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Silhouettes

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By Arthur Symons
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A collection of lyric poems offering impressionistic sketches of urban and seaside scenes that linger on mood more than plot. Short pieces move through theatre, cafés, promenades, and nocturnes to explore fleeting sensations of love, memory, and aesthetic perception. Sensuous details—scent, music, and light—are foregrounded, and symbolist-inflected techniques emphasize atmosphere and subjective response rather than narrative development. The arrangement reads as a series of portraits and reveries that shift subtly between observation and delicate psychological insight.

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Title: Silhouettes

Author: Arthur Symons

Release date: July 28, 2009 [eBook #29531]
Most recently updated: October 29, 2020

Language: English

Credits: Produced by Ruth Hart

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SILHOUETTES ***

SILHOUETTES

BY
ARTHUR SYMONS

SECOND EDITION
REVISED AND ENLARGED

LONDON: LEONARD SMITHERS
EFFINGHAM HOUSE: ARUNDEL STREET
STRAND: MDCCCXCVI

TO
KATHERINE WILLARD,
NOW
KATHERINE BALDWIN.

Paris: May, 1892.
London: February, 1896.

CONTENTS.

*Preface:  
Being a Word on Behalf of Patchouli: p. xiii.
   
At Dieppe:  
After Sunset: p. 3.
On the Beach: p. 4.
Rain on the Down: p. 5.
Before the Squall: p. 6.
Under the Cliffs: p. 7.
Requies: p. 8.
   
Masks and Faces:  
Pastel: p. 11.
Her Eyes: p. 12.
Morbidezza: p. 13.
Maquillage: p. 14.
*Impression: p. 15.
An Angel of Perugino: p. 16.
At Fontainebleau: p. 17.
On the Heath: p. 18.
In the Oratory: p. 19.
Pattie: p. 20.
In an Omnibus: p. 21.
On Meeting After: p. 22.
In Bohemia: p. 23.
Emmy: p. 24.
Emmy at the Eldorado: p. 26.
*At the Cavour: p. 27.
In the Haymarket: p. 28.
At the Lyceum: p. 29.
The Blind Beggar: p. 30.
The Old Labourer: p. 31.
The Absinthe Drinker: p. 32.
Javanese Dancers p. 33.
   
Love’s Disguises:  
Love in Spring: p. 37.
Gipsy Love p. 38.
In Kensington Gardens: p. 39.
*Rewards: p. 40.
Perfume: p. 41.
Souvenir: p. 42.
*To Mary: p. 43.
To a Great Actress: p. 44.
Love in Dreams: p. 45.
Music and Memory: p. 46.
*Spring Twilight: p. 47.
In Winter: p. 48.
*Quest: p. 49.
To a Portrait: p. 50.
*Second Thoughts: p. 51.
April Midnight: p. 52.
During Music: p. 53.
On the Bridge: p. 54.
“I Dream of Her”: p. 55.
*Tears: p. 56.
*The Last Exit: p. 57.
After Love: p. 58.
Alla Passeretta Bruna: p. 59.
   
Nocturnes:  
Nocturne: p. 63.
Her Street: p. 64.
On Judges’ Walk: p. 65.
In the Night: p. 66.
   
Fêtes Galantes:  
*Mandoline: p. 69.
*Dans l’Allée p. 70.
*Cythère: p. 71.
*Les Indolents: p. 72.
*Fantoches: p. 73.
*Pantomine: p. 74.
*L’Amour par Terre: p. 75.
*A Clymène: p. 76.
From Romances sans Parole p. 71.
     
Moods and Memories:  
City Nights: p. 81.
A White Night: p. 82.
In the Valley: p. 83.
Peace at Noon: p. 84.
In Fountain Court: p. 85.
At Burgos: p. 86.
At Dawn: p. 87.
In Autumn: p. 88.
On the Roads: p. 89.
*Pierrot in Half-Mourning: p. 90.
For a Picture of Watteau: p. 91.

* The Preface, and the nineteen Poems marked with an asterisk, were not contained in the first edition. One Poem has been omitted, and many completely rewritten.