Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses
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1. Front matter2. MOMENTS OF VISION3. THE VOICE OF THINGS4. “WHY BE AT PAINS?” (Wooer’s Song)5. “WE SAT AT THE WINDOW” (Bournemouth, 1875)6. AFTERNOON SERVICE AT MELLSTOCK (Circa 1850)7. AT THE WICKET-GATE8. IN A MUSEUM9. APOSTROPHE TO AN OLD PSALM TUNE10. AT THE WORD “FAREWELL”11. FIRST SIGHT OF HER AND AFTER12. THE RIVAL13. HEREDITY14. “YOU WERE THE SORT THAT MEN FORGET”15. SHE, I, AND THEY16. NEAR LANIVET, 187217. JOYS OF MEMORY18. TO THE MOON19. COPYING ARCHITECTURE IN AN OLD MINSTER (Wimborne)20. TO SHAKESPEARE AFTER THREE HUNDRED YEARS21. QUID HIC AGIS?22. ON A MIDSUMMER EVE23. TIMING HER (Written to an old folk-tune)24. BEFORE KNOWLEDGE25. THE BLINDED BIRD26. “THE WIND BLEW WORDS”27. THE FADED FACE28. THE RIDDLE29. THE DUEL30. AT MAYFAIR LODGINGS31. TO MY FATHER’S VIOLIN32. THE STATUE OF LIBERTY33. THE BACKGROUND AND THE FIGURE (Lover’s Ditty)34. THE CHANGE35. SITTING ON THE BRIDGE (Echo of an old song)36. THE YOUNG CHURCHWARDEN37. “I TRAVEL AS A PHANTOM NOW”38. LINES TO A MOVEMENT IN MOZART’S E-FLAT SYMPHONY39. “IN THE SEVENTIES”40. THE PEDIGREE41. THIS HEART A WOMAN’S DREAM42. WHERE THEY LIVED43. THE OCCULTATION44. LIFE LAUGHS ONWARD45. THE PEACE-OFFERING46. “SOMETHING TAPPED”47. THE WOUND48. A MERRYMAKING IN QUESTION49. “I SAID AND SANG HER EXCELLENCE” (Fickle Lover’s Song)50. A JANUARY NIGHT (1879)51. A KISS52. THE ANNOUNCEMENT53. THE OXEN54. THE TRESSES55. THE PHOTOGRAPH56. ON A HEATH57. AN ANNIVERSARY58. “BY THE RUNIC STONE” (Two who became a story)59. THE PINK FROCK60. TRANSFORMATIONS61. IN HER PRECINCTS62. THE LAST SIGNAL (Oct. 11, 1886) A MEMORY OF WILLIAM BARNES63. THE HOUSE OF SILENCE64. GREAT THINGS65. THE CHIMES66. THE FIGURE IN THE SCENE67. “WHY DID I SKETCH”68. CONJECTURE69. THE BLOW70. LOVE THE MONOPOLIST (Young Lover’s Reverie)71. AT MIDDLE-FIELD GATE IN FEBRUARY72. THE YOUTH WHO CARRIED A LIGHT73. THE HEAD ABOVE THE FOG74. OVERLOOKING THE RIVER STOUR75. THE MUSICAL BOX76. ON STURMINSTER FOOT-BRIDGE (ONOMATOPOEIC)77. ROYAL SPONSORS78. OLD FURNITURE79. A THOUGHT IN TWO MOODS80. THE LAST PERFORMANCE81. “YOU ON THE TOWER”82. THE INTERLOPER83. LOGS ON THE HEARTH A MEMORY OF A SISTER84. THE SUNSHADE85. THE AGEING HOUSE86. THE CAGED GOLDFINCH87. AT MADAME TUSSAUD’S IN VICTORIAN YEARS88. THE BALLET89. THE FIVE STUDENTS90. THE WIND’S PROPHECY91. DURING WIND AND RAIN92. HE PREFERS HER EARTHLY93. THE DOLLS94. MOLLY GONE95. A BACKWARD SPRING96. LOOKING ACROSS97. AT A SEASIDE TOWN IN 1869 (Young Lover’s Reverie)98. THE GLIMPSE99. THE PEDESTRIAN AN INCIDENT OF 1883100. “WHO’S IN THE NEXT ROOM?”101. AT A COUNTRY FAIR102. THE MEMORIAL BRASS: 186–103. HER LOVE-BIRDS104. PAYING CALLS105. THE UPPER BIRCH-LEAVES106. “IT NEVER LOOKS LIKE SUMMER”107. EVERYTHING COMES108. THE MAN WITH A PAST109. HE FEARS HIS GOOD FORTUNE110. HE WONDERS ABOUT HIMSELF111. JUBILATE112. HE REVISITS HIS FIRST SCHOOL113. “I THOUGHT, MY HEART”114. FRAGMENT115. MIDNIGHT ON THE GREAT WESTERN116. HONEYMOON TIME AT AN INN117. THE ROBIN118. “I ROSE AND WENT TO ROU’TOR TOWN” (She, alone)119. THE NETTLES120. IN A WAITING-ROOM121. THE CLOCK-WINDER122. OLD EXCURSIONS123. THE MASKED FACE124. IN A WHISPERING GALLERY125. THE SOMETHING THAT SAVED HIM126. THE ENEMY’S PORTRAIT127. IMAGININGS128. ON THE DOORSTEP129. SIGNS AND TOKENS130. PATHS OF FORMER TIME131. THE CLOCK OF THE YEARS132. AT THE PIANO133. THE SHADOW ON THE STONE134. IN THE GARDEN (M. H.)135. THE TREE AND THE LADY136. AN UPBRAIDING137. THE YOUNG GLASS-STAINER138. LOOKING AT A PICTURE ON AN ANNIVERSARY139. THE CHOIRMASTER’S BURIAL140. THE MAN WHO FORGOT141. WHILE DRAWING IN A CHURCH-YARD142. “FOR LIFE I HAD NEVER CARED GREATLY”143. POEMS OF WAR AND PATRIOTISM144. FINALE