Poem sequence · 1895

Sister Songs

An Offering to Two Sisters

by Francis Thompson

Published in 1895, Sister Songs is Thompson’s offering to Monica and Madeline (Sylvia) Meynell, daughters of his patrons Wilfrid and Alice Meynell. It moves from a Proem addressed to Spring through two long parts to a closing Inscription.

Contents · 4 parts

• Proem60 lines
• Part the Firstabout 380 lines
• Part the Secondabout 790 lines
• Inscription45 lines

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