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Poems of Paul Hamilton Hayne

Complete edition with numerous illustrations
Hayne, Paul Hamilton (1830-1886)

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YOUTHFUL POEMS.
  
THE WILL AND THE WING.
  
“THE LAUGHING HOURS BEFORE HER FEET.”
  
EVE OF THE BRIDAL.
  
MY FATHER.
  
SONG.
  
SONG.
  
BY THE GRAVE.
  
SONG OF THE NAIADS.
  
LETHE.
  
THE REALM OF REST.
  
THE ISLAND IN THE SOUTH.
  
ODE.
  
QUEEN GALENA, OR THE SULTANA BETRAYED.
  
THE POET'S TRUST IN HIS SORROW.
  
THE BROOK.
  
NATURE THE CONSOLER.
  
THE SOUL-CONFLICT.
  
THE PRESENTIMENT.
  
THE TWO SUMMERS.
  
LINES.
  
SONG.
  
ON A PORTRAIT.
  
THE SHADOW.
  
THE WINTER WINDS MAY WILDLY RAVE.
  
UNDER SENTENCE.
  
THE VILLAGE BEAUTY.
  
AFTER DEATH.
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SONNETS.
  
OCTOBER.
  
LIFE AND DEATH.
  
SHELLEY.
  
POETS OF THE OLDEN TIME.
  
“NOW, WHILE THE REAR-GUARD.”
  
“PENT IN THIS COMMON SPHERE.”
  
“BETWEEN THE SUNKEN SUN AND THE NEW MOON.”
  
ANCIENT MYTHS.
  
O GOD! WHAT GLORIOUS SEASONS BLESS THY WORLD!
  
“ALONG THE PATH THY BLEEDING FEET.”
  
“TOO OFT THE POET IN ELABORATE VERSE.”
  
MOUNTAIN SONNETS.
  
COMPOSED IN AUTUMN.
  
GREAT POETS AND SMALL.
  
MY STUDY.
  
TO ------.
  
TO W. H. H.
  
LINES.
  
“AN IDLE POET DREAMING.”
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DRAMATIC SKETCHES.
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ANTONIO MELIDORI.
 1. 
SCENE I.
 2. 
SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
 4. 
SCENE IV.
 5. 
SCENE V.
 6. 
SCENE VI.
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ALLAN HERBERT.
 1. 
SCENE I.
 2. 
SCENE II.
  
FROM THE CONSPIRATOR,
  
EXPERIENCE IN POVERTY.
  
THE TRUE PHILOSOPHY.
  
LOVE'S CAPRICES.
  
CREEDS.
  
THE UNIVERSALITY OF GRIEF.
  
THE PENITENT.
  
DRAMATIC FRAGMENT.
  
REWARD OF FICKLENESS.
  
A CHARACTER.
  
MORALS OF DESPERATION.
  
THE CONDEMNED.
  
ANTIPATHIES.
  
MISCONSTRUCTION.
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POEMS OF THE WAR. 1861–1865.
  
MY MOTHER-LAND.
  
ODE.
  
CHARLESTON.
  
STUART.
  
BEYOND THE POTOMAC.
  
BEAUREGARD'S APPEAL.
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THE SUBSTITUTE.
 1. 
PART I.
 2. 
PART II.
  
BATTLE OF CHARLESTON HARBOR,
  
CHARLESTON AT THE CLOSE OF 1863.
  
SCENE IN A COUNTRY HOSPITAL.
  
VICKSBURG.—A BALLAD.
  
THE LITTLE WHITE GLOVE.
  
STONEWALL JACKSON.
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SONNETS.
 1. 
I. ON THE CHIVALRY OF THE PRESENT TIME.
 2. 
II. ELLIOTT IN FORT SUMTER.
  
OUR MARTYRS.
  
FORGOTTEN.
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LEGENDS AND LYRICS. 1865–1872.
  
DAPHLES.
  
AËTHRA.
  
RENEWED.
  
KRISHNA AND HIS THREE HAND-MAIDENS.
  
UNDER THE PINE.
  
A DREAM OF THE SOUTH WINDS.
  
IN THE MIST.
  
A SUMMER MOOD.
  
MIDNIGHT.
  
THE BONNY BROWN HAND.
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SONNETS.
  
THE COTTAGE ON THE HILL.
  
NOVEMBER.
  
SYLVAN MUSINGS.—IN MAY.
  
POETS.
  
SONNET.
  
THE PHANTOM BELLS.
  
THE LIFE-FOREST.
  
CLOUD FANTASIES.
  
SONNET.
  
SONNET.
  
FIRE-PICTURES.
  
AN ANNIVERSARY.
  
FROM THE WOODS.
  
DOLCE FAR NIENTE.
  
CAMBYSES AND THE MACROBIAN BOW.
  
BY THE AUTUMN SEA.
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THE WIFE OF BRITTANY.
  
PROEM.
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THE STORY.
 1. 
[PART I.]
 2. 
PART II.
 3. 
PART III.
  
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THE RIVER.
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THE STORY OF GLAUCUS THE THESSALIAN.
  
TO ---
  
THE STORY.
  
THE NEST.
  
NOT DEAD.
  
SONNET.
  
MARGUERITE.
  
APART.
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THE LOTOS AND THE LILY.
  
THE LOTOS.
  
THE LILY.
  
WINDLESS RAIN.
  
“IN UTROQUE FIDELIS.”
  
NATURE, BETROTHED AND WEDDED.
  
CHLORIS.
  
FORTUNIO.
  
A FEUDAL PICTURE.
  
THE WARNING.
  
DRIFTING.
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SONNETS.
  
LEIGH HUNT.
  
SOUL-ADVANCES.
  
CAROLINA.
  
SONNET.
  
ODE TO SLEEP.
  
SONG.
  
HOPES AND MEMORIES.
  
WIDDERIN'S RACE.
  
OCTOBER.
  
WILL.
  
HERE AND THERE.
  
WELCOME TO WINTER.
  
TO MY MOTHER.
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SONNETS.
  
ILLEGITIMATE.
  
SONNET.
  
VERNAL PICTURES (WITHOUT AND WITHIN).
  
THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LOVERS.
  
THE VENGEANCE OF THE GODDESS DIANA. .
  
THE SOLITARY LAKE.
  
THE VOICE IN THE PINES.
  
VISIT OF THE WRENS.
  
FOREST PICTURES.
  
GOLDEN DELL.
  
ASPECTS OF THE PINES.
  
MIDSUMMER IN THE SOUTH.
  
CLOUD-PICTURES.
  
SONNET.
  
IN THE PINE BARRENS.
  
SONNET.
  
THE WOODLAND PHASES.
  
AFTER THE TORNADO.
  
IN THE BOWER.
  
WHENCE?
  
SONNET.
  
VIOLETS.
  
BY THE GRAVE OF HENRY TIMROD.
  
SONNET.
  
ARIEL.
  
SONNET.
  
THE CLOUD-STAR.
  
SWEETHEART, GOOD-BYE!
  
SONNET.
  
FRIDA AND HER POET.
  
PREËXISTENCE.
  
SONNET.
  
A THOUSAND YEARS FROM NOW.
  
SONNET.
  
THUNDER AT MIDNIGHT.
  
ON THE DEATH OF CANON KINGSLEY.
  
WHEN ALL HAS BEEN SAID AND DONE.
  
THE VISION IN THE VALLEY.
  
THE ARCTIC VISITATION.
  
THE WIND OF ONSET.
  
THE VISIT OF MAHMOUD BEN SULEIM TO PARADISE.
  
MY DAUGHTER.
  
OUR “HUMMING-BIRD.”
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LATER POEMS OF IMAGINATION, SENTIMENT, AND DESCRIPTION.
  
UNVEILED.
  
MUSCADINES.
  
IN A SPRING GARDEN.
  
IN DEGREE.
  
THE SKELETON WITNESS.
  
STORM-FRAGMENTS.
  
ABOVE THE STORM.
  
UNDERGROUND—A FANTASY.
  
THE DRYAD OF THE PINE.
  
WELCOME TO FROST.
  
THE PINE'S MYSTERY.
  
TO A BEE.
  
THE FIRST MOCKING-BIRD IN SPRING.
  
THE RED AND THE WHITE ROSE.
  
BEFORE THE MIRROR.
  
TWO EPOCHS.
  
WIND FROM THE EAST.
  
PEACH BLOOMS.
  
THE AWAKENING.
  
LOVE'S AUTUMN.
  
THE SPIREA.
  
COQUETTE.
  
SKATING.
  
THE WORLD WITHIN US.
  
FOREST QUIET.
  
THE MOCKING-BIRD.
  
A STORM IN THE DISTANCE.
  
THE VISION BY THE SEA.
  
THE VISIONARY FACE.
  
THE ROSE AND THORN.
  
THE RED LILY.
  
LAKE WINNIPISEOGEE.
  
LAKE MISTS.
  
THE INEVITABLE CALM.
  
THE DEAD LOOK.
  
JETSAM.
  
FAMELESS GRAVES.
  
WINTER ROSE.
  
TRISTRAM OF THE WOOD.
  
HINTS OF SPRING.
  
THE HAWK.
  
OVER THE WATERS.
  
THE TRUE HEAVEN.
  
THE BREEZES OF JUNE.
  
A MOUNTAIN FANCY.
  
ABSENCE AND LOVE.
  
THE FALLEN PINE-CONE.
  
STERN TRUTHS TRANSFIGURED.
  
DISTANCE.
  
HORIZONS.
  
IN THE GRAY OF THE EVENING.
  
THE VISION AT TWILIGHT.
  
AN HOUR TOO LATE.
  
“TOO LOW AND YET TOO HIGH!”
  
THE LORDSHIP OF CORFU.
  
TALLULAH FALLS.
  
DIVIDED.
  
THE MEADOW BROOK.
  
THE VALLEY OF ANOSTAN.
  
TWO SONGS.
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SONNETS.
 1. 
I. FRESHNESS OF POETIC PERCEPTION.
 2. 
II. LAOCOON.
 3. 
III. AT LAST.
 4. 
IV. A PHANTOM IN THE CLOUDS.
 5. 
V. JAPONICAS.
 6. 
VI. THE USURPER.
 7. 
VII. DECEMBER SONNET.
 8. 
VIII. A COMPARISON.
 9. 
IX. FATE, OR GOD?
 10. 
X. SONNET.
 11. 
XI. EARTH ODORS—AFTER RAIN.
 12. 
XII. SONNET.
 13. 
XIII. POVERTY.
 14. 
XIV. WASTE.
 15. 
XV. A MORNING AFTER STORM.
 16. 
XVI. DEAD LOVES.
 17. 
XVII. NATURE AT EASE.
 18. 
XVIII. THE CNYDIAN ORACLE.
 19. 
XIX. THE HYACINTH.
 20. 
XX. THE WOOD FAR INLAND.
 21. 
[XXI. A moment since his breath dissolved in air]
 22. 
XXII. MAGNOLIA GARDENS.
 23. 
XXIII. ENGLAND.
 24. 
XXIV. DISAPPOINTMENT.
 25. 
XXV. THE LAST OF THE ROSES.
 26. 
XXVI. THE AXE AND PINE.
 27. 
XXVII. BETROTHAL NIGHT.
 28. 
XXVIII. “THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA.”
 29. 
XXIX. TWO PICTURES.
 30. 
XXX. THE MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
 31. 
XXXI. NIGHT-WINDS IN WINTER.
 32. 
XXXII. TO THE QUERULOUS POETS.
 33. 
XXXIII. IN THE PORCH.
 34. 
XXXIV. THE PHANTOM—SONG.
 35. 
XXXV. SMALL GRIEFS AND GREAT.
 36. 
XXXVI. THE SHALLOW HEART!
 37. 
XXXVII. THE STORMY NIGHT.
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PERSONAL SONNETS.
 1. 
I. TO HENRY W. LONGFELLOW.
 2. 
II. TO GEORGE H. BOKER.
 3. 
III. TO ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE.
 4. 
IV. TO EDGAR FAWCETT.
 5. 
V. CARLYLE.
 6. 
VI. TO JEAN INGELOW.
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VII. TO M. I. P.
  
MACDONALD'S RAID.—A. D. 1780.
  
THE BATTLE OF KING'S MOUNTAIN.
  
THE HANGING OF BLACK CUDJO.
  
CHARLESTON RETAKEN.
  
TO THE AUTHOR OF “THE VICTORIAN POETS.”
  
HERA.
  
BELOW AND ABOVE.
  
THE WOODLAND GRAVE.
  
A CHARACTER.
  
LYRIC OF ACTION.
  
BY A GRAVE.
  
SEVERANCE.
  
TWO GRAVES.
  
THE WORLD.
  
THE MAY SKY.
  
A LYRICAL PICTURE.
  
LAMIA UNVEILED.
  
RACHEL.
  
THE SNOW-MESSENGERS.
  
TO ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS.
  
THE ENCHANTED MIRROR.
  
THE IMPRISONED SEA-WINDS.
  
BLANCHE AND NELL.
  
THE DARK.
  
IN THE STUDIO.
  
WASHINGTON!
  
IN AMBUSH.
  
SOUTH CAROLINA TO THE STATES OF THE NORTH.
  
THE STRICKEN SOUTH TO THE NORTH.
  
THE RETURN OF PEACE.
  
YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL LYRIC.
  
ON THE PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS IN RUSSIA.
  
ASSASSINATION.
  
ENGLAND.
  
TO LONGFELLOW.
  
“PHILIP MY KING.”
  
A PLEA FOR THE GRAY.
  
UNION OF BLUE AND GRAY.
  
THE KING OF THE PLOW.
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IN MEMORIAM.
 1. 
I. LONGFELLOW DEAD.
 2. 
II. ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD.
 3. 
III. DEAN STANLEY.
 4. 
IV. HIRAM H. BENNER.
 5. 
V. W. GILMORE SIMMS.
 6. 
VI. DICKENS.
 7. 
VII. TO BAYARD TAYLOR BEYOND US.
 8. 
VIII. BAYARD TAYLOR (UPON DEATH).
 9. 
IX. RICHARD H. DANA, SEN.
 10. 
X. BRYANT DEAD!
 11. 
XI. THE POLE OF DEATH.
 12. 
XII. THE DEATH OF HOOD.
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MEDITATIVE AND RELIGIOUS.
 1. 
I. CHRIST ON EARTH.
 2. 
II. HARVEST-HOME.
 3. 
III. RECONCILIATION.
 4. 
IV. A VERNAL HYMN.
 5. 
V. CHRISTIAN EXALTATION.
 6. 
VI. SOLITUDE; IN YOUTH AND AGE.
 7. 
VII. DENIAL.
 8. 
VIII. LESSON OF SUBMISSION.
 9. 
IX. THE SUPREME HOUR.
 10. 
X. A CHRISTMAS LYRIC.
 11. 
XI. THE PILGRIM.
 12. 
XII. PENUEL.
 13. 
XIII. PATIENCE.
 14. 
XIV. THE LATTER PEACE.
 15. 
XV. GAUTAMA.
 16. 
XVI. CHRIST.
 17. 
XVII. A WINTER HYMN.
 18. 
XVIII. THE THREE URNS.
 19. 
XIX. ON THE DECLINE OF FAITH.
 20. 
XX. THE ULTIMATE TRUST.
 21. 
XXI. “A LITTLE WHILE I FAIN WOULD LINGER YET.”
 22. 
XXII. TWILIGHT MONOLOGUE.
 23. 
XXIII. THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
 24. 
XXIV. FINIS.
 25. 
XXV. THE SHADOWS ON THE WALL.
 26. 
XXVI. CONSUMMATUM EST.
 27. 
XXVII. THE BROKEN CHORDS.
 28. 
XXVIII. THE RIFT WITHIN THE LUTE.
 29. 
XXIX. IN HARBOR.
 30. 
XXX. FORECASTINGS.
 31. 
XXXI. APPEAL TO NATURE OF THE SOLITARY HEART.
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FOUR POEMS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
 1. 
I. TO THE POET WHITTIER. ON HIS 70th BIRTHDAY.
 2. 
II. TO O. W. HOLMES, ON HIS BIRTHDAY.
 3. 
III. TO EMERSON.
 4. 
IV. TO HON. R. G. H.
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HUMOROUS POEMS.
  
VALERIE'S CONFESSION.
  
A MEETING OF THE BIRDS.
  
A BACHELOR-BOOKWORM'S COMPLAINT OF THE LATE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
  
COQUETTE AND HER LOVER.
  
SENEX TO HIS FRIEND.
  
THE OBSERVANT “ELDEST” SPEAKS.
  
LUCIFER'S DEPUTY.
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POEMS FOR CHILDREN.
  
LITTLE NELLIE IN THE PRISON.
  
THE CHILDREN.
  
WILL AND I.
  
JAMIE AND HIS MOTHER—IN THE TROPICS.
  
THE THREE COPECKS.
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THE REASON WHY.
  
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LATER.
  
LATER STILL.
  
THE SILKEN SHOE.
  
THE BLACK DESTRIER.
  
THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE BOB BONNYFACE.
  
KISS ME, KATIE!
  
CAGED.
  
LITTLE LOTTIE'S GRIEVANCE.
  
A NEW VERSION OF WHY THE ROBIN'S BREAST IS RED.
  
THE LITTLE SAINT.
  
A NEW PHILOSOPHY; OR, STAR SHOWERS EXPLAINED.
  
BABY'S FIRST WORD.
  
THE CHAMELEON.
  
FLYING FURZE.
  
THE NEW SISTER.
  
HOP, SKIP, AND JUMP: A QUEER TRIO PERSONIFIED.
  
DANCING.
  
MOTES.
  
THE GROUND SQUIRREL.
  
ARTIE'S “AMEN.”
  
THREE PORTRAITS OF BOYS.
  
BIRDS.
  
THE DEAD CHILD AND THE MOCKING-BIRD.
  
THE LITTLE GRAND DUCHESS.
  
ROLY POLY.
  
THE IMPRISONED INNOCENTS.

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A NEW VERSION OF WHY THE ROBIN'S BREAST IS RED.

Know you why the robin's breast
Gleameth of a dusky red,
Like the lustre mid the stars
Of the potent planet Mars?
'Tis—a monkish myth has said—
Owing to his cordial heart;
For, long since, he took the part
Of those hapless children, sent
Hadean-ward for punishment;
And, to quench the fierce desire,
Bred in them by ruthless fire,
Brought on tiny bill and wing,
Water from some earthly spring,
Which in misty droplets fell
O'er their dwelling of unrest,
While the sufferer's faces grew
Softer 'neath the healing dew!
But, too far within that hell
Venturing, some malicious fiend,
A small devil hardly weaned,
Seized bold Robin in his claw,
Striving thro' the flames to draw
His poor body, until fled
Sight of eyes and sense of head,
Scorched he lay and almost dead!
Then, a child whose tongue and brow,
Robin's help had cooled but now,
Clutched the baby-fiend in ire,
And in gulfs of his own fire
Soused the vile misshapen elf.
Fluttering upwards, scarce himself,
After all the pain and fear
Of his horrid sojourn there
In that realm of flame and smoke,
Lo! earth's happy sunlight broke
On the bird's dazed view at last;
But the ordeal he had passed
Left a flame-spot widely spread
Where the wind-blown feathers part
Just above his loyal heart.
So the robin's breast is red!
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