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Poems : medley and Palestina

De Forest, John William (1826-1906)

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MEDLEY
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UNDER THE COLORS.
  
The Battalion.
  
The Combat.
  
Campaigning.
  
Forward.
  
The Storming Column.
  
The Bloody Grove.
  
Lost and Won.
  
The Battle Flag.
  
The Boy Soldier.
  
After the War.
  
The Echo Drummer.
  
Pickett's Charge.
  
Raven Van Ross.
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RECOLLECTIONS AND REVERIES
  
The Phantom Ship.
  
The City of Souls.
  
The Owl.
  
The Tableau Vivant.
  
Romances.
  
Hail, Augusta!
  
The Archer's Plea.
  
The Skater.
  
The Solo.
  
The Haunted Lady.
  
The Coming Goodbye.
  
Recollection.
  
Separation.
  
Cherished Illusions.
  
Sunset on Lebanon.
  
The Lottery Valentine.
  
Underneath.
  
The Wizard.
  
Despondencies.
  
En Voyage.
  
New York Bay in 1624.
  
The Old-Time Village.
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TALES AND BALLADS
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A Seaside Story.
 1. 
I The Mermaiden.
 2. 
II The Seaside Lake.
 3. 
III The Meeting.
 4. 
IV Remembrance.
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Tender and True.
 1. 
I The Stroll.
 2. 
II A Hope.
 3. 
III The Wedding.
 4. 
IV The Grove.
 5. 
V The Sleep.
 6. 
VI The Dead March.
  
The Same in the Ending.
  
The Vestal.
  
The Bishop of Thule.
  
The Lost Hunter.
  
The Goat.
  
A Fable of Salem.
  
The Brave.
  
The Pilgrim.
  
The Demon's Story.
  
The Dark Comrade.
  
Calenture.
  
The Plaything Sky.
  
The Fastidious Goblin.
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The Old Knight and the Damozel.
 1. 
I
 2. 
II
 3. 
III In the Golden City.
  
The Vanished Castle.
  
Niffer.
  
The Old-Time People.
  
Lochinvar in the South.
  
Judge Boodle.
  
The Cannibal Conquest.
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PALESTINA
  
The Battle of the Kings.
  
Joseph.
  
Delilah.
  
Gilboa.
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THE PASTOR
  
The Vision.
  
The Despondent.
  
The Human.
  
The Redeemer.
  
The Fall of the Evil.
  
The Divine.
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THE BARD
  
The Gracious.
  
The Deliverer.
  
The Protector.
  
The Avenger.
  
The Splendor of Jehovah.
  
The Unchangeable.
  
The Merciful.
  
Adoration.
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THE BURDEN OF SAMARIA
  
Jeroboam.
  
Ahijah's Curse.
  
Elijah's Curse.
  
Carmel.
  
The Death of Ahab.
  
Jezebel at the Window.
  
Hosea's Curse.
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THE STORY OF JERUSALEM
  
The Messenger.
  
The Message.
  
The Curse.
  
The Judgment.
  
The Fast.
  
The City of Destruction.
  
The Chambers of Imagery.
  
The Warning.
  
The Spoiler.
  
The Siege.
  
Overthrow.
  
Unsepulchred.
  
The Sorrowful City.
  
The Lament.
  
By the Rivers of Babylon.
  
The Vision of the Glory.
  
The Scroll of Retribution.
  
The Burden of Tyre.
  
The Burden of Babylon.
  
The Feast of Bel.
  
Lucifer.
  
Appeal.
  
Hope in Sorrow.
  
The Promise.
  
The Revival.
  
The Return.
  
Reëstablishment.
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THE NEW GLORY
  
The Man of Sorrows.
  
The Fathers.
  
The Heralds.
  
The Golden City.
  
The White Robed.

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Separation.

Never to see her nor hear her,
To speak her name aloud never;
Yet hold her always the dearer,
Yet love her forever.
To sleep and dream I am near her,
To curse the daybeams that sever;
To hold her dearer and dearer,
To love her forever.
To see from day to day clearer
She blights both hope and endeavor;
Yet absolve her, bless her, revere her,
Yet love her forever.
Never to see her nor hear her,
To speak her name aloud never;
To hold her always the dearer,
To love her forever.

Imitated from the French of Sully-Prudhomme.


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