New Poems, and Variant Readings
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. PRAYER4. LO! IN THINE HONEST EYES I READ5. THOUGH DEEP INDIFFERENCE SHOULD DROWSE6. MY HEART, WHEN FIRST THE BLACK-BIRD SINGS7. I DREAMED OF FOREST ALLEYS FAIR8. ST. MARTIN’S SUMMER9. DEDICATION10. THE OLD CHIMÆRAS, OLD RECEIPTS11. PRELUDE12. THE VANQUISHED KNIGHT13. TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHERN LIGHTS14. THE RELIC TAKEN, WHAT AVAILS THE SHRINE?15. ABOUT THE SHELTERED GARDEN GROUND16. AFTER READING “ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA”17. I KNOW NOT HOW, BUT AS I COUNT18. SPRING SONG19. THE SUMMER SUN SHONE ROUND ME20. YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW21. LOVE’S VICISSITUDES22. DUDDINGSTONE23. STOUT MARCHES LEAD TO CERTAIN ENDS24. AWAY WITH FUNERAL MUSIC25. TO SYDNEY26. HAD I THE POWER THAT HAVE THE WILL27. O DULL COLD NORTHERN SKY28. APOLOGETIC POSTSCRIPT OF A YEAR LATER29. TO MARCUS30. TO OTTILIE31. THIS GLOOMY NORTHERN DAY32. THE WIND IS WITHOUT THERE AND HOWLS IN THE TREES33. A VALENTINE’S SONG34. HAIL! CHILDISH SLAVES OF SOCIAL RULES35. SWALLOWS TRAVEL TO AND FRO36. TO MESDAMES ZASSETSKY AND GARSCHINE37. TO MADAME GARSCHINE38. MUSIC AT THE VILLA MARINA39. FEAR NOT, DEAR FRIEND, BUT FREELY LIVE YOUR DAYS40. LET LOVE GO, IF GO SHE WILL41. I DO NOT FEAR TO OWN ME KIN42. I AM LIKE ONE THAT FOR LONG DAYS HAD SATE43. VOLUNTARY44. ON NOW, ALTHOUGH THE YEAR BE DONE45. IN THE GREEN AND GALLANT SPRING46. DEATH, TO THE DEAD FOR EVERMORE47. TO CHARLES BAXTER48. I WHO ALL THE WINTER THROUGH49. LOVE, WHAT IS LOVE?50. SOON OUR FRIENDS PERISH51. AS ONE WHO HAVING WANDERED ALL NIGHT LONG52. STRANGE ARE THE WAYS OF MEN53. THE WIND BLEW SHRILL AND SMART54. MAN SAILS THE DEEP AWHILE55. THE COCK’S CLEAR VOICE INTO THE CLEARER AIR56. NOW WHEN THE NUMBER OF MY YEARS57. WHAT MAN MAY LEARN, WHAT MAN MAY DO58. SMALL IS THE TRUST WHEN LOVE IS GREEN59. KNOW YOU THE RIVER NEAR TO GREZ60. IT’S FORTH ACROSS THE ROARING FOAM61. AN ENGLISH BREEZE62. AS IN THEIR FLIGHT THE BIRDS OF SONG63. THE PIPER64. TO MRS. MACMARLAND65. TO MISS CORNISH66. TALES OF ARABIA67. BEHOLD, AS GOBLINS DARK OF MIEN68. STILL I LOVE TO RHYME69. LONG TIME I LAY IN LITTLE EASE70. FLOWER GOD, GOD OF THE SPRING71. COME, MY BELOVED, HEAR FROM ME72. SINCE YEARS AGO FOR EVERMORE73. ENVOY FOR “A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES”74. FOR RICHMOND’S GARDEN WALL75. HAIL, GUEST, AND ENTER FREELY!76. LO, NOW, MY GUEST77. SO LIVE, SO LOVE, SO USE THAT FRAGILE HOUR78. AD SE IPSUM79. BEFORE THIS LITTLE GIFT WAS COME80. GO, LITTLE BOOK—THE ANCIENT PHRASE81. MY LOVE WAS WARM82. DEDICATORY POEM FOR “UNDERWOODS”83. FAREWELL84. THE FAR-FARERS85. COME, MY LITTLE CHILDREN, HERE ARE SONGS FOR YOU86. HOME FROM THE DAISIED MEADOWS87. EARLY IN THE MORNING I HEAR ON YOUR PIANO88. FAIR ISLE AT SEA89. LOUD AND LOW IN THE CHIMNEY90. I LOVE TO BE WARM BY THE RED FIRESIDE91. AT LAST SHE COMES92. MINE EYES WERE SWIFT TO KNOW THEE93. FIXED IS THE DOOM94. MEN ARE HEAVEN’S PIERS95. THE ANGLER ROSE, HE TOOK HIS ROD96. SPRING CAROL97. TO WHAT SHALL I COMPARE HER?98. WHEN THE SUN COMES AFTER RAIN99. LATE, O MILLER100. TO FRIENDS AT HOME101. I, WHOM APOLLO SOMETIME VISITED102. TEMPEST TOSSED AND SORE AFFLICTED103. VARIANT FORM OF THE PRECEDING POEM104. I NOW, O FRIEND, WHOM NOISELESSLY THE SNOWS105. SINCE THOU HAST GIVEN ME THIS GOOD HOPE, O GOD106. GOD GAVE TO ME A CHILD IN PART107. OVER THE LAND IS APRIL108. LIGHT AS THE LINNET ON MY WAY I START109. COME, HERE IS ADIEU TO THE CITY110. IT BLOWS A SNOWING GALE111. NE SIT ANCILLÆ TIBI AMOR PUDOR112. TO ALL THAT LOVE THE FAR AND BLUE113. THOU STRAINEST THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN FERN114. TO ROSABELLE115. NOW BARE TO THE BEHOLDER’S EYE116. THE BOUR-TREE DEN117. SONNETS118. AIR OF DIABELLI’S119. EPITAPHIUM EROTII120. DE M. ANTONIO121. AD MAGISTRUM LUDI122. AD NEPOTEM123. IN CHARIDEMUM124. DE LIGURRA125. IN LUPUM126. AD QUINTILIANUM127. DE HORTIS JULII MARTIALIS128. AD MARTIALEM129. IN MAXIMUM130. AD OLUM131. DE CŒNATIONE MICÆ132. DE EROTIO PUELLA133. AD PISCATOREM