Chamber Music
The voice expressing desire and melancholy throughout the chapter.
I: Strings in the Earth and Air
The observing voice that describes the music and Love's presence.
II: The Twilight Turns from Amethyst
Observes the twilight and the scene with the piano player.
At That Hour When All Things Have Repose
The speaker who addresses the lonely watcher and invokes the harps.
IV: When the Shy Star Goes Forth in Heaven
The singer who visits the beloved at eventide.
V: Lean Out of the Window
The speaker who abandons reading and his room to follow the sound of singing.
VI: I Would in That Sweet Bosom Be
The speaker who yearns for closeness and peace in the beloved's embrace.
VII: My Love Is in a Light Attire
Observes and describes the beloved's movements in the spring orchard.
Who Goes Amid the Green Wood
The speaker who observes and celebrates the beloved's presence in the green wood.
IX: Winds of May, That Dance on the Sea
The speaker who calls out to the winds and expresses longing for the beloved.
X: Bright Cap and Streamers
The speaker who describes the singing lover and ultimately responds to the call.
XII: What Counsel Has the Hooded Moon
Addresses the beloved, asserting his own wisdom over the moon's.
XIII: Go Seek Her Out All Courteously
The speaker who sends the wind as a messenger to his beloved.
XIV: My Dove, My Beautiful One
The speaker who waits by the cedar tree and calls to the beloved.
XV: From Dewy Dreams, My Soul, Arise
The speaker who urges the soul to arise from dewy dreams.
XVI: O Cool Is the Valley Now
The speaker who invites the beloved to the valley.
XVII: Because Your Voice Was at My Side
The speaker who acted on the beloved's influence and caused pain to a friend.
XVIII: O Sweetheart, Hear You
The speaker who tells of his sorrow and the comfort he finds in love.
XIX: Be Not Sad Because All Men
The speaker who offers comfort and reassurance to the beloved.
XX: In the Dark Pine-Wood
The speaker who invites the beloved to the pine-wood.
He Who Hath Glory Lost, nor Hath
The speaker who describes the lost glory and isolation of the protagonist.
XXII: Of That So Sweet Imprisonment
The speaker who yearns for imprisonment in the beloved's arms.
XXIII: This Heart That Flutters Near My Heart
The speaker who treasures the beloved's heart and reflects on love's fleeting nature.
XXIV: Silently She’s Combing
The observer who speaks directly to the beloved, pleading for her to stop combing her hair.
XXVI: Thou Leanest to the Shell of Night
The speaker who addresses the lady and interprets her fearful mood.
XXVII: Though I Thy Mithridates Were
The speaker reflects on his own immunity and vulnerability, and critiques his own poetic expression.
XXVIII: Gentle Lady, Do Not Sing
The speaker who addresses the lady and reflects on love's weariness.
XXIX: Dear Heart, Why Will You Use Me So?
The speaker who questions and laments the beloved's treatment.
XXX: Love Came to Us in Time Gone By
Reflects on past love and the passage of time.
XXXI: O, It Was Out by Donnycarney
The speaker who recalls walking with his love and receiving her kiss.
XXXII: Rain Has Fallen All the Day
The speaker who observes the rain and fallen leaves, and invites the beloved to walk and talk among memories.
XXXIII: Now, O Now, in This Brown Land
The speaker who reflects on the end of love and walks with the beloved.
Sleep Now, O Sleep Now
The speaker whose heart is addressed and who offers a kiss for peace.
All Day I Hear the Noise of Waters
The speaker who hears the waters and feels the cold winds.
XXXVI: I Hear an Army Charging Upon the Land
The speaker who hears the army and moans in sleep, expressing despair and longing.
Gas from a Burner
The printer speaking in first person, defending his actions and attacking the writer.
Pomes Penyeach
The central voice throughout the poems, expressing personal longing and reflection.
Tilly
The speaker contrasts his own suffering with the herdsman's comfort.
Watching the Needleboats at San Sabba
Observes the needleboats and reflects on the cries of young hearts and the sighing grasses.
A Flower Given to My Daughter
The speaker who observes and compares the rose to his daughter.
She Weeps Over Rahoon
The speaker who weeps and recalls the dark lover.
Tutto è Sciolto
The speaker, remembering a past love under the evening sky.
On the Beach at Fontana
The speaker who wraps the boy and feels the ache of love.
Simples
The speaker who observes the child and asks for protection from her allure.
Flood
The observing voice describing the flood and its mood.
Nightpiece
The observing consciousness describing the night's eerie, sacred imagery.
Alone
The speaker whose soul is filled with delight and shame at the whispered name.
A Memory of the Players in a Mirror at Midnight
The speaker delivers a bitter critique of love and the flesh.
Bahnhofstrasse
The speaker who walks the grey way, mocked by signs and stars.
A Prayer
The speaker who yields and pleads for mercy and union.
