Poetry Codex

Victorian

George Meredith

1828–1909

George Meredith (1828–1909) was an English novelist and poet whose sonnet sequence Modern Love (1862) gave unusually candid, ironic voice to a marriage's collapse.

His nature poetry, especially The Lark Ascending, prizes close observation and intellectual vigour over conventional sentiment.

Poems (374)

  1. John Lackland
  2. The Sleeping City
  3. The Poetry of Chaucer
  4. The Poetry of Spenser
  5. The Poetry of Shakespeare
  6. The Poetry of Milton
  7. The Poetry of Southey
  8. The Poetry of Coleridge
  9. The Poetry of Shelley
  10. The Poetry of Wordsworth
  11. The Poetry of Keats
  12. Violets
  13. Angelic Love
  14. Twilight Music
  15. Requiem
  16. The Flower of the Ruins
  17. The Rape of Aurora
  18. South-west Wind in the Woodland
  19. Will O’ the Wisp
  20. Daphne
  21. London by Lamplight
  22. Pastorals: I
  23. Pastorals: II
  24. Pastorals: V
  25. To a Skylark
  26. Sorrows and Joys
  27. Antigone
  28. The Two Blackbirds
  29. The Shipwreck of Idomeneus
  30. The Longest Day
  31. To Robin Redbreast
  32. Song
  33. Sunrise
  34. To a Nightingale
  35. Invitation to the Country
  36. The Sweet O’ the Year
  37. Autumn Even-song
  38. The Three Maidens
  39. Over the Hills
  40. The Crown of Love
  41. The Meeting
  42. Stanzer Thal, Tyrol
  43. Song {163}
  44. The Promise in Disturbance
  45. Modern Love: VI
  46. Modern Love: VII
  47. Modern Love: VIII
  48. Modern Love: IX
  49. Modern Love: X
  50. Modern Love: XI
  51. Modern Love: XII
  52. Modern Love: XIII
  53. Modern Love: XIV
  54. Modern Love: XV
  55. Modern Love: XVI
  56. Modern Love: XVII
  57. Modern Love: XVIII
  58. Modern Love: XIX
  59. Modern Love: XX
  60. Modern Love: XXI
  61. Modern Love: XXII
  62. Modern Love: XXIII
  63. Modern Love: XXIV
  64. Modern Love: XXV
  65. Modern Love: XXVI
  66. Modern Love: XXVII
  67. Modern Love: XXVIII
  68. Modern Love: XXIX
  69. Modern Love: XXX
  70. Modern Love: XXXI
  71. Modern Love: XXXII
  72. Modern Love: XXXIII
  73. Modern Love: XXXIV
  74. Modern Love: XXXV
  75. Modern Love: XXXVI
  76. Modern Love: XXXVII
  77. Modern Love: XXXVIII
  78. Modern Love: XXXIX
  79. Modern Love: XL
  80. Modern Love: XLI
  81. Modern Love: XLII
  82. Modern Love: XLIII
  83. Modern Love: XLIV
  84. Modern Love: XLV
  85. Modern Love: XLVI
  86. Modern Love: XLVII
  87. Modern Love: XLVIII
  88. Modern Love: XLIX
  89. Modern Love: L
  90. The Patriot Engineer
  91. The Young Usurper
  92. Margaret’s Bridal Eve: III
  93. Margaret’s Bridal Eve: IV
  94. By Morning Twilight
  95. Unknown Fair Faces
  96. Shemselnihar
  97. A Roar Through the Tall Twin Elm-trees
  98. When I Would Image
  99. The Spirit of Shakespeare
  100. Continued
  101. Ode to the Spirit of Earth in Autumn
  102. Continued
  103. On the Danger of War
  104. To Cardinal Manning
  105. The Woods of Westermain: III
  106. The Woods of Westermain: IV
  107. The Day of the Daughter of Hades: II
  108. The Day of the Daughter of Hades: V
  109. The Day of the Daughter of Hades: VI
  110. The Day of the Daughter of Hades: VII
  111. The Day of the Daughter of Hades: VIII
  112. The Day of the Daughter of Hades: IX
  113. The Day of the Daughter of Hades: X
  114. The Day of the Daughter of Hades: XI
  115. The Day of the Daughter of Hades: XII
  116. The Lark Ascending
  117. Melampus: XIII
  118. Love in the Valley
  119. The Three Singers to Young Blood
  120. The Orchard and the Heath
  121. Earth and Man: XLIIII
  122. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XXIII
  123. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XXIV
  124. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XXVII
  125. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XXVIII
  126. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XXX
  127. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XXXI
  128. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XXXII
  129. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XXXIII
  130. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XXXIV
  131. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XXXV
  132. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XXXVI
  133. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XXXVII
  134. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XXXVIII
  135. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XXXIX
  136. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XL
  137. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XLI
  138. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XLII
  139. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XLIII
  140. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XLIV
  141. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XLV
  142. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XLVI
  143. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XLVII
  144. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt: XLVIII
  145. Whimper of Sympathy
  146. Hernani
  147. The Nuptials of Attila: I
  148. The Nuptials of Attila: XIV
  149. The Nuptials of Attila: XV
  150. The Nuptials of Attila: XVI
  151. The Nuptials of Attila: XVII
  152. The Nuptials of Attila: XVIII
  153. The Nuptials of Attila: XIX
  154. The Nuptials of Attila: XX
  155. The Nuptials of Attila: XXI
  156. The Nuptials of Attila: XXII
  157. The Nuptials of Attila: XXV
  158. The Nuptials of Attila: XXVI
  159. The Nuptials of Attila: XXIX
  160. Hard Weather
  161. The South-wester
  162. The Thrush in February
  163. Woodland Peace
  164. Dirge in Woods
  165. A Faith on Trial
  166. Meditation Under Stars
  167. Woodman and Echo
  168. The Wisdom of Eld
  169. Earth’s Preference
  170. Society
  171. Winter Heavens
  172. The Horses of Achilles
  173. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XIV
  174. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XV
  175. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XVI
  176. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XVII
  177. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XVIII
  178. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XIX
  179. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XX
  180. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXI
  181. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXII
  182. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXIII
  183. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXIV
  184. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXV
  185. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXVI
  186. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXVII
  187. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXVIII
  188. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXIX
  189. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXX
  190. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXXI
  191. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXXII
  192. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXXIII
  193. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXXIV
  194. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXXV
  195. Jump-to-Glory Jane: XXXVI
  196. The Sage Enamoured and the Honest Lady: I
  197. The Sage Enamoured and the Honest Lady: II
  198. The Sage Enamoured and the Honest Lady: IV
  199. ‘love is Winged for Two’
  200. ‘ask, is Love Divine’
  201. ‘joy is Fleet’
  202. The Lesson of Grief
  203. Wind on the Lyre
  204. The Youthful Quest
  205. To the Comic Spirit
  206. Youth in Memory
  207. Night of Frost in May
  208. Tardy Spring
  209. The Labourer
  210. Foresight and Patience
  211. The Warning
  212. Outside the Crowd
  213. Trafalgar Day
  214. Napoléon: VI
  215. Napoléon: IX
  216. Napoléon: XI
  217. Napoléon: XII
  218. Napoléon: XIII
  219. Alsace-Lorraine: III
  220. Alsace-Lorraine: V
  221. Alsace-Lorraine: VII
  222. Alsace-Lorraine: VIII
  223. Alsace-Lorraine: X
  224. The Cageing of Ares
  225. The Night-walk
  226. At the Close
  227. A Garden Idyl
  228. With the Huntress
  229. With the Persuader
  230. The Test of Manhood
  231. The Hueless Love
  232. Union in Disseverance
  233. Song in the Songless
  234. The Burden of Strength
  235. Alternation
  236. ‘atkins’
  237. The Voyage of the ‘ophir’
  238. The Crisis
  239. October 21, 1905
  240. The Centenary of Garibaldi
  241. The Wild Rose
  242. The Call
  243. On Como
  244. Ireland
  245. The Years Had Worn Their Seasons’ Belt
  246. Fragments
  247. Il Y a Cent Ans
  248. Youth in Age
  249. Gordon of Khartoum
  250. The Emperor Frederick of Our Time
  251. Islet the Dachs
  252. Hawarden
  253. Angela Burdett-coutts
  254. The Year’s Sheddings
  255. Chillianwallah
  256. The Doe: A Fragment
  257. Beauty Rohtraut
  258. The Olive Branch
  259. Song
  260. The Wild Rose and the Snowdrop
  261. The Death of Winter
  262. Song
  263. Song
  264. Song
  265. Song
  266. Song
  267. Pastorals
  268. Song: Spring
  269. Song: Autumn
  270. Song
  271. Song
  272. Song
  273. July
  274. Song
  275. Song
  276. Pictures of the Rhine
  277. The Song of Courtesy
  278. Juggling Jerry
  279. The Head of Bran the Blest
  280. The Beggar’s Soliloquy
  281. Phantasy
  282. The Old Chartist
  283. To Alex. Smith, the ‘Glasgow Poet,’ on His Sonnet to ‘Fame’
  284. Grandfather Bridgeman
  285. Modern Love: I
  286. Modern Love: II
  287. Modern Love: III
  288. Modern Love: IV
  289. Modern Love: V
  290. Cassandra
  291. Margaret’s Bridal Eve
  292. Marian
  293. Martin’s Puzzle
  294. To J. M.
  295. Lines to a Friend Visiting America
  296. Time and Sentiment
  297. Lucifer in Starlight
  298. The Star Sirius
  299. Sense and Spirit
  300. Earth’s Secret
  301. Internal Harmony
  302. Grace and Love
  303. Appreciation
  304. The Discipline of Wisdom
  305. The State of Age
  306. Progress
  307. The World’s Advance
  308. A Certain People
  309. The Garden of Epicurus
  310. A Later Alexandrian
  311. An Orson of the Muse
  312. The Point of Taste
  313. Camelus Saltat
  314. My Theme
  315. To Colonel Charles
  316. To Children: For Tyrants
  317. The Woods of Westermain
  318. A Ballad of Past Meridian
  319. The Day of the Daughter of Hades
  320. Phoebus with Admetus
  321. Melampus
  322. Earth and Man
  323. A Ballad of Fair Ladies in Revolt
  324. The Two Masks
  325. Archduchess Anne
  326. The Song of Theodolinda
  327. A Preaching from a Spanish Ballad
  328. The Young Princess
  329. King Harald’s Trance
  330. Young Reynard
  331. Manfred
  332. The Nuptials of Attila
  333. Aneurin’s Harp
  334. Men and Man
  335. The Last Contention
  336. Periander
  337. Solon
  338. Bellerophon
  339. Phaéthôn
  340. Seed-time
  341. The Appeasement of Demeter
  342. Earth and a Wedded Woman
  343. Mother to Babe
  344. The Question Whither
  345. Outer and Inner
  346. Nature and Life
  347. Change in Recurrence
  348. Hymn to Colour
  349. A Stave of Roving Tim
  350. Jump-to-Glory Jane
  351. The Riddle for Men
  352. The Sage Enamoured and the Honest Lady
  353. The Empty Purse
  354. Penetration and Trust
  355. The Teaching of the Nude
  356. Breath of the Briar
  357. Empedocles
  358. England Before the Storm
  359. The Revolution
  360. Napoléon
  361. France
  362. Alsace-Lorraine
  363. The Vital Choice
  364. The Main Regret
  365. Forest History
  366. The Mares of the Camargue
  367. Milton
  368. To a Friend Lost
  369. M. M.
  370. The Lady C. M.
  371. On the Tombstone of James Christopher Wilson
  372. J. C. M.
  373. On Hearing the News from Venice
  374. At the Funeral

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