The Golden Treasury / Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes

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FRANCIS T. PALGRAVE LATE PROFESSOR OF POETRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1902 TO

ALFRED TENNYSON POET LAUREATE

PREFACE

Contents

The Golden Treasury Book First

I

SPRING

II

THE FAIRY LIFE 1 Where the bee sucks, there suck I: In a

III 2 Come unto these yellow sands, And then take hands:

IV

SUMMONS TO LOVE

V

TIME AND LOVE 1 When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced

VI 2 Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But

VII

THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE

VIII

OMNIA VINCIT

IX

A MADRIGAL

X

XI

XII

PRESENT IN ABSENCE

XIII

VIA AMORIS

XIV

ABSENCE

XV

XVI

A CONSOLATION

XVII

THE UNCHANGEABLE

XVIII

XIX

ROSALINE

XX

COLIN

XXI

A PICTURE

XXII

A SONG FOR MUSIC

XXIII

TO HIS LOVE

XXIV

TO HIS LOVE (2)

XXV

BASIA

XXVI

ADVICE TO A GIRL

XXVII

LOVE'S PERJURIES

XXVIII

A SUPPLICATION

XXIX

TO AURORA

XXX

IN LACRIMAS

XXXI

TRUE LOVE

XXXII

A DITTY

XXXIII

LOVE'S INSIGHT

XXXIV

LOVE'S OMNIPRESENCE

XXXV

CARPE DIEM

XXXVI

AN HONEST AUTOLYCUS

XXXVII

WINTER

XXXVIII

XXXIX

MEMORY

XL

SLEEP

XLI

REVOLUTIONS

XLII

XLIII

THE LIFE WITHOUT PASSION

XLIV

THE LOVER'S APPEAL

XLV

THE NIGHTINGALE

XLVI

XLVII

XLVIII

FRUSTRA

XLIX

LOVE'S FAREWELL

L

IN IMAGINE PERTRANSIT HOMO

LI

BLIND LOVE

LII

LIII

THE UNFAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS

LIV

ADVICE TO A LOVER

LV

A RENUNCIATION

LVI

LVII

A SWEET LULLABY

LVIII

LIX

O CRUDELIS AMOR

LX

SEPHESTIA'S SONG TO HER CHILD

LXI

A LAMENT

LXII

DIRGE OF LOVE

LXIII

TO HIS LUTE

LXIV

FIDELE

LXV

A SEA DIRGE

LXVI

A LAND DIRGE

LXVII

POST MORTEM

LXVIII

THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH

LXIX

YOUNG LOVE

LXX

A DILEMMA

LXXI

ROSALYND'S MADRIGAL

LXXII

CUPID AND CAMPASPE

LXXIII

LXXIV

PROTHALAMION

LXXV

THE HAPPY HEART

LXXVI

SIC TRANSIT

LXXVII

LXXVIII

SOUL AND BODY

LXXIX

LXXX

THE LESSONS OF NATURE

LXXXI

LXXXII

THE WORLD'S WAY

LXXXIII

A WISH

LXXXIV

SAINT JOHN BAPTIST

The Golden Treasury Book Second

LXXXV

ODE ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY

THE HYMN

LXXXVI

SONG FOR ST. CECILIA'S DAY, 1687

LXXXVII

ON THE LATE MASSACRE IN PIEDMONT

LXXXVIII

HORATIAN ODE UPON CROMWELL'S RETURN FROM IRELAND

LXXXIX

LYCIDAS

XC

ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY

XCI

THE LAST CONQUEROR

XCII

DEATH THE LEVELLER

XCIII

WHEN THE ASSAULT WAS INTENDED TO THE CITY

XCIV

ON HIS BLINDNESS

XCV

CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE

XCVI

THE NOBLE NATURE

XCVII

THE GIFTS OF GOD

XCVIII

THE RETREAT

XCIX

TO MR. LAWRENCE

C

TO CYRIACK SKINNER

CI

A HYMN IN PRAISE OF NEPTUNE

CII

HYMN TO DIANA

CIII

WISHES FOR THE SUPPOSED MISTRESS

CIV

THE GREAT ADVENTURER

CV

THE PICTURE OF LITTLE T.C. IN A PROSPECT OF FLOWERS

CVI

CHILD AND MAIDEN

CVII

CONSTANCY

CVIII

COUNSEL TO GIRLS

CIX

TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS

CX

ELIZABETH OF BOHEMIA

CXI

TO THE LADY MARGARET LEY

CXII

THE TRUE BEAUTY

CXIII

TO DIANEME

CXIV

CXV

CXVI

TO CELIA

CXVII

CHERRY-RIPE

CXVIII

CORINNA'S MAYING

CXIX

THE POETRY OF DRESS

CXX

CXXI

CXXII

ON A GIRDLE

CXXIII

A MYSTICAL ECSTASY

CXXIV

TO ANTHEA WHO MAY COMMAND HIM ANY THING

CXXV

CXXVI

CXXVII

TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON

CXXVIII

TO LUCASTA, GOING BEYOND THE SEAS

CXXIX

ENCOURAGEMENTS TO A LOVER

CXXX

A SUPPLICATION (2)

CXXXI

THE MANLY HEART

CXXXII

MELANCHOLY

CXXXIII

FORSAKEN

CXXXIV

CXXXV

FAIR HELEN

CXXXVI

THE TWA CORBIES

CXXXVII

ON THE DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM HERVEY

CXXXVIII

FRIENDS IN PARADISE

CXXXIX

TO BLOSSOMS

CXL

TO DAFFODILS

CXLI

THE GIRL DESCRIBES HER FAWN

CXLII

THOUGHTS IN A GARDEN

CXLIII

FORTUNATI NIMIUM

CXLIV

L'ALLEGRO

CXLV

IL PENSEROSO

CXLVI

SONG OF THE EMIGRANTS IN BERMUDA

CXLVII

AT A SOLEMN MUSIC

CXLVIII NOX NOCTI INDICAT SCIENTIAM .

CXLIX

HYMN TO DARKNESS

CL

A VISION

CLI

ALEXANDER'S FEAST, OR, THE POWER OF MUSIC

The Golden Treasury Book Third

CLII

ODE ON THE PLEASURE ARISING FROM VICISSITUDE

CLIII

ODE TO SIMPLICITY

CLIV

SOLITUDE

CLV

THE BLIND BOY

CLVI

ON A FAVOURITE CAT, DROWNED IN A TUB OF GOLD FISHES

CLVII

TO CHARLOTTE PULTENEY

CLVIII

RULE BRITANNIA

CLIX

THE BARD

CLX

ODE WRITTEN IN 1746

CLXI

LAMENT FOR CULLODEN

CLXII

LAMENT FOR FLODDEN

CLXIII

THE BRAES OF YARROW

CLXIV

WILLY DROWNED IN YARROW

CLXV

LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE

CLXVI

BLACK-EYED SUSAN

CLXVII

SALLY IN OUR ALLEY

Transcriber's Note:

The source of the Greek quote and its meaning are from the 1914 edition.

THE
GOLDEN TREASURY

SELECTED FROM THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL
POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
AND ARRANGED WITH NOTES

BY

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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