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Francis William Bourdillon
Author Code: EFWB
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Born: Mar. 22, 1852 - Runcorn, Cheshire, England Died: Jan. 13, 1921 - Midhurst, Sussex, England
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Educated at Worcester College, Oxford, where he received an MA, Bourdillon then became a resident tutor to the two sons of Prince Christian at Cumberland Lodge in 1876. In 1878, he published his first book of poems, Among the Flowers and Other Poems. In 1879, he began tutoring for various universities while writing poetry and translating various works. Today, he is best remembered for his poem The Night Has a Thousand Eyes. In 1887, his translation of Aucassin and Nicolette was published to critical acclaim. Bourdillon wrote over 500 poems and one novel and his works include Young Maids and Old China (1888), Lost God (1891), Ailes d'Alouette (1891), Sursum Corda (1893), Nephele: A Novel (1896), Miniscula: Lyrics of Nature, Art and Love (1897), Night Has a Thousand Eyes and Other Poems (1899), Through the gateway (1902), Preludes and Romances (1908), Christmas Roses for 1914 (1914) and Gerard and Isabel (1921). |
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Among the Flowers and Other Poems
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"Alice, My Wife"
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Angels' Tears
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Annie
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An April Shower
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Autumn Teaching
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Beckenham
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Brimham Rocks
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Caeli
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The Chestnut Tree
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Clematis
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Cleopatra's Mirror
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Decay
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Dedication
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The Difference
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The East Wind
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Easter Eve
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Eden
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"Ella; A Reverie, by Rene Favarger"
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"Ethereal"
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The Farewell of the Old Year
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Farewell!
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The Fickle Sea
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Forget-Me-Nots
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Gathered Roses
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Gertrude's Love
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The Guerdon of Lost Labours
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A Hero
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The Higher Love
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The Hill Pass
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The Home of My Heart
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Hopes and Fears
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Ich Grolle Nicht
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Idle Days
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In Fribourg Cathedral
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In Storm
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The Legend of the Water-lilies
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Light
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Love the Weaver
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Love-Flowers
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Love's Reward
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May 23rd, 1876
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To Meet Again
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A Moment
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A New Legend of the Forget-me-not
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A Nun's Dream
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Omens
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One Deed of Good
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One Flight
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Only to Live
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Port Meadow, Oxford
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Primroses
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Queen Lily
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A Race with Love
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Regions of Love
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River Deeps
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The Saint and the Lark
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Sea-weed
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Seeds of Fire
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The Shadow of Love
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So Long Ago!
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A Soiled Blossom
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A Spring Evening
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Spring is Coming
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Spring Longings
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Spring's Footsteps
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A Starry Night
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A Statue
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The Swallows' Farewell
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The Troubled Sea
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Two Robbers
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"Two That Sleep, and One That Watcheth"
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Una
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Under the Limes
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The Unknown Deity
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Valentine Verses
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A Valentine's Day Greeting
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A Vision
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Voices of the Dead
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Waiting
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To A Water-lily At Evening
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What Do We?
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Wherefrom
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Whereto
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Wood-Sorrel
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Easter Lilies For Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen
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To Belgium
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Christmas Morning, 1914
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A Dark Night
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Doubt
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Easter Lilies
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Freedom Calls
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The Golden Record
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'Hold on!'
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In Early Spring
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In Winter
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Nunc est Vivendum
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A Prayer
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Russia
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The Seed
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Sonnet - Art Thou Insatiable, O Soul-less Death?
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Sonnet - Break? Nay! Is There Nought Mightier in Thee
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Under the Starlight
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Under Which King?
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| EFWB001 |
Miniscula: Lyrics of Nature, Art & Love
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After Their Year
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The Afterglow
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Any Man to Any Woman
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An Artist's Litany
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Ask of the Nightingale
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At Even
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Autumn Singers
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An Autumn Song
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The Bird and the Beacon
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A Butterfly on a Glacier
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Catchwords
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Ce Que Vivent Les Roses
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Corydalis
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Cynthia
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Darkening Years
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A Day of Love
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Earth Has Forgotten
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Eheu, Fugaces!
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An English Eden
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A Fallen Idol
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Finis sine Fine
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Found Drowned
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The Happy Spring
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The Herald-Flower
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I and You
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Illumination
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In a Cage
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In Exitu Amoris
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In Inferno Sustulit Oculos
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Joy's Way
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Kisses
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To a Lark
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Life and Love
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The Lodestar
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Lost Leaves of the Greek Anthology
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Love Sonnets - I
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Love Sonnets - II
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Love Sonnets - III
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Love Sonnets - IV
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Love Sonnets - V
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Love's Largesse
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A Love-Song
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A Magic Circle
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The Magic Maiden
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A Man's Question
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Maytime
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Mother-of-Pearl
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The Myriad-Mother
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Not in Naxos
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Omens and Dreams
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The One Day
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Outre-Mer
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Planctus Displicentis
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Poeta atque Navis
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The Poisoned Butterfly
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Queen Spring
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A Revolt
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A Rippled Stone
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A Rondel of Absence
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A Rondel of the Ivy-Leaf
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Shadows
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The Shelley Memorial
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"Si Vous Croyez Que Je Vais Dire"
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A Silver Night
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The Sinner
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A Song of Farewell
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A Song of Love
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The Song-Master
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Star-Glimpses
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A Story Heard on a Violin
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The Story of a Lover's Soul
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The Story of the Rose
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A Summer Cloud
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To-day He Loves Me
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Together, Once
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Two Dreams
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Via Invia
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Vibrations
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Visa Mihi Veritas
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What is Love But a Dreamer?
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When Music Dies
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"Where All Love's Pilgrims Come"
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Winged Ants
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A Woman's Question
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The Word After Farewell
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The Words of Lovers
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Preludes and Romances
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Prelude I - On Beachy Head
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Prelude II - At Pevensey Castle
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Prelude III - At Hurstmonceux
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Prelude IV - On Firle Beacon
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Romance I - The Choice of Adam
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Romance II - The Debate of the Lady Venus and the Virgin Mary
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Romance III - Chryseis
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Romance IV - The Statue
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