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The Poetical Works of George Barlow

In Ten [Eleven] Volumes
Barlow, George

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Vol. I
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Vol. II A LIFE'S LOVE
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Vol. III
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Vol. IV
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Vol. V: LOVED BEYOND WORDS
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LOVED BEYOND WORDS
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LOVED BEYOND WORDS
  
LOVE'S PORTRAIT
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I. ETERNAL JUNES
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II. LOVE AND LOVE
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III. THE SEA'S BLESSING
 IV. 
IV. “I THINK OF THEE”
 V. 
V. “IF I HAD NEVER SEEN THEE!”
 VI. 
VI. “WHAT CAN I DO FOR THEE?”
 VII. 
VII. “I WANDERED ALL THROUGH HEAVEN”
 VIII. 
VIII. FROM THE THEATRE TO THE COUNTRY
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IX. CENTRALISATION
 X. 
X. “THE SUNSETS CAME TO ME”
 XI. 
XI. CONTRASTS
 XII. 
XII. ENGLISH ART
 XIII. 
XIII. THEE, THE CROWN OF HISTORY
 XIV. 
XIV. “WHEN BEAUTY LIKE THINE”
 XV. 
XV. THE REVOLT OF NATURE
 XVI. 
XVI. A SUNSET
 XVII. 
XVII. THE MARVELLOUS NIGHT
 XVIII. 
XVIII. FOR ONE HOUR
 XIX. 
XIX. A YEAR AGO
 XX. 
XX. GOD'S GOSPEL
 XXI. 
XXI. “THIS CHANGELESS GRACE”
 XXII. 
XXII. LOVE'S FINAL SWEETNESS
 XXIII. 
XXIII. “REMEMBER”
 XXIV. 
XXIV. MY LIFE'S BEST DEED
 XXV. 
XXV. STARLIGHT
 XXVI. 
XXVI. MY SONG
 XXVII. 
XXVII. NEVER
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. THE PATH OF DEATH
 XXIX. 
XXIX. “YET THIS I ASK”
 XXX. 
XXX. “FATHER AND LOVER”
 XXXI. 
XXXI. MY ANCHOR
 XXXII. 
XXXII. “THIS THOU HAST TAUGHT ME”
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. GOD'S LAURELS
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. ANOTHER YEAR
 XXXV. 
XXXV. MY REWARD
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. “HAUNTED FOR EVER”
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. THE CROWNING GRACE
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. PERFECT REST
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. “IF CHRIST BE ‘RISEN INDEED’”
 XL. 
XL. MY POST
 XLI. 
XLI. STARS AND THE SUN
 XLII. 
XLII. FAIRY-LAND
 XLIII. 
XLIII. OLD DREAMS
 XLIV. 
XLIV. A MESSAGE
 XLV. 
XLV. MADAME
 XLVI. 
XLVI. “THEE I CANNOT ESCAPE”
 XLVII. 
XLVII. LATE IN LIFE
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII. ONLY AT TIMES
 XLIX. 
XLIX. WEARY
 L. 
L. STRENGTH AND SWEETNESS
 LI. 
LI. “EVER UPON THY LIPS A GLEAM OF SADNESS LINGERS”
 LII. 
LII. LOVE'S TASK
 LIII. 
LIII. LOVE'S MESSAGE
 LIV. 
LIV. “HOW LITTLE DOES IT MATTER!”
 LV. 
LV. THE SUMMER AND LOVE
 LVI. 
LVI. THE DEATH OF ALL FLOWERS
 LVII. 
LVII. “MORE THAN THE FLOWERS FOR JUNE”
 LVIII. 
LVIII. LIKENESS IN UNLIKENESS
 LIX. 
LIX. FAIRY-TALES
 LX. 
LX. GIFTS
 LXI. 
LXI. STARS, AND STARS
 LXII. 
LXII. “SO GREAT A THING”
 LXIII. 
LXIII. SONG
 LXIV. 
LXIV. “IF SO THINE EYES WOULD NOT FORSAKE THE DREAM!”
 LXV. 
LXV. A DREAM
 LXVI. 
LXVI. MY LADY'S POST OF DANGER
 LXVII. 
LXVII. PAIN'S AGONY PASSES INTO AN AGONY OF LOVE
 LXVIII. 
LXVIII. “IS THIS TOO MUCHO?”
 LXIX. 
LXIX. THY DESCENT
 LXX. 
LXX. A WINTER'S DREAM
 LXXI. 
LXXI. THE DEATH OF SONG
 LXXII. 
LXXII. NOT IN VAIN
 LXXIII. 
LXXIII. MY SWEETEST BLOSSOM
 LXXIV. 
LXXIV. UNTRAVERSED TIME
 LXXV. 
LXXV. “IF ANY STRENGTH BE MINE”
 LXXVI. 
LXXVI. LOVE'S RIGHT
 LXXVII. 
LXXVII. A MASTERING AWE
 LXXVIII. 
LXXVIII. “A DIVINER FACE”
 LXXIX. 
LXXIX. EACH NIGHT
 LXXX. 
LXXX. LOVE
 LXXXI. 
LXXXI. LOVE'S SORROW
 LXXXII. 
LXXXII. “THOU ART ALIVE”
 LXXXIII. 
LXXXIII. CONCENTRATION
 LXXXIV. 
LXXXIV. “YET WHEN I STRIVE TO CEASE”
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LOVED BEYOND WORDS
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Vol VI: THE PAGEANT OF LIFE
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Vol VII: FROM DAWN TO SUNSET
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Vol. VIII
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Vol. IX
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Vol. X
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Vol. XI

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“IF BUT THE DEAD WERE LIFTED QUITE”

If but the dead were lifted quite
To some glad land of heavenly air;
If they could vanish—all that once they were
At one swift stroke be riven from mortal sight;
Then...then we might revere
The hand that fashioned, and the hand that slew:
Then might we say, “The loving soul we knew
Lives on, loves on,—no trace of it is here.”
Alas! a trace remains.
Death doing so much, left still his task undone.
Death paused,—and left a mandate to the rains,
The frosts, the snows of years—the storms, the sun!
May 16, 1892.
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