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The poems of Richard Henry Stoddard

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Stoddard, Richard Henry (1825-1903)

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PROEM.
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EARLY POEMS.
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SONGS OF SUMMER.
  
THE KING'S BELL.
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THE BOOK OF THE EAST.
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LATER POEMS.
  
AN OLD MAN'S SONG OF MAY.
  
AN OLD MAN'S NEW-YEAR'S SONG.
  
THE VANISHED MAY.
  
A NEW YEAR'S SONG.
  
MAY-DAY.
  
UP IN THE TREES.
  
AN OLD SONG REVERSED.
  
SONGS UNSUNG.
  
SISTE, VIATOR.
  
YOUTH AND AGE.
  
IRREPARABLE.
  
THE TWO ANCHORS.
  
TOO OLD FOR KISSES.
  
THE LADY'S GIFT.
  
THE MARRIAGE KNOT.
  
PHILLIS.
  
THE NECKLACE OF PEARLS.
  
THE FLOWER OF LOVE LIES BLEEDING.
  
WISHING AND HAVING.
  
THE FOLLOWER.
  
LOVE'S WILL.
  
THE FILLET.
  
A CATCH.
  
LOVE.
  
AT LAST.
  
A DIRGE.
  
A CARCANET.
  
A ROSE SONG.
  
LILIAN.
  
GOING HOME.
  
AT THE WINDOW.
  
SORROW AND JOY.
  
IN ALSATIA.
  
THE FLOWN BIRD.
  
THE RIVALS.
  
THE VOICE OF EARTH.
  
SAINT AND SINNER.
  
BRAHMA'S ANSWER.
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HYMNS OF THE MYSTICS.
  
[Roses I see, the sweetest roses]
  
[The love I bear you, dearest]
  
[The flying of the arrow]
  
[Their names who famous were of old]
  
[Trust not fortune. She will be]
  
[Men seek retreats, and some retire]
  
[What harmonious is with thee]
  
[Though thou shouldst live a thousand years]
  
[Pain and pleasure both decay]
  
[The whole of this great world, I say]
  
[When the drum of sickness beats]
  
[To bear what is, to be resigned]
  
[Why should man struggle early, late]
  
[Old Bishop Ivo met one day]
  
[The carver thought, the carver wrought]
  
[There was of old a Moslem saint]
  
[Said Ibn Abi Wakkoo, whose strong bow]
  
[There came to Nushervan, surnamed the Just]
  
[Let me a simple tale repeat]
  
[He needs a guide no longer]
  
[How many, many centuries]
  
[Walking along the shore one morn]
  
[“Shall we, O Master,” Ke Loo said]
  
THOMAS MOORE.
  
SALVE, REGINA.
  
DIES NATALIS CHRISTI.
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THE MASQUE OF THE THREE KINGS.
  
A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
  
A WEDDING UNDER THE DIRECTORY.
  
TWO KINGS.
  
TO THE MEMORY OF KEATS.
  
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
  
THE VICTORIES OF PEACE.
  
HISTORY.
  
GUESTS OF THE STATE.
  
THE PEARL OF THE PHILIPPINES.
  
WRATISLAW.
  
THE DEAD MASTER.
  
HYMN TO THE SEA.

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[To bear what is, to be resigned]

To bear what is, to be resigned,
The mark is of a noble mind.
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Stir not thy hand, or foot, or heart,
Be not disturbed, for Destiny
Is more attached, O man, to thee
Than to thyself thou art!
If patience had but been thy guest,
Thy destined portion would have come,
And like a lover on thy breast
Have flung itself, and kissed thee dumb!
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