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This is a collection of verses by British poet, critic and magazine editor Arthur Symons, which, as some reviewers assure us, was "'unwholesome," because, he said, they had "a faint smell of Patchouli about them."' Modern readers may value the poetry in this volume differently.
- Chapters
- Preface: Being a Word on Behalf of Patchouli
- After Sunset
- On the Beach
- Rain on the Down
- Before the Squall
- Under the Cliffs
- Requies
- Pastel
- Her Eyes
- Morbidezza
- Maquillage
- Impression
- An Angel of Perugino
- At Fontainebleau
- On the Heath
- In the Oratory
- Pattie
- In an Omnibus
- On Meeting After
- In Bohemia
- Emmy
- Emmy at the Eldorado
- At the Cavour
- In the Haymarket
- At the Lyceum
- The Blind Beggar
- The Old Labourer
- The Absinthe Drinker
- Javanese Dancers
- Love in Spring
- Gipsy Love
- In Kensington Gardens
- Rewards
- Perfume
- Souvenir
- To Mary
- To a Great Actress
- Love in Dreams
- Music and Memory
- Spring Twilight
- In Winter
- Quest
- To a Portrait
- Second Thoughts
- April Midnight
- During Music
- On the Bridge
- 'I Dream of Her'
- Tears
- The Last Exit
- After Love
- Alla Passeretta Bruna
- Nocturne
- Her Street
- On Judges' Walk
- In the Night
- Mandoline
- Dans L'Allée
- Cythère
- Les Indolents
- Fantoches
- Pantomine
- L'Amour par Terre
- A Clymène
- From Romances sans Parole
- City Nights
- A White Night
- In the Valley
- Peace at Noon
- In Fountain Court
- At Burgos
- At Dawn
- In Autumn
- On the Roads
- Pierrot in Half-Mourning
- For a Picture of Watteau