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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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[XIV. 'T is dawn]

'T is dawn:
The rosy light is breaking;
To song the birds are waking;
And starry beads are shaking
Along the grassy lawn.

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'T is noon:
Blue rise the hills before me;
Pure swells the azure o'er me;
And radiant blossoms pour me
The balmy breath of June.

'T is even:
Gay clouds, like curtains, lie
Athwart the golden sky;
The wind goes whispering by,
Like soothing voice from heaven.

'T is night:
The world how hushed and still!
Dim towers the shadowy hill;
Earth's guardian spirits fill
Their urns with holy light.