Book of Jade

by David Park Barnitz

59 chapters2h 12mEnglish1901

About this book

The Book of Jade is a collection of poems published anonymously in 1901 and dedicated "To the Memory of Charles Baudelaire". Its author, David Park Barnitz, died shortly thereafter, at the age of 23. - Summary by Brian Fullen

Chapters (59)

1Prelude

445

2Ashtoreth

3Parfait Amour

104

4Opium

5Sombre Sonnet

6Languor

7Ennui

8Litany

151

9Harvard

10Pride

11Song of Golden Youth

153

12Mais Moi Je Vis La Vie En Rouge

106

13Louanges D'Elle

103

14Hélas

15Sonnet

122

16Sonnet

17Rondeau

18Autumn Song

19Ballad

149

20Changelessness

21Madonna

22Poppy Song

235

23Consolation

24Liebes-Tod

116

25Evening Song

122

26Song of the Stars in Praise of Her

149

27Aubade

115

28Remember

29Song

30Song

100

31Constancy

100

32Requiem

131

33Autumn Burial

149

34Sonnet of Burial

35Nocturne

319

36Mad Sonnet

37The House of Youth

192

38De Profundis

146

39Prayer

137

40Sestettes

267

41Sonnet of the Instruments of Death

42Truth

43Hegel

44Monotony

45Sepulture

46Miserrimus

47Scorn

48The Grave

153

49Mummy

50Sepulchral Life

51Corpse

52Mankind

53The Defilers

54The Grotesques

273

55Dead Dialogue

349

56Fragments

662

57Envoi

174

58Postlude

473

59Dedication

Book of Jade

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