Flowers of Passion (1878) is George Moore’s first book. Published in London at his expense when he was 26 years old and mostly residing in Paris, Flowers of Passion was never reprinted though a few its 31 verses reappeared later in different contexts.
Poems
Dedication: To L —
Ode to a Dead Body
Ginevra
Annie
Bernice
Sonnet: Night Perfume
Rondo
Ballad of a Lost Soul
Sonnet: The Corpse
A Page of Boccace
Sonnet: The Suicide
Serenade
Sonnet: The Lost Profile
Song
Sonnet: Unattained
The Balcony
Sonnet: Love’s Grave
Serenade
Sonnet: Summer
Sonnet: Laus Veneris
Rondel
Sonnet: In Church
Sonnet: Summer on the Coast of Normandy
A Night of June
Sonnet: La Charmeuse
Song: The Assignation
Sonnet: To a Lost Art
Hendecasyllables
Song
Le Succubc
A Sapphic Dream
Flowers of Passion (AI)
Flowers of Passion (AI) is a PDF of the first edition that may be uploaded to AI applications such as Notebook LM for guided analysis and interpretation.
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