Poems
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. THE WANDERER4. THE FOUNTAIN (An Introduction To the Sonnets)5. IN THE GALLERIES6. ON THE HEIGHTS7. “LA RÉVÉLATION PAR LE DÉSERT”8. THE MORNING STAR9. A CHILD’S NOONDAY SLEEP10. IN THE GARDEN11. HELENA (Tenth year of Troy-Siege)12. ATALANTA13. EUROPA14. ANDROMEDA15. EURYDICE16. AMONG THE ROCKS17. TO A YEAR18. A SONG OF THE NEW DAY19. SWALLOWS20. MEMORIALS OF TRAVEL21. AN AUTUMN SONG22. BURDENS23. ACT IV. SCENE 2.24. SUNSETS25. OASIS26. FOREIGN SPEECH27. IN THE TWILIGHT28. THE INNER LIFE29. THE RESTING PLACE30. NEW HYMNS FOR SOLITUDE31. IN THE CATHEDRAL CLOSE32. FIRST LOVE33. THE SECRET OF THE UNIVERSE: AN ODE (By a Western Spinning Dervish)34. BEAU RIVAGE HOTEL SATURDAY EVENING35. IN A JUNE NIGHT (A Study in the manner of Robert Browning)36. FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER37. SEA VOICES38. ABOARD THE “SEA-SWALLOW”39. SEA-SIGHING40. IN THE MOUNTAINS41. “THE TOP OF A HILL CALLED CLEAR” (In sight of the Celestial City)42. THE INITIATION43. RENUNCIANTS44. SPEAKERS TO GOD45. POESIA (To a Painter)46. MUSICIANS47. A DAY OF DEFECTION48. SONG AND SILENCE49. LOVE-TOKENS50. A DREAM51. MICHELANGELESQUE52. LIFE’S GAIN53. COMPENSATION54. TO A CHILD DEAD AS SOON AS BORN55. BROTHER DEATH56. THE MAGE57. WISE PASSIVENESS58. THE SINGER’S PLEA59. THE TRESPASSER60. RITUALISM61. PROMETHEUS UNBOUND62. KING MOB63. THE MODERN ELIJAH64. DAVID AND MICHAL (2 Samuel vi. 16)65. WINDLE-STRAWS66. AT THE OAR67. THE DIVINING ROD68. SALOME (By Henri Regnault)69. WATERSHED70. THE GUEST71. MORITURUS72. ALONE73. FAME74. WHERE WERT THOU?75. A WISH76. THE GIFT77. RECOVERY78. IF IT MIGHT BE79. WINTER NOONTIDE80. THE POOL81. THE DESIRE TO GIVE82. A BEECH-TREE IN WINTER83. JUDGMENT84. DÜRER’S “MELENCHOLIA”85. MILLET’S “THE SOWER”86. AT MULLION (CORNWALL) Sunday87. THE WINNOWER TO THE WINDS (From Joachim de Bellay)88. EMERSON89. SENT TO AN AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY90. NOCTURNE91. THE WHIRLIGIG92. PARADISE LOST AND FOUND93. AFTER METASTASIO94. THE CORN-CRAKE95. IN THE CATHEDRAL96. EDGAR ALLAN POE (Read at the Centenary Celebration, University of Virginia, 19th Jan. 1909)97. DEUS ABSCONDITUS98. SUBLIMINAL99. LOUISA SHORE (Author of “Hannibal, a Drama”)100. FLOWERS FROM THE SOUTH OF FRANCE101. TO HESTER (At the Piano)102. UNUTTERED103. IMITATED FROM J. SOULARY’S “LE FOSSOYEUR”104. IMITATED FROM GOETHE’S “GANYMEDE”105. WITH A COPY OF MY “POEMS”106. PROLOGUE TO MAURICE GEROTHWOHL’S VERSION OF VIGNY’S “CHATTERTON” (March 1909)107. A SONG108. THE DROPS OF NECTAR. 1789 Imitated from Goethe’s “Die Nektartropfen”109. AMOR AS LANDSCAPE-PAINTER Imitated from Goethe’s “Amor als Landschaftsmaler”110. THE WANDERER Imitated from Goethe’s “Der Wanderer”111. IMITATED FROM GOETHE’S “ALEXIS AND DORA”