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The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

in six volumes
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882)

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VOLUME I.
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VOICES OF THE NIGHT
  
PRELUDE.
  
HYMN TO THE NIGHT.
  
A PSALM OF LIFE.
  
THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS.
  
THE LIGHT OF STARS.
  
FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS.
  
FLOWERS.
  
THE BELEAGUERED CITY.
  
MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR.
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EARLIER POEMS
  
AN APRIL DAY.
  
AUTUMN.
  
WOODS IN WINTER.
  
HYMN OF THE MORAVIAN NUNS OF BETHLEHEM.
  
SUNRISE ON THE HILLS.
  
THE SPIRIT OF POETRY.
  
BURIAL OF THE MINNISINK.
  
L'ENVOI.
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BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS
  
THE SKELETON IN ARMOR.
  
THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS.
  
THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.
  
ENDYMION.
  
IT IS NOT ALWAYS MAY.
  
THE RAINY DAY.
  
GOD'S-ACRE.
  
TO THE RIVER CHARLES.
  
BLIND BARTIMEUS.
  
THE GOBLET OF LIFE.
  
MAIDENHOOD.
  
EXCELSIOR.
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POEMS ON SLAVERY
  
TO WILLIAM E. CHANNING.
  
THE SLAVE'S DREAM.
  
THE GOOD PART,
  
THE SLAVE IN THE DISMAL SWAMP.
  
THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT.
  
THE WITNESSES.
  
THE QUADROON GIRL.
  
THE WARNING.
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THE SPANISH STUDENT
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ACT I.
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ACT II.
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Scene I.
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Scene III.
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Scene VI.
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Scene VII.
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Scene VIII.
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Scene IX.
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Scene X.
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Scene XI.
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ACT III.
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Scene VI.
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THE BELFRY OF BRUGES AND OTHER POEMS
  
CARILLON.
  
THE BELFRY OF BRUGES.
  
A GLEAM OF SUNSHINE.
  
THE ARSENAL AT SPRINGFIELD.
  
NUREMBERG.
  
THE NORMAN BARON.
  
RAIN IN SUMMER.
  
TO A CHILD.
  
THE OCCULTATION OF ORION.
  
THE BRIDGE.
  
TO THE DRIVING CLOUD.
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SONGS
  
THE DAY IS DONE.
  
AFTERNOON IN FEBRUARY.
  
TO AN OLD DANISH SONG BOOK.
  
WALTER VON DER VOGELWEID.
  
DRINKING SONG.
  
THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS.
  
THE ARROW AND THE SONG.
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SONNETS
  
MEZZO CAMMIN.
  
THE EVENING STAR.
  
AUTUMN.
  
DANTE.
  
CURFEW.
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THE SEASIDE AND THE FIRESIDE
  
DEDICATION.
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BY THE SEASIDE
  
THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP.
  
SEAWEED.
  
CHRYSAOR.
  
THE SECRET OF THE SEA.
  
TWILIGHT.
  
SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT.
  
THE LIGHTHOUSE.
  
THE FIRE OF DRIFT-WOOD.
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BY THE FIRESIDE
  
RESIGNATION.
  
THE BUILDERS.
  
SAND OF THE DESERT IN AN HOUR-GLASS.
  
THE OPEN WINDOW.
  
KING WITLAF'S DRINKING-HORN.
  
GASPAR BECERRA.
  
PEGASUS IN POUND.
  
TEGNÉR'S DRAPA.
  
SONNET ON MRS. KEMBLE'S READINGS FROM SHAKESPEARE.
  
THE SINGERS.
  
SUSPIRIA.
  
HYMN FOR MY BROTHER'S ORDINATION.
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APPENDIX I. JUVENILE POEMS.
  
THE BATTLE OF LOVELL'S POND.
  
TO IANTHE.
  
THANKSGIVING.
  
AUTUMNAL NIGHTFALL.
  
ITALIAN SCENERY.
  
THE LUNATIC GIRL.
  
THE VENETIAN GONDOLIER.
  
THE ANGLER'S SONG.
  
LOVER'S ROCK.
  
DIRGE OVER A NAMELESS GRAVE.
  
A SONG OF SAVOY.
  
THE INDIAN HUNTER.
  
ODE WRITTEN FOR THE COMMEMORATION AT FRYEBURG, MAINE, OF LOVEWELL'S FIGHT,
  
JECKOYVA.
  
THE SEA-DIVER.
  
MUSINGS.
  
SONG.
  
SONG OF THE BIRDS.
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VOLUME II.
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EVANGELINE
  
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PART THE FIRST.
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I.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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PART THE SECOND.
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I.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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THE SONG OF HIAWATHA
  
INTRODUCTION.
 1. 
I. THE PEACE-PIPE.
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II. THE FOUR WINDS.
 3. 
III. HIAWATHA'S CHILDHOOD.
 4. 
IV. HIAWATHA AND MUDJEKEEWIS.
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V. HIAWATHA'S FASTING.
 6. 
VI. HIAWATHA'S FRIENDS.
 7. 
VII. HIAWATHA'S SAILING.
 8. 
VIII. HIAWATHA'S FISHING.
 9. 
IX. HIAWATHA AND THE PEARL-FEATHER.
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X. HIAWATHA'S WOOING.
 11. 
XI. HIAWATHA'S WEDDING-FEAST.
 12. 
XII. THE SON OF THE EVENING STAR.
 13. 
XIII. BLESSING THE CORNFIELDS.
 14. 
XIV. PICTURE-WRITING.
 15. 
XV. HIAWATHA'S LAMENTATION.
 16. 
XVI. PAU-PUK-KEEWIS.
 17. 
XVII. THE HUNTING OF PAU-PUK-KEEWIS.
 18. 
XVIII. THE DEATH OF KWASIND.
 19. 
XIX. THE GHOSTS.
 20. 
XX. THE FAMINE.
 21. 
XXI. THE WHITE MAN'S FOOT.
 22. 
XXII. HIAWATHA'S DEPARTURE.
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THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH
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I. MILES STANDISH.
 2. 
II. LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.
 3. 
III. THE LOVER'S ERRAND.
 4. 
IV. JOHN ALDEN.
 5. 
V. THE SAILING OF THE MAYFLOWER.
 6. 
VI. PRISCILLA.
 7. 
VII. THE MARCH OF MILES STANDISH.
 8. 
VIII. THE SPINNING-WHEEL.
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IX. THE WEDDING-DAY.
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VOLUME III.
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BIRDS OF PASSAGE
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FLIGHT THE FIRST.
  
BIRDS OF PASSAGE.
  
PROMETHEUS,
  
EPIMETHEUS.
  
THE LADDER OF ST. AUGUSTINE.
  
THE PHANTOM SHIP.
  
THE WARDEN OF THE CINQUE PORTS.
  
HAUNTED HOUSES.
  
IN THE CHURCHYARD AT CAMBRIDGE.
  
THE EMPEROR'S BIRD'S-NEST.
  
THE TWO ANGELS.
  
DAYLIGHT AND MOONLIGHT.
  
THE JEWISH CEMETERY AT NEWPORT.
  
OLIVER BASSELIN.
  
VICTOR GALBRAITH.
  
MY LOST YOUTH.
  
THE ROPEWALK.
  
THE GOLDEN MILE-STONE.
  
CATAWBA WINE.
  
SANTA FILOMENA.
  
THE DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH CAPE.
  
DAYBREAK.
  
THE FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY OF AGASSIZ.
  
CHILDREN.
  
SANDALPHON.
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FLIGHT THE SECOND
  
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
  
ENCELADUS.
  
THE CUMBERLAND.
  
SNOW-FLAKES.
  
A DAY OF SUNSHINE.
  
SOMETHING LEFT UNDONE.
  
WEARINESS.
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FLIGHT THE THIRD
  
FATA MORGANA.
  
THE HAUNTED CHAMBER.
  
THE MEETING.
  
VOX POPULI.
  
THE CASTLE-BUILDER.
  
CHANGED.
  
THE CHALLENGE.
  
THE BROOK AND THE WAVE.
  
AFTERMATH.
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FLIGHT THE FOURTH
  
CHARLES SUMNER.
  
TRAVELS BY THE FIRESIDE.
  
CADENABBIA.
  
MONTE CASSINO.
  
AMALFI.
  
THE SERMON OF ST. FRANCIS.
  
BELISARIUS.
  
SONGO RIVER.
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FLIGHT THE FIFTH
  
THE HERONS OF ELMWOOD.
  
A DUTCH PICTURE.
  
CASTLES IN SPAIN.
  
VITTORIA COLONNA.
  
THE REVENGE OF RAIN-IN-THE-FACE.
  
TO THE RIVER YVETTE.
  
THE EMPEROR'S GLOVE.
  
A BALLAD OF THE FRENCH FLEET.
  
THE LEAP OF ROUSHAN BEG.
  
HAROUN AL RASCHID.
  
KING TRISANKU.
  
A WRAITH IN THE MIST.
  
THE THREE KINGS.
  
SONG.
  
THE WHITE CZAR.
  
DELIA.
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FLOWER-DE-LUCE
  
FLOWER-DE-LUCE.
  
PALINGENESIS.
  
THE BRIDGE OF CLOUD.
  
HAWTHORNE.
  
CHRISTMAS BELLS.
  
THE WIND OVER THE CHIMNEY.
  
THE BELLS OF LYNN.
  
KILLED AT THE FORD.
  
GIOTTO'S TOWER.
  
TO-MORROW.
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DIVINA COMMEDIA.
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[I. Oft have I seen at some cathedral door]
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[II. How strange the sculptures that adorn these towers!]
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[III. I enter, and I see thee in the gloom]
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[IV. With snow-white veil and garments as of flame,]
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[V. I lift mine eyes, and all the windows blaze]
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[VI. O star of morning and of liberty!]
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THE MASQUE OF PANDORA
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I. THE WORKSHOP OF HEPHÆSTUS.
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II. OLYMPUS.
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III. TOWER OF PROMETHEUS ON MOUNT CAUCASUS.
 4. 
IV. THE AIR.
 5. 
V. THE HOUSE OF EPIMETHEUS.
 6. 
VI. IN THE GARDEN.
 7. 
VII. THE HOUSE OF EPIMETHEUS.
 8. 
VIII. IN THE GARDEN.
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THE HANGING OF THE CRANE
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I.
 2. 
II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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VI.
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VII.
  
MORITURI SALUTAMUS
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A BOOK OF SONNETS
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THREE FRIENDS OF MINE.
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[I. When I remember them, those friends of mine,]
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[II. In Attica thy birthplace should have been,]
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[III. I stand again on the familiar shore,]
 4. 
[IV. River, that stealest with such silent pace]
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[V. The doors are all wide open; at the gate]
  
CHAUCER.
  
SHAKESPEARE.
  
MILTON.
  
KEATS.
  
THE GALAXY.
  
THE SOUND OF THE SEA.
  
A SUMMER DAY BY THE SEA.
  
THE TIDES.
  
A SHADOW.
  
A NAMELESS GRAVE.
  
SLEEP.
  
THE OLD BRIDGE AT FLORENCE.
  
NATURE.
  
IN THE CHURCHYARD AT TARRYTOWN.
  
ELIOT'S OAK.
  
THE DESCENT OF THE MUSES.
  
VENICE.
  
THE POETS.
  
PARKER CLEAVELAND.
  
THE HARVEST MOON.
  
TO THE RIVER RHONE.
  
THE THREE SILENCES OF MOLINOS.
  
THE TWO RIVERS.
  
BOSTON.
  
ST. JOHN'S, CAMBRIDGE.
  
MOODS.
  
WOODSTOCK PARK.
  
THE FOUR PRINCESSES AT WILNA.
  
HOLIDAYS.
  
WAPENTAKE.
  
THE BROKEN OAR.
  
THE CROSS OF SNOW.
  
KERAMOS
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ULTIMA THULE
  
DEDICATION.
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POEMS
  
BAYARD TAYLOR.
  
THE CHAMBER OVER THE GATE.
  
FROM MY ARM-CHAIR.
  
JUGURTHA.
  
THE IRON PEN.
  
ROBERT BURNS.
  
HELEN OF TYRE.
  
ELEGIAC.
  
OLD ST. DAVID'S AT RADNOR.
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FOLK-SONGS
  
THE SIFTING OF PETER.
  
MAIDEN AND WEATHERCOCK.
  
THE WINDMILL.
  
THE TIDE RISES, THE TIDE FALLS.
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SONNETS
  
MY CATHEDRAL
  
THE BURIAL OF THE POET.
  
NIGHT.
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L'ENVOI
  
THE POET AND HIS SONGS.
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IN THE HARBOR
  
BECALMED.
  
THE POETS CALENDAR.
  
AUTUMN WITHIN.
  
THE FOUR LAKES OF MADISON.
  
VICTOR AND VANQUISHED.
  
MOONLIGHT.
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THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE.
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I.
 2. 
II.
 3. 
III.
  
SUNDOWN.
  
CHIMES.
  
FOUR BY THE CLOCK.
  
AUF WIEDERSEHEN.
  
ELEGIAC VERSE.
  
THE CITY AND THE SEA.
  
MEMORIES.
  
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS.
  
TO THE AVON.
  
PRESIDENT GARFIELD.
  
MY BOOKS.
  
MAD RIVER,
  
POSSIBILITIES.
  
DECORATION DAY.
  
A FRAGMENT.
  
LOSS AND GAIN.
  
THE BELLS OF SAN BLAS.
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FRAGMENTS
  
[Neglected record of a mind neglected]
  
[O faithful, indefatigable tides]
  
[Soft through the silent air descend the feathery snow-flakes]
  
[So from the bosom of darkness our days come roaring and gleaming]
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VOLUME IV.
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TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN
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PART FIRST.
  
PRELUDE.
  
THE LANDLORD'S TALE.
  
INTERLUDE.
  
THE STUDENT'S TALE.
  
INTERLUDE.
  
THE SPANISH JEW'S TALE.
  
INTERLUDE.
  
THE SICILIAN'S TALE.
  
INTERLUDE.
  
THE MUSICIAN'S TALE.
  
INTERLUDE.
  
THE THEOLOGIAN'S TALE.
  
INTERLUDE.
  
THE POET'S TALE.
  
FINALE.
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PART SECOND
  
PRELUDE.
  
THE SICILIAN'S TALE.
  
INTERLUDE.
  
THE SPANISH JEW'S TALE.
  
INTERLUDE.
  
THE STUDENT'S TALE.
  
INTERLUDE.
  
THE MUSICIAN'S TALE.
  
INTERLUDE.
  
THE POET'S TALE.
  
INTERLUDE.
  
THE THEOLOGIAN'S TALE.
  
INTERLUDE.
  
THE STUDENT'S SECOND TALE.
  
FINALE.
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PART THIRD
  
PRELUDE.
  
THE SPANISH JEW'S TALE.
  
INTERLUDE.
  
THE POET'S TALE.
  
INTERLUDE.
  
THE STUDENT'S TALE.
  
INTERLUDE.
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THE THEOLOGIAN'S TALE.
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I.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
  
INTERLUDE.
  
THE SICILIAN'S TALE.
  
INTERLUDE.
  
THE SPANISH JEW'S SECOND TALE.
  
INTERLUDE.
  
THE MUSICIAN'S TALE.
  
INTERLUDE.
  
THE LANDLORD'S TALE.
  
FINALE.
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VOLUME V.
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CHRISTUS: A MYSTERY
  
INTROITUS.
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PART ONE THE DIVINE TRAGEDY
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THE FIRST PASSOVER.
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I. VOX CLAMANTIS.
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II. MOUNT QUARANTANIA.
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I.
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II.
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III.
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III. THE MARRIAGE IN CANA.
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IV. IN THE CORNFIELDS.
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V. NAZARETH.
 6. 
VI. THE SEA OF GALILEE.
 7. 
VII. THE DEMONIAC OF GADARA.
 8. 
VIII. TALITHA CUMI.
 9. 
IX. THE TOWER OF MAGDALA.
 10. 
X. THE HOUSE OF SIMON THE PHARISEE.
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THE SECOND PASSOVER.
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I. BEFORE THE GATES OF MACHÆRUS.
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II. HEROD'S BANQUET-HALL.
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III. UNDER THE WALLS OF MACHÆRUS.
 4. 
IV. NICODEMUS AT NIGHT.
 5. 
V. BLIND BARTIMEUS.
 6. 
VI. JACOB'S WELL.
 7. 
VII. THE COASTS OF CÆSAREA PHILIPPI.
 8. 
VIII. THE YOUNG RULER.
 9. 
IX. AT BETHANY.
 10. 
X. BORN BLIND.
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XI. SIMON MAGUS AND HELEN OF TYRE.
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THE THIRD PASSOVER.
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I. THE ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM.
 2. 
II. SOLOMON'S PORCH.
 3. 
III. LORD, IS IT I?
 4. 
IV. THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE.
 5. 
V. THE PALACE OF CAIAPHAS.
 6. 
VI. PONTIUS PILATE.
 7. 
VII. BARABBAS IN PRISON.
 8. 
VIII. ECCE HOMO.
 9. 
IX. ACELDAMA.
 10. 
X. THE THREE CROSSES.
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XI. THE TWO MARIES.
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XII. THE SEA OF GALILEE.
  
EPILOGUE.
  
FIRST INTERLUDE THE ABBOT JOACHIM
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PART TWO THE GOLDEN LEGEND
  
PROLOGUE.
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I.
  
THE CASTLE OF VAUTSBERG ON THE RHINE.
  
COURT-YARD OF THE CASTLE.
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II.
  
A FARM IN THE ODENWALD.
  
A ROOM IN THE FARM-HOUSE.
  
ELSIE'S CHAMBER.
  
THE CHAMBER OF GOTTLIEB AND URSULA.
  
A VILLAGE CHURCH.
  
A ROOM IN THE FARM-HOUSE.
  
IN THE GARDEN.
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III.
  
A STREET IN STRASBURG.
  
SQUARE IN FRONT OF THE CATHEDRAL.
  
IN THE CATHEDRAL.
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THE NATIVITY. A MIRACLE-PLAY.
  
INTROITUS.
 1. 
I. HEAVEN.
 2. 
II. MARY AT THE WELL.
 3. 
III. THE ANGELS OF THE SEVEN PLANETS, BEARING THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.
 4. 
IV. THE WISE MEN OF THE EAST.
 5. 
V. THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT.
 6. 
VI. THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS.
 7. 
VII. JESUS AT PLAY WITH HIS SCHOOLMATES.
 8. 
VIII. THE VILLAGE SCHOOL.
 9. 
IX. CROWNED WITH FLOWERS.
  
EPILOGUE.
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IV.
  
THE ROAD TO HIRSCHAU.
  
THE CONVENT OF HIRSCHAU IN THE BLACK FOREST.
  
THE SCRIPTORIUM.
  
THE CLOISTERS.
  
THE CHAPEL.
  
THE REFECTORY.
  
THE NEIGHBORING NUNNERY.
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V.
  
A COVERED BRIDGE AT LUCERNE.
  
THE DEVIL'S BRIDGE.
  
THE ST. GOTHARD PASS.
  
AT THE FOOT OF THE ALPS.
  
THE INN AT GENOA.
  
AT SEA.
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VI.
  
THE SCHOOL OF SALERNO.
  
THE FARM-HOUSE IN THE ODENWALD.
  
THE CASTLE OF VAUTSBERG ON THE RHINE.
  
EPILOGUE.
  
SECOND INTERLUDE MARTIN LUTHER
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PART THREE THE NEW ENGLAND TRAGEDIES
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JOHN ENDICOTT
  
PROLOGUE.
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ACT I.
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ACT II.
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ACT III.
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ACT IV.
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ACT V.
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GILES COREY OF THE SALEM FARMS
  
PROLOGUE.
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ACT I.
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ACT II.
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ACT III.
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ACT IV.
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ACT V.
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FINALE
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VOLUME VI.
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JUDAS MACCABÆUS
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ACT I. THE CITADEL OF ANTIOCHUS AT JERUSALEM.
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ACT II. THE DUNGEONS IN THE CITADEL.
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ACT III. THE BATTLE-FIELD OF BETH-HORON.
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ACT IV. THE OUTER COURTS OF THE TEMPLE AT JERUSALEM.
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ACT V. THE MOUNTAINS OF ECBATANA.
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MICHAEL ANGELO: A FRAGMENT
  
DEDICATION.
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PART FIRST.
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I. PROLOGUE AT ISCHIA.
  
MONOLOGUE: THE LAST JUDGMENT.
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II. SAN SILVESTRO.
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III. CARDINAL IPPOLITO.
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IV. BORGO DELLE VERGINE AT NAPLES.
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V. VITTORIA COLONNA.
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PART SECOND.
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I. MONOLOGUE.
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II. VITERBO.
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III. MICHAEL ANGELO AND BENVENUTO CELLINI.
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IV. FRA SEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO.
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V. PALAZZO BELVEDERE.
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VI. PALAZZO CESARINI.
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PART THIRD.
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I. MONOLOGUE.
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II. VIGNA DI PAPA GIULIO.
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III. BINDO ALTOVITI.
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IV. IN THE COLISEUM.
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V. MACELLO DE' CORVI.
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VI. MICHAEL ANGELO'S STUDIO.
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VII. THE OAKS OF MONTE LUCA.
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HERMES TRISMEGISTUS.

As Seleucus narrates, Hermes describes the principles that rank as wholes in two myriads of books; or, as we are informed by Manetho, he perfectly unfolded these principles in three myriads six thousand five hundred and twenty-five volumes. ...

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... Our ancestors dedicated the inventions of their wisdom to this deity, inscribing all their own writings with the name of Hermes.—

Lamblicus.

Still through Egypt's desert places
Flows the lordly Nile,
From its banks the great stone faces
Gaze with patient smile.
Still the pyramids imperious
Pierce the cloudless skies,
And the Sphinx stares with mysterious,
Solemn, stony eyes.
But where are the old Egyptian
Demi-gods and kings?
Nothing left but an inscription
Graven on stones and rings.
Where are Helios and Hephæstus,
Gods of eldest eld?
Where is Hermes Trismegistus,
Who their secrets held?
Where are now the many hundred
Thousand books he wrote?
By the Thaumaturgists plundered,
Lost in lands remote;
In oblivion sunk forever,
As when o'er the land
Blows a storm-wind, in the river
Sinks the scattered sand.
Something unsubstantial, ghostly,
Seems this Theurgist,
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In deep meditation mostly
Wrapped, as in a mist.
Vague, phantasmal, and unreal
To our thought he seems,
Walking in a world ideal,
In a land of dreams.
Was he one, or many, merging
Name and fame in one,
Like a stream, to which, converging,
Many streamlets run?
Till, with gathered power proceeding,
Ampler sweep it takes,
Downward the sweet waters leading
From unnumbered lakes.
By the Nile I see him wandering,
Pausing now and then,
On the mystic union pondering
Between gods and men;
Half believing, wholly feeling,
With supreme delight,
How the gods, themselves concealing,
Lift men to their height.
Or in Thebes, the hundred-gated,
In the thoroughfare
Breathing, as if consecrated,
A diviner air;
And amid discordant noises,
In the jostling throng,
Hearing far, celestial voices
Of Olympian song.
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Who shall call his dreams fallacious?
Who has searched or sought
All the unexplored and spacious
Universe of thought?
Who, in his own skill confiding,
Shall with rule and line
Mark the border-land dividing
Human and divine?
Trismegistus! three times greatest!
How thy name sublime
Has descended to this latest
Progeny of time!
Happy they whose written pages
Perish with their lives,
If amid the crumbling ages
Still their name survives!
Thine, O priest of Egypt, lately
Found I in the vast,
Weed-encumbered, sombre, stately,
Grave-yard of the Past;
And a presence moved before me
On that gloomy shore,
As a waft of wind, that o'er me
Breathed, and was no more.
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