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The poems and sonnets of Louise Chandler Moulton

Moulton, Louise Chandler (1835-1908)

SWALLOW-FLIGHTS

IN THE GARDEN OF DREAMS.

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AT THE WIND'S WILL.

AT THE WIND'S WILL.

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ON A ROSE PRESSED IN A BOOK.

THE SUN IS LOW.

THE SECRET OF ARCADY.

AT NIGHT'S HIGH NOON.

THE VOICE OF SPRING.

WHEN LOVE IS YOUNG.

WHEN YOU ARE DEAD.

THE BIRDS AND I.

THE BIRDS COME BACK.

A WINTER'S DAWN.

DEAD MEN'S HOLIDAY.

WHEN YOU WERE HERE.

BECAUSE IT IS THE SPRING.

A VIOLET SPEAKS.

LEGEND OF A TOMB IN FLORENCE.

THE SUMMER'S QUEEN.

BEND LOW AND HARK.

A SONG FOR ROSALYS.

THE GENTLE GHOST OF JOY.

WHEN I WANDER AWAY WITH DEATH.

HAS LAVISH SUMMER BROUGHT THE ROSE?

THE MOOD OF A MAN.

JUNE'S DAUGHTER.

A SUMMER WOOING.

I HAVE CALLED THEE MANY A NIGHT.

A WHISPER TO THE MOON.

IN VENICE ONCE.

MY QUEEN OF MAY.

WHERE THE NIGHT'S PALE ROSES BLOW.

I HEARD A CRY IN THE NIGHT.

THE NAME ON A DOOR.

THE COSTLIEST GIFT.

TO HER WHO KNOWS.

Rondels and Rondeaux.

ADDITIONAL POEMS.

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THE LOST ROOM.

When I came out of the fair House of Youth
I heedlessly behind me closed the door—
Now every hour is bitter with the truth
That I can find that portal never more.