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The Poems of A. C. Benson
Benson, Arthur Christopher (1862-1925)
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PRELUDE
ODES AND IDYLLS
SONNETS
LYRICAL POEMS
HIDDEN LIFE
THE DRAGONFLY
KNAPWEED
THE WATER-OUSEL
SECRETS
DRIFTING
MY FRIEND
THE DEAD POET
DEAN SWIFT
ON THE WESTERN CLIFFS
VIATOR
MOLINOS
HOC UNUM CUPIO
STAND ASIDE
TO MY FATHER
THE THISTLEDOWN
BY THE GLACIER
OUT OF WEAKNESS
THE CARRIER PIGEON
THE MOLE
THE TOAD
THE BEETLE
THE DANDELION
UTRUMQUE NOSTRUM INCREDIBILI MODO CONSENTIT ASTRUM
FLOWER CROWNS
WILLIAM COLLINS
CHALVEY
IN EXILE
REDITURUS
MY WILL
ST. LUKE'S SUMMER
TWENTY YEARS AGO
TO EDMUND GOSSE
A CANTICLE OF COMMON THINGS
TAN-YR-ALLT
THE STAGE OF HEAVEN
CLOUDS
THE MILL-WHEEL
NASTURTIUMS
PINES
ROSEMARY
THE ORCHID
RED-FLOWERING CURRANT
THE YAFFLE
VESPERS
THE SPARROW
THE ANT-HEAP
THE NEWT
TO THE LADY KITTY
ROSALIND
AT NETHER-STOWEY
AN UNKNOWN MASTER
TIMON
DOROTHEA
MY POET
THE ROCKET
THE TRUANT
ATTRIBUTES
PRAYER
AFTER CONSTRUING
AT LOCK-UP
NEW YEAR'S DAY
AFTERWARDS
THE ROBIN AND THE CREDENCE
THE GIFT
LORD VYET
A TRIO
THE RAILWAY
THE MOWER
LIVE-BAIT
THE SHEPHERD
ONE BY ONE
WHEN PUNCTUAL DAWN
IN ETON CHURCHYARD
THE ARTIST IN CHURCH
THE OWL
THE RINGDOVE
THE CAT
THE HAWK
THE BARBEL
THE WISHING WELL
JACK IN THE BOX
THE PHŒNIX
EVENSONG
SONGS
CHILDHOOD
AT TWILIGHT
A DREAM
AT THE GRANGE
A SERMON
A REMINISCENCE
PEACE
THE SONG
IN THE DAWN
IN ABSENCE
TIDINGS
THE LABYRINTH
AMEN
THE CHARCOAL-BURNER
THE SHADOW OF DEATH
IN THAT DAY
THE BIRD
A SONG OF SWEET THINGS THAT HAVE AN END
THE FOOL
BY THE WEIR
MAKING HASTE
THE HIDDEN MANNA
AT EVENTIDE
THE LOOSESTRIFE
THE LIZARD
A MYSTERY
IN A COLLEGE GARDEN
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THE GIFT
Friend
, of my infinite dreams
Little enough endures;
Little howe'er it seems,
It is yours, all yours.
Fame hath a fleeting breath,
Hopes may be frail or fond;
But Love shall be Love till death,
And perhaps beyond!
The Poems of A. C. Benson
