Minor PoemsLITTLE CLASSICSReading editionChapter navigation147 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterLITTLE CLASSICSROSSITER JOHNSONA MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.THE VOYAGE.KUBLA KHAN.SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT.THE SLANTEN LIGHT O' FALL.A HEALTH.ON A GIRDLE.A NICE CORRESPONDENT!THE COURTIN'.WHEN THE KYE COME HAME.THE SPINNING-WHEEL SONG.SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY.THE WELCOME.THE BROOKSIDE.MARIANA.BUGLE-SONG.SERENADE.LINES TO AN INDIAN AIR.NOT FAR TO GO.MAID OF ATHENS, ERE WE PART.COME, REST IN THIS BOSOM.A WOMAN'S QUESTION.SONNETS.LOVE NOT.AE FOND KISS.BREAK, BREAK, BREAK.ASTARTE.MY HEID IS LIKE TO REND, WILLIE.THE MANGO TREE.TO MARY IN HEAVEN.A SONG FOR SEPTEMBER.OFT IN THE STILLY NIGHT.THE DAYS THAT ARE NO MORE.THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES.TIME'S CHANGES.QUA CURSUM VENTUS.CHANGES.I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER.HAUNTED HOUSES.THANATOPSIS.OVER THE RIVER.THEY ARE ALL GONE.THE RIVER PATH.AN OLD MAN'S IDYL.BETROTHED ANEW.THE LONG-AGO.THE IVY GREEN.SUMMER LONGINGS.YARROW UNVISITED.THE TIGER.A SNOW-STORM.THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS.THE SANDS OF DEE.HYMN TO THE NIGHT.NIGHT AND DEATH.THE SKYLARK.THE EAGLE.TO THE SKYLARK.TO THOMAS MOORE.THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER.A FAREWELL.STANZAS.THE LITTLE YEARS.THE AGE OF WISDOM.THE LAST LEAF.THE LOST LEADER.TOO LATE.A PETITION TO TIME.ICHABOD.SONG.ON GOING TO THE WARS.THE LAND OF LANDS.THE SOLDIER'S DREAM.MONTEREY.A SONG OF THE CAMP.THE CAVALIER'S SONG.THE KNIGHT'S TOMB.CORONACH.DIRGE FOR A SOLDIER.ODE.ODE.ODE.DRIVING HOME THE COWS.THE BRAVE AT HOME.ON HIS BLINDNESS.THE THREE FISHERS.HEROES.THE ARSENAL AT SPRINGFIELD.ODE.PHILIP, MY KING.HOW'S MY BOY?THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.MY CHILD.THE LAND O' THE LEAL.LAMENT OF THE IRISH EMIGRANT.THE DEATH-BED.EVELYN HOPE.A BRIDAL DIRGE.SHE DIED IN BEAUTY.SHE WAS NOT FAIR, NOR FULL OF GRACE.HIGHLAND MARY.TOO LATE!TOM BOWLING.JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.SHE IS FAR FROM THE LAND.MINSTREL'S SONG.IN MEMORIAM.THE GRAVES OF A HOUSEHOLD.THE HERMIT.O, WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE PROUD?PROGRESS.THE LITTLE BLACK BOY.DEATHS FINAL CONQUEST.TO AN INDIAN GOLD COIN.GOING HOME.MAN'S MORTALITY.LIFE.A LAMENT.LIFE.TITHONUS.THE WOMAN OF THREE COWS.A FAREWELL.ODE ON A GRECIAN URN.LINES ON A SKELETON.VIRTUE.THE LIE.TWO WOMEN.THE PAUPER'S DEATH-BED.ON A PICTURE OF PEEL CASTLE IN A STORM.THE TREASURES OF THE DEEP.THE CLOUD.THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS.ST. AGNES.A CHRISTMAS HYMN.MY SLAIN.THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY.MY PSALM.ENTICED.WEARINESS.TOUJOURS AMOUR.THE VOICELESS.EPILOGUE.INDEX OF FIRST LINES.Little ClassicsPrevious chapter ←Front matterNext chapter →ROSSITER JOHNSONAll chapters and sections (147)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsLITTLE CLASSICSROSSITER JOHNSONA MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.THE VOYAGE.KUBLA KHAN.SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT.THE SLANTEN LIGHT O' FALL.A HEALTH.ON A GIRDLE.A NICE CORRESPONDENT!THE COURTIN'.WHEN THE KYE COME HAME.THE SPINNING-WHEEL SONG.SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY.THE WELCOME.THE BROOKSIDE.MARIANA.BUGLE-SONG.SERENADE.LINES TO AN INDIAN AIR.NOT FAR TO GO.MAID OF ATHENS, ERE WE PART.COME, REST IN THIS BOSOM.A WOMAN'S QUESTION.SONNETS.LOVE NOT.AE FOND KISS.BREAK, BREAK, BREAK.ASTARTE.MY HEID IS LIKE TO REND, WILLIE.THE MANGO TREE.TO MARY IN HEAVEN.A SONG FOR SEPTEMBER.OFT IN THE STILLY NIGHT.THE DAYS THAT ARE NO MORE.THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES.TIME'S CHANGES.QUA CURSUM VENTUS.CHANGES.I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER.HAUNTED HOUSES.THANATOPSIS.OVER THE RIVER.THEY ARE ALL GONE.THE RIVER PATH.AN OLD MAN'S IDYL.BETROTHED ANEW.THE LONG-AGO.THE IVY GREEN.SUMMER LONGINGS.YARROW UNVISITED.THE TIGER.A SNOW-STORM.THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS.THE SANDS OF DEE.HYMN TO THE NIGHT.NIGHT AND DEATH.THE SKYLARK.THE EAGLE.TO THE SKYLARK.TO THOMAS MOORE.THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER.A FAREWELL.STANZAS.THE LITTLE YEARS.THE AGE OF WISDOM.THE LAST LEAF.THE LOST LEADER.TOO LATE.A PETITION TO TIME.ICHABOD.SONG.ON GOING TO THE WARS.THE LAND OF LANDS.THE SOLDIER'S DREAM.MONTEREY.A SONG OF THE CAMP.THE CAVALIER'S SONG.THE KNIGHT'S TOMB.CORONACH.DIRGE FOR A SOLDIER.ODE.ODE.ODE.DRIVING HOME THE COWS.THE BRAVE AT HOME.ON HIS BLINDNESS.THE THREE FISHERS.HEROES.THE ARSENAL AT SPRINGFIELD.ODE.PHILIP, MY KING.HOW'S MY BOY?THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.MY CHILD.THE LAND O' THE LEAL.LAMENT OF THE IRISH EMIGRANT.THE DEATH-BED.EVELYN HOPE.A BRIDAL DIRGE.SHE DIED IN BEAUTY.SHE WAS NOT FAIR, NOR FULL OF GRACE.HIGHLAND MARY.TOO LATE!TOM BOWLING.JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.SHE IS FAR FROM THE LAND.MINSTREL'S SONG.IN MEMORIAM.THE GRAVES OF A HOUSEHOLD.THE HERMIT.O, WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE PROUD?PROGRESS.THE LITTLE BLACK BOY.DEATHS FINAL CONQUEST.TO AN INDIAN GOLD COIN.GOING HOME.MAN'S MORTALITY.LIFE.A LAMENT.LIFE.TITHONUS.THE WOMAN OF THREE COWS.A FAREWELL.ODE ON A GRECIAN URN.LINES ON A SKELETON.VIRTUE.THE LIE.TWO WOMEN.THE PAUPER'S DEATH-BED.ON A PICTURE OF PEEL CASTLE IN A STORM.THE TREASURES OF THE DEEP.THE CLOUD.THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS.ST. AGNES.A CHRISTMAS HYMN.MY SLAIN.THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY.MY PSALM.ENTICED.WEARINESS.TOUJOURS AMOUR.THE VOICELESS.EPILOGUE.INDEX OF FIRST LINES.Little ClassicsEDITED BY← Front matterROSSITER JOHNSON →