POEMS
BY
GEORGE SANTAYANA
SELECTED BY THE AUTHOR
AND REVISED
CONSTABLE AND COMPANY LTD.
LONDON — BOMBAY — SYDNEY
1922
CONTENTS
SONNETS, 1883—1893—
I.-XX
SONNETS, 1895—
XXI.-L
MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS—
ON A VOLUME OF SCHOLASTIC PHILOSOPHY
ON THE DEATH OF A METAPHYSICIAN.
ON A PIECE OF TAPESTRY
To W. P.
BEFORE A STATUE OF ACHILLES
THE RUSTIC AT THE PLAY
ODES—
I.-V
ATHLETIC ODE
VARIOUS POEMS
CAPE COD
A TOAST
PREMONITION
SOLIPSISM
SYBARIS
AVILA
KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL
ON AN UNFINISHED STATUE
MIDNIGHT
IN GRANTCHESTER MEADOWS
SPAIN IN AMERICA
A MINUET
TRANSLATIONS—
FROM MICHAEL ANGELO
FROM THEOPHILE GAUTIER
A SPANIARD IN ENGLAND by EDMUND GOSSE
PREFACE
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