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Poems of Paul Hamilton Hayne

Complete edition with numerous illustrations
Hayne, Paul Hamilton (1830-1886)

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YOUTHFUL POEMS.
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SONNETS.
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DRAMATIC SKETCHES.
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POEMS OF THE WAR. 1861–1865.
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LEGENDS AND LYRICS. 1865–1872.
  
DAPHLES.
  
AËTHRA.
  
RENEWED.
  
KRISHNA AND HIS THREE HAND-MAIDENS.
  
UNDER THE PINE.
  
A DREAM OF THE SOUTH WINDS.
  
IN THE MIST.
  
A SUMMER MOOD.
  
MIDNIGHT.
  
THE BONNY BROWN HAND.
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SONNETS.
  
FIRE-PICTURES.
  
AN ANNIVERSARY.
  
FROM THE WOODS.
  
DOLCE FAR NIENTE.
  
CAMBYSES AND THE MACROBIAN BOW.
  
BY THE AUTUMN SEA.
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THE WIFE OF BRITTANY.
  
PROEM.
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THE STORY.
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[PART I.]
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PART II.
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PART III.
  
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THE RIVER.
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THE STORY OF GLAUCUS THE THESSALIAN.
  
THE NEST.
  
NOT DEAD.
  
SONNET.
  
MARGUERITE.
  
APART.
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THE LOTOS AND THE LILY.
  
WINDLESS RAIN.
  
“IN UTROQUE FIDELIS.”
  
NATURE, BETROTHED AND WEDDED.
  
CHLORIS.
  
FORTUNIO.
  
A FEUDAL PICTURE.
  
THE WARNING.
  
DRIFTING.
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SONNETS.
  
ODE TO SLEEP.
  
SONG.
  
HOPES AND MEMORIES.
  
WIDDERIN'S RACE.
  
OCTOBER.
  
WILL.
  
HERE AND THERE.
  
WELCOME TO WINTER.
  
TO MY MOTHER.
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SONNETS.
  
THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LOVERS.
  
THE VENGEANCE OF THE GODDESS DIANA. .
  
THE SOLITARY LAKE.
  
THE VOICE IN THE PINES.
  
VISIT OF THE WRENS.
  
FOREST PICTURES.
  
GOLDEN DELL.
  
ASPECTS OF THE PINES.
  
MIDSUMMER IN THE SOUTH.
  
CLOUD-PICTURES.
  
SONNET.
  
IN THE PINE BARRENS.
  
SONNET.
  
THE WOODLAND PHASES.
  
AFTER THE TORNADO.
  
IN THE BOWER.
  
WHENCE?
  
SONNET.
  
VIOLETS.
  
BY THE GRAVE OF HENRY TIMROD.
  
SONNET.
  
ARIEL.
  
SONNET.
  
THE CLOUD-STAR.
  
SWEETHEART, GOOD-BYE!
  
SONNET.
  
FRIDA AND HER POET.
  
PREËXISTENCE.
  
SONNET.
  
A THOUSAND YEARS FROM NOW.
  
SONNET.
  
THUNDER AT MIDNIGHT.
  
ON THE DEATH OF CANON KINGSLEY.
  
WHEN ALL HAS BEEN SAID AND DONE.
  
THE VISION IN THE VALLEY.
  
THE ARCTIC VISITATION.
  
THE WIND OF ONSET.
  
THE VISIT OF MAHMOUD BEN SULEIM TO PARADISE.
  
MY DAUGHTER.
  
OUR “HUMMING-BIRD.”
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LATER POEMS OF IMAGINATION, SENTIMENT, AND DESCRIPTION.
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HUMOROUS POEMS.
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POEMS FOR CHILDREN.

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IX.
FATE, OR GOD?

Beyond the record of all eldest things,
Beyond the rule and regions of past time,
From out Antiquity's hoary-headed rime,
Looms the dread phantom of a King of kings:
Round His vast brows the glittering circlet clings
Of a thrice royal crown; behind Him climb,
O'er Atlantean limbs and breast sublime
The sombre splendors of mysterious wings;
Deep calms of measureless power, in awful state,
Gird and uphold Him; a miraculous rod,
To heal or smite, arms His infallible hands:
Known in all ages, worshipped in all lands,
Doubt names this half-embodied mystery—Fate,
While Faith, with lowliest reverence, whispers—God!
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