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Poems

Cooke, Rose Terry (1827-1892)
  
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POEMS.
  
MY CUP.
  
OFFERINGS.
  
THE MAN WHO LOVED THE QUEEN.
  
TRAILING ARBUTUS.
  
ONCE BEFORE.
  
SAINT SYMPHORIEN.
  
BEYOND.
  
“IT IS MORE BLESSED.”
  
SCHEMHAMMPHORASCH.
  
BLUE-BEARD'S CLOSET.
  
SOLITAIRE.
  
THE LESSON.
  
AFLOAT.
  
THE TWO VILLAGES.
  
MY HOUSE.
  
THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
  
ALL SAINTS' EVE.
  
A NEW VOICE.
  
THE DRAGON.
  
WITHIN.
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BELL-SONGS.
 1. 
I. “Funera plango.”
 2. 
II. “Fulgora frango.”
 3. 
III. “Sabbata pango.”
  
THE ICONOCLAST.
  
“ALL THY WORKS PRAISE THEE.”
  
A COMPLAINT.
  
JUSTICE.
  
TO-NIGHT.
  
SEMELE.
  
AN ANSWER.
  
“THOU SHALT NOT KILL.”
  
DECORATION DAY.
  
SEGOVIA AND MADRID.
  
THE RIVER.
  
THANKSGIVING. I.
  
EN ESPAGNE.
  
A FLOWER BALLAD.
  
OCTOBER.
  
LOSS AND GAIN.
  
“NON FIT.”
  
ASLEEP.
  
UNRETURNING.
  
MY LITTLE DARLING.
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VALENTINES—FOR MY TWO.
  
FOR FAY.
  
FOR BIRDIE.
  
SAFE.
  
THE PEACE OF GOD.
  
A VALENTINE.
  
THEN.
  
THANKSGIVING. II.
  
TIRED.
  
NOW.
  
DIES ILLA.
  
THE ANTIETAM STATUE.
  
TRODDEN.
  
ARACHNE.
  
REST.
  
BIRD MUSIC.
  
FASTRADA'S RING.
  
TRUTHS.
  
HERE.
  
LISE.
  
DEPARTING.
  
A STATUE.
  
APRIL.
  
“LATA SILENTIA.”
  
CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
  
WOOD LAUREL.
  
NEMESIS.
  
MARGARITAS ANTE PORCOS.
  
NOT MINE.
  
THE FISHING SONG.
  
A CHRISTMAS VISION.
  
MARY.
  
HESPER.
  
RÊVE DU MIDI.
  
REMEMBERING.
  
DAISIES.
  
BATTLE-FLAG DAY.
  
AGAIN.
  
COLUMBINE.
  
RIGHTS.
  
MARY, THE MOTHER OF THE LORD.
  
PRAYER.
  
NOW.
  
NONNETTES.
  
A MEMORY.
  
A FAIRY FLIGHT.
  
IN VAIN.
  
THE FIR TREE.
  
INDOLENCE.
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NOCTURN.
 1. 
[I. Night hovering o'er the languid lily-bell]
 2. 
[II. Dear night, from the hills return]
  
THE SUTTEE.
  
ORIOLE.
  
A CRY IN THE NIGHT.
  
BEST
  
JEPHTHA'S DAUGHTER.
  
NEW MOON.
  
A WIND.
  
DECEMBER XXXI.
  
LOTOS-LAND.
  
THE DAUGHTER OF HERODIAS.
  
IN THE HOSPITAL.
  
A ROSARY.
  
GRAY.
  
IN PART.
  
AT LAST.
  
MIDNIGHT.
  
“BLESSED BE NOTHING.”
  
LATTER SPRING.
  
FALLEN.
  
“CHE SARA SARA.”
  
THE NIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
  
GONE.
  
C. E. T.
  
DAILY BREAD.
  
SUB ROSA.
  
AWAKE.
  
A THANKSGIVING.
  
CAMARALZAMAN.
  
THE RABBI'S LESSON.
  
IN PACE.
  
NON SEQUITUR.
  
SIBI.
  
HERE.
  
MONOTROPA.
  
EXOGENESIS.
  
CAPTIVE.
  
DOUBT.
  
DAGMAR.
  
JOHN BROWN.
  
A HOSPITAL SOLILOQUY.
  
DEAD LOVE.
  
HE AND SHE.
  
LIFE AND DEATH.
  
OASIS.
  
FAITHFUL.
  
ASLEEP.
  
THE GREAT REPUBLIC.
  
THE DREAM FAY.
  
A FUNERAL PSALM.
  
PANE PICTURES.
  
OUT OF THE BODY TO GOD.
  
THE NETTED LION.
  
MY APPLE TREE.
  
R. W. EMERSON.
  
OH! LOVE IS DEAD.
  
THE SHEEPFOLD.
  
H. W. H.
  
THE SNOW-FILLED NEST.
  
THE NEW SANGREAL.
  
A LEGEND.
  
FLOWERS.
  
“SAVE, OR I PERISH.”
  
WILLOW.
  
DEAD IN THE NEST.
  
TWO.
  
MY FIRE.
  
AN END.
  
COMING.
  
“HÆRET LATERI.”
  
ON THE TRACK.
  
ALL FORWARD!
  
IN THE HAMMOCK.
  
AGAIN.
  
THE FLOWER SOWER.
  
GROTON MASSACRE.
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BALLADS.
  
THE BALLAD OF CHRISTOPHER ASKE.
  
THE GUERZ OF GENOSSA.
  
ROSALIND!
  
THE NIS.
  
BASILE RENAUD.
  
THE DEATH OF TANKERFIELD.
  
GENEVIÈVE.
  
PENNA'S DAUGHTER.
  
THE LADY'S GHOST.
  
THE BRIDES OF FIRE.
  
THE SQUIRE'S BOAR HUNT.
  
MARY OF SCOTLAND.
  
THE HONOR OF GUZMAN EL BUENO.
  
THE SPANIEL'S REVENGE.
  
THE SAFFRON FLY.

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HEART OF MY HEART! STATELY, AND FAIR, AND SWEET;
I LAY THESE GATHERED SHELLS BEFORE THY FEET.
LOST IS THEIR SPARKLE OF THE FOAM AND SAND
AND THE KEEN SUNSHINE GLITTERING ON THE STRAND;
YET STILL THEY HOLD THE MURMUR OF THEIR SEA:
THE DEEP, PURE OCEAN OF MY LOVE FOR THEE.
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