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PRAYER | 1 |
LO! IN THINE HONEST EYES I READ | 2 |
THOUGH DEEP INDIFFERENCE SHOULD DROWSE | 2 |
MY HEART, WHEN FIRST THE BLACKBIRD SINGS | 3 |
I DREAMED OF FOREST ALLEYS FAIR | 4 |
ST. MARTIN’S SUMMER | 6 |
DEDICATION | 7 |
THE OLD CHIMÆRAS, OLD RECEIPTS | 8 |
PRELUDE | 10 |
THE VANQUISHED KNIGHT | 11 |
TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHERN LIGHTS | 11 |
THE RELIC TAKEN, WHAT AVAILS THE SHRINE? | 13 |
ABOUT THE SHELTERED GARDEN GROUND | 14 |
AFTER READING “ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA” | 15 |
I KNOW NOT HOW, BUT AS I COUNT | 15 |
SPRING SONG | 16 |
THE SUMMER SUN SHONE ROUND ME | 16 |
YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW | 17 |
LOVE’S VICISSITUDES | 18 |
DUDDINGSTONE | 18 |
STOUT MARCHES LEAD TO CERTAIN ENDS | 20 |
AWAY WITH FUNERAL MUSIC | 20 |
TO SYDNEY | 21 |
HAD I THE POWER THAT HAVE THE WILL | 23 |
O DULL COLD NORTHERN SKY | 24 |
APOLOGETIC POSTSCRIPT OF A YEAR LATER | 25 |
TO MARCUS | 26 |
TO OTTILIE | 27 |
THIS GLOOMY NORTHERN DAY | 28 |
THE WIND IS WITHOUT THERE AND HOWLS IN THE TREES | 29 |
A VALENTINE’S SONG | 31 |
HAIL! CHILDISH SLAVES OF SOCIAL RULES | 34 |
SWALLOWS TRAVEL TO AND FRO | 36 |
TO MESDAMES ZASSETSKY AND GARSCHINE | 37 |
TO MADAME GARSCHINE | 39 |
MUSIC AT THE VILLA MARINA | 39 |
FEAR NOT, DEAR FRIEND, BUT FREELY LIVE YOUR DAYS | 40 |
LET LOVE GO, IF GO SHE WILL | 41 |
I DO NOT FEAR TO OWN ME KIN | 42 |
I AM LIKE ONE THAT FOR LONG DAYS HAD SATE | 44 |
VOLUNTARY | 45 |
ON NOW, ALTHOUGH THE YEAR BE DONE | 47 |
IN THE GREEN AND GALLANT SPRING | 47 |
DEATH, TO THE DEAD FOR EVERMORE | 48 |
TO CHARLES BAXTER | 49 |
I WHO ALL THE WINTER THROUGH | 52 |
LOVE, WHAT IS LOVE? | 53 |
SOON OUR FRIENDS PERISH | 53 |
AS ONE WHO HAVING WANDERED ALL NIGHT LONG | 53 |
STRANGE ARE THE WAYS OF MEN | 55 |
THE WIND BLEW SHRILL AND SMART | 56 |
MAN SAILS THE DEEP AWHILE | 57 |
THE COCK’S CLEAR VOICE INTO THE CLEARER AIR | 58 |
NOW WHEN THE NUMBER OF MY YEARS | 59 |
WHAT MAN MAY LEARN, WHAT MAN MAY DO | 60 |
SMALL IS THE TRUST WHEN LOVE IS GREEN | 61 |
KNOW YOU THE RIVER NEAR TO GREZ | 62 |
IT’S FORTH ACROSS THE ROARING FOAM | 63 |
AN ENGLISH BREEZE | 65 |
AS IN THEIR FLIGHT THE BIRDS OF SONG | 66 |
THE PIPER | 67 |
TO MRS. MACMARLAND | 58 |
TO MISS CORNISH | 69 |
TALES OF ARABIA | 71 |
BEHOLD, AS GOBLINS DARK OF MIEN | 72 |
STILL I LOVE TO RHYME | 73 |
LONG TIME I LAY IN LITTLE EASE | 74 |
FLOWER GOD, GOD OF THE SPRING | 75 |
COME, MY BELOVED, HEAR FROM ME | 76 |
SINCE YEARS AGO FOR EVERMORE | 77 |
ENVOY FOR “A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES” | 78 |
FOR RICHMOND’S GARDEN WALL | 80 |
HAIL, GUEST, AND ENTER FREELY! | 80 |
LO, NOW, MY GUEST | 81 |
SO LIVE, SO LOVE, SO USE THAT FRAGILE HOUR | 81 |
AD SE IPSUM | 82 |
BEFORE THIS LITTLE GIFT WAS COME | 82 |
GO, LITTLE BOOK—THE ANCIENT PHRASE | 83 |
MY LOVE WAS WARM | 84 |
DEDICATORY POEM FOR “UNDERWOODS” | 85 |
FAREWELL | 86 |
THE FAR-FARERS | 87 |
COME, MY LITTLE CHILDREN, HERE ARE SONGS FOR YOU | 87 |
HOME FROM THE DAISIED MEADOWS | 88 |
EARLY IN THE MORNING I HEAR ON YOUR PIANO | 88 |
FAIR ISLE AT SEA | 89 |
LOUD AND LOW IN THE CHIMNEY | 89 |
I LOVE TO BE WARM BY THE RED FIRESIDE | 90 |
AT LAST SHE COMES | 90 |
MINE EYES WERE SWIFT TO KNOW THEE | 90 |
FIXED IS THE DOOM | 91 |
MEN ARE HEAVEN’S PIERS | 92 |
THE ANGLER ROSE, HE TOOK HIS ROD | 93 |
SPRING CAROL | 94 |
TO WHAT SHALL I COMPARE HER | 95 |
WHEN THE SUN COMES AFTER RAIN | 96 |
LATE, O MILLER | 97 |
TO FRIENDS AT HOME | 97 |
I, WHOM APOLLO SOMETIME VISITED | 98 |
TEMPEST TOSSED AND SORE AFFLICTED | 98 |
VARIANT FORM OF THE PRECEDING POEM | 99 |
I NOW, O FRIEND, WHOM NOISELESSLY THE SNOWS | 100 |
SINCE THOU HAST GIVEN ME THIS GOOD HOPE, O GOD | 103 |
GOD GAVE TO ME A CHILD IN PART | 104 |
OVER THE LAND IS APRIL | 105 |
LIGHT AS THE LINNET ON MY WAY I START | 106 |
COMIC, HERE IS ADIEU TO THE CITY | 106 |
IT BLOWS A SNOWING GALE | 107 |
NE SIT ANCILLÆ TIBI AMOR PUDOR | 107 |
TO ALL THAT LOVE THE FAR AND BLUE | 108 |
THOU STRAINEST THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN FERN | 110 |
TO ROSABELLE | 111 |
NOW BARE TO THE BEHOLDER’S EYE | 112 |
THE BOUR-TREE DEN | 114 |
SONNETS | 118 |
FRAGMENTS | 123 |
AIR OF DIABELLI’S | 128 |
EPITAPHIUM EROTII | 132 |
DE M. ANTONIO | 133 |
AD MAGISTRUM LUDI | 133 |
AD NEPOTEM | 134 |
IN CHARIDEMUM | 135 |
DE LIGURRA | 135 |
IN LUPUM | 136 |
AD QUINTILIANUM | 137 |
DE HORTIS JULII MARTIALIS | 137 |
AD MARTIALEM | 139 |
IN MAXIMUM | 139 |
AD OLUM | 140 |
DE CŒNATIONE MICÆ | 140 |
DE EROTIO PUELLA | 141 |
AD PISCATOREM | 141 |