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Uncollected Poems of James Russell Lowell
Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891)
TEXT OF THE POEMS
Periodical and pamphlet poems
“YE YANKEES OF THE BAY STATE”
THE LOVER'S DRINK-SONG
AGATHA
THE TWO
CALLIRHÖE
SONNET—TO KEATS
MERRY ENGLAND
“I LOVE THOSE POETS, OF WHATEVER CREED”
SONNET
SONNET
SONNET
THE LESSON—TO IRENE
BALLAD
“MY FATHER, SINCE I LOVE, THY PRESENCE CRIES”
SONNET—SUNSET AND MOONSHINE
THE LOVED ONE
THE BALLAD OF THE STRANGER
SONNET
SONNET
TO AN ÆOLIAN HARP AT NIGHT
SONNET
FANCIES ABOUT A ROSEBUD,
FAREWELL
THE TRUE RADICAL
HYMN
SONNET
VOLTAIRE
THE FOLLOWER
THE POET AND APOLLO
A LOVE THOUGHT
WORDSWORTH
WINTER
A RALLYING-CRY FOR NEW-ENGLAND, AGAINST THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS
ANTI-TEXAS
A MYSTICAL BALLAD
NEW YEAR'S EVE, 1844
THE HAPPY MARTYRDOM
AN EPIGRAM,
NOW IS ALWAYS BEST
ORPHEUS
AN EXTRACT
THE EX-MAYOR'S CRUMBS OF CONSOLATION: A PATHETIC BALLAD
THE BURIAL OF THEOBALD
KING RETRO
“LADY BIRD, LADY BIRD, FLY AWAY HOME”
OUT OF DOORS
THE NORTHERN SANCHO PANZA AND HIS VICARIOUS CORK TREE
A DREAM I HAD
ON RECEIVING A PIECE OF FLAX-COTTON
OUR OWN,
PESCHIERA
WITHOUT AND WITHIN
IN-DOORS AND OUT
HYMN
VERSES
THE POWER OF SOUND
EPIGRAM ON J. M.
THE TRUSTEE'S LAMENT
THE FATAL CURIOSITY
BEFORE THE EMBERS
IL PESCEBALLO
A WORTHY DITTY
MR. WORSLEY'S NIGHTMARE
HOB GOBBLING'S SONG
“POSEIDON FIELDS, WHO DOST THE ATLANTIC SWAY”
CHARLES DICKENS
TO MADAME DU CHATELET
AN EPITAPH
THE WORLD'S FAIR, 1876
CAMPAIGN EPIGRAMS
THREE SCENES IN THE LIFE OF A PORTRAIT
CUIVISCUNQUE
VERSES
VERSES WRITTEN IN A COPY OF SHAKSPEARE
STREET DOORS
HIS SHIP
THE INFANT PRODIGY
MY BROOK
IN A VOLUME OF SIR THOMAS BROWNE
INSCRIPTION FOR A MEMORIAL BUST OF FIELDING
FOR A BIRTHDAY
“I AM DRIVEN BY MY LONGING”
VERSES
VERSES
COLLEGE VERSE
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Uncollected Poems of James Russell Lowell
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VOLTAIRE
Heaven shield me from ambition such as his—
To weigh a pun against Eternal bliss
And scoff at God for an antithesis.
Uncollected Poems of James Russell Lowell
