Transcribed from the 1883 Chatto & Windus edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org A CENTURY OF ROUNDELS BY ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE [Picture: Decorative graphic] _SECOND EDITION_ London CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY 1883 [_All rights reserved_] * * * * * LONDON: PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE AND PARLIAMENT STREET * * * * * DEDICATION TO CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI SONGS light as these may sound, though deep and strong The heart spake through them, scarce should hope to please Ears tuned to strains of loftier thoughts than throng Songs light as these. Yet grace may set their sometime doubt at ease, Nor need their too rash reverence fear to wrong The shrine it serves at and the hope it sees. For childlike loves and laughters thence prolong Notes that bid enter, fearless as the breeze, Even to the shrine of holiest-hearted song, Songs light as these. CONTENTS. PAGE I. In Harbour 1 II. ,, 2 III. The Way of the Wind 3 IV. Had I Wist 4 V. Recollections 5 VI. ,, 6 VII. ,, 7 VIII. Time and Life 8 IX. ,, 9 X. A Dialogue 10 XI. ,, 11 XII. ,, 12 XIII. Plus Ultra 13 XIV. A Dead Friend 14 XV. ,, 15 XVI. ,, 16 XVII. ,, 17 XVIII. ,, 18 XIX. ,, 19 XX. ,, 20 XXI. Past Days 21 XXII. ,, 22 XXIII. ,, 23 XXIV. Autumn and Winter 24 XXV. ,, 25 XXVI. ,, 26 XXVII. ,, 27 XXVIII. The Death of Richard Wagner 28 XXIX. ,, 29 XXX.