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Poems

By W. C. Bennett: New ed
Bennett, W. C. (1820-1895)
  
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[Forms beyond my vision fleeting]
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BABY MAY AND OTHER POEMS.
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THE WORN WEDDING-RING AND OTHER HOME POEMS.
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NARRATIVE POEMS AND BALLADS.
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SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS.
  
DREAMS.
  
A SAILOR'S SONG.
  
A KISS—A SMILE—A SIGH.
  
THE CAVALIER'S WHISPER.
  
O MIGHT I BE THE HAPPY GLOVE!
  
O BUT TO SEE HER FACE AGAIN.
  
A KISS FOR YOUR THOUGHT.
  
UNCHANGED.
  
ELLEN, YOU'RE MY ROSE.
  
THIS HEART, ONCE A BEE.
  
GOOD-BYE.
  
O SUMMER, PAINT ME HER SWEET LIPS.
  
DIE, DAY!
  
HOW LIGHTLY SLEEPING CUPID LIES.
  
A WIFE'S SONG.
  
A SPRING SONG.
  
FROM A GARRET.
  
YE ROSES, WITH HER BLUSHES, BLOW.
  
FOR YOU.
  
TO THE MEMORY OF ROBERT BURNS.
  
PRITHEE TELL ME WHERE LOVE DWELLS.
  
A WINTER SONG.
  
A SMILE—IT WAS BUT A SMILE.
  
THE WRECKED HOPE.
  
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
  
I'VE WATCHED YOU FROM THE SHORE.
  
OVER THE SEA.
  
OPE, FOLDED ROSE!
  
WISHES.
  
A SUMMER INVOCATION.
  
MARY! MARY!
  
THE FORSAKEN.
  
THE HOMEWARD WATCH.
  
NO MORE!
  
PRITHEE WHAT HATH SNARED THEE, HEART?
  
O WEARY THOUGHTS, BE STILL!
  
MAY-DAY SONG.
  
THE TORCH-RACE.
  
THE WIFE'S APPEAL.
  
DRAW DOWN YOUR VEIL.
  
LISETTE IN AUSTRALIA.
  
PIERRE JEAN DE BÉRANGER.
  
NO—NO—MY LOVE IS NO ROSE.
  
GOD'S BEST GIFT.
  
SONG.
  
WHY?
  
FOR MUSIC.
  
THE CRY OF THE LAWFUL LANTERNS.
  
FROM SEA
  
FAREWELL! FAREWELL!
  
BE MINE, AND I WILL GIVE THY NAME.
  
THE DAISY.
  
A SEA SONG.
  
AFTER BÉRANGER.
  
IN DREAMS I CLASP YOU ONCE AGAIN.
  
RING, HAPPY BELLS!
  
SPRING SONG.
  
THE DRESSMAKER'S THRUSH.
  
RAVEN-BLACK ARE AMY'S TANGLING TRESSES.
  
A SONG OF THE SEA.
  
THE SOWING OF THE DRAGON'S TEETH.
  
NO GAS! NO GAS!
  
WHEN JOVE THIS EARTH CREATED.
  
LOOK INTO THESE FOND EYES.
  
GOOD-NIGHT!
  
AFTER BÉRANGER.
  
OF GIPSY BLOOD YOU SURELY CAME.
  
YES, MY HEART IS LIKE TINDER.
  
WHERE, O POLAND, ARE THY LANCES?
  
THE HORRID METAMORPHOSIS.
  
SPRING SONG.
  
AN AUTUMN SONG.
  
THANK HEAVEN! I'M STILL A BOY.
  
THE WORD.
  
GOD SPARE MY BOY AT SEA!
  
THE SEA-BOY'S DREAM.
  
THE CURFEW.
  
THE SLAVERS' WRECK.
  
SHE'S DEAD!
  
O THE WILD, WILD WINDS HAVE VOICES.
  
CHILD, PURSUE THY BUTTERFLY!
  
LIZ, YOU'VE A TEASING HEART.
  
TO THE CONGRESS OF PARIS.
  
NO MORE GREAT LOVE MY HEART BEGUILES.
  
THE SONG OF DEATH.
  
IMAGES! IMAGES!
  
HAD I A POET'S MIGHTY POWER.
  
WHILE THE CHAMPAGNE FOAMS.
  
COUNSEL TO KINGS.
  
“SEIZE,” I SAID, “O ART, THY PENCIL.”
  
TO THE COMING COMET.
  
DEAD.
  
MY ROSES BLOSSOM THE WHOLE YEAR ROUND.
  
THE RIGHT ABOVE THE WRONG.
  
L’ENVOI.
  
THE GREEN HILLS OF SURREY.
  
O BONNY IS MY HUSBAND'S SHIP.
  
HOME AGAIN.
  
A THOUSAND LEAGUES AWAY.
  
HOW PLEASANT IS THE FARMER'S LIFE.
  
BALLAD.
  
A SOLDIER AM I.
  
THE PLEASANT FIELDS OF KENT.
  
THE GLORIES OF OUR THAMES.
  
A LAMENT.
  
JUANNA.
  
A SUMMER THOUGHT.
  
A SPRING SONG.
  
WHY IS SORROW?
  
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
  
COLUMBUS.
  
SONG.
  
MOVE ON.
  
WERE I A KING! WERE I A KING!
  
THE SMILE.
  
THE PORTRAIT.
  
A LAMENT.
  
A VALENTINE.
  
A SONG
  
LOVE IN THE NORTH.
  
ALCÆUS TO SAPPHO.
  
FOR MUSIC.
  
THE REPLY.
  
A DIRGE.
  
SONG.
  
WON AND LOST.
  
SONG.
  
LILIAN'S EPITAPH.
  
SONG.
  
SONG.
  
DEATH'S LESSON.
  
A VALENTINE.
  
WHAT'S WITHIN THIS GLASS OF MINE?
  
HENCE, FELL WINE!
  
SONG.
  
THE SICK MAN'S PRAYER.
  
SONG.
  
THE RECONCILIATION.
  
SONG.
  
SONG.
  
NO WAR! NO WAR!
  
AN OLD MAN'S SONG.
  
THE VAIN DREAM.
  
SONG.
  
TO THE GONE.
  
DIRGE.
  
YOU ARE A PREACHER, BEE.
  
TO MY WATCH.
  
TO A CHILD SWINGING.
  
THE ROSE.
  
A SUMMMER SONG.
  
NELLY.
  
A LAMENT.
  
UPON THY STREAM, SWIFT-FLOWING.
  
HAUNTED.
  
BEWARE!
  
AFTER A PLEASANT EVENING.
  
FLOWERS IN THE CITY.
  
TELL ME, MY HEART.
  
MORNING, MORNING, GIVE TO ME.
  
“GOD AND THE RIGHT!”
  
NIGHT AND DAY ARE FROM HER NEVER.
  
BEWITCHED.
  
FOR MUSIC.
  
FOR MUSIC.
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WAR SONGS.
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POEMS OF THOUGHT.
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POEMS OF FANCY AND FEELING.
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SONNETS.

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SONG.

Come sing; come sing;
For what is the thing
That gladdens the heart like song?
Leave sighs and sorrow
And tears for the morrow,
And may they be strangers long!
True, some may say,
Wine makes us as gay,
But, trust me, friends, they're wrong;
To nothing has Earth,
I swear, given birth
That gladdens the heart like song.
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