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The Golden Treasury

of the best songs and lyrical poems in the English Language
Palgrave, Francis Turner (1824-1897)

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[FIRST SERIES]
  
[dedication]
  
[epigraph]
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Book First
 I. 
I SPRING
 II. 
II THE FAIRY LIFE
 III. 
III [THE FAIRY LIFE]
 IV. 
IV SUMMONS TO LOVE
 V. 
V TIME AND LOVE
 VI. 
VI [TIME AND LOVE]
 VII. 
VII THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE
 VIII. 
VIII OMNIA VINCIT
 IX. 
IX A MADRIGAL
 X. 
X
 XI. 
XI
 XII. 
XII PRESENT IN ABSENCE
 XIII. 
XIII VIA AMORIS
 XIV. 
XIV ABSENCE
 XV. 
XV
 XVI. 
XVI A CONSOLATION
 XVII. 
XVII THE UNCHANGEABLE
 XVIII. 
XVIII
 XIX. 
XIX ROSALINE
 XX. 
XX COLIN
 XXI. 
XXI A PICTURE
 XXII. 
XXII A SONG FOR MUSIC
 XXIII. 
XXIII TO HIS LOVE
 XXIV. 
XXIV TO HIS LOVE
 XXV. 
XXV BASIA
 XXVI. 
XXVI ADVICE TO A GIRL
 XXVII. 
XXVII LOVE'S PERJURIES
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII A SUPPLICATION
 XXIX. 
XXIX TO AURORA
 XXX. 
XXX IN LACRIMAS
 XXXI. 
XXXI TRUE LOVE
 XXXII. 
XXXII A DITTY
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII LOVE'S INSIGHT
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV LOVE'S OMNIPRESENCE
 XXXV. 
XXXV CARPE DIEM
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI AN HONEST AUTOLYCUS
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII WINTER
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX MEMORY
 XL. 
XL SLEEP
 XLI. 
XLI REVOLUTIONS
 XLII. 
XLII
 XLIII. 
XLIII THE LIFE WITHOUT PASSION
 XLIV. 
XLIV THE LOVER'S APPEAL
 XLV. 
XLV THE NIGHTINGALE
 XLVI. 
XLVI
 XLVII. 
XLVII
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII FRUSTRA
 XLIX. 
XLIX LOVE'S FAREWELL
 L. 
L IN IMAGINE PERTRANSIT HOMO
 LI. 
LI BLIND LOVE
 LII. 
LII
 LIII. 
LIII THE UNFAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS
 LIV. 
LIV ADVICE TO A LOVER
 LV. 
LV A RENUNCIATION
 LVI. 
LVI
 LVII. 
LVII A SWEET LULLABY
 LVIII. 
LVIII
 LIX. 
LIX O CRUDELIS AMOR
 LX. 
LX SEPHESTIA'S SONG TO HER CHILD
 LXI. 
LXI A LAMENT
 LXII. 
LXII DIRGE OF LOVE
 LXIII. 
LXIII TO HIS LUTE
 LXIV. 
LXIV FIDELE
 LXV. 
LXV A SEA DIRGE
 LXVI. 
LXVI A LAND DIRGE
 LXVII. 
LXVII POST MORTEM
 LXVIII. 
LXVIII THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH
 LXIX. 
LXIX YOUNG LOVE
 LXX. 
LXX A DILEMMA
 LXXI. 
LXXI ROSALYND'S MADRIGAL
 LXXII. 
LXXII CUPID AND CAMPASPE
 LXXIII. 
LXXIII
 LXXIV. 
LXXIV PROTHALAMION
 LXXV. 
LXXV THE HAPPY HEART
 LXXVI. 
LXXVI SIC TRANSIT
 LXXVII. 
LXXVII
 LXXVIII. 
LXXVIII SOUL AND BODY
 LXXIX. 
LXXIX
 LXXX. 
LXXX THE LESSONS OF NATURE
 LXXXI. 
LXXXI
 LXXXII. 
LXXXII THE WORLD'S WAY
 LXXXIII. 
LXXXIII A WISH
 LXXXIV. 
LXXXIV SAINT JOHN BAPTIST
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Book Second
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Book Third
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Book Fourth
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SECOND SERIES

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CLV
THE BLIND BOY

O say what is that thing call'd Light,
Which I must ne'er enjoy;
What are the blessings of the sight,
O tell your poor blind boy!
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You talk of wondrous things you see,
You say the sun shines bright;
I feel him warm, but how can he
Or make it day or night?
My day or night myself I make
Whene'er I sleep or play;
And could I ever keep awake
With me 'twere always day.
With heavy sighs I often hear
You mourn my hapless woe;
But sure with patience I can bear
A loss I ne'er can know.
Then let not what I cannot have
My cheer of mind destroy:
Whilst thus I sing, I am a king,
Although a poor blind boy.
C. Cibber
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