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Ariel and Caliban with other poems

Cranch, Christopher Pearse (1813-1892)

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ARIEL AND CALIBAN.
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LIONEL AND LUCILLE.
  
SAN BORONDON.
  
THE OLD YEAR.
  
THE CENTENNIAL YEAR.
  
AFTER THE CENTENNIAL.
  
A NIGHT-PICTURE.
  
A CHILD-SAVIOR.
  
AN OLD UMBRELLA.
  
TO IONE.
  
AFTER-LIFE.
  
PRINCE YOUSUF AND THE ALCAYDE.
  
ROSAMOND.
  
A QUESTION.
  
MY STUDIO.
  
TALENT AND GENIUS.
  
VENICE.
  
THE TWO DREAMS.
  
AT THE GRAVE OF KEATS.
  
BROKEN WINGS.
  
SEA PICTURES.
  
ARS LONGA, VITA BREVIS.
  
LOVE'S VOYAGE.
  
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.
  
A WORD TO PHILOSOPHERS.
  
THE COAL-FIRE.
  
TWO VIEWS OF IT.
  
OLD AND YOUNG.
  
THE VICTORIES OF PEACE.
  
SUMMER DAWN.
  
THE OLD APPLE-WOMAN.
  
THE WEATHER-PROPHET.
  
OMAR KHAYYÁM.
  
LONGFELLOW.
  
RALPH WALDO EMERSON.
  
FREDERICK HENRY HEDGE, D. D.
  
SO FAR, SO NEAR.
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SONNETS.
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TO E. P. C.
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SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD.
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XVIII. THE FIRESIDE.
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XIX. THE LADY'S SONNET. TWILIGHT.
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XX. THE LOVER'S SONNET. MIDNIGHT.
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XXI. THE PINES AND THE SEA.
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XXII. PENNYROYAL.
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XXIII. BEETHOVEN'S FIFTH SYMPHONY.
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XXIV. THE SECEDERS. 1.
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XXV. [THE SECEDERS.] 2.
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XXVI. IN A LIBRARY. 1.
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XXVII. [IN A LIBRARY.] 2.
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XXVIII. PAST SORROWS.
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XXIX. LIFE AND DEATH. 1.
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XXX. [LIFE AND DEATH.] 2.
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XXXI. [LIFE AND DEATH.] 3.
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XXXII. [LIFE AND DEATH.] 4.
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XXXIII. [LIFE AND DEATH.] 5.
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XXXIV. [LIFE AND DEATH.] 6.
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XXXV. [LIFE AND DEATH.] 7.
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XXXVI. [LIFE AND DEATH.] 8.
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XXXVII. TO JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER.
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XXXVIII. TO OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. ÆT. 70.
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XXXIX. BAYARD TAYLOR.
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XL. JOHN WEISS.
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XLI. GEORGE RIPLEY.
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XLII. TO G. W. C.
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XLIII. LONDON.
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XLIV. VEILED MEMORIES.
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XLV. TENNYSON. 1.
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XLVI. [TENNYSON.] 2.
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XLVII. TO G. W. C.
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XLVIII. GLADSTONE.
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XLIX. J. R. L. (ON HIS HOMEWARD VOYAGE.) 1.
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L. [J. R. L. (ON HIS HOMEWARD VOYAGE.)] 2.
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LI. THE HUMAN FLOWER. 1.
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LII. [THE HUMAN FLOWER.] 2.
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LIII. AUGUST.
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LIV. IDLE HOURS.
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LV. MUSIC AND POETRY. 1.
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LVI. [MUSIC AND POETRY.] 2.
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LVII. TO SLEEP.
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ORMUZD AND AHRIMAN.
  
A POET'S SOLILOQUY.

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LV. MUSIC AND POETRY.
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Sing, poets, as ye list, of fields, of flowers,
Of changing seasons with their brilliant round
Of keen delights, or themes still more profound—
Where soul through sense transmutes this world of ours.
There is a life intense beyond your powers
Of utterance, which the ear alone has found
In the aerial fields of rhythmic sound—
The inviolate pathways and air-woven bowers
Built by entwining melodies and chords.
Ah, could I find some correspondent sign
Matching such wondrous art with fitting words!
But vain the task. Within his hallowed shrine
Apollo veils his face. No muse records
In human speech such mysteries divine.
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