Box 26 Folder 1
Clippings, circa 1920s
Box 26 Folder 2
"Good-Night, Babette," by Austin Dobson, in Arthur Symons' hand, undated
Box 26 Folder 3
Typescript of "The Nameless One," a poem by James Mangan, by Arthur Symons, undated
Box 26 Folder 4
"The Ages," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 5
"Alas, Madam, have ye of me some care," by Algernon Charles Swinburne, in Arthur Symons' hand, undated
Box 26 Folder 6
"Ali Baba to Rhoda Baba," poem by Arthur Symons, 1909 November 9
Box 26 Folder 7
Aloysius Bertrand Gaspard de la Nuit, "Again Spring," poem translation by Arthur Symons, 1909 August 23
Box 26 Folder 8
"Apparitions: XI Delicious Passion," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1910
Originally enclosed with letter to Augustus John, 1910 February. Separated prior to July 2018. See Box 3, Folder 14.
Box 26 Folder 9
"An Autumn song," poem by Arthur Symons, 1912 August 28
Box 26 Folder 10
"A Ballad of Troy," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 11
"Beauty enthroned," poem by Arthur Symons, 1910 April 19
Box 26 Folder 12
"Beauty's sleep," poem by Arthur Symons, 1910 June 10
Box 26 Folder 13
"The black cat," poem by Arthur Symons, 1909 June 13
Box 26 Folder 14
"A broken dream," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 15
"A carnival of birds," poem by Arthur Symons, 1911 March 22
Box 26 Folder 16
"Casanova. Le Charivari," translation by Arthur Symons, undated
Box 26 Folder 17
"Chenier: Les saisons et les heures," and "Les chanteurs," poems by Arthur Symons, 1909 August 23
Box 26 Folder 18
"Delilah to Samson," poem by Arthur Symons, 1909 June 24
Box 26 Folder 19
"Do you remember, Julia, how one day," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1910
Originally enclosed with letter to Augustus John, 1910 February. Separated prior to July 2018. See Box 3, Folder 14.
Box 26 Folder 20
"The Draught-Players," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 21
"The eastern shore: a vision," poem by Arthur Symons, 1909 October 29
Box 26 Folder 22
"Eros in the moon," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Copied in the hand of Rhoda Bowser Symons.
Box 26 Folder 23
"Far from here," poem by Arthur Symons, 1914 June 25
With envelope addressed to Rhoda Bowser Symons.
Box 26 Folder 24
"Fête galante," poem by Arthur Symons, undated
With envelope addressed to Rhoda Bowser Symons.
Box 26 Folder 25
"Flagon Bell," draft of a poem by Arthur Symons, 1912 July 5
Box 26 Folder 26
"For Her," poem by Arthur Symons, 1909 December 5
Box 26 Folder 27
"From Ronsard," poem by Arthur Symons, 1913 June 23
Box 26 Folder 28
"From the Idolatrous Madonna," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 29
From Les fleurs du mal of Charles Baudelaire, "Beauty," poem translated by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 30
"The Giant Rocks: Cornwall," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 31
"Haschisch," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 32
"Her cheeks are as white as curds," poem by Arthur Symons, 1909 June 18
Box 26 Folder 33
"Her face," poem by Arthur Symons, 1910 March 28
With envelope addressed to Rhoda Bowser Symons.
Box 26 Folder 34
"I see a serpent seated on a throne," poem by Arthur Symons, 1910 June 25
Box 26 Folder 35
"I would love to see you wandering," poem by Arthur Symons, 1912 March
Box 26 Folder 36
"Icosameron," quotations from Casanova's "Dedication to Count Walstein," manuscript by Arthur Symons, undated
Box 26 Folder 37
"Infamy," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 38
Introduction [to the poetry of William Blake], draft essay with revisions by Arthur Symons, undated
Box 26 Folder 39
"Introduction to Oliver Twist," essay typescript by Arthur Symons, 1926
With letter enclosing essay and contract with Charles James Sawyer to publish essay.
Box 26 Folder 40
Introduction [to the poetry of William Blake], essay carbon copy with revisions by Arthur Symons, undated
Box 26 Folder 41
"Jean Lorrain: Corps de Ballet: Salome," poem by Arthur Symons, 1912 August 18
Box 26 Folder 42
"The jewels," poem by Arthur Symons, 1914 February 15
Box 26 Folder 43
"A Justification of the Genius of Gustave Flaubert," essay by Arthur Symons, circa 1921 December
With numerous revisions, deletions, and additions.
Box 26 Folder 44
"The Last Return," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Inscribed "For Rhoda from Arthur"
Box 26 Folder 45
"Leopardi: Dialogue of a vendor of almanacs and of a stranger," by Arthur Symons, 1914 April 1
Box 26 Folder 46
"A limerick finished," poem by Arthur Symons, 1909 August
Box 26 Folder 47
List of letters sent to Arthur Symons by well-known persons, in his hand, undated
Box 26 Folder 48
"Little Api…," poem by Arthur Symons, 1909
With a copy in the hand of Rhoda Bowser Symons.
Box 26 Folder 49
"The little cow-girl," poem by Arthur Symons, 1909 June
Box 26 Folder 50
"A Little Song," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 51
Aloysius Bertrand Gaspard de la Nuit, "The Cell," prose poem translation by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 52
"Love's breviary," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 53
"A mad song in a serpent wood," poem by Arthur Symons, 1911 July 16
With an envelope addressed to Rhoda Bowser Symons.
Box 26 Folder 54
"Madrigal," poem by Arthur Symons, 1913 September 18
Box 26 Folder 55
"Matika," poem by Arthur Symons, undated
Box 26 Folder 56
"Minuet and paradise," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 57
"A mood in June," poem by Arthur Symons, 1910 June 13
Box 26 Folder 58
"The mourning of women after the death of Adonis," poem by Arthur Symons, undated
Box 26 Folder 59
"Mundi Victims," poem section by Arthur Symons, 1896 February 4-10
First published inThe Savoyno. 8, December 1896, pp. 13-27; and printed in book form inAmoris Victima,London: Leonard Smithers, 1897.
Box 26 Folder 60
"My love there is in you and me…" poem by Arthur Symons, 1909 May 6
Box 26 Folder 61
"Night in May," poem by Arthur Symons, 1910 May 19
Box 26 Folder 62
"Night in Venice," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 63
"Nocturn," poem by Arthur Symons, 1909
Box 26 Folder 64
Note on Dr. William Maginn (1793-1842), by Arthur Symons, undated
Biographical note and Maginn's poem "The woman of the three cows"
Box 26 Folder 65
"A Novel in Chapters," sketch for a novel about Muriel Broadbent, lover of Herbert Horne, by Arthur Symons, early 1890s
Published in an article by Alan P. Johnson, "Arthur Symons' 'Novel à la Goncourt," inJournal of Modern Literaturevol. 9, 1981/82.
Box 26 Folder 66
"Old French songs" and "The White Rose-Tree," two poems by Arthur Symons, 1909 August
Box 26 Folder 67
Three paragraphs on Christopher Marlowe, by Arthur Symons, 1909 August 6
Box 26 Folder 68
"On the heath," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 69
"One night the stars were shaken in the sky," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1910
Originally enclosed with letter to Augustus John, 1910 February. Separated prior to July 2018. See Box 3, Folder 14.
Box 26 Folder 70
"One song," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 71
"Pallid Love," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Inscribed "For Rhoda-Baba"
Box 26 Folder 72
"Pan and the Maenad," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 73
"Pierrot," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 74
The problem of Giorgione, by Arthur Symons, circa 1903
"Documents and bibliography" for Arthur Symons' unfinished book on Il Giorgione (circa 1477-1511).
Box 26 Folder 75
Quatrains by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 76
"Query?," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 77
"A Refrain," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 78
"The rose of God," draft of a poem by Arthur Symons, 1909 December 8
Box 26 Folder 79
"The roses," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 80
"St. Patrick's hymn before Tara (from the Irish)," by Arthur Symons, undated
Box 26 Folder 81
Scenario for a mime, by Arthur Symons, undated
Box 26 Folder 82
"The serpent," poem by Arthur Symons, 1913 October 17
With envelope addressed to Rhoda Bowser Symons.
Box 26 Folder 83
"Setebos," poem by Arthur Symons, 1927 October 18
Poem about his cat, with many corrections in his hand.
Box 26 Folder 84
"The She-Devil," limerick by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 85
"The shepherd," poem by Arthur Symons, 1909 November 16
Box 26 Folder 86
"The smooth-lipped serpent," poem by Arthur Symons, 1913 November
On a postcard addressed to Rhoda Bowser Symons.
Box 26 Folder 87
"Some addressed to George Mathew," poem by Arthur Symons, 1909
Box 26 Folder 88
"Song; for Cesar Borgia," poem by Arthur Symons, 1917 October 12
Box 26 Folder 89
"A song for love," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 90
"A song for old music," draft of poem by Arthur Symons, 1909 October 29
Box 26 Folder 91
"A Song for Two" and "Rondeau to Rhoda," poems by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 92
"Song of birth 2," poem by Arthur Symons, 1914
Box 26 Folder 93
"Song of love," poem by Arthur Symons, 1909 November 20
Inscribed "For Rhoda-Baba from Ali-Baba"
Box 26 Folder 94
"Song of my gypsy," poem by Arthur Symons, 1909
Box 26 Folder 95
"A song of nakedness," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
With an envelope addressed to Rhoda Bowser Symons.
Box 26 Folder 96
"Song of old dances," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 97
"Song of Slain Love," poem by Arthur Symons, 1909
Box 26 Folder 98
"A song of Spain," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 99
"A song of the fairy," poem by Arthur Symons, 1909 December 23
Inscribed "For and to Rhoda"
Box 26 Folder 100
"Song of the ruined roses," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 101
"A song without a name," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 102
"The Spanish knight," poem by Arthur Symons, 1913 December 1
Box 26 Folder 103
Studies in prose and verse (extract on George Borrow), by Arthur Symons, undated
Written on the fly-leaf of his copy of Borrow'sThe Romany Rye,(London: John Murray, 1872) with Symons' notes on pp. 144, 150, 197, 215, 220, 230, and 236.
Box 26 Folder 104
"Swinburne," a sequence of sonnets on the death of Robert Browning, by Arthur Symons, undated
Box 26 Folder 105
"There is a serpent in my veins…," poem by Arthur Symons, 1909 September 21
Box 26 Folder 106
"To a silver tea-cup (L… T…) by Lord R____.," poem by Arthur Symons, undated
Box 26 Folder 107
"Triple Roundel," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 108 through 111
"Two ballets: I: The Gods in Exile: A Ballet," by Arthur Symons, undated
Box 26 Folder 112
"Two ballets: II: Chand d'habits," by Arthur Symons, undated
Box 26 Folder 113
"The two fairies," poem by Arthur Symons, 1909 May 7
Box 26 Folder 114
"Two Impressions of the Russian Ballet," essay draft with revisions by Arthur Symons, undated
Box 26 Folder 115
"Two Love-Songs," poems by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 116
"The Two Pats," limerick by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
About Beatrice Stella Tanner Campbell (1865-1940).
Box 26 Folder 117
"Violet delights," poem by Arthur Symons, 1921 December 30
Box 26 Folder 118
"Wantons," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 119
"The watch," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 120
"A welcome: for Rhoda," poem by Arthur Symons, 1909 September 8
Box 26 Folder 121
"When I am at leisure…" poem by Arthur Symons, 1909 July 5
Signed "M. D." with an envelope addressed to Rhoda Bowser Symons.
Box 26 Folder 122
"When I lay awake…" poem by Arthur Symons, 1909
With a copy in the hand of Rhoda Bowser Symons.
Box 26 Folder 123
"The World's Desire," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 124
"A Wonderful Day: To Augustus John," poem by Arthur Symons, circa 1909
Box 26 Folder 125
"Yes, may ecstatic me," poem-letter by Arthur Symons to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 September 13
Box 26 Folder 126
"?," poem by Arthur Symons, 1909 November 20
Box 26 Folder 127
Clippings and ephemera belonging to Rhoda Bowser Symons, undated
Box 26 Folder 128
"The Four Arts," poem by Louis Napoleon Parker, 1914