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The Poetical Works of James Gates Percival

With a biographical sketch

Percival, James Gates (1795-1856)

THE DREAM OF A DAY, AND OTHER POEMS. FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1843.

GREEK APPEAL TO AMERICA.

THE HEXLI. (LITTLE WITCH.)

THE MAIDEN.

THE POWER OF SONG.

LAYS.

[I. Mellow fades the glow of even]

[II. Hark! the song]

[III. Through the wood, in evening's shadow, straying]

[IV. Speed thee far]

[V. O that I lay on yonder mountain]

[VI. They call me,—they call me, from meadow and grove]

[VII. “O, rest thee here in silent bower]

[VIII. The song is still, that over heath and mountain]

[IX. Night is on the hill]

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[X. Bells are ringing]

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[XI. The snow is gone]

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[XII. Give me that fond music]

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[XIII. Morning is lightest]

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[XIV. 'T is dawn]

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[XV. Joy! Joy!]

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[XVI. Faintly breathes the maiden's song]

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[XVII. In sheeted gold the river glides]

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[XVIII. Sitting by a meadow brook]

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[XIX. How gentle the water's motion]

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[XX. The night is still:—on meadow and silvery fountain]

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[XXI. Over hill and plain and mountain]

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[XXII. From rock rebounding]

SONGS FOR NATIONAL AIRS.

THE NORNS.

POSTHUMOUS POEMS.

JUVENILE POEMS.

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[II. Hark! the song]

Hark! the song
Floats along,
Clearly swelling, softly dying,
Soft as wind in roses sighing.

O'er the plain
Sweeps again
Sudden burst of hope and gladness,—
Trembles then the trill of sadness.

Rock and hill
Give it still,
Bright and clear, the sweet emotion,—
Deep and full, the heart's devotion.

Shadows fall,—
Voices call
Fondly home the truant, straying
Down the brook in eddies playing.

Daylight flies,—
Amber skies,
O'er the shadowy mountain glowing,
Darken; yet the song is flowing.