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The Poetical Works of George Barlow

In Ten [Eleven] Volumes

Barlow, George

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I.

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A DREAM OF A KISS

“SIGHS THE WIND”

“EYES OF BEAUTY”

THE ENCHANTRESS OF THE SHORE

THE AGONY OF THE AGE

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“THEIR WHITE SAILS FILL THE PURPLE AND THE SOMBRE SEAS!”

I.

II.

THE PASSIONATE CITY

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THE NEW JERUSALEM

I.

II.

III.

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I.

II.

III.

THE CROWNLESS CITY

THE SUNSET-SHIELD

TO RALPH WALDO EMERSON, OUR LEADER

IN MEMORY OF PATRICK BRANWELL BRONTË, GENIUS

ON LOOKING AT A PORTRAIT OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË, BY RICHMOND

WRITTEN AFTER AN APPARENT FRENCH VICTORY

THE RAINBOW CAUGHT AND HELD

THE POET'S CROWN

THE UNIVERSE-BRIDE

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I.

I. THE STORM OF BEAUTY

II.

II. THE INEFFABLE FRAGRANCE

SONNET To F. B.

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SONNETS TO GERTRUDE IN THE SPIRIT WORLD

WHAT ART THOU LIKE?

THOU IN HEAVEN, I ON EARTH

WILT THOU BE PLEASED?

THINE HAIR AND THINE EYES

THOU ART THE SUMMER

THE HAYFIELDS ON THE CLIFF-TOP

SWEET PASSIONATE SPIRIT

OTHERS LOVE MORTAL WOMEN, I A SPIRIT

WHAT MATTERS IT?

THE TREASURES OF ALL THY PAST

A MAIDEN SPIRIT

BEAR THOU MY POEMS UPWARD

SHALL NOT THE FUTURE?

THOU ART NOT ENGLISH

WILT THOU NOT BE VISIBLE?

WHEN ALL THE WORK IS DONE

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I.

II.

THE REVELATIONS OF THE AGES

BROTHER AND SISTER

“REVEALED AND VANQUISHED”

TO THE ENGLISH POETS OF THE PAST

TO A LADY WITH DEEP BLACK HAIR

LINES ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD

AT A THEATRE-DOOR IN SUMMER

TO THE QUEEN OF MY YOUNG LIFE

THE IMMORTAL AND THE MORTAL

THE LAND OF SLEEP

“AND ART THOU TENDER?”

HOLD THOU MY HAND!

THEE FIRST, THEE LAST

THE MIDDAY HALT

“THOUGH THE DAY BE DREARY”

ONCE: THEN NO MORE

“THERE COMES AN END”

JUNES AND DECEMBERS

THOU ART NOT THERE!

MY BLOSSOM OF GOLD

“THOU ART ALIVE!”

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II.

Vol. II A LIFE'S LOVE

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THROUGH DEATH TO LIFE

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I.

I. EARTH GLADDENED

I.

II.

III.

III. QUEEN BEAUTY

IV.

V.

V. PSYCHE AND MERCURY

VI.

VI. WEAK AND WEARY

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

X. THE DISCOVERY OF LOVE

XI.

XI. IN THE FUTURE

XII.

XII. THOSE FLOWERS

XIII.

XIV.

XIV. DANTE AND BEATRICE

XV.

XV. ROSES FOR HER!

XVI.

XVI. TO HAVE BEHELD

XVII.

XVII. THE ROSIER STATUE

XVIII.

XVIII. LOVE AND IMMORTALITY

XIX.

XX.

XX. GOLDEN LILIES

XXI.

XXI. THE BIRD LOVERS

XXII.

XXII. THE BIRD LOVERS

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II.

II. EARTH DARKENED

XXIII.

XXIII. ONCE MORE

XXIV.

XXIV. ONCE MORE

XXV.

XXV. THE POET'S ROSE

XXVI.

XXVI. THE BITTERNESS OF LIFE

XXVII.

XXVII. THE MOONLIT ISLAND

XXVIII.

XXVIII. A PASSING GLIMPSE

XXIX.

XXIX. NEVER AGAIN

XXX.

XXXI.

XXXI. THE POET'S DOOM

XXXII.

XXXII. YET SWEETER AND SWEETER

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II.

XXXIII.

XXXIII. NOT TOO LONG

XXXIV.

XXXIV. FOR YOUR SAKE

XXXV.

XXXV. THE LAST SACRIFICE

XXXVI.

XXXVI. LOVE'S UNITY

XXXVII.

XXXVII. THE RESURRECTION OF THOUGHT

XXXVIII.

XXXVIII. THE NEXT KISS

XXXIX.

XL.

XLI.

XLI. THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE

XLII.

XLII. CLEANSING

XLIII.

XLIII LOVE'S ABILITIES

XLIV.

XLIV. BENEATH THE OAK

XLV.

XLV. THE SEA-PALACE

XLVI.

XLVI. A DREAM OF SUNSET

XLVII.

XLVII. THE LOST GLORY

XLVIII.

XLVIII. “INTENSITY”

XLIX.

XLIX. FROM A WINDOW

L.

L. SWEET TWILIGHT

LI.

LI. THE ELEMENTAL KISS

LII.

LII. MY LADY'S SOUL

LIII.

LIII. THE MAIDEN BLOSSOM

LIV.

LIV. MY PLUMES OF SONG

LV.

LV. “I AM VERY FOND OF YOU”

LVI.

LVII.

LVIII.

LVIII. THE HIGHEST CROWN

LIX.

LIX. AN ENDLESS UNION

LX.

LXI.

LXI. THE MEADOW-SWEET OF HEAVEN

LXII.

LXII. THE SUDDEN SWEETNESS

LXIII.

LXIII. TILL SHE COME

LXIV.

LXIV. BLESSED IS HE

LXV.

LXV. ONE SILVER LAUGH

LXVI.

LXVII.

LXVII. THE SLEEPER

LXVIII.

LXVIII. ROSES FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE

LXIX.

LXIX. THY SWEET SORROW

LXX.

LXX. YOUR WATCHING AS WELL

LXXI.

LXXI. GOD'S HOLY FIRE

LXXII.

LXXII. FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH

LXXIII.

LXXIII. THE NARROW GATE

LXXIV.

LXXIV. THE FIRST TRUE BLOSSOMING

LXXV.

LXXV. THE WIDE SYMPATHY

LXXVI.

LXXVI. THE TRANSFIGURING TOUCH

LXXVII.

LXXVII. BLOW ON BLOW

LXXVIII.

LXXVIII. THE LAST RIDGE

LXXIX.

LXXIX. THE FACE DIVINE

LXXX.

LXXX. UTTERLY ALONE

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III.

PART III HEAVEN ON EARTH

LXXXI.

LXXXII.

LXXXII. IN ALL STARS AND FLOWERS

LXXXIII.

LXXXIII. AN OLD OLD SPIRIT

LXXXIV.

LXXXIV. THE MARRIAGE IN MUSIC

LXXXV.

LXXXV. JOINED, NOT BLENDED

LXXXVI.

LXXXVI. WITH BEATRICE IN GOD

LXXXVII.

LXXXVII. NOW, HAVING SEEN THEE

LXXXVIII.

LXXXVIII. SWEETER, LESS AWFUL

LXXXIX.

LXXXIX. THROUGH TROPIC WOODS

XC.

XCI.

XCI. THE SUMMER

XCII.

XCII. I AM CONTENT

XCIII.

XCIII. MY OWN FOR EVER

XCIV.

XCIV. THE LIFE OF MUSIC

XCV.

XCV. THOU, AND THE FLOWERS

XCVI.

XCVI. BY ALL THE STRENGTH OF SONG

XCVII.

XCVII. THE OLD RAPTURE

XCVIII.

XCVIII. FAR, FAR AWAY

XCIX.

XCIX. TO GREAT SPIRITS

C.

C. FAR FROM ALL SMALLNESS

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LOVE SLAIN, YET RISEN

I.

I. THE OLD GREEN ARCHWAY

II.

II. THE SENSE OF DEATH

III.

III. GOD'S WOMAN-HEART

IV.

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I.

I. THE PROGRESS OF PASSION

II.

II. UNDIVIDED SERVICE

III.

IV.

IV. GOD'S SCORN

V.

VI.

VI. SAD SONNETS

VII.

VII. “WHAT HAS BEEN, IS”

VIII.

VIII. DIVINELY “VICTRIX”

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XII. A GREEN ARCADE

XIII.

XIII. FROM SPRING TO AUTUMN

XIV.

XIV. BEYOND THE ETERNAL HILLS

XV.

XV. FINAL RESURRECTION

XVI.

XVI. THE TRUE PURE POSSESSION

XVII.

XVII. THE BURNING GLARE

XVIII.

XVIII. STILL SWEETER THINGS

XIX.

XX.

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I.

I. A POET'S PRAYER

II.

II. HEAVEN AND HELL

III.

III. GOD'S HEART

IV.

IV. SWEET DEATH

V.

V. THE PERFUME OF THE SOUL

VI.

VI. WHEN AND WHERE?

VII.

VII. LOVE AT THE SEPULCHRE

VIII.

VIII. A POET'S VISION

IX.

IX. “THE INEVITABLE HOUR”

X.

X. LOVE'S STAND-POINT

XI.

XI. A DREAM OF THE MOUNTAINS

XII.

XIII.

XIII. THAT STRANGE NIGHT

XIV.

XIV. THAT STRANGE NIGHT

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVII. THE SWEET NIGHT

XVIII.

XVIII. FLUSHED WITH VICTORY

XIX.

XIX. AN ANGEL-SPIRIT

XX.

XX. SONG'S POWER AND PASSION

XXI.

XXII.

XXII. A VISIT TO OXFORD

XXIII.

XXIII. ONE GIRL'S BEAUTY

XXIV.

XXIV. SIMPLE AND SWEET

XXV.

XXVI.

XXVI. ALL THE PAST

XXVII.

XXVII. THE EARLY SWEETNESS

XXVIII.

XXVIII. EARTH AND HEAVEN

XXIX.

XXIX. EARTH AND HEAVEN

XXX.

XXX. EARTH AND HEAVEN

XXXI.

XXXI. A PORTION OF BEATRICE

XXXII.

XXXII. TO STRANGE LANDS

XXXIII.

XXXIII. A WHITE FLOWER IN THE DESERT

XXXIV.

XXXIV. THY TREASURE

XXXV.

XXXV. MY TREASURE

XXXVI.

XXXVI. TIME AND I

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I.

II.

III.

III. BENEATH OTHER STARS

IV.

V.

VI.

VI. “NOW THOU ART WITH ME”

VII.

VII. THE CLOSING OF MY SONG

VIII.

IX.

IX. OUR LOVE-FLOWERS

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIII. THE ANGEL-WOMAN

XIV.

XIV. BACK TO THEE

XV.

XV. I CALL THEE

XVI.

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TIME'S WHISPERINGS

YOUTH'S MEADOWS

THE UTMOST RESONANT HEIGHTS

ARE WE FORGOTTEN?

SUMMERS HAVE PASSED

THE COMING DECADE

I AM NOT CAREFUL

THE SNOW-CAPPED MOUNTAINS

GREEN AND WHITE

THOU CANST NOT ESCAPE

YET IN TEN YEARS

A FLOWER UNTO MANY

THINE ENGLISH EYES

IF, AFTER DEATH

THROUGH THE FAR-OFF GATES

THE MEADOW-SWEET SOUL

LEAVING THE BOWER OF LOVE

FLOWERS OF THOUGHT

MY ROSE OF THE VALLEY

THE UTMOST HEIGHTS

THE SOUTH-WEST WIND

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THE FLOWERS OF ANCIENT WORLDS

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

THOU WAST A BLOSSOM

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[All dreams of splendid music and of love]

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

GOLD-WINGED SPIRITS

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III.

CHARLES KINGSLEY

THE RESURRECTION OF VENUS

APOLLO AND VENUS

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I.

I. A SAINT-FLOWER

II.

II. THY YOUNG BEAUTY

III.

III. THE EARLY WOODS

IV.

IV. “I WAITED FOR THEE”

V.

V. THE MOUNTAINS AND THE SEA

VI.

VI. OUR SELF-EXISTENCE

VII.

VII. “IS IT NOT WONDERFUL?”

VIII.

VIII. “THOU ART SO GREAT”

IX.

IX. THE UNION IN NATURE AND IN MUSIC

X.

X. “RAPTURE IS HOLINESS”

XI.

XI. AN ENGLISH FLOWER

XII.

XII. BREEZE, MOON, AND SUN

XIII.

XIV.

XIV. JOINED SPIRITS

XV.

XV. IF THOU WERT DEAD!

XVI.

XVI. OUR SHIELD

XVII.

XVII. THE PROMISE OF SPRING

XVIII.

XVIII. THE GLORY OF SUMMER

XIX.

XIX. THE CALM OF AUTUMN

XX.

XX. THE REST OF WINTER

XXI.

XXI. THE SEA-SANDS' GOLD

XXII.

XXII. MEASURELESS

ALICE OF THE SEA

THE CHILD'S HEART

THE MOUNTAIN-YOUTHS AND THE VALLEY-MAIDENS

A POET'S LOYALTY

FAREWELL TO BALCOMBE

THROUGH THE NIGHT

ONE PERFECT WIFE

“BUT WHERE SHALL MAN'S EYES FIND HER?

A DEDICATION TO MY FRIEND DR. N. D. GADDY, OF LOVETT, INDIANA

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SONNET I THE FLOWER ASLEEP

II.

SONNET II BEAUTY UNLOOKED FOR

III.

SONNET III THE OLD VALLEY

IV.

SONNET IV “LOVE'S DESPAIR”

V.

VI.

SONNET VI “WHEN?”

VII.

SONNET VII SILENT GIFTS

VIII.

SONNET VIII THE GREEK POET IN ENGLAND

IX.

SONNET IX “THOU COULDST NOT WATCH WITH ME!”

X.

SONNET X “I LOVE THEE”

XI.

SONNET XI ONE NIGHT WITH THEE

XII.

SONNET XII VENUS INCARNATE

XIII.

SONNET XIII A PORTRAIT

XIV.

SONNET XIV THE SOUTHERN PASSION

XV.

SONNET XV “SONG IS NOT DEAD”

XVI.

SONNET XVI THE WORLD'S MARRIAGE MORN

XVII.

SONNET XVII “WHEN PASSION FAILS US”

XVIII.

SONNET XVIII “IS THERE A HAND?”

XIX.

SONNET XIX BALCOMBE FOREST

XX.

SONNET XX BEYOND

XXI.

SONNET XXI ENGLAND

XXII.

SONNET XXII WATERLOO

XXIII.

SONNET XXIII FAIRY LAND

XXIV.

SONNET XXIV STRONG, LIKE THE SEA

XXV.

SONNET XXV NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA

XXVI.

SONNET XXVI THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW

XXVII.

SONNET XXVII TO THE “UNKNOWABLE” GOD

XXVIII.

SONNET XXVIII ISEULT

XXIX.

SONNET XXIX “A LITTLE WHILE”

XXX.

SONNET XXX “WILT THOU COME?”

XXXI.

SONNET XXXI “IS IT WORTH WHILE?”

XXXII.

SONNET XXXII “THOUGH HALF MY HEART BE GREEK”

XXXIII.

SONNET XXXIII THE ENGLISH RACE

XXXIV.

SONNET XXXIV MY LOVE

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I.

I. THE GREAT WAVE

II.

III.

III. “I AM TRISTRAM”

IV.

IV. BLOSSOMS ABOVE A TOMB

V.

V. ETERNAL MURMURINGS

VI.

VII.

VIII.

VIII. “IT IS NOT ANGER”

IX.

IX. BENEATH LOFTIER STARS

X.

XI.

XI. “I NEED THEE”

XII.

XII. “YET I ENDURE”

XIII.

XIII. “LET US NEVER COMFORT EACH OTHER INTO SLEEP”

XIV.

XIV. THE AWAKING

XV.

XV. “SHALL I KNOW THEE?”

XVI.

XVII.

XVII. “BE GENTLE”

XVIII.

XVIII. A PICTURE

XIX.

XIX. “WHEN YOU THOUGHT I WAS ‘FAR AWAY,’ I WAS DREAMING, ETC.”

XX.

XX. “SOME DAY I WILL TELL YOU”

XXI.

XXI. ART NEEDS THEE

XXII.

XXII. THE VEIL OF BLISS

XXIII.

XXIII. FINALLY ALONE

XXIV.

XXIV. “THY MANY WEARY YEARS”

XXV.

XXV. THY LOVE-SERVICE

XXVI.

XXVI. THE PSYCHE-SERVICE

XXVII.

XXVII. THE WAVE-TOSSED VESSEL

XXVIII.

XXIX.

XXIX. “I AM NOT WORTHY”

XXX.

THE POET AND THE PESSIMIST

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I. THY SWEETNESS

II.

II. “BECAUSE THOU HAST NOT FEARED”

III.

III. THE VALLEY ROSES

IV.

IV. LONELY SEASONS

V.

V. GLAD SEASONS

VI.

VI. “NOT IN THESE SONGS OF THEE”

VII.

VII. PERFECT UNION

VIII.

VIII. WEARINESS

IX.

IX. FIRST, BATTLE; THEN, WOMAN

X.

X. AFTER BATTLE

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AUGUST BLOSSOMS:

I.

SONNET I AUGUST BLOSSOMS

II.

SONNET II FIRST LOVE

III.

SONNET III VENUS

IV.

SONNET IV GOD'S MESSAGE

V.

SONNET V OMNIPRESENT LOVE

VI.

SONNET VI NATURE'S MESSENGERS

VII.

SONNET VII ALONE

THE CALM OF ART

“FAIR-EYED FRANCE”

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SONNET I THE WRESTLE

SONNET II “MAN IS NOT MOCKED”

SONNET III GOD, MAN, WOMAN

SONNET IV THE VICTORY

THE LONELY GOD-KING

THORNS AND THE ROSE

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FOR EVER AND EVERMORE

A GIFT OF SPRING

AUTUMN MESSAGES

THE RIVER AND THE SEA

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SONGS OF NIGHT TO MORNING

I.

I. AT THE THEATRE

II.

III.

III. “PERHAPS A DREAM IT IS”

IV.

IV. “THINK WHAT IT IS TO ME”

V.

V. “AND SHALL I THEN COMPLAIN?”

“THE RIGHT TO DIE”

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SUNRISE AND SUNSET

I.

II.

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I.

II.

A DEDICATION TO JOHN ALEXANDER BLENCOWE, MY OLDEST FRIEND

UPON THE PIER AT NIGHT

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MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS

SONNET I TO THEE

SONNET II TO L. S. B.

SONNET III CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE

SONNET IV TO VICTOR HUGO

SONNET V ON READING “LES CONTEMPLATIONS” OF VICTOR HUGO

SONNET VI VICTOR HUGO'S RETURN TO FRANCE IN 1870

SONNET VII WORDSWORTH'S SONNETS ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

SONNET VIII LOUIS BONAPARTE

SONNET IX THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

SONNET X “IF EVER, ROUSED BY SOME INVADER'S TREAD”

SONNET XI THE CITY OF THE DEAD

SONNET XII ROSSETTI AND LONGFELLOW

SONNET XIII ENGLAND AND ITALY

SONNET XV THE SONG-BRIDE

SONNET XVI THE SPEECH OF THE DEAD MAN

SONNET XVII THE WORLD'S MODEL

SONNET XVIII THE FIRST KISS

SONNET XIX THE LAST KISS

SONNET XX MY ISLAND

SONNET XXI OUR LOVE-LEGACY

SONNET XXII “THOU ART THE SAME”

SONNET XXIII “THOU ART THE SAME”

SONNET XXIV THE MIRAGE-RIVER

SONNET XXV FIRST LOVE

SONNET XXVI NEW LANDS, NEW POETS

SONNET XXVII LOST RICHES

SONNET XXVIII EVEN IN HELL

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I.

I. “OUT OF PLACE” AND “IN PLACE”

II.

II. TO “YOU”

III.

III. PAIN'S PURPOSE

IV.

IV. THE ONE STAR

V.

V. “I SEE FOR THEE”

VI.

VI. A RED SEA-WEED (A NEW YEAR'S GIFT)

VII.

VII. ANOTHER HILL

VIII.

VIII. “MORE, MORE, HAD I THE POWER’

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SPIRITUAL PASSION: TWO SONNETS

I.

THE BRIDEGROOM OF VENUS

THE DEATH OF LONDON

GOD AND THE SUN

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I.

I. ON THE PROPOSED CHANNEL TUNNEL

II.

II. WRITTEN AFTER SEEING MADAME SARAH BERNHARDT, AS DOÑA SOL IN VICTOR HUGO'S “HERNANI”

III.

III. LEON GAMBETTA

TO A YOUNG AMERICAN LADY

SONNET TO PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON

WRITTEN ON A WARM DAY IN DECEMBER

A SINGER'S EPITAPH

IN TOWN AT THE END OF A LONDON SEASON

THE FLOWERS' FLIGHT

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I.

II.

II. SINKAT AND MR. GLADSTONE

MANY LOVES, YET EACH INTENSE

WORDSWORTH AND THE MODERN SCHOOL

A SONG OF THE EARTH

UNITY IN COMPLEXITY

GOD'S JUDGMENT-DAY

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SONNETS FROM THE ARABIC

SONNET I THE MOON-RIVAL

SONNET II THE HIGHEST LOVE

SONNET III “WE CANNOT SAVE ONE ANOTHER FROM DEATH”

SONNET IV A SUDDEN PANG

SONNET V GENIUS AND WOMANHOOD

SONNET VI THY NAME

SONNET VII “IT SEEMS SO STRANGE”

SONNET VIII MY WINGED MESSENGERS

SONNET IX SADNESS

SONNET X LOVE'S MIGHT

SONNET XII THE STING OF DEATH

SONNET XIII “LOVE ALONE”

SONNET XIV LOVE AND SYMPATHY

SONNET XV “THE GREY DAWN”

SONNET XVI “PERHAPS ONE LOVE UNITES ALL”

SONNET XVII “AND NOW THE SAD THOUGHT”

SONNET XVIII “IF I DIE FIRST”

SONNET XIX “JUST ONE STAR”

SONNET XX “REST AT LAST”

WITHOUT AND WITHIN

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I. SEVEN YEARS AGO

II. TO ------ AND P. B. M.

III. ON READING “WIND-VOICES,” BY PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON

IV. TO P. B. M.

VI. TO P. B. M.

VII. THE LIGHT OF BATTLE, AND THE LIGHT OF LOVE

VIII. AN IDEAL POET

A HYMN OF IMMORTALITY

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V.

Vol. V: LOVED BEYOND WORDS

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I.

LOVED BEYOND WORDS

LOVE'S OFFERING

I.

I. THE RAPTURE OF LOVE

II.

II. “THE RIGHT TO LOVE”

III.

III. “SO MANY STARS HAVE SHONE”

IV.

IV. “MORE THAN THESE”

V.

VI.

VI. “ALL OVER LONDON NOW”

VII.

VII. THE INLAND-LOVE AND THE SEA-LOVE

VIII.

VIII. SURPRISED

IX.

IX. OTHER LOVES

X.

X. ONE GIRL'S LAUGHTER

XI.

XII.

XII. A CHRISTMAS CARD

XIII.

XIII. “I PRAISED THE LORD OF LOVE”

XIV.

XIV. AT THE LAST

XV.

XV. RESURRECTION

XVI.

XVI. THE POET'S DEATH-GIFT

XVII.

XVII. “THOU KNOWEST NOT NOW”

XVIII.

XVIII. THE DEATH OF TYRANNY

XIX.

XIX. THE INEVITABLE END

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXII. HOW CAN YOU UNDERSTAND?

XXIII.

XXIII. “IF I COULD DO SOME GREAT HIGH THING FOR THEE”

XXIV.

XXIV. “IF I MUST EVER CEASE”

XXV.

XXV. “HOW COULD I HELP IT?’

XXVI.

XXVI. THIS ONE THING

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXVIII. ONE JUNE-DAY

XXIX.

XXIX. TIMELESS WOE

XXX.

XXX. THE LOVE-SONG OF THE SEA

XXXI.

XXXI. SONG'S INSUFFICIENCY

XXXII.

XXXII. WORDLESS

XXXIII.

XXXIII. THE GIFTLESS DAYS

XXXIV.

XXXIV. JUST ONCE

XXXV.

XXXV. THE FLOWER AND THE NIGHT

XXXVI.

XXXVI. TOO HARD TO BEAR

XXXVII.

XXXVII. FOR THEE AND ME

XXXVIII.

XXXVIII. O FACE!

XXXIX.

XXXIX. IS IT ALL IN VAIN?

XL.

XL. A BLIND MAN'S AGONY

XLI.

XLI. LOVE'S LONGING

XLII.

XLIII.

XLIII. THE DEADLIEST PANG

XLIV.

XLIV. A FINAL BLESSING

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II.

LOVED BEYOND WORDS

LOVE'S PORTRAIT

I.

I. ETERNAL JUNES

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II.

II. LOVE AND LOVE

I.

II.

III.

III. THE SEA'S BLESSING

IV.

IV. “I THINK OF THEE”

V.

V. “IF I HAD NEVER SEEN THEE!”

VI.

VI. “WHAT CAN I DO FOR THEE?”

VII.

VII. “I WANDERED ALL THROUGH HEAVEN”

VIII.

VIII. FROM THE THEATRE TO THE COUNTRY

IX.

IX. CENTRALISATION

X.

X. “THE SUNSETS CAME TO ME”

XI.

XII.

XII. ENGLISH ART

XIII.

XIII. THEE, THE CROWN OF HISTORY

XIV.

XIV. “WHEN BEAUTY LIKE THINE”

XV.

XV. THE REVOLT OF NATURE

XVI.

XVII.

XVII. THE MARVELLOUS NIGHT

XVIII.

XVIII. FOR ONE HOUR

XIX.

XIX. A YEAR AGO

XX.

XX. GOD'S GOSPEL

XXI.

XXI. “THIS CHANGELESS GRACE”

XXII.

XXII. LOVE'S FINAL SWEETNESS

XXIII.

XXIII. “REMEMBER”

XXIV.

XXIV. MY LIFE'S BEST DEED

XXV.

XXVI.

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXVIII. THE PATH OF DEATH

XXIX.

XXIX. “YET THIS I ASK”

XXX.

XXX. “FATHER AND LOVER”

XXXI.

XXXI. MY ANCHOR

XXXII.

XXXII. “THIS THOU HAST TAUGHT ME”

XXXIII.

XXXIII. GOD'S LAURELS

XXXIV.

XXXIV. ANOTHER YEAR

XXXV.

XXXV. MY REWARD

XXXVI.

XXXVI. “HAUNTED FOR EVER”

XXXVII.

XXXVII. THE CROWNING GRACE

XXXVIII.

XXXVIII. PERFECT REST

XXXIX.

XXXIX. “IF CHRIST BE ‘RISEN INDEED’”

XL.

XLI.

XLI. STARS AND THE SUN

XLII.

XLII. FAIRY-LAND

XLIII.

XLIII. OLD DREAMS

XLIV.

XLIV. A MESSAGE

XLV.

XLVI.

XLVI. “THEE I CANNOT ESCAPE”

XLVII.

XLVII. LATE IN LIFE

XLVIII.

XLVIII. ONLY AT TIMES

XLIX.

L.

L. STRENGTH AND SWEETNESS

LI.

LI. “EVER UPON THY LIPS A GLEAM OF SADNESS LINGERS”

LII.

LII. LOVE'S TASK

LIII.

LIII. LOVE'S MESSAGE

LIV.

LIV. “HOW LITTLE DOES IT MATTER!”

LV.

LV. THE SUMMER AND LOVE

LVI.

LVI. THE DEATH OF ALL FLOWERS

LVII.

LVII. “MORE THAN THE FLOWERS FOR JUNE”

LVIII.

LVIII. LIKENESS IN UNLIKENESS

LIX.

LIX. FAIRY-TALES

LX.

LXI.

LXI. STARS, AND STARS

LXII.

LXII. “SO GREAT A THING”

LXIII.

LXIV.

LXIV. “IF SO THINE EYES WOULD NOT FORSAKE THE DREAM!”

LXV.

LXVI.

LXVI. MY LADY'S POST OF DANGER

LXVII.

LXVII. PAIN'S AGONY PASSES INTO AN AGONY OF LOVE

LXVIII.

LXVIII. “IS THIS TOO MUCHO?”

LXIX.

LXIX. THY DESCENT

LXX.

LXX. A WINTER'S DREAM

LXXI.

LXXI. THE DEATH OF SONG

LXXII.

LXXII. NOT IN VAIN

LXXIII.

LXXIII. MY SWEETEST BLOSSOM

LXXIV.

LXXIV. UNTRAVERSED TIME

LXXV.

LXXV. “IF ANY STRENGTH BE MINE”

LXXVI.

LXXVI. LOVE'S RIGHT

LXXVII.

LXXVII. A MASTERING AWE

LXXVIII.

LXXVIII. “A DIVINER FACE”

LXXIX.

LXXIX. EACH NIGHT

LXXX.

LXXXI.

LXXXI. LOVE'S SORROW

LXXXII.

LXXXII. “THOU ART ALIVE”

LXXXIII.

LXXXIII. CONCENTRATION

LXXXIV.

LXXXIV. “YET WHEN I STRIVE TO CEASE”

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LOVED BEYOND WORDS

I.

I. “LOVE ME WITH THINE EYES’

II.

II. “FIGHT ON”

III.

III. OUR VICTORY

IV.

IV. “ONE AGAINST MANY”

V.

V. SPRING MESSAGES

VI.

VI. THE OLD DREAM

VII.

VIII.

IX.

IX. A LOVE-SONG

X.

X. KNOWN, YET UNKNOWN

XI.

XII.

XII. “NOW LET ME REST”

XIII.

XIII. SUPREME REPOSE

XIV.

XIV. “BE THOU HAPPY!”

XV.

XV. SUPREME DEVOTION

XVI.

XVI. THE ONLY DEATH

XVII.

XVIII.

XVIII. A PRAYER

XIX.

XIX. “YET MORE SWEET”

XX.

XX. THE WOMAN AND THE GIRL

XXI.

XXI. ART AND LOVE

XXII.

XXII. THE POET AND THE LADY

XXIII.

XXIII. GOD'S YEARNING

XXIV.

XXIV. LOVE'S OTHER HALF

XXV.

XXV. A DYING POET'S LOVE

XXVI.

XXVI. TWO DREAMS

XXVII.

XXVII. “IF ONLY THOU ART THERE!”

XXVII.

XXVIII. “BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD”

XXIX.

XXX.

XXX. “ETERNAL BOYHOOD”

XXXI.

XXXI. JACOB AND RACHEL

XXXII.

XXXII. LOVE AND ART

XXXIII.

XXXIII. A POET'S SOUL

XXXIV.

XXXIV. ‘ACROSS THE STARS”

XXXV.

XXXV. THE SUPREME LOVE

XXXVI.

XXXVI. “LOVE'S INVINCIBILITY”

XXXVII.

XXXVII. A PRAYER FOR THE FUTURE

XXXVIII.

XXXVIII. “LIFE AND DEATH”

XXXIX.

XXXIX. THE ENDING OF LOVE'S QUEST

XL.

XL. “IF I HAD LOST THEE!”

XLI.

XLI. “THE HIGHEST GOAL”

XLII.

XLII. THY GIRLISH THOUGHTS

XLIII.

XLIII. THE VICTOR

XLIV.

XLIV. “THINE HIGHEST LOVE”

XLV.

XLV. FLOWER AND FRUIT

XLVI.

XLVI. “FORSAKE ME NOT”

XLVII.

XLVII. THY REWARD

XLVIII.

XLIX.

XLIX. “UPON THE SEA!”

L.

L. “JOY AND TEARS”

LI.

LII.

LII. GREAT AND SMALL

LIII.

LIII. “THE LORD WATCH BETWEEN ME AND THEE!”

LIV.

LV.

LV. “IF THOU WILT LOVE ME, LOVE”

LVI.

LVI. THY WOMANHOOD

LVII.

LVII. THE FRONTIER-POST

LVIII.

LVIII. ANOTHER YEAR

LIX.

LIX. “THE ARMY BEHIND THE MAN”

LX.

LX. LOVE'S SILENCE

LXI.

LXI. OUT OF SIGHT OF LAND

LXII.

LXII. GOD AND MAN

LXIII.

LXIII. MUTUAL LOVE

LXIV.

LXIV. CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS MINISTERS

LXV.

LXV. EVEN IN HEAVEN

LXVI.

LXVI. BEAUTY OF SOUL

LXVII.

LXVII. LOVE UNDREAMED-OF

LXVIII.

LXVIII. “THE DIVINE IN THEE”

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Vol VI: THE PAGEANT OF LIFE

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TWO CHRISTMAS SONGS

I.

I. SONG OF THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM

II.

II. SONG OF WOMEN-SPIRITS

THE YOUNG GENIUS

YOUNG GIRL'S SONG

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I.

I. A SOUTHERN VENGEANCE

II.

II. “YO HO! YO HO!”

III.

III. THE BLACK FLAG

IV.

IV. THE FAIRY BELLS

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A POET'S GETHSEMANE

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I.

Part I. THE AGONY OF YOUTH

I.

II.

II. AT OXFORD. SIX WEEKS LATER.

III.

III. LONDON. IN JUNE AND JULY.

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Part II. THE AGONY OF MANHOOD

I.

II.

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SONGS OF THE SEASONS

I.

I. SONG OF SPRING

II.

II. SONG OF SUMMER

III.

III. SONG OF AUTUMN

IV.

IV. SONG OF WINTER

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CHRIST IN THE HEART

I.

I. CHRIST, AND THE POET

II.

II. CHRIST, AND THE LOVER

III.

III. CHRIST, AND THE MAN OF GENIUS

IV.

IV. CHRIST, AND THE POOR MAN

V.

V. CHRIST, AND THE SOCIAL REFORMER

VI.

VI. CHRIST, AND THE KING

VII.

VII. CHRIST, AND THE PHILOSOPHER

VIII.

VIII. CHRIST, AND THE LOST WOMAN

A VOICE FROM HEAVEN

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NATURE AND HUMANITY

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I.

I.

I. SONG OF THE FLOWERS

II.

II. SONG OF THE RIVERS

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III.

III. SONG OF THE SEA

I.

II.

IV.

IV. SONG OF THE STARS

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I.

I. VOICES OF HUMANITY

I.

I. CHANT OF POSITIVISTS

II.

II. CHANT OF CHRISTIANS

III.

III. CHANT OF POETS

IV.

IV. CHANT OF WOMEN

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II. BALLADS OF HUMAN LIFE

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I.

I.

II.

II. THE TOURNAMENT

III.

III. CHRISTMAS FAIRIES

IV.

V.

V. LOVE'S ETERNITY

VI.

VI. MIDNIGHT AT THE HELM

VII.

VII. THE GHOST AT THE WHEEL

VIII.

VIII. THE SENTRY

IX.

IX. THE ENGINE DRIVER

X.

X. ON THE RAMPARTS

XI.

XI. THE EXPLORER

XII.

XII. THE BURNING SHIP

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II.

I.

I. THE SONG OF ABOU KLEA

II.

II. ENGLAND HO! FOR ENGLAND

III.

III. THE WORKMAN-KING

IV.

V.

VI.

VI. THE PATHWAY OF LIFE

VII.

VII. THE PILOT'S WIFE

VIII.

VIII. THE DEAD CHILD

IX.

IX. THE SHADOW AT THE DOOR

X.

X. SADNESS AND GLADNESS

XI.

XI. NEAR AT HAND

XII.

XII. LOVE AND DEATH

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III. LYRICS OF LOVE AND PASSION

I.

II.

II. A LOST LOVE

III.

III. A SUMMER DAY

IV.

V.

V. “WILT THOU REMEMBER?”

VI.

VI. FOR EVER YOUNG

VII.

VII. AUTUMNAL LOVE

VIII.

VIII. “GIVE ME THAT ROSE!”

IX.

IX. A TUFT OF MEADOW-SWEET

X.

X. A HEART IN ARMOUR

XI.

XII.

XII. LOVE THE CONQUEROR

XIII.

XIII. “MY ALL!”

XIV.

XIV. “LOVERS STILL!”

XV.

XV. “AH! ONCE I THOUGHT I LOVED THE ROSE”

XVI.

XVI. “WHY SEEK FOR LOVE BEYOND THE SKY?”

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II.

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CHORUS OF SPIRITS OF LIGHT

I.

II.

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VII.

Vol VII: FROM DAWN TO SUNSET

ELEVEN YEARS AGO

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LYRICS AND BALLADS

I.

II.

II “THE BRIGHT YOUNG DAYS”

III.

III. THE LAND EVERLASTING

IV.

IV. AUTUMN WAILINGS

V.

V. THE TEARLESS DAYS

VI.

VI. CHANGELESS LOVE

VII.

VII. PAIN'S CONSTANCY

VIII.

VIII. “IF ONLY THOU ART TRUE!”

IX.

IX. A DREAM OF A FLOWER

X.

XI.

XI. BLACKBERRY PICKING

XII.

XII. RED LEAVES AND GREEN LEAVES

XIII.

XIII. SISTER ROSES

XIV.

XIV. SPRING AND AUTUMN

XV.

XV. SHOREHAM CHURCH

XVI.

XVI. A BALLAD OF WINTER

XVII.

XVII. THE GOLDEN ISLES

XVIII.

XVIII. THE GOLDEN CARP

XIX.

XIX. AUTUMN LEAVES

XX.

XX. HARROW HILL

XXI.

XXI. CHURCH-BELLS

XXII.

XXII. THE VOICE OF THE RIVER

XXIII.

XXIII. LIFE'S LAST GIFT

“HALF-SEEN!”

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I.

I. REPRESENTATIVE SOUNDS

II.

II. REPRESENTATIVE COLOURS

THE LAST FAREWELL

ON THE DEATH OF DR. CUMMING

HARROW v. ETON AT LORD'S

VENUS AND THE EVANGELISTS

POETRY AND SCIENCE

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I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

SONNET TO ERNEST BIRCH

AN EASTERN YEARNING

THIS TIME LAST YEAR

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FRUITLESS CREATION

I.

I. THE FIRST STAR

II.

II. THE LAST STAR

III.

III. THE SECOND PARADISE

IV.

IV. THE SECOND FALL

THE SINGERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

LOVE'S PLEADING

“AMONG THE WILDWOOD BOWERS”

“THE SWEETEST LOVE IS OVER”

A POET'S VENGEANCE

“THE ETERNAL SILENCE”

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I.

I. LOVE, AND DREAMS OF LOVE

II.

III.

III. LOVE'S FINAL POWERS

“NEVER FAREWELL TO THEE!”

THE ETERNAL LIFE

THE ACTIVE DEAD

THE CROWN OF DEATH

THE REAL AND THE IDEAL

CHARLES GEORGE GORDON:

THE DIRECT AND THE INDIRECT TOUCH

A POET'S THOUGHTS

LOVE'S ARGUMENT

PAST AND FUTURE

WOMAN AND NATURE

SONNET TO ENGLAND

“THE SOVEREIGN ROSE”

PURITY OF HEART

“THE MIGHTY MANY-SOUNDING ENGLISH SEA”

“WILL YOU GET ME SOME FAIRY-TALES?”

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DRAMATIC DIALOGUES

I.

BORN UPON NEW YEAR'S DAY

A QUEEN'S MANDATE

THE ARTIST-SOUL

THE HEAVENLY ARMIES

THE LONDON STREETS

GAZING BACKWARD

THE WOMANHOOD OF THE FUTURE

“HAVE FAITH IN TRUTH”

THE INSPIRING SPIRITS

“THE PURE IN HEART”

THE BACKGROUND OF LANDSCAPE

SOUL TO SOUL, IN HELL

DOUBLE PICTURES

SELF-FORGETFULNESS

SIN,—AND FORGIVENESS

AFTER WEARY YEARS

WOMAN, AND GENIUS

LOVE'S TEACHING

A WOMAN'S HEART

UNCONSCIOUS TEACHING

BEYOND, EVER BEYOND

THE BORDER-BATTLE

THE VOYAGE OF DEATH

THE DEPTH OF HELL

THE ETERNAL DEATH

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VIII.

TO MY FRIEND ARTHUR HERVEY

A YOUNG GIRL'S DREAM

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THE FEAST OF LANTERNS

I.

I. THE LANTERNS

II.

II. A VOICE FROM THE SEA

III. THE DAY AFTER

JOHN HENRY NEWMAN AND VICTOR HUGO

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[This time last year, mother, thou wast with me—]

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I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXIX.

XXX.

XXXI.

XXXII.

XXXIII.

XXXIV.

XXXV.

XXXVI.

XXXVII.

XXXVIII.

XXXIX.

XL.

XLI.

XLII.

XLIII.

XLIV.

XLV.

XLVI.

XLVII.

XLVIII.

XLIX.

L.

LI.

LII.

LIII.

LIV.

LV.

LVI.

LVII.

LVIII.

LIX.

LX.

LXI.

LXII.

LXIII.

LXIV.

LXV.

LXVI.

LXVII.

LXVIII.

LXIX.

LXX.

LXXI.

LXXII.

LXXIII.

LXXIV.

LXXV.

LXXVI.

LXXVII.

LXXVIII.

LXXIX.

LXXX.

LXXXI.

LXXXII.

LXXXIII.

LXXXIV.

LXXXV.

LXXXVI.

LXXXVII.

LXXXVIII.

LXXXIX.

XC.

XCI.

XCII.

XCIII.

XCIV.

XCV.

XCVI.

XCVII.

XCVIII.

XCIX.

C.

CI.

CII.

THE STORY OF THE LIFE OF CALEB SMITH THE METHODIST MINISTER

TO THE UNIVERSE-GOD

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IX.

TO THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND

A LONDON SEASON

“AS WE GROW OLDER”

WOMANHOOD AND MANHOOD

“HEAVEN IS NO LAND REMOTE”

“ONLY THE STARS AND SEA”

“DRIFTING ALONE”

THE WOMANHOOD OF FRANCE

THE LONELY YEARNING

CHRIST'S WOMANHOOD

“DEATH EQUALIZES ALL”

THE PERSONALITY OF WOMAN

THE STAR-GARDENS

“THE HOUR LONG WAITED FOR”

ALFRED TENNYSON

THE POET AND FATE

THE SINGER'S DOOM

“NOT ALWAY”

THE UNSEEN LAND

THE LONG PARTING

“THE SONG OF THE BELLS”

SONNET To my Wife, on the Seventeenth Anniversary of our Wedding Day

“DREAM-LOVE”

THE TRIUMPH OF THE BARDS:

THE FOUNTS OF SONG

FROM ETERNITY TO ETERNITY

“HER LAST COURT”

THE PALACE OF THE DEAD

“HOPE DIES’

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TWO SONNETS WRITTEN AFTER WITNESSING SARAH BERNHARDT'S PERFORMANCE OF THE PART OF “LA TOSCA”

I.

II.

“LOVE YIELDS HIS SLAVES UP NEVER”

SONNET To L. Cranmer-Byng

STARS UNCOUNTED

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I.

I. THE GIFTS OF TIME

II.

II. ANOTHER MEETING

III.

III. GOLDEN LOVE

IV.

IV. HAPPIER DAYS

V.

VI.

VI. “ONE DAY’

VII.

VII. “FAR IN THE YEARS BEHIND”

VIII.

VIII. RUSHLIGHT LOVE

IX.

X.

X. “GOOD-NIGHT!”

“THE WAY THE WORLD GOES ROUND”

THE ROSE AND THE LILY

“HOW SWEET THE WORLD CAN BE!”

THE RIVER'S BRIDE

SONNET To L. Cranmer-Byng

A SONG OF THE SEA

LOVE AND LEARNING:

A POET'S MADNESS

A WORD OF WISDOM

“WHEN ALL THE WORLD IS BRIGHT WITH MORN”

A SONG FOR ENGLAND

A PRINCE'S RETURN

ENGLAND AND ART

A SILVER WEDDING

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I.

SONNET I “ALONE WITH TRUTH”

SONNET II THE ROSE

SONNET III ONE GODDESS

SONNET IV ÉMILE ZOLA

SONNET V “O SPIRIT OF TRUTH”

SONNET VI FOR A DREAM

THE LIFE ETERNAL

THE LATE BISHOP OF DURHAM

ENGLAND'S CHOICE

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“THROUGH WOMAN”

I.

II.

“GOD'S HOLIEST SHRINE”

“THE DREAM THAT WE BEHELD”

“THE SOUL'S EMBRACE”

“LOST PARADISE”

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“THE ASTRAL BODY”

I.

II.

“WE CANNOT ESTIMATE THE WORTH OF THINGS”

LINES WRITTEN BY ONE GRADUALLY GROWING BLIND

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SONNETS (1870-1882)

I.

SONNET I BEAUTY'S SPLENDOUR

II.

SONNET II THE LOVE OF THE FUTURE

III.

SONNET III CONFESSION OF MY FAITH

IV.

SONNET IV CONFESSION OF MY FAITH

V.

SONNET V THE CHASE OF BEAUTY

VI.

SONNET VI THE PURPLE WINGS

VII.

SONNET VII THE WAKING OF BEAUTY

VIII.

SONNET VIII POESY

IX.

SONNET IX POESY

X.

SONNET X “PRAISE BEAUTY!”

XI.

SONNET XI “PRAISE BEAUTY!”

XII.

SONNET XII THE ROSE OF NIGHT

XIII.

SONNET XIII A HORROR AND A CALM

XIV.

SONNET XIV A MARRIAGE PRAYER

XV.

SONNET XV LOVE'S RELIEF

XVI.

SONNET XVI THINE HANDS

XVII.

SONNET XVII WHITE AND BLACK

XVIII.

SONNET XVIII YEARNING AND ITS MUSIC-ANSWER

XIX.

SONNET XIX YEARNING AND ITS MUSIC-ANSWER

XX.

SONNET XX PSYCHE'S ZONE

XXI.

SONNET XXI PURSUIT AND CAPTURE

XXII.

SONNET XXII AN EMBODIED MUSIC

XXIII.

SONNET XXIII “THOU SHALT DRAW ME”

XXIV.

SONNET XXIV DAY BY DAY

XXV.

SONNET XXV “GRECIAN AND ENGLISH”

XXVI.

SONNET XXVI “ANGER IS OFTTIMES HOLY”

XXVII.

SONNET XXVII “BORN OUT OF DUE TIME”

XXVIII.

SONNET XXVIII MY GIFT

ENGLAND AND PALESTINE

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NINETEENTH CENTURY SONNETS

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

PRIESTS AND POETS

“IN A STRANGE DREAM”

TO THE SPIRIT OF BEAUTY

MAN'S OVERTHROW

THE PERSONAL GOD

TO THE UNKNOWN FATHER OF JESUS

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MAY: AN EPISODE

I.

I. SEPTEMBER TO MAY

II.

II. A SONG OF MAY

III.

III. A CHRISTMAS EVE

IV.

V.

V. LOVE, THE TEACHER

VI.

VI. “SUMMER IN HIS SONG”

VII.

VII. “ONE HOUR OF MAY'S”

VIII.

VIII. “IF I GO FIRST”

IX.

IX. “CHRISTMAS EVE AND NEW YEAR'S DAY”

X.

X. ARMED FOR THE BATTLE

XI.

XI. MY SEA-BIRD

XII.

XII. REST AT LAST

XIII.

XIII. THE HIGHER LOVE

XIV.

XIV. “JUST A YEAR”

XV.

XV. “PASSION BLOSSOMS, THEN DIES”

XVI.

XVI. LOVE IN LONDON

XVII.

XVII. “LOVE ALONE”

XVIII.

XVIII. A MESSENGER

XIX.

XIX. THE TEMPTER

XX.

XX. “FORGIVE, FORGET”

XXI.

XXI. “THE HEART OF MAY”

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIII. ONE DAY IN SPRING

XXIV.

XXIV. A SPRING-SONG

XXV.

XXV. “LOVE'S GREETING FROM THE SEA”

XXVI.

XXVI. PURENESS' CROWN

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXVIII. “TWO RUBIES”

A DAY AND A NIGHT IN ROME

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I.

I. LINES WRITTEN IN MID WINTER

II.

II. A NEW YEAR'S GREETING

III.

III. “THY LIPS ON MINE!”

IV.

V.

V. A YEAR OF LOVE

VI.

VI. MY “DUCHESS”

VII.

VII. SINGER AND SINGER

VIII.

VIII. A BIRTHDAY

IX.

IX. “A YOUNG GIRL'S HEART”

A MAN'S VENGEANCE

THE GOSPEL OF SCIENCE

“THE RED ROSE HATH ITS SPLENDOUR”

FLOWER-FRAGRANCE

LONDON IN NOVEMBER

THE SUDDEN GLANCES

“IN THE GLAD PSALMS”

THE CONQUEST OF DEATH

GOD'S DIRECT VOICE

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I.

I. ON THE IMPENDING EXECUTION OF FLORENCE MAYBRICK

II.

II. THE FIRST STONE

TO ARTHUR HERVEY

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I.

II.

ON THE RUMOURED RESIGNATION OF LORD SALISBURY

“MELODRAMATIC, OVER-SWEET.”— A Critic.

“THE GREATER NEEDS THE LESS”

TO PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON

“HEROD” AND “ULYSSES”

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I.

I. “TIME'S FLOWERS AND FRUIT”

II.

II. “INTERPRETERS SUPREME”

A CORONATION POEM

“NOT BY THE CONQUEST OF THE WORLD”

THE INDELIBLE STAIN

“THIS EMPIRE'S CORONATION ROBES”

“THIS THOUGHT”

THE ANGLO-JAPANESE TREATY

THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, AND ITS FRUITS

VICTOR HUGO'S CENTENARY

THE CENTENARY OF ALEXANDRE DUMAS PÈRE

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I.

SONNET I “HEROES HOMERIC”

II.

SONNET II THE EDUCATION BILL

III.

SONNET III “IN ART'S HIGH NAME”

IV.

SONNET IV RE-INCARNATE ENEMIES

V.

SONNET V “PALE TIME IS NOUGHT”

VI.

SONNET VI THE UNSEEN STRUGGLE

VII.

SONNET VII ENGLAND AND ART

VIII.

SONNET VIII “FOR FRANCE”

IX.

SONNET IX TO VIOLET

X.

SONNET X “REMEMBER”

XI.

SONNET XI “FOR GOOD OR EVIL”

XII.

SONNET XII Written on the evening of the Coronation Day of King Edward the Seventh.

XIII.

SONNET XIII “WOE TO THE MAN”

XIV.

SONNET XIV “IS THERE REDEMPTION?”

XV.

SONNET XV THE SONS OF SCIENCE

XVI.

SONNET XVI CHRIST'S METHOD

XVII.

SONNET XVII UNIVERSE-SWEETNESS

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

SONNET XX “CONFLICTING GODS”

XXI.

SONNET XXI “THE DIVINE FEMININE”

XXII.

SONNET XXII THE VIRGIN MARY

“WHEN THE ROSE BECOMES INCARNATE”

“PERFECT SLEEP”

“THE ANGEL”

ON THE DEATH OF ÉMILE ZOLA

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EIGHTEEN SONNETS (1903)

I.

SONNET I HECTOR MACDONALD

II.

SONNET II “WHEN MACEDONIA RISES”

III.

SONNET III TO A GREAT POET

IV.

SONNET IV “IN FRANCE ALONE!”

V.

SONNET V “LOVE AND BEAUTY”

VI.

SONNET VI BEAUTY AND HOLINESS

VII.

SONNET VII TO A BROTHER POET

VIII.

SONNET VIII THE WORLD-CONQUEROR

IX.

SONNET IX THE ELEMENTAL SOUL

X.

SONNET X CHRIST AND APOLLO

XI.

SONNET XI “LONDON I LOVED”

XII.

SONNET XII “THE ENGLISH SPIRIT IS CHANGED”

XIII.

SONNET XIII JOHN MORLEY

XIV.

SONNET XIV WILLIAM WATSON

XV.

SONNET XV “WHERE RUSKIN DREAMED”

XVI.

SONNET XVI “THE DREAM DIVINE”

XVII.

SONNET XVII “RECORD!”

XVIII.

SONNET XVIII A LAST WORD

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XI.

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I.

I THE UNIVERSE-CENTRE

II “POWERS SUPREMER”

“EVER MINE”

THE CELTIC MOVEMENT

“THE STERNEST HOUR”

“WHEN LIFE WAS YOUNG”

“THOU DOST ENDURE”

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I.

“OUR LEADER”

“OUR LEADER”

THE SOUL OF ENGLAND

A POET AND A STATESMAN

FOUNDER'S DAY AT HARROW

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FOUR SONNETS ON MACEDONIA

I.

I ENGLAND'S MOMENT

II.

II A TRIPLE ALLIANCE

III.

III TO THE POPE

IV.

IV TO THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND

“IF BUT THE DEAD WERE LIFTED QUITE”

CHINESE LABOUR IN SOUTH AFRICA

WORDSWORTH'S FOREBODING

THE UNPARDONABLE CRIME

THE VAIN SEARCH

ON THE BISHOP OF HEREFORD'S SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, AGAINST CHINESE SLAVERY

TO A SILENT SINGER

TO THE AUTHOR OF “FOR ENGLAND”

THE BATTLE OF THE SEA OF JAPAN

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I.

AN ACTOR'S BURIAL

II.

AN ACTOR'S BURIAL

THE ANGEL OF ENGLAND

“A ROSE OF GOD”

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I.

THE NOBLER WOMAN

II.

THE NOBLER WOMAN

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I.

TO THE MEMORY OF A GREAT QUEEN

II.

TO THE MEMORY OF A GREAT QUEEN

III.

TO THE MEMORY OF A GREAT QUEEN

IV.

TO THE MEMORY OF A GREAT QUEEN

ON THE MURDER OF THE KING AND CROWN PRINCE OF PORTUGAL

THE HIGHER ENGLAND

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TO THE UNCHANGED GOD

THE WRESTLE FOR A SOUL

TO THE REV. STOPFORD A. BROOKE, ON HIS LEAVING THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

NOT CHRIST, BUT CHRIST'S GOD

PANTHEISTIC DREAMS

HEAVEN AND WOMAN

LOVE'S IMMORTALITY

“TO-MORROW'S ROSE”

QUESTION AND ANSWER

A DEDICATION TO LOUISA S. BEVINGTON

THE HUMAN LITANY

FROM CHURCH TO THE SEA

AN ACTOR'S TRIUMPH

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I.

SONNET I MARY MAGDALENE

II.

SONNET II TO IRELAND

III.

SONNET III A SON TO A MOTHER

IV.

SONNET IV IN VENICE

V.

SONNET V GOD AND WOMAN

VI.

SONNET VI FORSAKEN

VII.

SONNET VII “GOD LOVES ALL THINGS”

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PASSION AND LOVE

VIII.

SONNET VIII I PASSION

IX.

SONNET IX II LOVE

X.

SONNET X THE LONELY SENTINEL

XI.

SONNET XI A LOVER TO HIS MISTRESS

XII.

SONNET XII THE ANCIENT MOON

XIII.

SONNET XIII TWO NIGHTS

XIV.

SONNET XIV BETHLEHEM AND THE GREEN PARK

XV.

SONNET XV “IF ONE COULD LIVE FOR EVER!”

XVI.

SONNET XVI THIS CENTURY,—AND THE NEXT

XVII.

SONNET XVII LOVE THAT ENDURES

“TOO SOON!”

“YONDER A CLOUD!”

“IF I WERE AS OLD AS YOU!”

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POST-MORTEM SURPRISES

I.

II.

FATE'S EQUAL MEASURE

PAST MANY YEARS

“THE SAME FLOWERS BUD, THE SAME FLOWERS BLOW”

“WHEN ALL THE TOIL IS ENDED”

MAN AND THE DEMIURGUS

“IT WERE BETTER FOR HIM—”

A MODERN PREACHER

“A YEAR AGO”

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THE TWO PROPHETS

I.

II.

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I.

I MERCY AND JUSTICE

II.

II THE GREAT CHANGE

THE HOLIER SEPULCHRE

“NOUGHT PERISHES”

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HEAVENLY WHISPERS

THE HIGHER BEAUTY

“MY QUEEN AND I”

“THINE EYES SHALL SEE THE KING!”

LIGHT IN DARKNESS

“LITTLE THINGS”

“HOME AT LAST!”

“THE MOMENT CAME”

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I.

SONNET I THE FACES OF THE FUTURE

II.

SONNET II SHOULD I NOT RETURN?

III.

SONNET III THE CERTAIN SKY

IV.

SONNET IV DEATH TRANSFORMED

V.

SONNET V DEATH'S TENDERNESS

“THE ENDING OF THE DAY”

“A SOUL'S PURE RADIANCE”

“THE DEAD HAVE NOT DEPARTED”

“CAN I FORGET?”

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SONGS OF ENGLAND AWAKING

ENGLAND AWAKING

LE FAUX BONHOMME

LORD ROBERTS' SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS

THE MODERN WOMAN

THE PATRIOT VOTER

POWDER AND PATRIOTISM

A WORD FOR THE ARMY

THE ELEVENTH HOUR

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SONNETS OF EMPIRE

I.

SONNET I A PRIME MINISTER

II.

SONNET II A PRAYER

III.

SONNET III A CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

IV.

SONNET IV PERFECT IGNOMINY

V.

SONNET V VICTORY

VI.

SONNET VI “ONCE AGAIN”

VII.

SONNET VII A LIBERAL PROGRAMME

VIII.

SONNET VIII “BRAVE WORDS!”

IX.

SONNET IX OUR “MODERATES”

X.

SONNET X THE CHARGE OF THE PEERS' BRIGADE

XI.

SONNET XI FIELD-MARSHAL EARL ROBERTS

XII.

SONNET XII M. MÉLINE AND MR. ASQUITH

XIII.

SONNET XIII ENGLAND DECADENT

XIV.

SONNET XIV CHRISTMAS, 1910

XV.

SONNET XV THERE AND HERE

XVI.

SONNET XVI THE WRITING ON THE WALL

XVII.

SONNET XVII THE DECLARATION OF LONDON

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XVIII.

SONNET XVIII FOR CORONATION DAY, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1911.

XIX.

SONNET XIX FOR CORONATION DAY, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1911.

XX.

SONNET XX THE GREAT BETRAYAL

XXI.

SONNET XXI THE NAVAL PRIZE BILL

XXII.

SONNET XXII WOMAN SUFFRAGE

SONG FOR THE BOYS OF BRITAIN

THE HIGHER WOMAN

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THE REAL AND THE IDEAL

Some live through many lives. Some pass at once
Beyond the region of our stars and suns
Into a higher air.
Back some return, and ever back again—
Renew their pleasures, and renew their pain;
Their foreheads once again are grooved with care.

With lust some souls for countless ages burn:
Some after earth's high prizes pant and yearn
And toil for years untold,
Some seek for raptures won at point of sword
And for wild battle's turbulent reward
For ages. Some for centuries worship gold.

The beauty of form that womanhood reveals,
A robe which half displays and half conceals
The spirit's deeper charm—

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The glory of this may keep a soul spell-bound
For centuries that lapse past without a sound.
His heaven is in sweet curve of breast or arm.

The joy of holding manhood's heart enchained—
For this joy many a woman has remained
On earth for centuries long.
A robin here and there repeats one note
Till, wildly in love with his own throbbing throat,
He greets eternal mornings with his song.

There are, I doubt not, souls on earth to-day
Who watched the waves in many a Grecian bay
Break, with their ripples blue.
Some hearts have loved a woman's form so well
That only to possess her soul were hell:—
These tarry on earth for a myriad ages too.

Helen is here mayhap, and Paris' face
Troubled to madness by her changeless grace.
Napoleon haunts the field
Of ominous Waterloo. He is not dead:
He still confronts the line of moveless red,
And cannot die because he will not yield.

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Hosts of uneasy spirits cannot pass.
All souls who fail in the earth-sphere to amass
Sufficient spirit-power,
Too weak to enter on the life beyond,
Still travail here, and sorrow, and despond:
For ever in the bud, they cannot flower.

Lovers have found their ladies' lips so sweet
That they have prayed for nothing save to meet
Those lips eternally.
God grants their prayer; for back to life they come
And haunt unalterably their earthly home
And watch the same sun light the same grey sea.

But those who pass and never need to turn
Back to this earth-sphere, live and love and yearn
And labour in higher ways.
Theirs is reality. Ours is the dream.
They live and love indeed. We only seem
To live and love. We twine pale phantom-bays.

The soul's eternal never-cloying kiss,
This has the true possession in it,—this
Is sweeter than the dream,

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The phantom of a kiss that has detained
Millions of lingering hearts its ghost-touch gained
While earth-suns glimmered on green wood or blue stream.