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The select poems of Dr. Thomas Dunn English (exclusive of the "Battle lyrics")

English, Thomas Dunn (1819-1902)

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LEGENDS AND LAYS.
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KALLIMAIS.
 1. 
I.
 2. 
II.
 3. 
III.
 4. 
IV.
  
FIONN AND THE FAIRIES.
  
THE WOLF-GIRL.
  
THE RESCUE OF NIAV.
  
THE SLEEPING FIANNA.
  
THE BELL OF CIL-MIHIL.
  
THE BEGGAR'S WORD.
  
OWEN ROE'S VOW.
  
THE WHITE DOVE.
  
THE LEGEND OF THE O'DONOGHUE.
  
KING CON MAC LIR.
  
THE BROKEN WORD.
  
FEARGAL MAC CONGAL.
  
THE LADY OF THE ROCK.
  
THE WHITE DOE.
  
THE LEGEND OF OGRECASTLE.
  
CEDRIC.
  
SIR GUY TRELEASE.
  
RUINS.
  
WARD BURTON.
  
THE PHANTOM BARQUE.
  
THAT ROYAL JAMES.
  
THE FAIRY ISLAND.
  
THE THREE BLOWS.
  
THE VISIT OF LLEWELLYN.
  
THE MILK-WHITE COW.
  
THE RESCUE OF ALBRET.
  
THE DIAMOND'S STORY.
  
THE LADY OF MONTFORT'S RAID.
  
DESERTED.
  
THE GREY KNIGHT.
  
THE BALLAD OF ADLERSTEIN.
  
THE ROBBER CHIEF.
  
THE GNOME-KING'S BRIDE.
  
THE STORY OF THE SWORD.
  
THE BALLAD OF NARVAEZ.
  
THE GAME KNUT PLAYED.
  
THE HUNTER.
  
A LEGEND OF PHRYGIA.
  
AKERATOS.
  
THE PARROT OF RUMI.
  
ABD'S LESSON.
  
THE BALLAD OF BABETTE.
  
THE BELL OF JUSTICE.
  
THE CITY OF THE PLAIN.
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RURAL SKETCHES.
  
RAFTING ON THE GUYANDOTTE.
  
BEN BOLT.
  
BLOWN UP.
  
THE OLD WIFE'S TALE.
  
GAULEY RIVER.
  
THE OLD TENOR'S LAST SONG.
  
THE OLD MILL.
  
THE LOGAN GRAZIER.
  
“FOR THE SAKE OF HIS MOTHER.”
  
SUE.
  
THE BROWNS.
  
KATE VANE.
  
BREAKNECK HILL.
  
HAYMAKING.
  
THE ROADSIDE SPRING.
  
HELEN.
  
BARTON GEER.
  
THE COUNTRY-BOY'S LETTER.
  
RACHEL MAYNE.
  
GOING HOME.
  
BARKER'S BOY.
  
THE OLD HOME.
  
DORA LEE.
  
THE SLEIGH-RIDE.
  
MILLY.
  
THE HICKORY FIRE.
  
SNOW.
  
THE MOUNTAIN STREAM.
  
THE WESTERBRIDGE INN.
  
GUYANDOTTE MUSINGS.
  
BARBARA AND I.
  
PAUL SEES THE LOVERS.
  
THE IDYL OF THE PEACH.
  
“A FINE DAY IN THE MORNING.”
  
HOW HE WON MILLY.
  
THE MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN.
  
THE OLD HEARTH-FIRE.
  
ONLY A CUR.
  
THE OLD SCHOOL-HOUSE.
  
THE TWO SONGS.
  
SLAIN.
  
THE DELAWARE.
  
THE BOONE WAGONER.
  
PHILLIS.
  
THE DOUBLE RESCUE.
  
PHILLIS, MY DARLING.
  
JOHN TREVANION'S STORY.
  
GIDEON.
  
THE BRIDE'S STORY.
  
THE MOUNTAIN HUNTER.
  
MARGARET NEVILLE.
  
COME BACK.
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URBAN VERSES.
  
THE BUILDER'S STORY.
  
UNDER THE TREES.
  
BONNIBEL.
  
THE OLD NEGRO MINSTREL.
  
THE DRAMA OF THREE.
  
THE BANKRUPT'S VISITOR.
  
VINOGENESIS.
  
ON THE STREAM.
  
THE OLD CHURCH-BELL.
  
OPTIMUS BROWN.
  
THE BREAD SNATCHER.
  
THE SURGEON'S STORY.
  
RISEN FROM THE LAPSTONE.
  
THE DYING CLERK.
  
THE CROWNLESS HAT.
  
THE MERCHANT'S DREAM.
  
THE ROSE AND SPARROW.
  
AT THE RIVER.
  
THE OLD MAN'S CHRISTMAS.
  
SMITING THE ROCK.
  
THE NIGHT BEFORE.
  
THE WIDOW'S CHRISTMAS.
  
THE OLD MAN'S DAY-DREAM.
  
KING THREAD.
  
THE DEFECTIVE NAIL.
  
HERE AND THERE.
  
OUT IN THE STREETS.
  
THE SHOEMAKER'S DAUGHTER.
  
LITTLE MADGE'S WINDOW-GARDEN.
  
THE DARK LANE.
  
TAKE A FRESH HOLD.
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DIALECT STUDIES.
  
MOMMA PHŒBE.
  
LEONARD GRIMLEIGH'S SHADOW.
  
CÆSAR ROWAN.
  
MAHS' LEWIS'S RIDE.
  
“FOUND DEAD IN HIS BED.”
  
JOHN KEMPSTONE.
  
MOSES PARSLEY.
  
OCCASIONAL LINES.
  
THE MILLER'S OE.
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BIZARRE RHYMES.
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THE GREAT RHODE ISLAND SEAM:
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I.
 2. 
II.
 3. 
III.
 4. 
IV.
 5. 
V.
 6. 
VI.
 7. 
VII.
 8. 
VIII.
 9. 
IX.
 10. 
X.
 11. 
XI.
 12. 
XII.
 13. 
XIII.
 14. 
XIV.
 15. 
XV.
 16. 
XVI.
 17. 
XVII.
  
KINDERKAMACK.
  
DALY'S COW.
  
THE BEGGARS.
  
THE STORY OF ARION.
  
BRANT'S TAIL.
  
THE IRON-BARRED PHILOSOPHER.
  
JES SO.
  
KING DEATH'S DECISION.
  
THE BROKER'S STORY.
  
THE FATAL CUP.
  
WINE.
  
HER GRAND-AUNT JANE.
  
THOMAS AND I.
  
GRANDFATHER'S TALK.
  
KING DOLLAR.
  
THE BROWN JUG.
  
OVERCROPPING THE BRAIN.
  
THE TRAMP'S DEFENCE.
  
THE POWER OF NUMBERS.
  
THE TRAMP'S FRIEND.
  
THE COAL BARON.
  
THE SPIDER.
  
PESTS.
  
THE TWO TREATS.
  
THE BALLAD OF BILL MAGEE.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
  
THE THREE KINGS.
  
SONG OF FIRE.
  
THE LOCOMOTIVE.
  
THE BALLAD OF THE COLORS.
  
MY PLACE IN DREAM-LAND.
  
THE RIVER.
  
OBLIVION.
  
THE OLD FARM GATE.
  
LULLABY.
  
THE ISLAND OF THE SOUL.
  
AT THE GRAVE OF ALICE.
  
MY FARM.
  
THE THREE SISTERS.
  
TOM SAXON.
  
THE RAILWAY RIDE.
  
OUR CHRISTMAS TURKEY.
  
TWILIGHT.
  
“PSYCHE LOVES ME.”
  
PALINGENESIA.
  
TWO DAYS.
  
GOOD-NIGHT.
  
HER SINGING.
  
THE KING'S VISIT.
  
HIS IDEAL.
  
MY SHIP AT SEA.
  
NOMANSLAND.
  
ROBIN AND ROBIN.
  
THE LOCK OF HAIR.
  
WANTED.
  
CROSSING THE RIVER.
  
“KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP.”
  
“DON'T LOOK FOR THE BRIDGE TILL YOU COME TO THE STREAM.”
  
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
  
WRECKED.
  
A HEART-BURST.
  
THE EARL'S DAUGHTER.
  
“HE SHOULD HAVE SPOKEN.”
  
THE CITY IN THE CLOUDS.
  
PHILIP KEARNY.
  
THE TELEGRAPH WIRES.
  
THE NEIGHBORS.
  
“THE GAY YOUNG MAN FROM TOWN.”
  
THE RESCUE OF SEVIER.
  
THE RAID ON RAMAPO.
  
THE OFFICERS' CALL.
  
NANCY HART.
  
THE LOVING THAT NEVER GROWS OLD.
  
THE CHRISTMAS-TREE.
  
DEAD.
  
AT SEVENTY-TWO.
  
McMANUS' COW.
  
OUR FIRST BABY.
  
SASSIETY.
  
THE DEAD HAND.
  
THE QUARREL OF THE WHEELS.
  
HAUNTED.
  
THE CASTLE IN AIR.
  
VAMOS, JOHN!
  
THE MONEY-KING'S CHORUS.
  
THE IRON-CLAD.
  
ALL DEAD.
  
THE END OF IT ALL.
  
MATTY RAINES.
  
STORY OF THE MOUND.
  
NOW I AM OLD.
  
TAKING IT EASY.
  
THE RAGPICKER.
  
ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
  
THE KITCHEN QUARREL.
  
ODE
  
POMPEY, THE FIDDLER.
  
THE HUNDREDTH YEAR.
  
MONTGOMERY AT QUEBEC.
  
THE DISPUTE OF THE HAMMERS.
  
AFTER ONE HUNDRED YEARS.
  
CONTENT.
  
THE STRIFE OF BROTHERS.
  
THE IRISH FAMINE.

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“PSYCHE LOVES ME.”

I have no gold, no lands, no robes of splendor,
No crowd of sycophants to siege my door;
But fortune in one thing at least is tender—
For Psyche loves me! Could I ask for more?
I have no fame, nor to the height of honor
Will my poor name on tireless pinions soar;
Yet Fate has never drawn my hate upon her—
For Psyche loves me! Could I ask for more?
I have no station, know no high position,
And never yet the robes of office wore;
Yet I can well afford to scorn ambition—
For Psyche loves me! Could I ask for more?
I have no beauty—beauty has forsworn me,
On others wasting all her charming store;
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Yet I lack nothing now which could adorn me—
For Psyche loves me! Could I ask for more?
I have no learning—in nor school nor college
Could I abide o'er quaint old tomes to pore;
But this I know, which passeth all your knowledge—
That Psyche loves me! Could I ask for more?
Now come what may, or loss or shame or sorrow,
Sickness, ingratitude, or treachery sore,
I laugh to-day and heed not for the morrow—
For Psyche loves me—and I ask no more.
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