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Silhouettes

This is a collection of verses by British poet, critic and magazine editor Arthur Symons, which, as some reviewers assure us, was "'unwholesome," because, he said, they had "a faint smell of Patchouli about them."' Modern readers may value the poetry in this volume differently. - Summary by Carolin (1 hr 24 min)

Chapters

Preface: Being a Word on Behalf of Patchouli

After Sunset

On the Beach

Rain on the Down

Before the Squall

Under the Cliffs

Requies

Pastel

Her Eyes

Morbidezza

Maquillage

Impression

An Angel of Perugino

At Fontainebleau

On the Heath

In the Oratory

Pattie

In an Omnibus

On Meeting After

In Bohemia

Emmy

Emmy at the Eldorado

At the Cavour

In the Haymarket

At the Lyceum

The Blind Beggar

The Old Labourer

The Absinthe Drinker

Javanese Dancers

Love in Spring

Gipsy Love

In Kensington Gardens

Rewards

Perfume

Souvenir

To Mary

To a Great Actress

Love in Dreams

Music and Memory

Spring Twilight

In Winter

Quest

To a Portrait

Second Thoughts

April Midnight

During Music

On the Bridge

'I Dream of Her'

Tears

The Last Exit

After Love

Alla Passeretta Bruna

Nocturne

Her Street

On Judges' Walk

In the Night

Mandoline

Dans L'Allée

Cythère

Les Indolents

Fantoches

Pantomine

L'Amour par Terre

A Clymène

From Romances sans Parole

City Nights

A White Night

In the Valley

Peace at Noon

In Fountain Court

At Burgos

At Dawn

In Autumn

On the Roads

Pierrot in Half-Mourning

For a Picture of Watteau