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The Two Kentuckians1

The Hunter’s Last Ride6

The Old Rock Spring10

A Lyric for Lilian11

The Strawberry Bowl12

Hymn18

John Morgan and His Men19

The Whippoorwill24

The New South25

A Fever Dream26

Major Bassett’s Chase29

The Ten Brothers31

Echo River33

The Angel of the Hospital36

The Two Singers39

Battle of Mill Spring41

The Greek Slave42

Ode to Impudence44

My Birthday48

Battle of Nashville49

Blonde and Brunette53

Gray and Blue54

Bishop Dudley’s Dirge55

The Dress Circle56

In Memoriam60

The Sorrows of Hinda and Kleinfelter61

Dr. John A. Broaddus65

To Leonora67

At His Post69

Reconciliation71

Ophelia74

Death of the Seasons76

New Year Ode, 186178

Monody83

Washington’s Birthday Ode86

To April87

Ode on the Death of Leo XIII88

Chiabrera’s Epitaph90

Elegy91

To the Law and Order League92

“With Thy Shield, or Upon It”94

Confirmation at St. Andrew’s96

THE CHRISTMAS FLOWER98

To the Soldiers of General Dumont’s Command99

The Two Gordons100

The Westfield Home105

The Harp in the Air; or a Night with Gerardi in Seelbach’s Roof-garden107

Dedication Hymn109

Lying in State at Princeton110

In the Morning113

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