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The Poetical Works of George Barlow

In Ten [Eleven] Volumes

Barlow, George

I.

II.

Vol. II A LIFE'S LOVE

III.

IV.

V.

Vol. V: LOVED BEYOND WORDS

VI.

Vol VI: THE PAGEANT OF LIFE

VII.

Vol VII: FROM DAWN TO SUNSET

VIII.

IX.

X.

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“EVER MINE”

THE CELTIC MOVEMENT

“THE STERNEST HOUR”

“WHEN LIFE WAS YOUNG”

“THOU DOST ENDURE”

THE SOUL OF ENGLAND

A POET AND A STATESMAN

FOUNDER'S DAY AT HARROW

FOUR SONNETS ON MACEDONIA

“IF BUT THE DEAD WERE LIFTED QUITE”

CHINESE LABOUR IN SOUTH AFRICA

WORDSWORTH'S FOREBODING

THE UNPARDONABLE CRIME

THE VAIN SEARCH

ON THE BISHOP OF HEREFORD'S SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, AGAINST CHINESE SLAVERY

TO A SILENT SINGER

TO THE AUTHOR OF “FOR ENGLAND”

THE BATTLE OF THE SEA OF JAPAN

THE ANGEL OF ENGLAND

“A ROSE OF GOD”

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I.

TO THE MEMORY OF A GREAT QUEEN

II.

TO THE MEMORY OF A GREAT QUEEN

III.

TO THE MEMORY OF A GREAT QUEEN

IV.

TO THE MEMORY OF A GREAT QUEEN

ON THE MURDER OF THE KING AND CROWN PRINCE OF PORTUGAL

THE HIGHER ENGLAND

“THE ENDING OF THE DAY”

“A SOUL'S PURE RADIANCE”

“THE DEAD HAVE NOT DEPARTED”

“CAN I FORGET?”

SONGS OF ENGLAND AWAKING

SONNETS OF EMPIRE

SONG FOR THE BOYS OF BRITAIN

THE HIGHER WOMAN

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TO THE MEMORY OF A GREAT QUEEN

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Here, where the spirit of Kingsley loved the air
Of keen wild wintry England, where the rose
In soft delight of sun and shadow grows,
Veiled to the base, to loftiest angels bare,
A golden passion or a white-winged prayer,
The perfect love of woman proudly goes
Serene along the starry road she knows,
Past night's dim empires, kingdoms of despair.
We, we of all men, of all lands, have seen
What hope the high Victorian epoch gave,
What of strange greeting from beyond the grave,
What living mandate from a vanished Queen
Who, while our island paths she gently trod,
Looked on the face and held the hand of God.