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Early poems

Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891)

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SONNET.
  
HAKON'S LAY.
  
A REVERIE.
  
IN SADNESS.
  
OPENING POEM TO A YEAR'S LIFE.
  
DEDICATION TO VOLUME OF POEMS ENTITLED A YEAR'S LIFE.
  
SONG.
  
THE DEPARTED.
  
THE BOBOLINK.
  
FORGETFULNESS.
  
SONG.
  
THE POET.
  
FLOWERS.
  
THE LOVER.
  
TO E. W. G.
  
ISABEL.
  
MUSIC.
  
SONG.
  
IANTHE.
  
LOVE'S ALTAR.
  
IMPARTIALITY.
  
BELLEROPHON.
  
SOMETHING NATURAL.
  
A FEELING.
  
THE LOST CHILD.
  
THE CHURCH.
  
THE UNLOVELY.
  
LOVE-SONG.
  
SONG.
  
A LOVE-DREAM.
  
SPHINX.
  
“GOE, LITTLE BOOKE!”
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SONNETS.
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I. DISAPPOINTMENT.
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[II. Great human nature, whither art thou fled]
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III. TO A FRIEND.
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[IV. So may it be, but let it not be so]
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[VI. For this true nobleness I seek in vain]
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VII. To ---
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[VIII. Might I but be beloved, and, O most fair]
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[IX. Why should we ever weary of this life?]
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X. GREEN MOUNTAINS.
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[XI. My friend, adown Life's valley, hand in hand]
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[XII. Verse cannot say how beautiful thou art]
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[XIII. The soul fain its loving kindness tell]
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[XIV. I saw a gate: a harsh voice spake and said]
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[XV. I would not have this perfect love of ours]
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[XVI. To the dark, narrow house where loved ones go]
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[XVII. I fain would give to thee the loveliest things]
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[XVIII. Much I had mused of Love, and in my soul]
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[XIX. Sayest thou, most beautiful, that thou wilt wear]
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[XX. Poet! who sittest in thy pleasant room]
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XXI. “NO MORE BUT SO?”
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XXII. TO A VOICE HEARD IN MOUNT AUBURN.
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XXIII. ON READING SPENSER AGAIN.
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[XXIV. Light of mine eyes! with thy so trusting look]
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[XXV. Silent as one who treads on new-fallen snow]
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[XXVI. A gentleness that grows of steady faith]
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[XXVII. When the glad soul is full to overflow]
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XXVIII. TO THE EVENING-STAR.
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XXIX. READING.
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XXX. TO---, AFTER A SNOW-STORM.
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SONNETS ON NAMES.
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I. EDITH.
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II. ROSE.
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III. MARY.
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IV. CAROLINE.
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V. ANNE.

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[XI. My friend, adown Life's valley, hand in hand]

My friend, adown Life's valley, hand in hand,
With grateful change of grave and merry speech
Or song, our hearts unlocking each to each,
We'll journey onward to the silent land;
And when stern Death shall loose that loving band,
Taking in his cold hand a hand of ours,
The one shall strew the other's grave with flowers,
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Nor shall his heart a moment be unmanned
My friend and brother! if thou goest first,
Wilt thou no more re-visit me below?
Yea, when my heart seems happy causelessly
And swells, not dreaming why, as it would burst
With joy unspeakable—my soul shall know
That thou, unseen, art bending over me.
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