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The Poetical Works of James Gates Percival

With a biographical sketch

Percival, James Gates (1795-1856)

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THE DREAM OF A DAY, AND OTHER POEMS. FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1843.

THE DREAM OF A DAY.

LAYS OF THE SEASONS.

THE LIGHT GUITAR.

THE VINTAGE DANCE.

TO A BUTTERFLY.

THE VOICE OF NATURE.

GREEK APPEAL TO AMERICA.

YOUTH RECALLED.

THE POET'S WORLD.

THE HEXLI. (LITTLE WITCH.)

THE POWER OF SONG.

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I. THE BOATMAN.

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II. WINTER EVENING.

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[IV. O the days of blooming youth are gone]

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[V. O, how softly sweet the song is flowing]

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[VI. The night is dark; the hollow wind]

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[VII. O come, loved Spirit, come to me]

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[VIII. Wife! I am dying]

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X. AWAKE, MY LYRE.

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XI. HUNTING SONG.

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XIII. THE GERMAN EMIGRANT'S SONG.

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XIV. THE HARPER.

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[XV. That strain o' music greets my ear]

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[XVI. An' hae ye heard the bonnie birds]

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XVII. THE SPIRITS' LULLABY.

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[XVIII. Softly flow, thou gentle river]

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[XIX. Once I saw, in pride of beauty]

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[XX. Once, in the heart of a desert]

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[XXI. When the violet blows]

THE SISTER SPIRITS.

CLASSIC MELODIES.

SONGS FOR NATIONAL AIRS.

POSTHUMOUS POEMS.

JUVENILE POEMS.

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[I saw, on the top of a mountain high]

I saw, on the top of a mountain high,
A gem that shone like fire by night;
It seemed a star, which had left the sky,
And dropped to sleep on the lonely height;
I climbed the peak, and I found it soon
A lump of ice, in the clear, cold moon.
Can you its hidden sense impart?
'T was a cheerful look, and a broken heart.