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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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[XI. The snow is gone]

The snow is gone;
The waters run,
Through valley rushing,
From cavern gushing,
And foam along
In light and song.

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The sky is blue;
The Spring is new;
The buds are swelling;
The stag is belling;
The lark and dove
Bring life and love.

The woods are green;
In emerald sheen
The grass is springing;
The vales are ringing
With hound and horn:
Young May is born!