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The poems and prose writings of Sumner Lincoln Fairfield

In two volumes
Fairfield, Sumner Lincoln (1803-1844)

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Vol. I.
  
THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN.
  
HOUSEHOLD HOURS.
  
THE SUMMER EVENING HYMN.
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THE LAST NIGHT OF POMPEII:
  
PREFACE.
  
THE ARGUMENT.
 1. 
CANTO I.
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CANTO II.
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CANTO III.
  
WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
  
PERE LA CHAISE.
  
AN EVENING SONG OF PIEDMONT.
  
THE COURTEZAN.
  
THE LOZEL.
  
LINES COMPOSED WHILE ASCENDING THE MISSISSIPPI.
  
THE HOUR OF DEATH.
  
TO MY SON IN HEAVEN.
  
SONNET.
  
TO MY DAUGHTER GENEVIEVE.
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SONGS TO CLARA.
  
SONNET.
  
GRAVE WATCHING.
  
THE CONFESSIONAL.
  
FANCY'S FAITH.
  
THE SUNSET VOICE.
  
THE SACHEM'S CHANT.
  
THE TREASURE OF THE FOREST.
  
THE SULIOTE POLEMARQUE.
  
SONG.
  
REMEMBERED WRONGS.
  
MEMENTO MORI.
  
THE AUSPICES.
  
THE POET'S NIGHT SOLITUDE.
  
SONNET.
  
THE AUTUMNAL EVE.
  
SONNET.
  
THE TRIAL OF THE TROTH.
  
MUSIC AMALGAMATED.
  
THANKSGIVING.
  
ANCIENT WORSHIP.
  
SONNET.
  
THE LAY OF THE LOST.
  
NIGHT-DREAMS.
  
ABADDON, THE SPIRIT OF DESTRUCTION.
  
TO ISOLINA.
  
THE LAY OF THE COLONIST.
  
THE DIRGE.
  
A MONODY.
  
GLENDALOCH.
  
SONNET.
  
PHANTASIE.
  
THE REIGN OF GENIUS.
  
THE LAY OF THE FATHERLESS.
  
SUNSET AT SEA.
  
THE LAST SONG.
  
THE IDEALIST.
  
THE DREAM OF THE SEPULCHRE.
  
OLYMPIADS.
  
THE DESERT HORSEMAN.
  
VISIONS OF ROMANCE.
  
HOPE.
  
THE FATHER'S LEGACY.
  
RELIGION UNREVEALED.
  
THE CHIEF OF HAZOR.
  
THE SPELL OF THE GLOAMIN.
  
TO THE OWL.
  
THE WANE OF THE YEAR.
  
FAILEAS MORE.

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From meek adorings and communing love,
Then rose they, not as worshippers arise
In latter days of evil, with proud eyes
And minds revenge corrodes, but violet-like,
And gentle as the dawn breath of sweet May,
Patient, serene and robed in holy thoughts.
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