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White Sail

This is a collection of poems by Louise Imogen Guiney. The collection is split into four parts. After the titular poem, which is its own part, this volume contains ten narrative poems concerning some well-known and some lesser known legends. The third part of the volume is one of lyrics, and the fourth contains a number of sonnets. - Summary by Carolin (2 hr 21 min)

Chapters

The White Sail

Tarpeia

The Caliph and the Beggar

The Rise of the Tide

Chaluz Castle

The Wooing Pine

The Serpent’s Crown

Moustache

Ranieri

Saint Cadoc’s Bell

A Chouan

Youth

The Last Faun

Knights of Weather

Daybreak

On Some Old Music

Late Peace

To a Young Poet

De Mortuis

Down Stream

The Indian Pipe

Brook Farm

‘My Times are in Thy Hands’

Garden Chidings

Frédéric Ozanam

Bankrupt

A Reason for Silence

Temptation

For a Child

Aglaus

An Auditor

The Water-Text

Cyclamen

A Passing Song

In Time

The Wild Ride

The Light of the House

A Last Word on Shelley

Immunity

Paula’s Epitaph

John Brown - A Paradox

April Desire

Twofold Service

In the Gymnasium

A Salutation

At a Symphony

Sleep

The Atoning Yesterday

‘Russia under the Czars’

Four Sonnets from ‘La Vita Nuova’