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Part 4 — INDEX BY AUTHORS

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ADDISON, JOSEPH [1672-1719]: The Spacious Firmament on High, 54.

ALDRICH, THOMAS BAILEY [1836—]: Maple Leaves, 17; Before the Rain, 31; Tiger-Lilies, 71; A Turkish Legend, 611.

ALEXANDER, CECIL FRANCES [1830-1895]: The Burial of Moses, 504.

ALLINGHAM, WILLIAM [1824-1889]: Wild Rose, 70; The Fairy Folk, 174; Blowing Bubbles, 195; Windlass Song, 268; The Abbot of Inisfalen, 474.

ANDERSON, ALEXANDER [1845—]: Cuddle Doon, 126.

ARNOLD, EDWIN [1831—]: Almond Blossom, 69.

ARNOLD, GEORGE [1834-1865]: Sweet September, 15.

ARNOLD, MATTHEW [1822-1888]: The Forsaken Merman, 444.

AUSTIN, ALFRED [1835—]: To America, 347.

AYTOUN, WILLIAM EDMONDSTOUNE [1813-1865]: The Old Scottish Cavalier, 281.

BALLADS, OLD: Sir Patrick Spens, 551; The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington, 555; King John and the Abbot of Canterbury, 558; Lord Beichan and Susie Pye, 563; The Gay Gos-hawk, 569; Earl Mar's Daughter, 576; Chevy-Chace, 582; Hynde Horn, 593; Glenlogie, 597.

BARING-GOULD, SABINE [1834—]: The Olive Tree, 619.

BEECHING, HENRY CHARLES [1859—]: Bicycling Song, 196; A Boy's Prayer, 626.

BENNETT, HENRY HOLCOMB [1863—]: The Flag Goes By, 324.

BENNETT, WILLIAM COX [1820-1895]: Invocation to Rain in Summer, 34; To a Cricket, 113.

BLAKE, WILLIAM [1757-1828]: The Tiger, 53.

BOKER, GEORGE HENRY [1823-1890]: The Black Regiment, 326.

BONAR, HORATIO [1808-1890]: Be True, 610.

BROOKS, PHILLIPS [1835-1893]: O Little Town of Bethlehem, 648.

BROWNELL, HENRY HOWARD [1820-1872]: Abraham Lincoln, 321; Night Quarters, 329.

BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT [1809-1861]: Reading (from "Aurora Leigh"), 209; A Portrait, 231; Romance of the Swan's Nest, 423.

BROWNING, ROBERT [1812-1889]: April in England, 8; How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix, 464; The Pied Piper of Hamelin, 480; Hervé Riel, 493; Incident of the French Camp, 544.

BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN [1794-1878]: March, 6; The Planting of the Apple Tree, 59; To the Fringed Gentian, 72; The Death of the Flowers, 88; To a Waterfowl, 105; The Twenty-second of December, 306.

BUNYAN, JOHN [1628-1688]: The Shepherd Boy Sings in the Valley of Humiliation, 610; The Pilgrim, 632.

BURNS, ROBERT [1759-1796]: To a Mountain Daisy, 73; Chloe, 238; O Mally's Meek, Mally's Sweet, 239; I Love My Jean, 252; My Nannie's Awa', 253; My Heart's in the Highlands, 277; Bannockburn, 539.

BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD [1788-1824]: Swimming (from "The Two Foscari"), 202; To the Ocean (from "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage"), 225; Vision of Belshazzar, 500; The Night before Waterloo (from "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage"), 540; The Destruction of Sennacherib, 548.

CAMPBELL, THOMAS [1777-1844]: Ye Mariners of England, 290; Lord Ullin's Daughter, 416; Battle of the Baltic, 511; Hohenlinden, 542.

CAREW, THOMAS [1589-1639]: Spring, 7.

CARLYLE, THOMAS [1795-1881]: To-Day, 602.

CARMAN, BLISS [1861—]: A Vagabond Song, 201.

CARROLL, LEWIS (REV. CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON)[1832-1890]: A Song of Love, 122; The Walrus and the Carpenter, 381.

CARY, ALICE [1820-1871]: The "Gray Swan," 452.

CLOUGH, ARTHUR HUGH [1819-1861]: Where Lies the Land? 273.

COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR [1772-1834]: Kubla Khan, 160; The Knight's Tomb, 292.

COLLINS, WILLIAM [1720-1756]: How Sleep the Brave! 292.

COOLIDGE, SUSAN (SARAH C. WOOLSEY) [1845-1905]: Bind-Weed, 74; Time to Go, 86.

CORNWALL, BARRY (BRYAN WALLER PROCTER) [1790-1874]: The Hunter's Song, 223; The Blood Horse, 225; The Sea, 258.

COWPER, WILLIAM [1731-1800]: The Diverting History of John Gilpin, 359; On the Loss of the Royal George, 535.

CRANCH, CHRISTOPHER PEARSE [1813-1892]: The Bobolinks, 103.

CUNNINGHAM, ALLAN [1784-1842]: A Sea-Song, 259; Loyalty, 276.

DELAND, MARGARET [1857—]: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night, 637.

DICKINSON, EMILY [1830-1886]: The Grass, 81; The Bee, 116; Chartless, 626.

DOBELL, SYDNEY [1824-1874]: The Procession of the Flowers, 67; How's My Boy? 462.

DOBSON, AUSTIN [1840—]: The Child-Musician, 463.

DOMMETT, ALFRED [1811-1887]: A Christmas Hymn, 646.

DOUGLAS OF FINGLAND, WILLIAM: Annie Laurie, 243.

DRAKE, JOSEPH RODMAN [1795-1820]: The Culprit Fay (Extracts), 168; The American Flag (Extract), 311.

DRAYTON, MICHAEL [1563-1631]: A Fine Day, 5; The Arming of Pigwiggen (from "Nymphidia"), 149; The Battle of Agincourt, 517.

DRUMMOND, WILLIAM [1585-1649]: Phyllis, 251; The Angels, 636.

DRYDEN, JOHN [1631-1700]: Alexander's Feast (from "The Ode on St. Cecilia's Day"), 158; Fife and Drum (from "The Ode on St. Cecilia's Day"), 280.

ELIOT, GEORGE [1820-1880]: I Am Lonely (from "The Spanish Gypsy"), 128; Brother and Sister, 129.

EMERSON, RALPH WALDO [1803-1882]: April and May (from "May-Day"), 9; The Snow Storm, 21; The Rhodora, 76; The Humble-Bee, 116; Concord Hymn, 315; Ode Sung in the Town Hall, Concord, July 4, 1857, 316; Forbearance, 603; Duty, 605.

FANSHAWE, CATHERINE M. [1765-1834]: A Riddle, 373.

FLETCHER, JOHN [1576-1625]: Evening Song, 3.

FORD, ROBERT [1846—]: The Bonniest Bairn in a' the Warl', 125.

FIELD, EUGENE [1850-1895]: The Three Kings, 644.

FIELDS, JAMES T. [1816-1881]: Song of the Turtle and Flamingo, 385.

FITZGERALD, EDWARD [1809-1883]: Old Song, 213.

GAY, JOHN [1688-1732]: The Council of Horses, 356; The Lion and the Cub, 378.

GILBERT, WILLIAM SCHWENCK [1836—]: Captain Reece, 387.

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER [1728-1774]: The First, Best Country (from "The Traveller"), 275; Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog, 379.

GRAY, THOMAS [1746-1771]: On a Favorite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes, 353; Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, 612.

HALLECK, FITZ-GREENE [1790-1867]: Marco Bozzaris, 545.

HARTE, BRET [1839-1902]: Jessie, 246; The Reveille, 288; A Greyport Legend, 458.

HAY, JOHN [1838—]: The Enchanted Shirt, 395.

HEBER, REGINALD [1783-1826]: Providence, 119; Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning, 661.

H. H. (HELEN HUNT JACKSON) [1831-1885]: October's Bright Blue Weather, 16; Down to Sleep, 18; Coronation, 620.

HEMANS, FELICIA [1749-1835]: Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, 305; Hymn for Christmas, 639.

HENLEY, WILLIAM ERNEST [1849-1903]: Home, 131; Made in the Hot Weather, 398.

HERBERT, GEORGE [1593-1632]: The Elixir, 629; Be Useful, 633.

HERRICK, ROBERT [1591-1674]: To Daffodils, 78; Going A-Maying, 197; The Star Song, 638; An Ode on the Birth of Our Saviour, 656; Ceremonies for Christmas, 658.

HIGGINSON, THOMAS WENTWORTH [1823—]: The Snowing of the Pines, 66.

HOGG, JAMES (THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD) [1772-1835]: The Skylark, 102.

HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT [1819-1881]: A Christmas Carol, 635.

"HOLM, SAXE": A Song of Clover, 76.

HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL [1809-1894]: Old Ironsides (U. S. S. "Constitution"), 312; The Chambered Nautilus, 604.

HOOD, THOMAS [1798-1845]: Ruth, 242; November, 402.

HOUGHTON, LORD (RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES) [1809-1885]: Our Mother Tongue, 345.

HOWE, JULIA WARD [1819—]: Battle-Hymn of the Republic, 331.

HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN [1837—]: In August, 14.

HOWITT, MARY [1804-1888]: The Monkey, 401; Old Christmas, 652.

HOWITT, WILLIAM [1792-1879]: The Northern Seas, 226.

HUNT, JAMES HENRY LEIGH [1784-1859]: To the Grasshopper and the Cricket, 115; Two Heavens, 121; Captain Sword, 403; The Glove and the Lions, 460; Abou Ben Adhem and the Angel, 609.

INGELOW, JEAN [1830-1897]: Seven Times Two, 411; The Long White Seam, 413; The High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire, 438.

JONSON, BEN [1574-1637]: Hesperus' Song (from "Cynthia's Revels"), 151; So Sweet Is She (from "The Triumph of Charis"), 251; The Noble Nature, 603.

KEATS, JOHN [1796-1820]: Morning, 1; Minnows, 45; The Sigh of Silence, 58; Sweet Peas, 68; Goldfinches, 107; On the Grasshopper and Cricket, 114; On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer, 210; December, 622.

KINGSLEY, CHARLES [1819-1875]: Ode to the Northeast Wind, 36; Clear and Cool (from "The Water-Babies"), 44; A Myth, 173; Ballad, 422; The Sands of Dee, 450; A Farewell, 625.

KIPLING, RUDYARD [1865—]: Recessional, 297; The Dove of Dacca, 472.

LARCOM, LUCY [1826-1893]: Hannah Binding Shoes, 414.

LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH [1807-1882]: The Harvest Moon, 27; Rain in Summer, 32; A New Household, 121; Home Song, 138; The Wreck of the Hesperus, 454; Life (from the "Psalm of Life"), 601; The Three Kings, 641.

LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL [1819-1891]: June Weather (from "The Vision of Sir Launfal"), 11; A Winter Morning (from "The Vision of Sir Launfal"), 20; The Brook in Winter (from "The Vision of Sir Launfal"), 42; To the Dandelion (Extract), 77; The Fatherland, 298; Washington (from "Under the Old Elm"), 307; Stanzas on Freedom, 317; The Singing Leaves, 407; Sir Launfal and the Leper (from "The Vision of Sir Launfal"), 606.

LAMB, CHARLES [1775-1834] AND MARY [1765-1847]: Feigned Courage, 374.

LAMB, CHARLES: The Housekeeper, 400.

LANG, ANDREW [1844—]: Scythe Song, 86.

LANIER, SIDNEY [1842-1881]: Dear Land of All My Love (from "The Centennial Ode," 1876), 301.

MACAULAY, LORD (THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY) [1800-1859]: The Armada: A Fragment, 524; Ivry, 530.

MACDONALD, GEORGE [1824—]: Sir Lark and King Sun: A Parable, 99

MARKHAM, EDWIN [1852—]: Lincoln the Great Commoner, 319.

MARLOWE, CHRISTOPHER [1564-1593]: The Shepherd to His Love, 420.

MARTIN, WILLIAM [1834-1896]: An Apple Orchard in the Spring, 63.

MARVELL, ANDREW [1621-1678]: Bermudas, 272.

McMASTER, GUY HUMPHREYS [1829-1887]: Carmen Bellicosum, 309.

MEREDITH, OWEN (EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON) [1831-1892]: The White Anemone, 80.

MICKLE, WILLIAM J. [1734-1788]: The Sailor's Wife, 134.

MILLER, JOAQUIN [1841—]: Columbus, 301; Crossing the Plains, 314.

MILNES, RICHARD MONCKTON. See Houghton, Lord.

MILTON, JOHN [1608-1674]: Evening in Paradise (from "Paradise Lost"), 2; The Eternal Spring, 5; Song on May Morning, 10; The World Beautiful (from "Paradise Lost"), 27; A Scene in Paradise (from "Paradise Lost"), 52; L'Allegro (Extracts), 152; Sabrina Fair (from "Comus"), 157; On His Blindness, 606.

MITCHELL, WALTER [1826—]: Tacking Ship Off Shore, 265.

MORE, HANNAH [1745-1853]: A Riddle, 371.

MOORE, THOMAS [1779-1852]: The Minstrel-Boy, 278; The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls, 279.

MORRIS, WILLIAM [1834-1899]: Minstrels and Maids, 654.

MOTHERWELL, WILLIAM [1797-1835]: Sing On, Blithe Bird! 93; The Cavalier's Song, 280.

MULOCK, DINAH MARIA (MRS. CRAIK) [1826-1887]: Autumn's Processional, 16; Highland Cattle, 50; Green Things Growing, 57; God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen, 653.

NOEL, THOMAS [1799-1861]: Old Winter, 22.

NORTON, CAROLINE ELIZABETH (LADY STIRLING-MAXWELL) [1808-1876]: The King of Denmark's Ride, 418.

PARSONS, THOMAS WILLIAM [1819-1892]: Dirge for One Who Fell in Battle, 293.

PEACOCK, THOMAS LOVE [1785-1866]: The Priest and the Mulberry Tree, 355.

PECK, SAMUEL MINTURN [1854—]: Autumn's Mirth, 90.

PERCIVAL, JAMES GATES [1795-1856]: The Coral Grove, 269.

PIERPONT, JOHN [1785-1866]: Whittling, 220; Warren's Address, 308.

POE, EDGAR ALLAN [1809-1849]: The Raven, 182; The Bells, 189.

POPE, ALEXANDER [1688-1744]: Descend, Ye Nine (from "Ode on St. Cecilia's Day"), 212.

PRAED, WINTHROP MACKWORTH [1802-1839]: Charade, 370.

PRIOR, MATTHEW [1664-1721]: To a Child of Quality, 369.

PROCTER, ADELAIDE ANNE [1826-1864]: One by One, 629.

PROCTER, BRYAN WALLER. See Cornwall, Barry.

PROCTOR, EDNA DEAN [1838—]: Columbia's Emblem, 84.

RAMSAY, ALLAN [1713-1784]: My Peggy (from "The Gentle Shepherd"), 243.

READ, THOMAS BUCHANAN [1822-1872]: The Windy Night, 39; Drifting, 262; Sheridan's Ride, 332.

RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB [1853—]: The Name of Old Glory (from "Home Folks"), 349.

ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA G. [1830-1894]: Child's Talk in April, 109; All Things Wait Upon Thee, 119; Consider, 628.

ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIEL [1828-1882]: A Young Fir-Wood, 65.

SARGENT, EPES [1813-1880]: A Life on the Ocean Wave, 257.

SAXE, JOHN G. [1816-1887]: Solomon and the Bees, 502.

SCOTT, SIR WALTER [1771-1832]: Hunting Song, 222; My Native Land (from "The Lay of the Last Minstrel"), 276; Border Ballad (from "The Monastery"), 286; Gathering Song of Donuil Dhu, 287; Soldier, Rest! (from "The Lady of the Lake"), 296; Lochinvar (from "Marmion"), 427; Jock of Hazeldean, 430; Christmas in England (from "Marmion"), 659.

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM [1564-1616]: A Morning Song (from "Cymbeline"), 2; When Icicles Hang by the Wall (from "Love's Labor's Lost"), 19; Under the Greenwood Tree (from "As You Like It"), 59; Fairyland (from "Midsummer-Night's Dream"), 145; Puck and the Fairy (from "Midsummer-Night's Dream"), 145; Lullaby for Titania (from "Midsummer-Night's Dream"), 146; Oberon and Titania to the Fairy Train (from "Midsummer-Night's Dream"), 147; Ariel's Songs (from "The Tempest"), 147; Orpheus with His Lute (from "King Henry VIII."), 149; Jog On, Jog On (from "A Winter's Tale"), 200; Music's Silver Sound (from "Romeo and Juliet"), 210; The Power of Music (from "The Merchant of Venice"), 211; Who Is Silvia? (from "The Two Gentlemen of Verona"), 240; Helena and Hermia (from "A Midsummer-Night's Dream"), 250; Polonius to Laertes (from "Hamlet"), 618; The Commonwealth of the Bees (from "King Henry V."), 631; The Gracious Time (from "Hamlet"), 661.

SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE [1792-1822]: Daybreak, 1; Dirge for the Year, 25; The Cloud, 28; To a Skylark, 94; The Magic Car Moved On (from "Queen Mab"), 162; Arethusa, 165; A Child of Twelve (from "The Revolt of Islam"), 237.

SHENSTONE, WILLIAM [1714-1763]: The Shepherd's Home, 112.

SILL, EDWARD ROWLAND [1841-1887]: Opportunity, 608.

SKELTON, JOHN [1460-1529]: To Mistress Margaret Hussey, 240.

SOUTHEY, ROBERT [1774-1843]: Night, 4; The Cataract of Lodore, 391; The Inchcape Rock, 468; The Battle of Blenheim, 522.

SOUTHWELL, ROBERT [1556-1595]: New Prince, New Pomp, 640.

SPENSER, EDMUND [1552-1599]: The Seasons (from "The Faerie Queene"), 5; May, 9; Summer (from "The Faerie Queene"), 10; August, 14; Autumn (from "The Faerie Queene"), 15; Winter, 19.

SPOFFORD, HARRIET PRESCOTT [1835—]: A Snowdrop, 69.

SPRAGUE, CHARLES [1791-1875]: Indians, 313.

STEDMAN, EDMUND CLARENCE [1833—]: The Flight of the Birds, 111; Going A-Nutting, 219.

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS [1850-1894]: The Wind, 35; A Visit from the Sea, 261.

STODDARD, RICHARD HENRY [1825-1909]: Abraham Lincoln, 318.

STODDART, THOMAS TOD [1810-1880]: The Angler's Invitation, 207.

STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE [1819-1895]: The English Language (Extracts), 346.

SWETT, SUSAN HARTLEY: July, 13.

SWIFT, JONATHAN [1667-1745]: A Riddle, 372; Baucis and Philemon, 375.

SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES [1837-1909]: Étude Réaliste, 139; Swimming (from "Tristram of Lyonesse"), 201.

TABB, JOHN B. [1845—]: The Tax-Gatherer, 114.

TATE, NAHUM [1652-1715]: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night, 649.

TAYLOR, BAYARD [1825-1878]: The Song of the Camp, 284; A Night With a Wolf, 471.

TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD [1809-1892]: The Brook, 40; The Eagle (Fragment), 109; The Merman, 177; The Mermaid, 178; Bugle Song (from "The Princess"), 181; Leolin and Edith (from "Aylmer's Field"), 218; Olivia (from "The Talking Oak"), 247; The Shell, 270; The Lady of Shalott, 431; The Charge of the Light Brigade, 537.

TENNYSON, FREDERICK [1807-1898]: The Skylark, 101.

THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE [1811-1863]: Pocahontas, 303; The End of the Play (from "Dr. Birch and His Young Friends"), 623.

THAXTER, CELIA [1836-1894]: The Sandpiper, 107; Nikolina, 248.

THORNBURY, GEORGE WALTER [1828-1876]: The Cavalier's Escape, 479.

TROWBRIDGE, JOHN TOWNSEND [1827—]: Midwinter, 23; Evening at the Farm, 136.

UNKNOWN: Mother's Song (West of England Lullaby), 123; Love Will Find Out the Way (Old English), 133; When Banners Are Waving, 509; Christmas Carol (Old English), 650; Old Christmas Returned (Old Carol), 657.

van DYKE, HENRY [1852—]: The Angler's Reveille, 203.

VAUGHAN, HENRY [1621-1695]: Peace, 627.

VERY, JONES [1813-1880]: The Latter Rain, 35; The Tree, 65.

WATSON, WILLIAM [1858—]: Song to April, 7.

WESTWOOD, THOMAS [1850-1888]: Mine Host of "The Golden Apple," 64; Little Bell, 234.

WHITMAN, WALT [1819-1892]: O Captain! My Captain! 323; Two Veterans, 340.

WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF [1807-1892]: Snow-Bound (Extracts), 46; The Corn-Song, 82; The Barefoot Boy, 214; Song of the Negro Boatman, 335; Barbara Frietchie, 337; The Pipes at Lucknow, 514.

WILDER, JOHN NICHOLS [1814-1858]: Stand by the Flag, 342.

WOLFE, CHARLES [1791-1823]: The Burial of Sir John Moore, 295.

WOODBERRY, GEORGE EDWARD [1855—]: At Gibraltar, 343, 344.

WOODWORTH, SAMUEL: The Needle, 228.

WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM [1770-1850]: The Daffodils, 79; We Are Seven, 141; Skating (from "The Prelude"), 207; Lucy, 245; The Solitary Reaper, 249; Faith and Freedom, 345; In a Child's Album, 602.

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