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The Poetical Works of James Gates Percival

With a biographical sketch

Percival, James Gates (1795-1856)

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THE DREAM OF A DAY, AND OTHER POEMS. FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1843.

THE DREAM OF A DAY.

LAYS OF THE SEASONS.

THE LIGHT GUITAR.

THE VINTAGE DANCE.

TO A BUTTERFLY.

THE VOICE OF NATURE.

GREEK APPEAL TO AMERICA.

YOUTH RECALLED.

THE POET'S WORLD.

THE HEXLI. (LITTLE WITCH.)

THE POWER OF SONG.

THE SISTER SPIRITS.

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CLASSIC MELODIES.

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DACTYLIC HEXAMETER.

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[II. Deep, 'mid the shades of night, I sink in silent repose]

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[III. Still, as in youth, ever green, the laurel of Homer is flourishing]

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[IV. Herald of earliest dawn! at thy smile the blue waters are stirring again]

DACTYLIC PENTAMETER.

DACTYLIC TETRAMETER.

IAMBIC TETRAMETER.

CHORIAMBIC POLYSCHEMATIST.

GLYCONIC AND PHERECRATEAN.

EUPOLIDEAN AND CRATINEAN.

SONGS FOR NATIONAL AIRS.

POSTHUMOUS POEMS.

JUVENILE POEMS.

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The Poetical Works of James Gates Percival

With a biographical sketch

James Gates Percival

1795-1856

Ticknor and Fields

Boston

1859