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The Poems of Emma Lazarus in two volumes

Lazarus, Emma (1849-1887)

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VOL. I. NARRATIVE, LYRIC, AND DRAMATIC.
  
EPOCHS.
  
HOW LONG?
  
HEROES.
  
ADMETUS.
  
TANNHÄUSER.
  
LINKS.
  
MATINS.
  
SAINT ROMUALDO.
  
AFTERNOON.
  
PHANTASIES
  
ON THE PROPOSAL TO ERECT A MONUMENT IN ENGLAND TO LORD BYRON.
  
ARABESQUE.
  
AGAMEMNON'S TOMB.
  
SIC SEMPER LIBERATORIBUS!
  
DON RAFAEL.
  
OFF ROUGH POINT.
  
MATER AMABILIS.
  
FOG.
  
THE ELIXIR.
  
SONG.
  
SPRING LONGING.
  
THE SOUTH.
  
SPRING STAR.
  
A JUNE NIGHT.
  
MAGNETISM.
  
AUGUST MOON.
  
SUNRISE.
  
A MASQUE OF VENICE.
  
AUTUMN SADNESS.
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SONNETS.
  
ECHOES.
  
SUCCESS.
  
THE NEW COLOSSUS.
  
VENUS OF THE LOUVRE.
  
CHOPIN.
  
SYMPHONIC STUDIES.
  
LONG ISLAND SOUND.
  
DESTINY.
  
1879.
  
FROM ONE AUGUR TO ANOTHER.
  
THE CRANES OF IBYCUS.
  
CRITIC AND POET.
  
ST. MICHAEL'S CHAPEL.
  
LIFE AND ART.
  
SYMPATHY.
  
YOUTH AND DEATH.
  
AGE AND DEATH.
  
CITY VISIONS.
  
INFLUENCE.
  
RESTLESSNESS.
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THE SPAGNOLETTO.
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ACT I.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE IV.
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ACT II.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
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ACT III.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
 4. 
SCENE IV.
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ACT IV.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
 4. 
SCENE IV.
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SCENE V.
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SCENE VI.
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ACT V.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
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VOL II. JEWISH POEMS: TRANSLATIONS
  
THE NEW YEAR.
  
THE CROWING OF THE RED COCK.
  
IN EXILE.
  
IN MEMORIAM—REV. J. J. LYONS.
  
THE VALLEY OF BACA.
  
THE BANNER OF THE JEW.
  
THE GUARDIAN OF THE RED DISK.
  
THE NEW EZEKIEL.
  
THE CHOICE.
  
THE WORLD'S JUSTICE.
  
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.
  
THE FEAST OF LIGHTS.
  
GIFTS.
  
BAR KOCHBA.
  
1492.
  
THE BIRTH OF MAN.
  
RASCHI IN PRAGUE.
  
THE DEATH OF RASCHI.
  
AN EPISTLE.
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BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON.
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I. THE EXODUS. (AUGUST 3, 1492.)
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II. TREASURES.
 3. 
III. THE SOWER.
 4. 
IV. THE TEST.
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V. CURRENTS.
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VI. THE PROPHET.
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VII. CHRYSALIS.
  
TO CARMEN SYLVA.
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THE DANCE TO DEATH;
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ACT I.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
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ACT II.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
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ACT III.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
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ACT IV.
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SCENE I.
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ACT. V.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
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A TRANSLATION AND TWO IMITATIONS.
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I. DONNA CLARA.
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II. DON PEDRILLO.
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III FRA PEDRO.

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AUTUMN SADNESS.

Air and sky are swathed in gold
Fold on fold,
Light glows through the trees like wine.
Earth, sun-quickened, swoons for bliss
'Neath his kiss,
Breathless in a trance divine.
Nature pauses from her task,
Just to bask
In these lull'd transfigured hours.
The green leaf nor stays nor goes,
But it grows
Royaler than mid-June's flowers.
Such impassioned silence fills
All the hills
Burning with unflickering fire—
Such a blood-red splendor stains
The leaves' veins,
Life seems one fulfilled desire.
While earth, sea, and heavens shine,
Heart of mine,
Say, what art thou waiting for?
Shall the cup ne'er reach the lip,
But still slip
Till the life-long thirst give o'er?
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Shall my soul, no frosts may tame,
Catch new flame
From the incandescent air?
In this nuptial joy apart,
Oh my heart,
Whither shall we lonely fare?
Seek some dusky, twilight spot,
Quite forgot
Of the Autumn's Bacchic fire.
Where soft mists and shadows sleep,
There outweep
Barren longing's vain desire.
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