George H. Ellwanger ENVOY. PUBLISHERS' NOTE. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. A PASSING WORD. SINCE YESTERDAY. AN AWAKENING. LOVE, THE DESTROYER. SWEETHEART, SIGH NO MORE. THE FADED VIOLET. SONG. CALAIS SANDS. PHANTOMS. THE GUEST. THE SECRET. From the French of FElix Arvers. IF LOVE COULD LAST! A JOURNEY. IF ONLY THOU ART TRUE. THE ECSTASY OF THE HAIR. THE NIGHT WATCHES. IN A ROSE GARDEN. I CHARGE YOU, O WINDS OF THE WEST. SONG. (2) CAELI. LOVE IN THE HEART. I WILL NOT LET THEE GO. LONG ARE THE HOURS. APPARITIONS. I. S UCH a starved bank of moss Till, that May PORPHYRIA'S LOVER. ROBIN'S SONG. Warwickshire, 16 . THE HOUR OF SHADOWS. CARNATIONS IN WINTER. THE EAVESDROPPER. THE IMPOSSIBLE SHE. A DREAM SHAPE. UNREQUITED. IN THE WOOD. BIRDS AND LOVERS. I. O BROWN lark, loving cloud-land best And DAWN. LOVE'S POWER. LAST NIGHT MY LADY TALKED WITH ME. LOVE'S ARROWS. A LOVE SONG. From the French of Alphonse de Lamartine. THE PARTING HOUR. THE SUNDIAL. SPRING SONG. TO JESSIE'S DANCING FEET. A LOVE SONG. A SONG. A NOCTURNE. VIOLETS. A YEAR. I'VE KISSED THEE, SWEETHEART. From the French of ThEophile de Viau. COMPLAINT. HEART'S DEMESNE. IN THE EVENING. From the Italian of Countess Lara. WHEN THE LEAVES FALL IN AUTUMN. From the Italian of Lorenzo Stecchetti. "QUI SAIT AIMER, SAIT MOURIR." SONG. (3) O KNIGHT, IF THOU A LADY HAST. AT LAST. THE OLD IS BETTER. BALLADE OF MIDSUMMER DAYS AND NIGHTS. OH, GATHER ME THE ROSE. HER DREAM. SONG. (4) THE TRYST. BY ONE RAPT DAY. THE DILEMMA. THE MEASURE. TWO TRUTHS. A PRAYER. A JUNE STORM. DOLCINO TO MARGARET. A BALLADE OF WAITING. A FORECAST. AN OLD TUNE. From the French of GErard de Nerval. GOOD-BYE. METEMPSYCHOSIS. A BALLADE OF OLD SWEETHEARTS. IN THE MILE-END ROAD. LOVE AFRAID. TO MY MISTRESS. IT IS NOT ALWAYS MAY. ET MELLE ET FELLE. A SONG OF LOVE. THE LONELY LANDSCAPE. THE OUTCAST. AUF WIEDERSEHEN! SUMMER. T HE little gate was reached at last, SEQUEL TO "MY QUEEN." IF ...? OMENS AND ORACLES. THE GARDEN OF MEMORY. IF I WERE A MONK, AND THOU WERT A NUN. A BALLADE OF COLOURS. MY AMAZON. I. M Y Love is a lady fair and free, A lady fair CHANGED LOVE. SUMMER'S RETURN. MINE. AUBADE. THE PHIAL AND THE PHILTRE. NOT I, SWEET SOUL, NOT I. AT DINNER SHE IS HOSTESS. LOVE WITHIN THE LOVER'S BREAST. A DEAD MARCH. FAIR STAR THAT ON THE SHOULDER OF YON HILL. THY SHADOW, O TARDY NIGHT. THE FIRST LYRIC. THE CONCLUDING LYRIC. BESIDE A BIER. HEREAFTER. FORTUNIO'S SONG. From the French of Alfred de Musset. SPLENDIDE MENDAX. THE KISS. THE MILL. A PASTORAL. VIGILATE ITAQUE. THE HORIZON. SHADOWS. A FAREWELL. SONG. (5) SUPREME SUMMER. AS ONE WOULD STAND WHO SAW A SUDDEN LIGHT. DEPARTURE. CADENCES. Minor. I. T HE ancient memories buried lie, And the CHANT ROYAL OF THE GOD OF LOVE. I. O MOST fair God, O Love both FALSE SPRING. IN JUNE. A SONG OF WINTER. TO A LOST LOVE. PRINCE OF PAINTERS, COME, I PRAY. A LAGOON MESSAGE. A CONQUEST. THE DEVOUT LOVER. BALLADE OF LOVERS. IN A GARDEN. A SONG FOR CANDLEMAS. A DREAM OF DIANA. WHEN SHE COMES HOME. POPLAR LEAVES. AFTER DEATH. SOMEWHERE OR OTHER. FIRST LOVE REMEMBERED. LOVE ENTHRONED. SUDDEN LIGHT. A PERFECT DAY. RUS IN URBE. SONG. (6) THE COMING OF LOVE. RECALL. FANTASIA. ONLY A LEAF. SONG FROM A DRAMA. THE VIOLET. TO MY LADY. AT PARTING. AUGUST. BETWEEN THE SUNSET AND THE SEA. THE OBLATION. ON JUDGE'S WALK. ICH HOR' ES SOGAR IM TRAUM. OH, WHEN WILL IT BE? BALLADE OF THE LADYES OF LONG SYNE. From the French of Franaeois Villon. FATIMA. NOW SLEEPS THE CRIMSON PETAL. THE WINDOW; OR THE SONGS OF THE WRENS. AT THE WINDOW. GONE. VALENTINE. DREAM TRYST. ATALANTA. A SONG OF THANKSGIVING. DAY AFTER DAY OF THIS AZURE MAY. THE SONG OF TRISTRAM. AUBADE. (2) LOVE, THE GUEST. A BLUSH AT FAREWELL. THE KISS OF BETROTHAL. THE PARTING-GATE. IRISH LOVE SONG. GOOD-NIGHT. I KNOW 'TIS LATE, BUT LET ME STAY. CASHEL OF MUNSTER. DAFFODILS. AVE ATQUE VALE. EPITAPH. A GOLDEN HOUR. AND THESE ARE THESE INDEED THE END? A DREAM. THE FIRST KISS. SUFFICIENCY. BENEDICITE. MY VIOLET. ASLEEP. SWIMMING SONG. THE PEACE OF THE ROSE. THE BRIDAL PAIR. HE. T HOUGH the roving bee as lightly Sip the THE TRIFLERS. HE. B ECAUSE thou wast cold and proud, And as one AT THY GRAVE. LO! IN A DREAM LOVE CAME TO ME. VALE. INDEX INDEX OF FIRST LINES List of Poems in the Order of Their Appearance. Index Index of First Lines: A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, S, T, U, V, W, Y. List of Poems in Order (etext transcriber's note)

LOVE’S OLD SWEET SONG
A SHEAF OF LATTER-DAY LOVE-POEMS
GARNERED FROM MANY SOURCES

LOVE’S OLD SWEET SONG A SHEAF OF Latter-Day Love-Poems Gathered from Many Sources BY GEORGE H. ELLWANGER New York Dodd-Mead and Company 1903

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