

Not solitarily in fields we find INTERNAL HARMONY, 14

Assured of worthiness we do not dread GRACE AND LOVE, 14

Two flower-enfolding crystal vases she APPRECIATION, 15

Earth was not Earth before her sons appeared, THE DISCIPLINE OF WISDOM, 15

Rich labour is the struggle to be wise THE STATE OF AGE, 16

Rub thou thy battered lamp: nor claim nor beg PROGRESS, 16

In Progress you have little faith, say you: THE WORLD’S ADVANCE, 17

Judge mildly the tasked world; and disincline A CERTAIN PEOPLE, 17

As Puritans they prominently wax, THE GARDEN OF EPICURUS, 18

That Garden of sedate Philosophy A LATER ALEXANDRIAN, 18

An inspiration caught from dubious hues AN ORSON OF THE MUSE, 19