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The poetical works of William H. C. Hosmer

Hosmer, William H. C. (1814-1877)

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VOL. I.
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YONNONDIO, OR THE WARRIORS OF THE GENESEE, A TALE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
  
PREFACE TO YONNONDIO.
  
DEDICATORY SONNET.
  
PROEM.
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CANTO FIRST.
 2. 
CANTO SECOND.
 3. 
CANTO THIRD.
 4. 
CANTO FOURTH.
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CANTO FIFTH.
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CANTO SIXTH.
 7. 
CANTO SEVENTH.
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LEGENDS OF THE SENECAS.
  
[dedication]
  
GENUNDEWAH.
  
THE PLACE OF BONES.
  
THE GLEN OF GHOSTS.
  
TEWANNA.
  
THE HAUNTED ROCK.
  
THE HAUNTED COVE.
  
THE WEIRD WOLF'S BARK.
  
RAINBOW SPIRITS.
  
BLACK PLUME.
  
THE BIG OAK, OR THE ENCHANTED BOW.
  
REPLY OF THE GREAT OAK AT GENESEO TO THE CHARTER OAK AT HARTFORD.
  
JA-DA-QUA.
  
THE GREAT YELLOW BIRD.
  
ORIGIN OF THE CROW.
  
NEUGA.
  
MONA-SHA-SHA.
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INDIAN TRADITIONS AND SONGS.
  
THE BATTLE-GROUND OF DENONVILLE.
  
TRIBES OF THE LEAGUE.
  
MENOMINEE DIRGE.
  
LAMENT FOR SA-SA-NA.
  
RED JACKET.
  
THE OLD INDIAN ORCHARD.
  
THE SENECA'S RETURN.
  
GRAVE OF THE SACHEM.
  
THUNSERA'S LAMENT.
  
THE WHITE MAN'S DRUM.
  
SEMINOLE WAR-SONGS.
  
BLACK-HAWK'S ADDRESS TO HIS WARRIORS.
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BIRD-NOTES.
  
[dedication]
  
PRELUDE.
  
WINTER BIRDS.
  
THE SNOW-BIRD.
  
POET AND SNOW-BIRD.
  
FIRST NOTES OF THE ROBIN
  
ROBIN RED-BREAST.
  
ADDRESS TO THE SWAN.
  
THE CROW.
  
THE BLUE-BIRD.
  
THE KINGFISHER.
  
THE WOOD-THRUSH.
  
THE WOOD-DUCK.
  
THE SWALLOW.
  
ADDRESS TO THE ORIOLE.
  
THE OWL.
  
THE CUCKOO.
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THE MONTHS.
  
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JANUARY.
  
FEBRUARY.
  
MARCH.
  
APRIL.
  
MAY.
  
JUNE.
  
JULY
  
AUGUST.
  
SEPTEMBER.
  
OCTOBER.
  
NOVEMBER.
  
DECEMBER.
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VOL. II.
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OCCASIONAL POEMS.
  
THE IDEAL.
  
UTILITY OF IMAGINATION.
  
THEMES OF SONG.
  
THE PIONEERS OF WESTERN NEW YORK.
  
THE PROSPECTS OF THE AGE.
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HISTORIC SCENES.
  
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THE SHADE OF THEODOSIUS.
  
LAMENT OF PERICLES.
  
MOORISH MEMORIES.
  
COSMO.
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ZILLAH. [FRAGMENT OF A JEWISH TALE.]
  
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SONG.
  
THE REVENGE OF ROSAMOND.
  
ASDRUBAL'S WIFE.
  
THE FALL OF AQUILEIA.
  
FREEDOM'S OAK.
  
BRUTUS IN HIS TENT.
  
ÆGEUS.
  
TASSO.
  
FALL OF LISBON.
  
THE MURDERED CZAR.
  
LYING IN STATE.
  
LAMENT FOR GRANADA.
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MARTIAL LYRICS.
  
[dedication]
  
CAPTAIN MAY.
  
A LAY OF BRITTANY.
  
THE DRAGOON TO HIS STEED.
  
THE GRAYS AT AVON.
  
DEATH OF ROB ROY.
  
SONG FOR POLAND.
  
ERIN WAKING.
  
FLING OUT THAT STARRY BANNER.
  
SONG OF TEXAS.
  
ERIN'S WAR-SONG.
  
LAMENT OF AN AUSTERLITZ VETERAN.
  
INDEPENDENCE ODE.
  
BATTLE-SONG OF THE POLISH LANCER.
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SONGS AND BALLADS.
  
THE POET'S HOME.
  
INDEPENDENCE ODE.
  
KE-U-KA REVISITED.
  
THE ROSE-BUD.
  
HUNTING SONG.
  
THOUGH THY DREAR WORDS.
  
FLORENCE AND PAUL.
  
HEBREW MELODY.
  
LAY OF THE CRUSADER.
  
A FESTAL SONG.
  
HEART SHADOWS.
  
A WAIL.
  
THE GIRLS OF SONG.
  
THE HALLOWED WELLS OF LEARNING.
  
ODE.
  
A SCOTTISH BALLAD.
  
THE POLE'S FAREWELL.
  
THE PRESS.
  
SERENADE.
  
FISHING SONG OF SHETLAND.
  
THE SEA-NYMPH'S SONG.
  
JUNIPER ISLE.
  
THE HEARTH-CRICKET.
  
MY LOVED—MY OWN.
  
LAMENT OF A SPIRIT.
  
THE MARINER'S WELCOME HOME.
  
CHRISTABEL.
  
LAMPS OF SILVER HANG ABOVE
  
OUR FATHERS.
  
IBLA.
  
TWIN ACORNS.
  
LOVE'S STAR.
  
ROSE OF THE DESERT.
  
FALSE LADY! NO MORE SHALT THOU TRIFLE.
  
LUCY'S DIRGE.
  
MY CHILD.
  
SONG TO STELLA.
  
FAREWELL TO AVON.
  
A SCOTTISH SONG.
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FUNERAL ECHOES.
  
THE DROWNED BOY.
  
DIRGE OF AN INFANT.
  
WEBSTER.
  
THE CENTENARIAN.
  
EPICEDIUM.
  
MARY'S DIRGE.
  
A FATHER'S LAMENT.
  
HYMN ON THE DEATH OF A DAUGHTER.
  
CATHARINE.
  
REQUIEM.
  
TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD.
  
DANSVILLE CEMETERY.
  
DIRGE.
  
CHURCH-YARD FLOWERS.
  
MONODY.
  
DIRGE FOR THE MIGHTY.
  
REST!
  
IMPROMPTU.
  
A SISTER'S LAMENT.
  
A REMEMBRANCE.
  
THE EARLY TAKEN.
  
THE MOURNER'S APPEAL.
  
BLIGHTED BLOSSOMS.
  
A DIRGE, TO L. E. L.
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SONNETS.
  
PRE-EXISTENCE.
  
TO HELENA.
  
TO A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS.
  
AN ARROW-HEAD.
  
ON A CASCADE NEAR WYOMING.
  
JOHN AUGUSTUS SHEA.
  
TO F. G. H.
  
TO A LONG-SILENT SISTER OF SONG.
  
THE SHADOW OF A GRIEF.
  
WILLIAM P. HAWES.
  
TO A CHIMNEY-SWEEPER.
  
NIGHT.
  
EMMA GILLINGHAM BOSTWICK.
  
OH, SHE WAS YOUNG!
  
WITHDRAW NOT YET THAT LOOK.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
  
ODE.
  
SOLOMON'S JUDGMENT.
  
HEAD QUARTERS OF WASHINGTON,
  
JUDGMENT.
  
HUCKNALL TORKARD.
  
HEATHER BLOSSOMS.
  
THE NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS.
  
THE QUIET ARBOR
  
LAMENT FOR SUMMER.
  
AUTUMNAL MUSINGS.
  
THE OLD YEAR.
  
NEW-YEAR MUSINGS.
  
NEW YEAR FANCIES.
  
HYMN.
  
THE WITCH.
  
THE MEMPHIAN MUMMY.
  
THE SEXTON OF TIME.
  
TRIUMPHS OF PEACE.
  
THE MIGHT OF SONG.
  
THE DEAD HUNTER.
  
BLAKE'S VISITANTS.
  
UNDINE.
  
THE LOST DAUGHTER.
  
BYRON'S FAREWELL.
  
THE TRIAD.
  
JACK'S BURIAL.
  
OUR PIONEERS.
  
THE OLD WHITE STORE.
  
TO TORQUATUS.
  
FAIR MARGARET
  
CAROLAN'S PROPHECY.
  
A BRUMAL RHYME.
  
LITTLE BESS.
  
THE FORSAKEN.
  
WHISPERINGS OF CONSCIENCE.
  
A VOICE FROM GLEN-MARY.
  
MUSINGS.
  
LAKE WYALUSING.
  
THE ROYAL PINE.
  
MY OWN DARK GENESEE.
  
LAY OF A WANDERER.
  
TO MY WIFE.
  
DANDELIONS.
  
THE MORNING STAR OF ANNESLEY.
  
A POET'S WISH.
  
THAT OLD SONG.
  
THE DOOMED ONE.
  
FOREST CAROL.
  
MY STUDY.
  
THE DESERTED HALL.
  
TO AN INEBRIATE.
  
FIR-CROFT.
  
A CHARADE.
  
THE IRISH MOTHER.
  
EVERGREENS.
  
THE WARNING.
  
AN AUTUMN THOUGHT.
  
WHEN THE WILD LOVE OF FAME.

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EMMA GILLINGHAM BOSTWICK.

Sing on! unrivalled warbler! never more
Will mortal ear be blessed by such a strain—
Its sweet, enamored echo will remain
Until the fever of this life is o'er.
Such notes were heard in Eden, ere its bowers
Were sullied by the clinging taint of sin—
When all was pure the human heart within,
And sunshine lay upon unfading flowers.
I would not for a blest hereafter pray—
A Heaven for which the troubled spirit longs—
If, in its halls, I could not hear alway
Enchanting, thrilling music like thy songs.
Sing on! thou bird of melody! and fill
My heart with rapture till its pulse is still.
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