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The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2

Part 2 — Introductory material

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PART I

POEMS OF YOUTH AND AGE

THE HUMAN SEASONS

THE BABY

"ONLY A BABY SMALL"

ONLY

INFANT JOY

BABY

TO A NEW-BORN BABY GIRL

TO LITTLE RENEE ON FIRST SEEING HER LYING IN HER CRADLE

RHYME OF ONE

TO A NEW-BORN CHILD

BABY MAY

ALICE

SONGS FOR FRAGOLETTA

CHOOSING A NAME

WEIGHING THE BABY

ETUDE REALISTE

LITTLE FEET

THE BABIE

LITTLE HANDS

BARTHOLOMEW

THE STORM-CHILD

"ON PARENT KNEES"

THE KING OF THE CRADLE

THE FIRSTBORN

NO BABY IN THE HOUSE

OUR WEE WHITE ROSE

INTO THE WORLD AND OUT

"BABY SLEEPS"

BABY BELL

IN THE NURSERY

MOTHER GOOSE'S MELODIES

THE QUEEN OF HEARTS

LITTLE BO-PEEP

MARY'S LAMB

THE STAR

"SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE"

SIMPLE SIMON

A PLEASANT SHIP

"I HAD A LITTLE HUSBAND"

"WHEN I WAS A BACHELOR"

"JOHNNY SHALL HAVE A NEW BONNET"

THE CITY MOUSE AND THE GARDEN MOUSE

ROBIN REDBREAST

SOLOMON GRUNDY

"MERRY ARE THE BELLS"

"WHEN GOOD KING ARTHUR RULED THIS LAND"

THE BELLS OF LONDON

THE OWL, THE EEL AND THE WARMING-PAN

THE COW

THE LAMB

LITTLE RAINDROPS

"MOON, SO ROUND AND YELLOW"

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT

OLD MOTHER HUBBARD

THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF COCK ROBIN

BABY-LAND

THE FIRST TOOTH

BABY'S BREAKFAST

THE MOON

BABY AT PLAY

THE DIFFERENCE

FOOT SOLDIERS

TOM THUMB'S ALPHABET

GRAMMAR IN RHYME

DAYS OF THE MONTH

THE GARDEN YEAR

RIDDLES

PROVERBS

KIND HEARTS

WEATHER WISDOM

OLD SUPERSTITIONS

THE ROAD TO SLUMBERLAND

WYNKEN, BLYNKEN, AND NOD

THE SUGAR-PLUM TREE

WHEN THE SLEEPY MAN COMES

AULD DADDY DARKNESS

WILLIE WINKIE

THE SANDMAN

THE DUSTMAN

SEPHESTIA'S LULLABY

"GOLDEN SLUMBERS KISS YOUR EYES"

"SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP"

MOTHER'S SONG

A LULLABY

A CRADLE HYMN

CRADLE SONG

LULLABY

LULLABY OF AN INFANT CHIEF

GOOD-NIGHT

"LULLABY, O LULLABY"

LULLABY

THE COTTAGER TO HER INFANT

TROT, TROT!

HOLY INNOCENTS

LULLABY

CRADLE SONG

AN IRISH LULLABY

CRADLE SONG

MOTHER-SONG FROM "PRINCE LUCIFER"

KENTUCKY BABE

MINNIE AND WINNIE

BED-TIME SONG

TUCKING THE BABY IN

"JENNY WI' THE AIRN TEETH"

CUDDLE DOON

BEDTIME

THE DUTY OF CHILDREN

HAPPY THOUGHT

WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN

POLITENESS

RULES OF BEHAVIOR

LITTLE FRED

THE LOVABLE CHILD

GOOD AND BAD CHILDREN

REBECCA'S AFTER-THOUGHT

KINDNESS TO ANIMALS

A RULE FOR BIRDS' NESTERS

"SING ON, BLITHE BIRD"

"I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY"

LITTLE THINGS

THE LITTLE GENTLEMAN

THE CRUST OF BREAD

"HOW DOTH THE LITTLE BUSY BEE"

THE BROWN THRUSH

THE SLUGGARD

THE VIOLET

DIRTY JIM

THE PIN

JANE AND ELIZA

MEDDLESOME MATTY

CONTENTED JOHN

FRIENDS

ANGER

"THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL"

THE REFORMATION OF GODFREY GORE

THE BEST FIRM

A LITTLE PAGE'S SONG

HOW THE LITTLE KITE LEARNED TO FLY

THE BUTTERFLY AND THE BEE

THE BUTTERFLY

MORNING

BUTTERCUPS AND DAISIES

THE ANT AND THE CRICKET

AFTER WINGS

DEEDS OF KINDNESS

THE LION AND THE MOUSE

THE BOY AND THE WOLF

THE STORY OF AUGUSTUS, WHO WOULD NOT HAVE ANY SOUP

THE STORY OF LITTLE SUCK-A-THUMB

WRITTEN IN A LITTLE LADY'S LITTLE ALBUM

MY LADY WIND

TO A CHILD

A FAREWELL

RHYMES OF CHILDHOOD

REEDS OF INNOCENCE

THE WONDERFUL WORLD

THE WORLD'S MUSIC

A BOY'S SONG

GOING DOWN HILL ON A BICYCLE

PLAYGROUNDS

"WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND?"

THE WIND'S SONG

THE PIPER ON THE HILL

THE WIND AND THE MOON

CHILD'S SONG IN SPRING

BABY SEED SONG

LITTLE DANDELION

LITTLE WHITE LILY

WISHING

IN THE GARDEN

THE GLADNESS OF NATURE

GLAD DAY

THE TIGER

ANSWER TO A CHILD'S QUESTION

HOW THE LEAVES CAME DOWN

A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND

THE CRICKET'S STORY

THE SINGING-LESSON

CHANTICLEER

"WHAT DOES LITTLE BIRDIE SAY?"

NURSE'S SONG

JACK FROST

OCTOBER'S PARTY

THE SHEPHERD

NIKOLINA

LITTLE GUSTAVA

PRINCE TATTERS

THE LITTLE BLACK BOY

THE BLIND BOY

BUNCHES OF GRAPES

MY SHADOW

THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE

THE LAND OF STORY-BOOKS

THE GARDENER

FOREIGN LANDS

MY BED IS A BOAT

THE PEDDLER'S CARAVAN

MR. COGGS

THE BUILDING OF THE NEST

"THERE WAS A JOLLY MILLER"

ONE AND ONE

A NURSERY SONG

A MORTIFYING MISTAKE

THE MAN IN THE MOON

LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE

OUR HIRED GIRL

SEEIN' THINGS

THE DUEL

HOLY THURSDAY

A STORY FOR A CHILD

THE SPIDER AND THE FLY

THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER

THE NIGHTINGALE AND GLOW-WORM

SIR LARK AND KING SUN: A PARABLE

THE BABES IN THE WOOD

GOD'S JUDGMENT ON A WICKED BISHOP

THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN

THE GLAD EVANGEL

A CAROL

"GOD REST YOU MERRY, GENTLEMEN"

"O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM"

A CHRISTMAS HYMN

"WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS BY NIGHT"

CHRISTMAS CAROLS

THE ANGELS

THE BURNING BABE

TRYSTE NOEL

CHRISTMAS CAROL

"BRIGHTEST AND BEST OF THE SONS OF THE MORNING"

CHRISTMAS BELLS

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

THE HOUSE OF CHRISTMAS

THE FEAST OF THE SNOW

MARY'S BABY

GATES AND DOORS

THE THREE KINGS

LULLABY IN BETHLEHEM

A CHILD'S SONG OF CHRISTMAS

JEST 'FORE CHRISTMAS

A VTSTT FROM ST. NICHOLAS

CEREMONIES FOR CHRISTMAS

ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY

FAIRYLAND

THE FAIRY BOOK

FAIRY SONGS

QUEEN MAB

THE ELF AND THE DORMOUSE

"OH! WHERE DO FAIRIES HIDE THEIR HEADS?"

FAIRY SONG

DREAM SONG

FAIRY SONG

QUEEN MAB

THE FAIRIES OF THE CALDON-LOW

THE FAIRIES

THE FAIRY THRALL

FAREWELL TO THE FAIRIES

THE FAIRY FOLK

THE FAIRY BOOK

THE VISITOR

THE LITTLE ELF

THE SATYRS AND THE MOON

THE CHILDREN

THE CHILDREN

THE CHILDREN'S HOUR

LAUS INFANTIUM

THE DESIRE

A CHILD'S LAUGHTER

SEVEN YEARS OLD

CREEP AFORE YE GANG

CASTLES IN THE AIR

UNDER MY WINDOW

THE BAREFOOT BOY

THE HERITAGE

LETTY'S GLOBE

DOVE'S NEST

THE ORACLE

TO A LITTLE GIRL

TO A LITTLE GIRL

A PARENTAL ODE TO MY SON

A NEW POET

TO LAURA W—, TWO YEARS OLD

TO ROSE

TO CHARLOTTE PULTENEY

THE PICTURE OF LITTLE T. C. IN A PROSPECT OF FLOWERS

TO HARTLEY COLERIDGE

TO A CHILD OF QUALITY

EX ORE INFANTIUM

OBITUARY

THE CHILD'S HERITAGE

A GIRL OF POMPEII

ON THE PICTURE OF A "CHILD TIRED OF PLAY"

THE REVERIE OF POOR SUSAN

CHILDREN'S SONG

THE MITHERLESS BAIRN

THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN

THE SHADOW-CHILD

MOTHER WEPT

DUTY

LUCY GRAY

IN THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

"IF I WERE DEAD"

THE TOYS

A SONG OF TWILIGHT

LITTLE BOY BLUE

THE DISCOVERER

A CHRYSALIS

MATER DOLOROSA

THE LITTLE GHOST

MOTHERHOOD

THE MOTHER'S PRAYER

DA LEETLA BOY

ON THE MOOR

EPITAPH OF DIONYSIA

FOR CHARLIE'S SAKE

"ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOME?"

THE MORNING-GLORY

SHE CAME AND WENT

THE FIRST SNOW-FALL

"WE ARE SEVEN"

MY CHILD

When at the day's calm close,

THE CHILD'S WISH GRANTED

CHALLENGE

TIRED MOTHERS

MY DAUGHTER LOUISE

"I AM LONELY"

SONNETS

ROSE-MARIE OF THE ANGELS

MAIDENHOOD

MAIDENHOOD

TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME

TO MISTRESS MARGARET HUSSEY

ON HER COMING TO LONDON

"O, SAW YE BONNY LESLEY"

TO A YOUNG LADY

RUTH

THE SOLITARY REAPER

THE THREE COTTAGE GIRLS

A PORTRAIT

TO A CHILD OF FANCY

DAISY

TO PETRONILLA WHO HAS PUT UP HER HAIR

THE GYPSY GIRL

FANNY

SOMEBODY'S CHILD

EMILIA

TO A GREEK GIRL

"CHAMBER SCENE"

"AH, BE NOT FALSE"

A LIFE-LESSON

THE MAN

THE BREAKING

THE FLIGHT OF YOUTH

"DAYS OF MY YOUTH"

AVE ATQUE VALE

TO YOUTH

STANZAS WRITTEN ON THE ROAD BETWEEN FLORENCE AND PISA

STANZAS FOR MUSIC

"WHEN AS A LAD"

"AROUND THE CHILD"

ALADDIN

THE QUEST

MY BIRTH-DAY

SONNET

ON THIS DAY I COMPLETE MY THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR

THE ONE WHITE HAIR

BALLADE OF MIDDLE AGE

MIDDLE AGE

TO CRITICS

THE RAINBOW

LEAVETAKING

EQUINOCTIAL

"BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF YEARS"

MAN

THE PULLEY

ODE ON THE INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY

THE WOMAN

WOMAN

WOMAN

SIMPLEX MUNDITIIS

DELIGHT IN DISORDER

A PRAISE OF HIS LADY

ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT

PERFECT WOMAN

THE SOLITARY-HEARTED

OF THOSE WHO WALK ALONE

"SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY"

PRELUDES

A HEALTH

OUR SISTER

FROM LIFE

THE ROSE OF THE WORLD

DAWN OF WOMANHOOD

THE SHEPHERDESS

A PORTRAIT

THE WIFE

"TRUSTY, DUSKY, VIVID, TRUE"

THE SHRINE

THE VOICE

MOTHER

AD MATREM

C. L. M.

STEPPING WESTWARD

STEPPING WESTWARD

A FAREWELL TO ARMS

THE WORLD

"WHEN THAT I WAS AND A LITTLE TINY BOY"

OF THE LAST VERSES IN THE BOOK

A LAMENT

TOMORROW

LATE WISDOM

YOUTH AND AGE

THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS

TO AGE

LATE LEAVES

YEARS

THE RIVER OF LIFE

"LONG TIME A CHILD"

THE WORLD I AM PASSING THROUGH

TERMINUS

RABBI BEN EZRA

HUMAN LIFE

YOUNG AND OLD

THE ISLE OF THE LONG AGO

GROWING OLD

PAST

TWILIGHT

YOUTH AND AGE

FORTY YEARS ON

DREGS

THE PARADOX OF TIME

AGE

OMNIA SOMNIA

THE YEAR'S END

AN OLD MAN'S SONG

SONGS OF SEVEN

Seven Times Two.—ROMANCE

AUSPEX

LOOKING BACKWARD

THE RETREAT

Happy those early days, when I

A SUPERSCRIPTION

THE CHILD IN THE GARDEN

CASTLES IN THE AIR

SOMETIMES

THE LITTLE GHOSTS

MY OTHER ME

A SHADOW BOAT

A LAD THAT IS GONE

CARCASSONNE

CHILDHOOD

THE WASTREL

TROIA FUIT

TEMPLE GARLANDS

TIME LONG PAST

"I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER"

MY LOST YOUTH

"VOICE OF THE WESTERN WIND"

LANGSYNE, WHEN LIFE WAS BONNIE"

THE SHOOGY-SHOO

BABYLON

THE ROAD OF REMEMBRANCE

THE TRIUMPH OF FORGOTTEN THINGS

IN THE TWILIGHT

AN IMMORALITY

THREE SEASONS

THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES

THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS

"TEARS, IDLE TEARS"

THE PET NAME

THREESCORE AND TEN

RAIN ON THE ROOF

ALONE BY THE HEARTH

THE OLD MAN DREAMS

THE GARRET

AULD LANG SYNE

ROCK ME TO SLEEP

THE BUCKET

THE GRAPE-VINE SWING

THE OLD SWIMMIN'-HOLE

FORTY YEARS AGO

BEN BOLT

"BREAK, BREAK, BREAK"

THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, VOLUME 2

By Various

Edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson

PART II

POEMS OF LOVE

EROS

"NOW WHAT IS LOVE"

"NOW WHAT IS LOVE"

WOOING SONG

ROSALIND'S MADRIGAL

SONG

LOVE'S PERJURIES

VENUS' RUNAWAY

WHAT IS LOVE?

LOVE'S EMBLEMS

THE POWER OF LOVE

ADVICE TO A LOVER

LOVE'S HOROSCOPE

"AH, HOW SWEET IT IS TO LOVE!"

SONG

THE VINE

SONG

CUPID STUNG

CUPID DROWNED

SONG

"IN THE DAYS OF OLD"

SONG

STANZAS

"THEY SPEAK O' WILES"

"LOVE WILL FIND OUT THE WAY"

A WOMAN'S SHORTCOMINGS

"LOVE HATH A LANGUAGE"

SONG

AMATURUS

THE SURFACE AND THE DEPTHS

A BALLAD OF DREAMLAND

ENDYMION

FATE

"GIVE ALL TO LOVE"

"O, LOVE IS NOT A SUMMER MOOD"

WHEN WILL LOVE COME?

"AWAKE, MY HEART"

THE SECRET

THE ROSE OF STARS

SONG OF EROS

LOVE IS STRONG

"LOVE ONCE WAS LIKE AN APRIL DAWN"

THE GARDEN OF SHADOW

THE CALL

THE HIGHWAY

SONG

"NEVER GIVE ALL THE HEART"

SONG

"CHILD, CHILD"

WISDOM

EPILOGUE

ON HAMPSTEAD HEATH

ONCE ON A TIME

IN PRAISE OF HER

FIRST SONG

SILVIA

CUPID AND CAMPASPE

APOLLO'S SONG

"FAIR IS MY LOVE FOR APRIL'S IN HER FACE"

SAMELA

DAMELUS' SONG OF HIS DIAPHENIA

MADRIGAL

ON CHLORIS WALKING IN THE SNOW

"THERE IS A LADY SWEET AND KIND"

CHERRY-RIPE

AMARILLIS

ELIZABETH OF BOHEMIA

HER TRIUMPH

OF PHYLLIS

A WELCOME

THE COMPLETE LOVER

RUBIES AND PEARLS

UPON JULIA'S CLOTHES

TO CYNTHIA ON CONCEALMENT OF HER BEAUTY

SONG

A DEVOUT LOVER

ON A GIRDLE

CASTARA

TO ARAMANTHA

CHLOE DIVINE

MY PEGGY

SONG

"TELL ME, MY HEART, IF THIS BE LOVE"

THE FAIR THIEF

AMORET

SONG

KATE OF ABERDEEN

SONG

CHLOE

"O MALLY'S MEEK, MALLY'S SWEET"

THE LOVER'S CHOICE

RONDEAU REDOUBLE

"MY LOVE SHE'S BUT A LASSIE YET"

JESSIE, THE FLOWER O' DUNBLANE

MARGARET AND DORA

DAGONET'S CANZONET

STANZAS FOR MUSIC

"FLOWERS I WOULD BRING"

"IT IS NOT BEAUTY I DEMAND"

SONG

SONG

EILEEN AROON

ANNIE LAURIE

TO HELEN

"A VOICE BY THE CEDAR TREE"

SONG

THE HENCHMAN

LOVELY MARY DONNELLY

LOVE IN THE VALLEY

MARIAN

PRAISE OF MY LADY

MADONNA MIA

"MEET WE NO ANGELS, PANSIE?"

TO DAPHNE

"GIRL OF THE RED MOUTH"

THE DAUGHTER OF MENDOZA

"IF SHE BE MADE OF WHITE AND RED"

THE LOVER'S SONG

"WHEN FIRST I SAW HER"

MY APRIL LADY

THE MILKMAID

SONG

IN FEBRUARY

"LOVE, I MARVEL WHAT YOU ARE"

BALLADE OF MY LADY'S BEAUTY

URSULA

VILLANELLE OF HIS LADY'S TREASURES

SONG

SONG

ANY LOVER, ANY LASS

SONGS ASCENDING

SONG

SONG

TO... IN CHURCH

AFTER TWO YEARS

PRAISE

PLAINTS AND PROTESTATIONS

FAWNIA

THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE

THE NYMPH'S REPLY TO THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD

"WRONG NOT, SWEET EMPRESS OF MY HEART"

TO HIS COY LOVE

HER SACRED BOWER

TO LESBIA

"LOVE ME OR NOT"

"THERE IS NONE, O NONE BUT YOU"

OF CORINNA'S SINGING

"WERE MY HEART AS SOME MEN'S ARE"

"KIND ARE HER ANSWERS"

TO CELIA

SONG

SONG

THE MESSAGE

SONG

TO A LADY ASKING HIM HOW LONG HE WOULD LOVE HER

TO AENONE

TO ANTHEA, WHO MAY COMMAND HIM ANYTHING

THE BRACELET: TO JULIA

TO THE WESTERN WIND

TO MY INCONSTANT MISTRESS

PERSUASIONS TO ENJOY

MEDIOCRITY IN LOVE REJECTED

THE MESSAGE

"HOW CAN THE HEART FORGET HER"

TO ROSES IN THE BOSOM OF CASTARA

TO FLAVIA

"LOVE NOT ME FOR COMELY GRACE"

"WHEN, DEAREST, I BUT THINK OF THEE"

A DOUBT OF MARTYRDOM

TO CHLOE

"I'll NEVER LOVE THEE MORE"

TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON

WHY I LOVE HER

TO HIS COY MISTRESS

A DEPOSITION FROM BEAUTY

"LOVE IN THY YOUTH, FAIR MAID"

TO CELIA

TO CELIA

A SONG

LOVE AND LIFE

CONSTANCY

SONG

SONG

THE ENCHANTMENT

SONG

"FALSE THOUGH SHE BE"

TO SILVIA

"WHY, LOVELY CHARMER"

AGAINST INDIFFERENCE

A SONG TO AMORET

THE LASS OF RICHMOND HILL

SONG

GIFTS

AMYNTA

"O NANCY! WILT THOU GO WITH ME"

CAVALIER'S SONG

"MY HEART IS A LUTE"

SONG

MEETING

"O WERE MY LOVE YON LILAC FAIR"

"BONNIE WEE THING"

ROSE AYLMER

"TAKE BACK THE VIRGIN PAGE"

"BELIEVE ME, IF ALL THOSE ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS"

THE NUN

ONLY OF THEE AND ME

TO——

FROM THE ARABIC

THE WANDERING KNIGHT'S SONG

SONG

THE SECRET LOVE

THE FLOWER OF BEAUTY

MY SHARE OF THE WORLD

SONG

"SMILE AND NEVER HEED ME"

ARE THEY NOT ALL MINISTERING SPIRITS?

MAIDEN EYES

HALLOWED PLACES

THE LADY'S "YES"

SONG

LILIAN

BUGLE SONG

RONSARD TO HIS MISTRESS

"WHEN YOU ARE OLD"

SONG

LOVE IN A LIFE

LIFE IN A LOVE

THE WELCOME

URANIA

THREE SHADOWS

SINCE WE PARTED

A MATCH

A BALLAD OF LIFE

A LEAVE-TAKING

A LYRIC

MAUREEN

A LOVE SYMPHONY

LOVE ON THE MOUNTAIN

KATE TEMPLE'S SONG

MY QUEEN

"DARLING, TELL ME YES"

"DO I LOVE THEE?"

"O WORLD, BE NOBLER"

"IN THE DARK, IN THE DEW"

NANNY

A TRIFLE

ROMANCE

"OR EVER THE KNIGHTLY YEARS WERE GONE"

RUS IN URBE

MY ROAD

A WHITE ROSE

"SOME DAY OF DAYS"

THE TELEPHONE

WHERE LOVE IS

THAT DAY YOU CAME

AMANTIUM IRAE

IN A ROSE GARDEN

"GOD BLESS YOU, DEAR, TO-DAY"

TO-DAY

TO ARCADY

WILD WISHES

"BECAUSE OF YOU"

THEN

THE MISSIVE

PLYMOUTH HARBOR

THE SERF'S SECRET

"O, INEXPRESSIBLE AS SWEET"

THE CYCLAMEN

THE WEST-COUNTRY LOVER

"BE YE IN LOVE WITH APRIL-TIDE"

UNITY

THE QUEEN

A LOVER'S ENVY

STAR SONG

"MY HEART SHALL BE THY GARDEN"

AT NIGHT

SONG

"ALL LAST NIGHT"

THE LAST WORD

"HEART OF MY HEART"

MY LADDIE

THE SHADED POOL

THE MYSTIC

"I AM THE WIND"

"I LOVE MY LIFE, BUT NOT TOO WELL"

"THIS IS MY LOVE FOR YOU"

MY LADY'S LIPS

LIPS AND EYES

THE KISS

"TAKE, O TAKE THOSE LIPS AWAY"

A STOLEN KISS

SONG

TO ELECTRA

"COME, CHLOE, AND GIVE ME SWEET KISSES"

A RIDDLE

TO A KISS

SONG

THE FIRST KISS OF LOVE

"JENNY KISSED ME"

"I FEAR THY KISSES, GENTLE MAIDEN"

LOVE'S PHILOSOPHY

SONG

SUMMUM BONUM

THE FIRST KISS

TO MY LOVE

TO LESBIA

MAKE BELIEVE

KISSING'S NO SIN

TO ANNE

SONG

PHILLIS AND CORYDON

AT HER WINDOW

"HARK, HARK, THE LARK"

"SLEEP, ANGRY BEAUTY"

MATIN SONG

THE NIGHT-PIECE: TO JULIA

Robert Herrick [1591-1674]

MORNING

MATIN-SONG

THE ROSE

SONG

MARY MORISON

WAKE, LADY!

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

"THE YOUNG MAY MOON"

"ROW GENTLY HERE"

MORNING SERENADE

SERENADE

LINES TO AN INDIAN AIR

GOOD-NIGHT

SERENADE

SERENADE

SERENADE

SERENADE

SERENADE

"COME INTO THE GARDEN, MAUD"

AT HER WINDOW

BEDOUIN SONG

NIGHT AND LOVE

NOCTURNE

PALABRAS CARINOSAS

SERENADE

THE LITTLE RED LARK

Alfred Perceval Graves [1846-1931]

SERENADE

THE COMEDY OF LOVE

A LOVER'S LULLABY

PHILLIDA AND CORIDON

"CRABBED AGE AND YOUTH"

"IT WAS A LOVER AND HIS LASS"

"I LOVED A LASS"

I loved a lass, a fair one,

TO CHLORIS

SONG

PIOUS SELINDA

FAIR HEBE

A MAIDEN'S IDEAL OF A HUSBAND

"PHILLADA FLOUTS ME"

"WHEN MOLLY SMILES"

CONTENTIONS

"I ASKED MY FAIR, ONE HAPPY DAY"

THE EXCHANGE

"COMIN' THROUGH THE RYE"

"GREEN GROW THE RASHES, O!"

DEFIANCE

OF CLEMENTINA

"THE TIME I'VE LOST IN WOOING"

DEAR FANNY

A CERTAIN YOUNG LADY

"WHERE BE YOU GOING, YOU DEVON MAID"

LOVE IN A COTTAGE

SONG OF THE MILKMAID

"WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW"

"SING HEIGH-HO!"

THE GOLDEN FISH

THE COURTIN'

L'EAU DORMANTE

A PRIMROSE DAME

IF

DON'T

AN IRISH LOVE-SONG

GROWING OLD

TIME'S REVENGE

IN EXPLANATION

OMNIA VINCIT

A PASTORAL

A ROSE

"WOOED AND MARRIED AND A'"

"OWRE THE MUIR AMANG THE HEATHER"

MARRIAGE AND THE CARE O'T

THE WOMEN FOLK

"LOVE IS LIKE A DIZZINESS"

"BEHAVE YOURSEL' BEFORE FOLK"

RORY O'MORE; OR, GOOD OMENS

ASK AND HAVE

KITTY OF COLERAINE

THE PLAIDIE

KITTY NEIL

"THE DULE'S I' THIS BONNET O' MINE"

THE OULD PLAID SHAWL

LITTLE MARY CASSIDY

THE ROAD

TWICKENHAM FERRY

THE HUMOR OF LOVE

SONG

A BALLAD UPON A WEDDING

TO CHLOE JEALOUS

JACK AND JOAN

PHILLIS AND CORYDON

SALLY IN OUR ALLEY

THE COUNTRY WEDDING

"O MERRY MAY THE MAID BE"

THE LASS O' GOWRIE

THE CONSTANT SWAIN AND VIRTUOUS MAID

"WHEN THE KYE COMES HAME"

THE LOW-BACKED CAR

THE PRETTY GIRL OF LOCH DAN

MUCKLE-MOUTH MEG

MUCKLE-MOU'D MEG

GLENLOGIE

LOCHINVAR

JOCK OF HAZELDEAN

CANDOR

"DO YOU REMEMBER"

BECAUSE

LOVE AND AGE

TO HELEN

AT THE CHURCH GATE

MABEL, IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

TOUJOURS AMOUR

THE DOORSTEP

THE WHITE FLAG

A SONG OF THE FOUR SEASONS

THE LOVE-KNOT

RIDING DOWN

"FORGETTIN"

"ACROSS THE FIELDS TO ANNE"

PAMELA IN TOWN

YES?

THE PRIME OF LIFE

THOUGHTS ON THE COMMANDMENTS

THE IRONY OF LOVE

"SIGH NO MORE, LADIES"

A RENUNCIATION

A SONG

TO HIS FORSAKEN MISTRESS

TO AN INCONSTANT

ADVICE TO A GIRL

SONG

TRUE BEAUTY

THE INDIFFERENT

THE LOVER'S RESOLUTION

HIS FURTHER RESOLUTION

SONG

TO DIANEME

INGRATEFUL BEAUTY THREATENED

DISDAIN RETURNED

"LOVE WHO WILL, FOR I'LL LOVE NONE"

VALERIUS ON WOMEN

DISPRAISE OF LOVE, AND LOVERS' FOLLIES

THE CONSTANT LOVER

SONG

WISHES TO HIS SUPPOSED MISTRESS

SONG

LES AMOURS

RIVALS

"I LATELY VOWED, BUT 'TWAS IN HASTE"

THE TOUCH-STONE

AIR

"I TOOK A HANSOM ON TO-DAY"

DA CAPO

SONG AGAINST WOMEN

SONG OF THYRSIS

THE TEST

"THE FAULT IS NOT MINE"

THE SNAKE

"WHEN I LOVED YOU"

A TEMPLE TO FRIENDSHIP

THE GLOVE AND THE LIONS

TO WOMAN

LOVE'S SPITE

LADY CLARA VERE DE VERE

SHADOWS

SORROWS OF WERTHER

THE AGE OF WISDOM

ANDREA DEL SARTO

MY LAST DUCHESS

ADAM, LILITH, AND EVE

THE LOST MISTRESS

FRIEND AND LOVER

LOST LOVE

VOBISCUM EST IOPE

FOUR WINDS

TO MANON

CROWNED

HEBE

"JUSTINE, YOU LOVE ME NOT!"

SNOWDROP

WHEN THE SULTAN GOES TO ISPAHAN

THE SHADOW DANCE

"ALONG THE FIELD AS WE CAME BY"

"WHEN I WAS ONE-AND-TWENTY"

"GRIEVE NOT, LADIES"

SUBURB

THE BETROTHED

LOVE'S SADNESS

"THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES"

"I SAW MY LADY WEEP"

LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM

"NOT OURS THE VOWS"

THE GRAVE OF LOVE

"WE'LL GO NO MORE A ROVING"

SONG

THE QUESTION

THE WANDERER

EGYPTIAN SERENADE

THE WATER LADY

"TRIPPING DOWN THE FIELD-PATH"

LOVE NOT

"A PLACE IN THY MEMORY"

INCLUSIONS

Elizabeth Barrett Browning [1806-1861]

MARIANA

"ASK ME NO MORE"

A WOMAN'S LAST WORD

THE LAST RIDE TOGETHER

YOUTH AND ART

TWO IN THE CAMPAGNA

ONE WAY OF LOVE

"NEVER THE TIME AND THE PLACE"

SONG

FOR HE HAD GREAT POSSESSIONS

WINDLE-STRAWS

JESSIE

THE CHESS-BOARD

AUX ITALIENS

SONG

THE LONELY ROAD

EVENSONG

THE NYMPH'S SONG TO HYLAS

NO AND YES

LOVE IN DREAMS

"A LITTLE WHILE I FAIN WOULD LINGER YET"

SONG

SONG

AFTER

AFTER SUMMER

ROCOCO

RONDEL

THE OBLATION

THE SONG OF THE BOWER

SONG

MAUD MULLER

LA GRISETTE

THE DARK MAN

EURYDICE

A WOMAN'S THOUGHT

LAUS VENERIS

ADONAIS

FACE TO FACE

ASHORE

KHRISTNA AND HIS FLUTE

IMPENITENTIA ULTIMA

NON SUM QUALIS ERAM BONAE SUB REGNO CYNARAE

QUID NON SPEREMUS, AMANTES?

"SO SWEET LOVE SEEMED"

AN OLD TUNE

REFUGE

MIDSUMMER

ASHES OF ROSES

SYMPATHY

THE LOOK

"WHEN MY BELOVED SLEEPING LIES"

LOVE AND LIFE

LOVE'S PRISONER

ROSIES

AT THE COMEDY

"SOMETIME IT MAY BE"

"I HEARD A SOLDIER"

THE LAST MEMORY

"DOWN BY THE SALLEY GARDENS"

ASHES OF LIFE

A FAREWELL

THE PARTED LOVERS

SONG

"GO, LOVELY ROSE"

TO THE ROSE: A SONG

MEMORY

TO LUCASTA, GOING TO THE WARS

TO LUCASTA, GOING BEYOND THE SEAS

SONG TO A FAIR YOUNG LADY, GOING OUT OF THE TOWN IN THE SPRING

SONG

SONG

BLACK-EYED SUSAN

IRISH MOLLY O

SONG

LOCHABER NO MORE

WILLIE AND HELEN

ABSENCE

"MY MOTHER BIDS ME BIND MY HAIR"

"BLOW HIGH! BLOW LOW!"

THE SILLER CROUN

"MY NANNIE'S AWA'"

"AE FOND KISS"

"THE DAY RETURNS"

MY BONNIE MARY

A RED, RED ROSE

I LOVE MY JEAN

THE ROVER'S ADIEU

"LOUDOUN'S BONNIE WOODS AND BRAES"

"FARE THEE WELL"

"MAID OF ATHENS, ERE WE PART"

"WHEN WE TWO PARTED"

"GO, FORGET ME"

LAST NIGHT

ADIEU

JEANIE MORRISON

THE SEA-LANDS

FAIR INES

A VALEDICTION

FAREWELL

"I DO NOT LOVE THEE"

THE PALM-TREE AND THE PINE

"O SWALLOW, SWALLOW, FLYING SOUTH"

THE FLOWER'S NAME

TO MARGUERITE

SEPARATION

LONGING

DIVIDED

MY PLAYMATE

A FAREWELL

DEPARTURE

A SONG OF PARTING

SONG

AT PARTING

"IF SHE BUT KNEW"

KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN

ROBIN ADAIR

"IF YOU WERE HERE"

"COME TO ME, DEAREST"

SONG

PARTING

THE PARTING HOUR

A SONG OF AUTUMN

THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME

"WHEN WE ARE PARTED"

REMEMBER OR FORGET

NANCY DAWSON

MY LITTLE LOVE

FOR EVER

AUF WIEDERSEHEN

"FOREVER AND A DAY"

OLD GARDENS

FERRY HINKSEY

WEARYIN' FER YOU

THE LOVERS OF MARCHAID

SONG

THE LOVER THINKS OF HIS LADY IN THE NORTH

CHANSON DE ROSEMONDE

AD DOMNULAM SUAM

MARIAN DRURY

LOVE'S ROSARY

WHEN SHE COMES HOME

THE TRAGEDY OF LOVE

SONG

THE FLIGHT OF LOVE

"FAREWELL! IF EVER FONDEST PRAYER"

PORPHYRIA'S LOVER

MODERN BEAUTY

LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI

TANTALUS—TEXAS

ENCHAINMENT

AULD ROBIN GRAY

LOST LIGHT

A SIGH

HEREAFTER

ENDYMION

"LOVE IS A TERRIBLE THING"

THE BALLAD OF THE ANGEL

"LOVE CAME BACK AT FALL O' DEW"

I SHALL NOT CARE

OUTGROWN

A TRAGEDY

LEFT BEHIND

THE FORSAKEN MERMAN

THE PORTRAIT

THE ROSE AND THORN

TO HER—UNSPOKEN

A LIGHT WOMAN

FROM THE TURKISH

A SUMMER WOOING

BUTTERFLIES

UNSEEN SPIRITS

"GRANDMITHER, THINK NOT I FORGET"

LITTLE WILD BABY

A CRADLE SONG

LADY ANNE BOTHWELL'S LAMENT

A WOMAN'S LOVE

A TRAGEDY

"MOTHER, I CANNOT MIND MY WHEEL"

AIRLY BEACON

A SEA CHILD

FROM THE HARBOR HILL

ALLAN WATER

FORSAKEN

BONNIE DOON

THE TWO LOVERS

THE VAMPIRE

AGATHA

"A ROSE WILL FADE"

AFFAIRE D'AMOUR

A CASUAL SONG

THE WAY OF IT

"WHEN LOVELY WOMAN STOOPS TO FOLLY"

FOLK-SONG

A VERY OLD SONG

"SHE WAS YOUNG AND BLITHE AND FAIR"

THE LASS THAT DIED OF LOVE

THE PASSION-FLOWER

NORAH

OF JOAN'S YOUTH

THERE'S WISDOM IN WOMEN

GOETHE AND FREDERIKA

THE SONG OF THE KING'S MINSTREL

ANNIE SHORE AND JOHNNIE DOON

EMMY

THE BALLAD OF CAMDEN TOWN

LOVE AND DEATH

HELEN OF KIRCONNELL

WILLY DROWNED IN YARROW

ANNAN WATER

THE LAMENT OF THE BORDER WIDOW

ASPATIA'S SONG

A BALLAD

THE BRAES OF YARROW

THE CHURCHYARD ON THE SANDS

THE MINSTREL'S SONG

HIGHLAND MARY

TO MARY IN HEAVEN

LUCY

PROUD MAISIE

SONG

THE MAID'S LAMENT

"SHE IS FAR FROM THE LAND"

"AT THE MID HOUR OF NIGHT"

ON A PICTURE BY POUSSIN REPRESENTING

THRENODY

STRONG AS DEATH

"I SHALL NOT CRY RETURN"

"OH! SNATCHED AWAY IN BEAUTY'S BLOOM"

TO MARY

MY HEART AND I

ROSALIND'S SCROLL

LAMENT OF THE IRISH EMIGRANT

THE KING OF DENMARK'S RIDE

THE WATCHER

THE THREE SISTERS

BALLAD

"O THAT 'TWERE POSSIBLE"

"HOME THEY BROUGHT HER WARRIOR DEAD"

EVELYN HOPE

REMEMBRANCE

SONG

SONG OF THE OLD LOVE

REQUIESCAT

TOO LATE

FOUR YEARS

BARBARA

SONG

SARRAZINE'S SONG TO HER DEAD LOVER

LOVE AND DEATH

TO ONE IN PARADISE

ANNABEL LEE

FOR ANNIE

TELLING THE BEES

A TRYST

LOVE'S RESURRECTION DAY

HEAVEN

JANETTE'S HAIR

THE DYING LOVER

"WHEN THE GRASS SHALL COVER ME"

GIVE LOVE TO-DAY

UNTIL DEATH

FLORENCE VANE

"IF SPIRITS WALK"

REQUIESCAT

LYRIC

ROMANCE

GOOD-NIGHT

REQUIESCAT

THE FOUR WINDS

THE KING'S BALLAD

HELIOTROPE

"LYDIA IS GONE THIS MANY A YEAR"

AFTER

MEMORIES

TO DIANE

"MUSIC I HEARD"

HER DWELLING-PLACE

THE WIFE FROM FAIRYLAND

IN THE FALL O' YEAR

THE INVISIBLE BRIDE

RAIN ON A GRAVE

PATTERNS

DUST

BALLAD

"THE LITTLE ROSE IS DUST, MY DEAR"

DIRGE

THE LITTLE RED RIBBON

THE ROSARY

LOVE'S FULFILMENT

"MY TRUE-LOVE HATH MY HEART"

SONG

THE GOOD-MORROW

"THERE'S GOWD IN THE BREAST"

THE BEGGAR MAID

REFUGE

AT SUNSET

"ONE MORNING, OH! SO EARLY"

ACROSS THE DOOR

MAY MARGARET

RONDEL

A SPRING JOURNEY

THE BROOKSIDE

SONG

WHAT MY LOVER SAID

MAY-MUSIC

SONG

A MEMORY

LOVE TRIUMPHANT

LINES

LOVE AMONG THE RUINS

EARL MERTOUN'S SONG

MEETING AT NIGHT

PARTING AT MORNING

THE TURN OF THE ROAD

"MY DELIGHT AND THY DELIGHT"

"O, SAW YE THE LASS"

LOVE AT SEA

MARY BEATON'S SONG

PLIGHTED

A WOMAN'S QUESTION

"DINNA ASK ME"

A SONG

THE REASON

"MY OWN CAILIN DONN"

NOCTURNE

SURRENDER

"BY YON BURN SIDE"

A PASTORAL

"WHEN DEATH TO EITHER SHALL COME"

THE RECONCILIATION

SONG

CONTENT

CHE SARA SARA

"BID ADIEU TO GIRLISH DAYS"

TO F. C.

SPRING PASSION

ADVICE TO A LOVER

"YES"

LOVE

NESTED

THE LETTERS

PROTHALAMION

EPITHALAMION

THE KISS

MARRIAGE

THE NEWLY-WEDDED

"I SAW TWO CLOUDS AT MORNING"

HOLY MATRIMONY

THE BRIDE

A MARRIAGE CHARM

"LIKE A LAVEROCK IN THE LIFT"

MY OWEN

DORIS: A PASTORAL

"HE'D NOTHING BUT HIS VIOLIN"

LOVE'S CALENDAR

HOME

TWO LOVERS

THE LAND OF HEART'S DESIRE

MY AIN WIFE

THE IRISH WIFE

MY WIFE'S A WINSOME WEE THING

LETTICE

"IF THOU WERT BY MY SIDE, MY LOVE"

THE SHEPHERD'S WIFE'S SONG

"TRUTH DOTH TRUTH DESERVE"

THE MARRIED LOVER

MY LOVE

MARGARET TO DOLCINO

DOLCINO TO MARGARET

AT LAST

THE WIFE TO HER HUSBAND

A WIFE'S SONG

THE SAILOR'S WIFE

JERRY AN' ME

"DON'T BE SORROWFUL, DARLING"

WINIFREDA

AN OLD MAN'S IDYL

THE POET'S SONG TO HIS WIFE

JOHN ANDERSON

TO MARY

THE GOLDEN WEDDING

MOGGY AND ME

"O, LAY THY HAND IN MINE, DEAR!"

THE EXEQUY

LOVE SONNETS

SONNETS

SONNETS

"ALEXIS, HERE SHE STAYED"

"WERE I AS BASE AS IS THE LOWLY PLAIN"

A SONNET OF THE MOON

TO MARY UNWIN

"WHY ART THOU SILENT"

SONNETS

HOW MY SONGS OF HER BEGAN

AT THE LAST

TO ONE WHO WOULD MAKE A CONFESSION

THE PLEASURES OF LOVE

"WERE BUT MY SPIRIT LOOSED UPON THE AIR"

RENOUNCEMENT

"MY LOVE FOR THEE"

SONNETS

LOVE IN THE WINDS

"OH! DEATH WILL FIND ME"

THE BUSY HEART

THE HILL

SONNETS

THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, VOLUME 3

By Various

Edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson

PART III

POEMS OF NATURE

MOTHER NATURE

THE BOOK OF THE WORLD

NATURE

COMPENSATION

THE LAST HOUR

NATURE

SONG OF NATURE

"GREAT NATURE IS AN ARMY GAY"

TO MOTHER NATURE

QUIET WORK

NATURE

"AS AN OLD MERCER"

GOOD COMPANY

"HERE IS THE PLACE WHERE LOVELINESS KEEPS HOUSE"

GOD'S WORLD

WILD HONEY

PATMOS

DAWN AND DARK

SONG

HYMN OF APOLLO

PRELUDE

DAWN ON THE HEADLAND

THE MIRACLE OF THE DAWN

DAWN-ANGELS

MUSIC OF THE DAWN

SUNRISE ON MANSFIELD MOUNTAIN

ODE TO EVENING

"IT IS A BEAUTEOUS EVENING, CALM AND FREE"

GLOAMING

EVENING MELODY

"IN THE COOL OF THE EVENING"

TWILIGHT

TWILIGHT AT SEA

"THIS IS MY HOUR"

SONG TO THE EVENING STAR

THE EVENING CLOUD

SONG: TO CYNTHIA

MY STAR

NIGHT

TO NIGHT

TO NIGHT

NIGHT

NIGHT

HE MADE THE NIGHT

HYMN TO THE NIGHT

NIGHT'S MARDI GRAS

DAWN AND DARK

DAWN

A WOOD SONG

THE CHANGING YEAR

A SONG FOR THE SEASONS

A SONG OF THE SEASONS

TURN O' THE YEAR

THE WAKING YEAR

SONG

EARLY SPRING

LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING

IN EARLY SPRING

SPRING

A STARLING'S SPRING RONDEL

"WHEN DAFFODILS BEGIN TO PEER"

SPRING

"THE SPRING RETURNS"

"WHEN THE HOUNDS OF SPRING"

SONG

TO SPRING

AN ODE ON THE SPRING

SPRING

THE MEADOWS IN SPRING

THE SPRING

"WHEN SPRING COMES BACK TO ENGLAND"

NEW LIFE

"OVER THE WINTRY THRESHOLD"

MARCH

SONG IN MARCH

MARCH

WRITTEN IN MARCH

THE PASSING OF MARCH

HOME THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD

SONG

AN APRIL ADORATION

SWEET WILD APRIL

SPINNING IN APRIL

SONG: ON MAY MORNING

A MAY BURDEN

CORINNA'S GOING A-MAYING

"SISTER, AWAKE!"

MAY

MAY

A SPRING LILT

SUMMER LONGINGS

MIDSUMMER

A MIDSUMMER SONG

JUNE

JUNE

HARVEST

SCYTHE SONG

SEPTEMBER

INDIAN SUMMER

PREVISION

A SONG OF EARLY AUTUMN

TO AUTUMN

ODE TO AUTUMN

ODE TO THE WEST WIND

AUTUMN: A DIRGE

AUTUMN

"WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN"

KORE

OLD OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

NOVEMBER

STORM FEAR

WINTER: A DIRGE

OLD WINTER

THE FROST

THE FROSTED PANE

THE FROST SPIRIT

SNOW

TO A SNOW-FLAKE

THE SNOW-SHOWER

MIDWINTER

A GLEE FOR WINTER

THE DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR

DIRGE FOR THE YEAR

WOOD AND FIELD AND RUNNING BROOK

WALDEINSAMKEIT

I DO NOT COUNT THE HOURSS I SPEND

"WHEN IN THE WOODS I WANDER ALL ALONE"

OUT IN THE FIELDS

ASPECTS OF THE PINES

UNDER THE LEAVES

"ON WENLOCK EDGE"

"WHAT DO WE PLANT?"

THE TREE

THE BRAVE OLD OAK

"THE GIRT WOAK TREE THAT'S IN THE DELL"

TO THE WILLOW-TREE

ENCHANTMENT

TREES

THE HOLLY-TREE

THE PINE

"WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE"

THE BEECH TREE'S PETITION

THE POPLAR FIELD

THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE-TREE

OF AN ORCHARD

AN ORCHARD AT AVIGNON

THE TIDE RIVER

THE BROOK'S SONG

ARETHUSA

THE CATARACT OF LODORE

SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE

"FLOW GENTLY, SWEET AFTON"

CANADIAN BOAT-SONG

THE MARSHES OF GLYNN

THE TROSACHS

HYMN

THE PEAKS

KINCHINJUNGA

THE HILLS

HEMLOCK MOUNTAIN

SUNRISE ON RYDAL WATER

THE DESERTED PASTURE

TO MEADOWS

THE CLOUD

APRIL RAIN

SUMMER INVOCATION

APRIL RAIN

TO THE RAINBOW

GREEN THINGS GROWING

MY GARDEN

THE GARDEN

A GARDEN

A GARDEN SONG

"IN GREEN OLD GARDENS"

A BENEDICTINE GARDEN

AN AUTUMN GARDEN

UNGUARDED

THE DESERTED GARDEN

A FORSAKEN GARDEN

GREEN THINGS GROWING

A CHANTED CALENDAR

FLOWERS

FLOWERS

A CONTEMPLATION UPON FLOWERS

ALMOND BLOSSOM

WHITE AZALEAS

BUTTERCUPS

THE BROOM FLOWER

THE SMALL CELANDINE

TO THE SMALL CELANDINE

FOUR-LEAF CLOVER

SWEET CLOVER

"I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD"

TO DAFFODILS

TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY

A FIELD FLOWER

TO DAISIES, NOT TO SHUT SO SOON

DAISIES

TO THE DAISY

TO DAISIES

TO THE DANDELION

DANDELION

THE DANDELIONS

TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN

GOLDENROD

LESSONS FROM THE GORSE

THE VOICE OF THE GRASS

A SONG THE GRASS SINGS

THE WILD HONEYSUCKLE

THE IVY GREEN

YELLOW JESSAMINE

KNAP WEED

MOLY

THE MORNING-GLORY

THE MOUNTAIN HEART'S-EASE

THE PRIMROSE

TO PRIMROSES FILLED WITH MORNING DEW

TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE

THE RHODORA

THE ROSE

WILD ROSES

THE ROSE OF MAY

A ROSE

THE SHAMROCK

TO VIOLETS

THE VIOLET

TO A WOOD-VIOLET

THE VIOLET AND THE ROSE

TO A WIND-FLOWER

TO BLOSSOMS

"TIS THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER"

THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS

GOD'S CREATURES

ONCE ON A TIME

TO A MOUSE

THE GRASSHOPPER

ON THE GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET

TO THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE CRICKET

THE CRICKET

TO A CRICKET

TO AN INSECT

THE SNAIL

THE HOUSEKEEPER

THE HUMBLE-BEE

TO A BUTTERFLY

ODE TO A BUTTERFLY

THE BUTTERFLY

FIREFLIES

THE BLOOD HORSE

BIRDS

BIRDS

SEA-BIRDS

THE LITTLE BEACH-BIRD

THE BLACKBIRD

THE BLACKBIRD

THE BLACKBIRD

THE BLACKBIRD

ROBERT OF LINCOLN

THE O'LINCON FAMILY

THE BOBOLINK

MY CATBIRD

THE HERALD CRANE

THE CROW

TO THE CUCKOO

THE CUCKOO

TO THE CUCKOO

THE EAGLE

THE HAWKBIT

THE HERON

THE JACKDAW

THE GREEN LINNET

TO THE MAN-OF-WAR-BIRD

THE MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT

LAMENT OF A MOCKING-BIRD

"O NIGHTINGALE! THOU SURELY ART"

PHILOMEL

PHILOMELA

ON A NIGHTINGALE IN APRIL

TO THE NIGHTINGALE

THE NIGHTINGALE

TO THE NIGHTINGALE

PHILOMELA

ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE

SONG

BIRD SONG

THE SONG THE ORIOLE SINGS

TO AN ORIOLE

SONG: THE OWL

SWEET SUFFOLK OWL

THE PEWEE

ROBIN REDBREAST

ROBIN REDBREAST

THE SANDPIPER

THE SEA-MEW

TO A SKYLARK

TO A SKYLARK

THE SKYLARK

THE SKYLARK

TO A SKYLARK

THE STORMY PETREL

THE FIRST SWALLOW

TO A SWALLOW BUILDING UNDER OUR EAVES

CHIMNEY SWALLOWS

ITYLUS

THE THROSTLE

OVERFLOW

JOY-MONTH

MY THRUSH

"BLOW SOFTLY, THRUSH"

THE BLACK VULTURE

WILD GEESE

TO A WATERFOWL

THE WOOD-DOVE'S NOTE

THE SEA

SONG FOR ALL SEAS, ALL SHIPS

STANZAS

THE SEA

ON THE SEA

"WITH SHIPS THE SEA WAS SPRINKLED"

A SONG OF DESIRE

THE PINES AND THE SEA

SEA FEVER

HASTINGS MILL

"A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA"

THE SEA

SAILOR'S SONG

"A LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE"

TACKING SHIP OFF SHORE

IN OUR BOAT

POOR JACK

"ROCKED IN THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP"

OUTWARD

A PASSER-BY

OFF RIVIERE DU LOUP

CHRISTMAS AT SEA

THE PORT O' HEART'S DESIRE

ON THE QUAY

THE FORGING OF THE ANCHOR

DRIFTING

"HOW'S MY BOY?"

THE LONG WRITE SEAM

STORM SONG

THE MARINER'S DREAM

THE INCHCAPE ROCK

THE SEA

THE SANDS OF DEE

THE THREE FISHERS

BALLAD

THE NORTHERN STAR

THE FISHER'S WIDOW

CALLER HERRIN'

HANNAH BINDING SHOES

THE SAILOR

THE BURIAL OF THE DANE

TOM BOWLING

MESSMATES

THE LAST BUCCANEER

THE LAST BUCCANEER

THE LEADSMAN'S SONG

HOMEWARD BOUND

THE SIMPLE LIFE

THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE

A WISH

ODE ON SOLITUDE

"THRICE HAPPY HE"

"UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE"

CORIDON'S SONG

THE OLD SQUIRE

INSCRIPTION IN A HERMITAGE

THE RETIREMENT

THE COUNTRY FAITH

TRULY GREAT

EARLY MORNING AT BARGIS

THE CUP

A STRIP OF BLUE

AN ODE TO MASTER ANTHONY STAFFORD

"THE MIDGES DANCE ABOON THE BURN"

THE PLOW

THE USEFUL PLOW

"TO ONE WHO HAS BEEN LONG IN CITY PENT"

THE QUIET LIFE

THE WISH

EXPOSTULATION AND REPLY

THE TABLES TURNED

SIMPLE NATURE

"I FEAR NO POWER A WOMAN WIELDS"

A RUNNABLE STAG

HUNTING-SONG

"A-HUNTING WE WILL GO"

THE ANGLER'S INVITATION

THE ANGLER'S WISH

THE ANGLER

WANDERLUST

TO JANE: THE INVITATION

"MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS"

"AFAR IN THE DESERT"

SPRING SONG IN THE CITY

IN CITY STREETS

THE VAGABOND

IN THE HIGHLANDS

THE SONG MY PADDLE SINGS

THE GIPSY TRAIL

WANDERLUST

THE FOOTPATH WAY

A MAINE TRAIL

AFOOT

FROM ROMANY TO ROME

THE TOIL OF THE TRAIL

DO YOU FEAR THE WIND?

THE KING'S HIGHWAY

THE FORBIDDEN LURE

THE WANDER-LOVERS

THE SEA GIPSY

A VAGABOND SONG

SPRING SONG

THE MENDICANTS

THE JOYS OF THE ROAD

THE SONG OF THE FOREST RANGER

A DROVER

BALLAD OF LOW-LIE-DOWN

THE GOOD INN

NIGHT FOR ADVENTURES

SONG

THE VOORTREKKER

THE LONG TRAIL

THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, VOLUME 4

By Various

Edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson

PART IV

FAMILIAR VERSE, AND POEMS HUMOROUS AND SATIRIC

BALLADE OF THE PRIMITIVE JEST

THE KINDLY MUSE

TIME TO BE WISE

UNDER THE LINDENS

ADVICE

TO FANNY

"I'D BE A BUTTERFLY"

"I'M NOT A SINGLE MAN"

TO——

THE VICAR

THE BELLE OF THE BALL-ROOM

THE FINE OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN

A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLY SENT TO A LADY

CHIVALRY AT A DISCOUNT

THE BALLAD OF BOUILLABAISSE

TO MY GRANDMOTHER

MY MISTRESS'S BOOTS

A GARDEN LYRIC

MRS. SMITH

THE SKELETON IN THE CUPBOARD

A TERRIBLE INFANT

COMPANIONS

DOROTHY Q

MY AUNT

THE LAST LEAF

CONTENTMENT

THE BOYS

THE JOLLY OLD PEDAGOGUE

ON AN INTAGLIO HEAD OF MINERVA

THALIA

PAN IN WALL STREET

UPON LESBIA—ARGUING

TO ANTHEA, WHO MAY COMMAND HIM ANYTHING

THE EIGHT-DAY CLOCK

A PORTRAIT

"OLD BOOKS ARE BEST"

IMPRESSION

"WITH STRAWBERRIES"

BALLADE OF LADIES' NAMES

TO A PAIR OF EGYPTIAN SLIPPERS

WITHOUT AND WITHIN

"SHE WAS A BEAUTY"

NELL GWYNNE'S LOOKING-GLASS

MIMNERMUS IN CHURCH

CLAY

AUCASSIN AND NICOLETE

PROVENCAL LOVERS

ON THE HURRY OF THIS TIME

"GOOD-NIGHT, BABETTE!"

A DIALOGUE FROM PLATO

THE LADIES OF ST. JAMES'S

THE CURE'S PROGRESS

A GENTLEMAN OF THE OLD SCHOOL

ON A FAN

"WHEN I SAW YOU LAST, ROSE"

URCEUS EXIT

A CORSAGE BOUQUET

TWO TRIOLETS

THE BALLAD OF DEAD LADIES

BALLADE OF DEAD LADIES

A BALLAD OF DEAD LADIES

IF I WERE KING

A BALLADE OF SUICIDE

CHIFFONS!

ENVOY

THE COURT HISTORIAN

MISS LOU

THE POET AND THE WOOD-LOUSE

STUDENTS

"ONE, TWO, THREE!"

THE CHAPERON

"A PITCHER OF MIGNONETTE"

OLD KING COLE

THE MASTER MARINER

A ROSE TO THE LIVING

A KISS

BIFTEK AUX CHAMPIGNONS

EVOLUTION

A REASONABLE AFFLICTION

A MORAL IN SEVRES

ON THE FLY-LEAF OF A BOOK OF OLD PLAYS

THE TALENTED MAN

A LETTER OF ADVICE

A NICE CORRESPONDENT

HER LETTER

A DEAD LETTER

THE NYMPH COMPLAINING FOR THE DEATH OF HER FAWN

ON THE DEATH OF A FAVORITE CAT, DROWNED IN A TUB OF GOLD FISHES

VERSES ON A CAT

EPITAPH ON A HARE

ON THE DEATH OF MRS. THROCKMORTON'S BULLFINCH

AN ELEGY ON A LAP-DOG

MY LAST TERRIER

GEIST'S GRAVE

"HOLD"

THE BARB OF SATIRE

THE VICAR OF BRAY

THE LOST LEADER

ICHABOD

WHAT MR. ROBINSON THINKS

THE DEBATE IN THE SENNIT

THE MARQUIS OF CARABAS

A MODEST WIT

JOLLY JACK

THE KING OF BRENTFORD

KAISER & CO

NONGTONGPAW

THE LION AND THE CUB

THE HARE WITH MANY FRIENDS

THE SYCOPHANTIC FOX AND THE GULLIBLE RAVEN

THE FRIEND OF HUMANITY AND THE KNIFE-GRINDER

VILLON'S STRAIGHT TIP TO ALL CROSS COVES

VILLON'S BALLADE

A LITTLE BROTHER OF THE RICH

THE WORLD'S WAY

FOR MY OWN MONUMENT

THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH

UP AT A VILLA—DOWN IN THE CITY

ALL SAINTS'

AN ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID, OR THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS

THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE, OR THE WONDERFUL "ONE-HOSS SHAY"

BALLADE OF A FRIAR

THE CHAMELEON

THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT

THE PHILOSOPHER'S SCALES

THE MAIDEN AND THE LILY

THE OWL-CRITIC

THE BALLAD OF IMITATION

THE CONUNDRUM OF THE WORKSHOPS

THE V-A-S-E

HEM AND HAW

MINIVER CHEEVY

THEN AG'IN

A CONSERVATIVE

SIMILAR CASES

MAN AND THE ASCIDIAN

THE CALF-PATH

WEDDED BLISS

PARADISE: A HINDOO LEGEND

AD CHLOEN, M. A.

"AS LIKE THE WOMAN AS YOU CAN"

"NO FAULT IN WOMEN"

"ARE WOMEN FAIR?"

A STRONG HAND

WOMEN'S LONGING

TRIOLET

THE FAIR CIRCASSIAN

THE FEMALE PHAETON

THE LURE

THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES

THE WOMAN WITH THE SERPENT'S TONGUE

SUPPOSE

TOO CANDID BY HALF

FABLE

WOMAN'S WILL

WOMAN'S WILL

PLAYS

THE REMEDY WORSE THAN THE DISEASE

THE NET OF LAW

COLOGNE

EPITAPH ON CHARLES II

CERTAIN MAXIMS OF HAFIZ

A BAKER'S DUZZEN UV WIZE SAWZ

EPIGRAMS

WRITTEN ON A LOOKING-GLASS

AN EPITAPH

ON THE ARISTOCRACY OF HARVARD

ON THE DEMOCRACY OF YALE

A GENERAL SUMMARY

THE MIMICS

AN OMAR FOR LADIES

"WHEN LOVELY WOMAN"

FRAGMENT IN IMITATION OF WORDSWORTH

ONLY SEVEN

LUCY LAKE

JANE SMITH

FATHER WILLIAM

THE NEW ARRIVAL

DISASTER

'TWAS EVER THUS

A GRIEVANCE

"NOT A SOU HAD HE GOT"

THE WHITING AND THE SNAIL

THE RECOGNITION

THE HIGHER PANTHEISM IN A NUTSHELL

THE WILLOW-TREE

POETS AND LINNETS

THE JAM-POT

BALLAD

Part I

Part II

THE POSTER-GIRL

AFTER DILETTANTE CONCETTI

IF

NEPHELIDIA

COMMONPLACES

THE PROMISSORY NOTE

MRS. JUDGE JENKINS

THE MODERN HIAWATHA

HOW OFTEN

"IF I SHOULD DIE TO-NIGHT"

SINCERE FLATTERY

CULTURE IN THE SLUMS

THE POETS AT TEA

WORDSWORTH

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