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Earth's Voices

Transcripts from Nature, Sospitra, and Other Poems. By William Sharp

Sharp, William,1855-1905

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EARTH'S VOICES.

I.

I. HYMN OF THE FORESTS.

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II.

II. THE HYMN OF RIVERS.

THE NILE.

THE MISSISSIPPI.

THE GULF STREAM.

III.

III. THE SONG OF STREAMS.

IV.

IV. THE SONG OF WATERFALLS.

V.

V. SONG OF THE DESERTS.

VI.

VI. SONG OF THE CORNFIELDS.

VII.

VII. SONGS OF THE WINDS.

VIII.

VIII. THE SONG OF FLOWERS.

IX.

IX. THE WILD BEE.

X.

X. THE FIELD MOUSE.

XI.

XI. THE SONG OF THE LARK.

XII.

XII. THE SONG OF THE THRUSH.

XIII.

XIII. SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE.

XIV.

XIV. THE RAIN SONGS.

XV.

XV. THE SNOW WHISPER.

XVI.

XVI. SIGH OF THE MISTS.

XVII.

XVII. THE RED STAG.

XVIII.

XVIII. THE HYMN OF THE EAGLE.

XIX.

XIX. THE CRY OF THE TIGER.

XX.

XX. THE CHANT OF THE LION.

XXI.

XXI. THE HYMN OF MOUNTAINS.

XXII.

XXII. THE OCEAN CHORUS.

XXIII.

XXIII. THE HYMN OF SUMMER.

XXIV.

XXIV. THE HYMN OF AUTUMN.

XXV.

XXV. THE HYMN OF WINTER.

XXVI.

XXVI. THE HYMN OF SPRING.

TRANSCRIPTS FROM NATURE.

GASPARA STAMPA.

MATER DOLOROSA.

SONNETS FOR TWO PICTURES BY ROSSETTI.

SONNETS ON THREE PAINTINGS BY BAZZI.

THE CRESCENT MOON.

AUSTRALIAN SKETCHES.

MOONRISE SKETCHES.

THE SHADOWED SOULS.

BIRCHINGTON REVISITED.

QUINCE BLOSSOMS.

IN THE VAL MUGNONE.

ON THE CAMPAGNA.

IN THE OLD PROTESTANT CEMETERY AT FLORENCE.

RAINBOW SKETCHES.

TRANSCRIPTS FROM NATURE.

MADONNA NATURA.

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THE NILE.

From Afric depths I come
With ever mightier flow,
Thro' deserts vast I go,
Past crumbling cities dumb
And dead, and Sphinxes fair
That with a stony stare
Brood on in old despair.

Past Thebes and Memphis I
Roll on my turbid flood:
Tired now of ceaseless blood,
Beneath this blazing sky
I fain would bring long peace,
From drought a long surcease.