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The ghost's entry and other poems
Piatt, John James (1835-1917)
[dedication]
THE GHOST'S ENTRY, ETC.
THE GHOST'S ENTRY
OTHO IN THE TOMB OF CHARLEMAGNE
POOR MOTH
THE OLD PIANO'S PLAYER
A TRAGEDY OF LONG BRIDGE
WRECK
AWAKE IN A HAUNTED HOUSE
THE DEAD STAR
THE UNBIDDEN GUEST
THE SILENT PASSENGER
DREAM-WORLD
THE DEAD HOUSE-FIRE
QUATRAINS
1.
I FEUDAL TENURE
2.
II SAINT CECILIA
3.
III AT AN ANCIENT SHRINE
4.
IV APPRECIATION AND VALUE
5.
V AT BURIAL SERVICE
6.
VI AFTER-WEALTH
7.
VII NEW LIFE
8.
VIII A WHITE LIAR
9.
IX ON LEAVING AN OLD HOUSE
10.
X AT HOME
11.
XI A DEDICATION
IN THE OHIO VALLEY
THE OLD WOODMAN'S AXE
JENNY'S WAY TO HONOUR
THE HARVEST SPRING
A WINTER MORNING IDYL
TWO WALKS IN AUTUMN
1.
I IN NOVEMBER WOODS
2.
II AMONG FALLEN LEAVES
ODE FOR THE OPENING OF THE MUSIC HALL AT CINCINNATI, MAY FESTIVAL 1878
TO A LONELY WOODLAND SPRING
AN EPITAPH
ON THE OLD FRONTIER LINE
CLIO IN THE CAPITOL, ETC.
CLIO IN THE CAPITOL
TRANSFIGURATION
THE END OF THE JOURNEY
THE BOYS IN BLUE
MISCELLANEOUS
THE YELLOW LEAF IN THE POET'S BOOK
THE WINDOW-MIRACLE
THE MINER'S BETROTHAL
‘CLOSED IN MY POET'S BOOK, I SEE’
HOME-BELLS IN THE DESERT
THE DAYS OF THE WEEK
A CHILD'S FACE
FROM THE WINDOW OF A GREAT LIBRARY
A LOST KINGDOM OF GODS
TO THE MONTH OF MARCH
A DREAM OF CHURCH-WINDOWS
A DYING YEAR
THE FISHERMAN'S LIGHTHOUSE
TWO MOODS OF OCTOBER
MISTRESS OF THE RING
A CANDLE'S LIGHT
THE RING OF FASTRADA
TO NIGHT, THE HEALER
THE COMING-FORTH OF STARS
HIS DREAM OF HER
IN FAIR AND FOUL WEATHER
AN ANGEL WITH A BROOM
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ON LEAVING AN OLD HOUSE
In
happy June, though we depart,
The rose shall climb for ever thus,
Hiding the bee within its heart,
And in the window look for us.
The ghost's entry and other poems
