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The Golden Treasury

of the best songs and lyrical poems in the English Language
Palgrave, Francis Turner (1824-1897)

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[FIRST SERIES]
  
[dedication]
  
[epigraph]
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Book First
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Book Second
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Book Third
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Book Fourth
 CCVIII. 
CCVIII TO THE MUSES
 CCIX. 
CCIX ODE ON THE POETS
 CCX. 
CCX ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER
 CCXI. 
CCXI LOVE
 CCXII. 
CCXII ALL FOR LOVE
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CCXIII THE OUTLAW
 CCXIV. 
CCXIV
 CCXV. 
CCXV THE INDIAN SERENADE
 CCXVI. 
CCXVI
 CCXVII. 
CCXVII
 CCXVIII. 
CCXVIII
 CCXIX. 
CCXIX
 CCXX. 
CCXX
 CCXXI. 
CCXXI
 CCXXII. 
CCXXII THE EDUCATION OF NATURE
 CCXXIII. 
CCXXIII
 CCXXIV. 
CCXXIV A LOST LOVE
 CCXXV. 
CCXXV LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER
 CCXXVI. 
CCXXVI LUCY GRAY
 CCXXVII. 
CCXXVII JOCK OF HAZELDEAN
 CCXXVIII. 
CCXXVIII LOVE'S PHILOSOPHY
 CCXXIX. 
CCXXIX ECHOES
 CCXXX. 
CCXXX A SERENADE
 CCXXXI. 
CCXXXI TO THE EVENING STAR
 CCXXXII. 
CCXXXII TO THE NIGHT
 CCXXXIII. 
CCXXXIII TO A DISTANT FRIEND
 CCXXXIV. 
CCXXXIV
 CCXXXV. 
CCXXXV HAPPY INSENSIBILITY
 CCXXXVI. 
CCXXXVI
 CCXXXVII. 
CCXXXVII LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI
 CCXXXVIII. 
CCXXXVIII THE ROVER
 CCXXXIX. 
CCXXXIX THE FLIGHT OF LOVE
 CCXL. 
CCXL THE MAID OF NEIDPATH
 CCXLI. 
CCXLI
 CCXLII. 
CCXLII
 CCXLIII. 
CCXLIII THE TERROR OF DEATH
 CCXLIV. 
CCXLIV DESIDERIA
 CCXLV. 
CCXLV
 CCXLVI. 
CCXLVI ELEGY ON THYRZA
 CCXLVII. 
CCXLVII
 CCXLVIII. 
CCXLVIII GATHERING SONG OF DONALD THE BLACK
 CCXLIX. 
CCXLIX
 CCL. 
CCL
 CCLI. 
CCLI BATTLE OF THE BALTIC
 CCLII. 
CCLII ODE TO DUTY
 CCLIII. 
CCLIII ON THE CASTLE OF CHILLON
 CCLIV. 
CCLIV ENGLAND AND SWITZERLAND, 1802
 CCLV. 
CCLV ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC.
 CCLVI. 
CCLVI LONDON, 1802
 CCLVII. 
CCLVII THE SAME
 CCLVIII. 
CCLVIII
 CCLIX. 
CCLIX HOHENLINDEN
 CCLX. 
CCLX AFTER BLENHEIM
 CCLXI. 
CCLXI PRO PATRIA MORI
 CCLXII. 
CCLXII THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE AT CORUNNA
 CCLXIII. 
CCLXIII SIMON LEE THE OLD HUNTSMAN
 CCLXIV. 
CCLXIV THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES
 CCLXV. 
CCLXV THE JOURNEY ONWARDS
 CCLXVI. 
CCLXVI YOUTH AND AGE
 CCLXVII. 
CCLXVII A LESSON
 CCLXVIII. 
CCLXVIII PAST AND PRESENT
 CCLXIX. 
CCLXIX THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS
 CCLXX. 
CCLXX STANZAS WRITTEN IN DEJECTION NEAR NAPLES
 CCLXXI. 
CCLXXI THE SCHOLAR
 CCLXXII. 
CCLXXII THE MERMAID TAVERN
 CCLXXIII. 
CCLXXIII THE PRIDE OF YOUTH
 CCLXXIV. 
CCLXXIV THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS
 CCLXXV. 
CCLXXV ELEGY
 CCLXXVI. 
CCLXXVI HESTER
 CCLXXVII. 
CCLXXVII TO MARY
 CCLXXVIII. 
CCLXXVIII CORONACH
 CCLXXIX. 
CCLXXIX THE DEATH BED
 CCLXXX. 
CCLXXX AGNES
 CCLXXXI. 
CCLXXXI ROSABELLE
 CCLXXXII. 
CCLXXXII ON AN INFANT DYING AS SOON AS BORN
 CCLXXXIII. 
CCLXXXIII IN MEMORIAM
 CCLXXXIV. 
CCLXXXIV THE AFFLICTION OF MARGARET
 CCLXXXV. 
CCLXXXV HUNTING SONG
 CCLXXXVI. 
CCLXXXVI TO THE SKYLARK
 CCLXXXVII. 
CCLXXXVII TO A SKYLARK
 CCLXXXVIII. 
CCLXXXVIII THE GREEN LINNET
 CCLXXXIX. 
CCLXXXIX TO THE CUCKOO
 CCXC. 
CCXC ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE
 CCXCI. 
CCXCI UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE, SEPT. 3, 1802
 CCXCII. 
CCXCII
 CCXCIII. 
CCXCIII OZYMANDIAS OF EGYPT
 CCXCIV. 
CCXCIV COMPOSED AT NEIDPATH CASTLE, THE PROPERTY OF LORD QUEENSBERRY, 1803
 CCXCV. 
CCXCV THE BEECH TREE'S PETITION
 CCXCVI. 
CCXCVI ADMONITION TO A TRAVELLER
 CCXCVII. 
CCXCVII TO THE HIGHLAND GIRL OF INVERSNEYDE
 CCXCVIII. 
CCXCVIII THE REAPER
 CCXCIX. 
CCXCIX THE REVERIE OF POOR SUSAN
 CCC. 
CCC TO A LADY, WITH A GUITAR
 CCCI. 
CCCI THE DAFFODILS
 CCCII. 
CCCII TO THE DAISY
 CCCIII. 
CCCIII ODE TO AUTUMN
 CCCIV. 
CCCIV ODE TO WINTER
 CCCV. 
CCCV YARROW UNVISITED 1803
 CCCVI. 
CCCVI YARROW VISITED
 CCCVII. 
CCCVII THE INVITATION
 CCCVIII. 
CCCVIII THE RECOLLECTION
 CCCIX. 
CCCIX BY THE SEA
 CCCX. 
CCCX SONG TO THE EVENING STAR
 CCCXI. 
CCCXI DATUR HORA QUIETI
 CCCXII. 
CCCXII TO THE MOON
 CCCXIII. 
CCCXIII TO SLEEP
 CCCXIV. 
CCCXIV THE SOLDIER'S DREAM
 CCCXV. 
CCCXV A DREAM OF THE UNKNOWN
 CCCXVI. 
CCCXVI KUBLA KHAN
 CCCXVII. 
CCCXVII THE INNER VISION
 CCCXVIII. 
CCCXVIII THE REALM OF FANCY
 CCCXIX. 
CCCXIX WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING
 CCCXX. 
CCCXX RUTH: OR THE INFLUENCES OF NATURE
 CCCXXI. 
CCCXXI WRITTEN AMONG THE EUGANEAN HILLS
 CCCXXII. 
CCCXXII ODE TO THE WEST WIND
 CCCXXIII. 
CCCXXIII NATURE AND THE POET
 CCCXXIV. 
CCCXXIV THE POET'S DREAM
 CCCXXV. 
CCCXXV GLEN-ALMAIN, THE NARROW GLEN
 CCCXXVI. 
CCCXXVI
 CCCXXVII. 
CCCXXVII WITHIN KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE
 CCCXXVIII. 
CCCXXVIII ODE ON A GRECIAN URN
 CCCXXIX. 
CCCXXIX YOUTH AND AGE
 CCCXXX. 
CCCXXX THE TWO APRIL MORNINGS
 CCCXXXI. 
CCCXXXI THE FOUNTAIN
 CCCXXXII. 
CCCXXXII THE RIVER OF LIFE
 CCCXXXIII. 
CCCXXXIII THE HUMAN SEASONS
 CCCXXXIV. 
CCCXXXIV A DIRGE
 CCCXXXV. 
CCCXXXV THRENOS
 CCCXXXVI. 
CCCXXXVI THE TROSACHS
 CCCXXXVII. 
CCCXXXVII
 CCCXXXVIII. 
CCCXXXVIII ODE ON INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY FROM RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
 CCCXXXIX. 
CCCXXXIX
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SECOND SERIES

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CCLXXII
THE MERMAID TAVERN

Souls of Poets dead and gone,
What Elysium have ye known,
Happy field or mossy cavern,
Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern?
Have ye tippled drink more fine
Than mine host's Canary wine?
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Or are fruits of Paradise
Sweeter than those dainty pies
Of venison? O generous food!
Drest as though bold Robin Hood
Would, with his Maid Marian,
Sup and bowse from horn and can.
I have heard that on a day
Mine host's sign-board flew away
Nobody knew whither, till
An astrologer's old quill
To a sheepskin gave the story,
Said he saw you in your glory,
Underneath a new-old sign
Sipping beverage divine,
And pledging with contented smack
The Mermaid in the Zodiac.
Souls of Poets dead and gone,
What Elysium have ye known,
Happy field or mossy cavern,
Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern?
J. Keats
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