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Victorian

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

1840–1922

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922) was an English poet, diplomat and landowner, born in Sussex and educated for the diplomatic service, in which he served in several European capitals before leaving it. With his wife, Lady Anne Blunt, he travelled in Arabia and the Middle East and founded the Crabbet Arabian Stud at his Sussex estate.

He was a vocal opponent of British imperial policy in Egypt, India and Ireland, and was imprisoned in Ireland in 1888 for his part in the land agitation, writing the sonnets of In Vinculis there. His love poetry, collected as The Love Sonnets of Proteus (1881), and his later sequences were gathered with his narrative and political poems in the two-volume Poetical Works of 1914, the text used here.

Major Works (2)

  1. Griselda — Narrative poem, 1893
  2. Satan Absolved — Dramatic poem, 1899

Poems (401)

  1. Esther, I
  2. Esther, II
  3. Esther, III
  4. Esther, IV
  5. Esther, V
  6. Esther, VI
  7. Esther, VII
  8. Esther, VIII
  9. Esther, IX
  10. Esther, X
  11. Esther, XI
  12. Esther, XII
  13. Esther, XIII
  14. Esther, XIV
  15. Esther, XV
  16. Esther, XVI
  17. Esther, XVII
  18. Esther, XVIII
  19. Esther, XIX
  20. Esther, XX
  21. Esther, XXI
  22. Esther, XXII
  23. Esther, XXIII
  24. Esther, XXIV
  25. Esther, XXV
  26. Esther, XXVI
  27. Esther, XXVII
  28. Esther, XXVIII
  29. Esther, XXIX
  30. Esther, XXX
  31. Esther, XXXI
  32. Esther, XXXII
  33. Esther, XXXIII
  34. Esther, XXXIV
  35. Esther, XXXV
  36. Esther, XXXVI
  37. Esther, XXXVII
  38. Esther, XXXVIII
  39. Esther, XXXIX
  40. Esther, XL
  41. Esther, XLI
  42. Esther, XLII
  43. Esther, XLIII
  44. Esther, XLIV
  45. Esther, XLV
  46. Esther, XLVI
  47. Esther, XLVII
  48. Esther, XLVIII
  49. Esther, XLIX
  50. Esther, L
  51. Esther, LI
  52. Esther, LII
  53. Esther, LIII
  54. Esther, LIV
  55. Esther, LV
  56. Esther, LVI
  57. Esther, LVII
  58. Esther, LVIII
  59. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Dedication: To One in a High Position
  60. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, To Manon, II: Comparing her to a Falcon
  61. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, To Manon, III: On his Fortune in loving her
  62. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, To Manon, IV: In Praise of his Fate
  63. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, To Manon, V: On the Power of her Beauty
  64. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, To Manon, VI: Depreciating her Beauty
  65. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, To Manon, VII: On her Vanity
  66. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, To Manon, VIII: As to his Choice of her
  67. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, To Manon, IX: On her Waywardness
  68. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, To Manon, X: On her Forgiveness of a Wrong
  69. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, To Manon, XI: On her Lightheartedness
  70. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, To Manon, XII: On Reading certain Letters
  71. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, To Manon, XIII: He dares not Die
  72. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, To Manon, XIV: He has fallen from the Height of his Love
  73. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, To Manon, XV: Complaining that he had fallen among Thieves
  74. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, To Manon, XVI: He argues with his Life
  75. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, To Manon, XVII: Joy's Treachery
  76. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, To Manon, XVIII: He laments that his Love is Dead
  77. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, To Manon, XIX: He protests, notwithstanding, his Love
  78. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, To Manon, XX: On falling Ill through Grief
  79. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, To Manon, XXI: His Bondage to Manon is broken
  80. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XXII: On the Nature of Love
  81. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XXIII: Asking for her Heart
  82. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XXIV: The same continued
  83. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XXV: The same continued
  84. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XXVI: The same — A Christmas Sonnet
  85. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XXVII: Asking the Fulfilment of her Love
  86. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XXVIII: In Answer to a Question
  87. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XXIX: To her who would comfort him
  88. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XXX: The Religion of Love
  89. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XXXI: To One who Loved Him
  90. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XXXII: Exhorting her to Patience
  91. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XXXIII: Reminding her of a Promise
  92. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XXXIV: The same continued
  93. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XXXV: The same continued
  94. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XXXVI: Fear has cast out Love
  95. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XXXVII: To One who would "Remain Friends"
  96. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XXXVIII: To One now Estranged
  97. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XXXIX: Farewell to Juliet
  98. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XL: The same continued
  99. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XLI: The same continued
  100. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XLII: The same continued
  101. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XLIII: The same continued
  102. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XLIV: The same continued
  103. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XLV: The same continued
  104. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XLVI: The same continued
  105. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XLVII: The same continued
  106. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XLVIII: The same continued
  107. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, XLIX: The same continued
  108. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, L: The same continued
  109. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, LI: The same continued
  110. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, LII: The same continued
  111. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Juliet, LIII: The same continued
  112. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LIV: He desires the Impossible
  113. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LV: St. Valentine's Day
  114. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LVI: To One whom he dared not Love
  115. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LVII: On a lost Opportunity
  116. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LVIII: To One on her Waste of Time
  117. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LIX: The Haunted House
  118. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LX: The Triumph of Love
  119. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXI: To One excusing his Poverty
  120. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXII: To One who would make a Confession
  121. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXIII: The Pleasures of Love
  122. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXIV: He Appeals against his Bond
  123. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXV: To One who spoke Ill of Him
  124. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXVI: The Three Ages of Woman
  125. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXVII: The same continued
  126. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXVIII: The same continued
  127. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXIX: Sibylline Books
  128. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXX: On Reading the Memoirs of M. D'Artagnan
  129. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXXI: The Two Highwaymen
  130. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXXIII: To One to whom he had been Unjust
  131. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXXIV: The Mockery of Life
  132. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXXV: The same continued
  133. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXXVI: The same continued
  134. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXXVII: Who would Live again?
  135. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXXVIII: Cold Comfort
  136. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXXIX: Amour Oblige
  137. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXXX: To One Unforgotten
  138. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXXXI: To One whom he had Loved too Long
  139. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Gods and False Gods, LXXXII: He would lead a better Life
  140. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, LXXXIII: A Day in Sussex
  141. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, LXXXIV: In Anniversario Mortis
  142. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, LXXXV: The same continued
  143. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, LXXXVI: The same continued
  144. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, LXXXVII: The same continued
  145. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, LXXXVIII: The same continued
  146. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, LXXXIX: The Limit of Human Knowledge
  147. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, XC: The Pride of Unbelief
  148. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, XCI: Laughter and Death
  149. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, XCII: Written in Distress
  150. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, XCIII: A Disappointment
  151. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, XCIV: A Year Ago
  152. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, XCV: He is not a Poet
  153. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, XCVI: On the Shortness of Time
  154. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, XCVII: Chanclebury Ring
  155. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, XCVIII: Sonnet in Assonance
  156. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, XCIX: Youth
  157. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, C: Age
  158. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, CI: The same continued
  159. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, CII: The Venus of Milo
  160. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, CIII: Written at Florence
  161. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, CIV: The same continued
  162. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, CV: Palazzo Pagani
  163. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, CVI: The Sublime
  164. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, CVII: The same continued
  165. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, CVIII: A Forest in Bosnia
  166. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, CIX: Roumeli Hissar
  167. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, CX: The Oasis of Sidi Khaled
  168. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, CXI: To the Bedouin Arabs
  169. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, CXII: Gibraltar
  170. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, CXIII: To One with his Sonnets
  171. The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, CXIV: A Later Dedication
  172. Song: Love Me a Little
  173. Song: Oh for a Day of Spring
  174. Twenty Days
  175. Love's Likenings
  176. Song: Red, Red Gold
  177. A Rhapsody
  178. Song: Why Do I Love?
  179. Pictures on Enamel
  180. Adonis
  181. A Nocturne
  182. Song: The Death of the Rose
  183. Song of the Desert Lark
  184. Song: Glad Bird, I Do Bewail Thee
  185. Song: Wilt Thou Take Me for Thy Slave?
  186. The Stricken Hart
  187. Song: Lilac and Gold and Green
  188. Song: To Her Whose Name
  189. Dead Joys
  190. At a Funeral
  191. The Broken Pitcher
  192. An Unwritten Tragedy
  193. Requiescit
  194. In the Night
  195. To Hester on the Stair
  196. A Summer in Tuscany
  197. Song: They Shall Not Know
  198. Song: If We Had Met
  199. Song: If I Had Known You
  200. Song: Butterflies
  201. Song: Not a Word
  202. Song: You Have Let the Beauty of the Day Go Over
  203. A Dream
  204. Love After Sorrow
  205. The Soul's Mutiny
  206. Song: Think No More of Me
  207. Song: Come with the Summer Leaves
  208. The Eviction
  209. Good-Bye
  210. Written at Sea
  211. A Day in the Castle of Envy
  212. A Ballad of the Heather
  213. On the Way to Church
  214. Giacinta
  215. The Wanderer's Return
  216. The Idler's Calendar, January: Cover Shooting
  217. The Idler's Calendar, February: Under the Speaker's Gallery
  218. The Idler's Calendar, March: A Week at Paris
  219. The Idler's Calendar, April: Trout-Fishing
  220. The Idler's Calendar, May: The London Season
  221. The Idler's Calendar, June: A Day at Hampton Court
  222. The Idler's Calendar, July: Goodwood
  223. The Idler's Calendar, August: On the Thames
  224. The Idler's Calendar, September: Feast of St. Partridge
  225. The Idler's Calendar, October: Gambling at Monaco
  226. The Idler's Calendar, November: Across Country
  227. The Idler's Calendar, December: Away to Egypt
  228. Natalia's Resurrection, I
  229. Natalia's Resurrection, II
  230. Natalia's Resurrection, III
  231. Natalia's Resurrection, IV
  232. Natalia's Resurrection, V
  233. Natalia's Resurrection, VI
  234. Natalia's Resurrection, VII
  235. Natalia's Resurrection, VIII
  236. Natalia's Resurrection, IX
  237. Natalia's Resurrection, X
  238. Natalia's Resurrection, XI
  239. Natalia's Resurrection, XII
  240. Natalia's Resurrection, XIII
  241. Natalia's Resurrection, XIV
  242. Natalia's Resurrection, XV
  243. Natalia's Resurrection, XVI
  244. Natalia's Resurrection, XVII
  245. Natalia's Resurrection, XVIII
  246. Natalia's Resurrection, XIX
  247. Natalia's Resurrection, XX
  248. Natalia's Resurrection, XXI
  249. Natalia's Resurrection, XXII
  250. Natalia's Resurrection, XXIII
  251. Natalia's Resurrection, XXIV
  252. Natalia's Resurrection, XXV
  253. Natalia's Resurrection, XXVI
  254. Natalia's Resurrection, XXVII
  255. Natalia's Resurrection, XXVIII
  256. Natalia's Resurrection, XXIX
  257. Natalia's Resurrection, XXX
  258. Natalia's Resurrection, XXXI
  259. A New Pilgrimage, I
  260. A New Pilgrimage, II
  261. A New Pilgrimage, III
  262. A New Pilgrimage, IV
  263. A New Pilgrimage, V
  264. A New Pilgrimage, VI
  265. A New Pilgrimage, VII
  266. A New Pilgrimage, VIII
  267. A New Pilgrimage, IX
  268. A New Pilgrimage, X
  269. A New Pilgrimage, XI
  270. A New Pilgrimage, XII
  271. A New Pilgrimage, XIII
  272. A New Pilgrimage, XIV
  273. A New Pilgrimage, XV
  274. A New Pilgrimage, XVI
  275. A New Pilgrimage, XVII
  276. A New Pilgrimage, XVIII
  277. A New Pilgrimage, XIX
  278. A New Pilgrimage, XX
  279. A New Pilgrimage, XXI
  280. A New Pilgrimage, XXII
  281. A New Pilgrimage, XXIII
  282. A New Pilgrimage, XXIV
  283. A New Pilgrimage, XXV
  284. A New Pilgrimage, XXVI
  285. A New Pilgrimage, XXVII
  286. A New Pilgrimage, XXVIII
  287. A New Pilgrimage, XXIX
  288. A New Pilgrimage, XXX
  289. A New Pilgrimage, XXXI
  290. A New Pilgrimage, XXXII
  291. A New Pilgrimage, XXXIII
  292. A New Pilgrimage, XXXIV
  293. A New Pilgrimage, XXXV
  294. A New Pilgrimage, XXXVI
  295. A New Pilgrimage, XXXVII
  296. A New Pilgrimage, XXXVIII
  297. A New Pilgrimage, XXXIX
  298. A New Pilgrimage, XL
  299. In Vinculis, I: Condemned
  300. In Vinculis, II: At the Gate
  301. In Vinculis, III: Honour Dishonoured
  302. In Vinculis, IV: How Shall I Build
  303. In Vinculis, V: A Convent Without God
  304. In Vinculis, VI: The Two Voices
  305. In Vinculis, VII: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
  306. In Vinculis, VIII: A Lesson in Humility
  307. In Vinculis, IX: The Court of Penance
  308. In Vinculis, X: Mitigations
  309. In Vinculis, XI: God Is My Witness
  310. In Vinculis, XII: The Deeds That Might Have Been
  311. In Vinculis, XIII: A Dream of Good
  312. In Vinculis, XIV: Her Name Liberty
  313. In Vinculis, XV: Farewell Dark Gaol
  314. In Vinculis, XVI: I Will Smile No More
  315. Later Sonnets: Love Is Best
  316. Later Sonnets: She Shall Not Guess
  317. Later Sonnets: All White
  318. Later Sonnets: Gratitude
  319. Later Sonnets: O for a Soul
  320. Later Sonnets: To One in a Garden
  321. Later Sonnets: To One in a Hostile Camp
  322. Later Sonnets: A Relapse
  323. Later Sonnets: An Autumn Sonnet
  324. Later Sonnets: Friends
  325. Later Sonnets: The Pre-Adamite World
  326. Later Sonnets: A Vision of Folly
  327. Later Sonnets: Ambition
  328. Later Sonnets: At the Parting of the Ways
  329. Later Sonnets: To One Who Had Left Her Convent to Marry
  330. Later Sonnets: To One with a Spring Nosegay
  331. Later Sonnets: To One on Her Birthday
  332. Later Sonnets: To the Same on Her Birthday
  333. Later Sonnets: Lost Threads
  334. Later Sonnets: The Morte D'arthur
  335. Later Sonnets: The Coming of Love
  336. Later Sonnets: Her Secret Is Betrayed
  337. A Woman's Sonnets, I
  338. A Woman's Sonnets, II
  339. A Woman's Sonnets, III
  340. A Woman's Sonnets, IV
  341. A Woman's Sonnets, V
  342. A Woman's Sonnets, VI
  343. A Woman's Sonnets, VII
  344. A Woman's Sonnets, VIII
  345. A Woman's Sonnets, IX
  346. A Woman's Sonnets, X
  347. A Woman's Sonnets, XI
  348. A Woman's Sonnets, XII
  349. Later Sonnets: Night on Our Lives
  350. Later Sonnets: How Grey the World Was
  351. Later Sonnets: Moonstruck
  352. Later Sonnets: Pour Qui Sait Attendre
  353. Later Sonnets: Youth and Knowledge
  354. Later Sonnets: Le Roi Est Mort. Vive Le Roi!
  355. Later Sonnets: Love Rides Disguised
  356. Later Sonnets: A Glory Gone
  357. Later Sonnets: A Digit of the Moon
  358. Later Sonnets: New Things Are Best
  359. Later Sonnets: Une Feuille Morte
  360. Later Sonnets: Three Pictures
  361. Later Sonnets: Friendship's Black and White
  362. Later Sonnets: In Memoriam W. M. and E. B. J.
  363. Later Sonnets: To a Disciple of William Morris
  364. Later Sonnets: To a Dead Journalist
  365. Later Sonnets: The Rowfant Catalogue
  366. Later Sonnets: On a Grave in the Forest
  367. Later Sonnets: Alfred Tennyson
  368. Later Sonnets: Ireland's Vengeance
  369. Later Sonnets: A Perfect Sonnet
  370. Later Sonnets: He Makes an End
  371. Ghost of the Beautiful Past
  372. Love Is Master Still
  373. A Chaunt in Praise
  374. Couplets in Praise
  375. Song: Love in the Summer Hills
  376. Whom the Gods Love
  377. With Eternity Standing by
  378. My Only Title
  379. Sea Lavender
  380. A Storm in Summer
  381. Jewelled Offering
  382. A Wedding March
  383. A Cuckoo Song
  384. Many Are Called
  385. Jacinths and Jessamines
  386. An Inscription
  387. Assassins
  388. Song: If I Forget Thee
  389. To Nimue
  390. To a Happy Warrior
  391. Sussex Pastorals: The Old Squire
  392. Sussex Pastorals: Worth Forest
  393. Sussex Pastorals: "Sed nos qui vivimus"
  394. Cosas de España: Sancho Sanchez
  395. Cosas de España: Across the Pampas
  396. Body and Soul: A Metaphysical Argument
  397. Political Poems: The Wind and the Whirlwind
  398. Political Poems: The Canon of Aughrim
  399. Political Poems: Coronation Ode
  400. The Desolate City
  401. Song

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