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The Golden Treasury

of the best songs and lyrical poems in the English Language

Palgrave, Francis Turner (1824-1897)

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1.

I.

II.

II THE FAIRY LIFE

III.

III [THE FAIRY LIFE]

IV.

IV SUMMONS TO LOVE

V.

V TIME AND LOVE

VI.

VI [TIME AND LOVE]

VII.

VII THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE

VIII.

VIII OMNIA VINCIT

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XII PRESENT IN ABSENCE

XIII.

XIII VIA AMORIS

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVI A CONSOLATION

XVII.

XVII THE UNCHANGEABLE

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXII A SONG FOR MUSIC

XXIII.

XXIII TO HIS LOVE

XXIV.

XXIV TO HIS LOVE

XXV.

XXVI.

XXVI ADVICE TO A GIRL

XXVII.

XXVII LOVE'S PERJURIES

XXVIII.

XXVIII A SUPPLICATION

XXIX.

XXX.

XXX IN LACRIMAS

XXXI.

XXXII.

XXXIII.

XXXIII LOVE'S INSIGHT

XXXIV.

XXXIV LOVE'S OMNIPRESENCE

XXXV.

XXXV CARPE DIEM

XXXVI.

XXXVI AN HONEST AUTOLYCUS

XXXVII.

XXXVIII.

XXXIX.

XL.

XLI.

XLI REVOLUTIONS

XLII.

XLIII.

XLIII THE LIFE WITHOUT PASSION

XLIV.

XLIV THE LOVER'S APPEAL

XLV.

XLV THE NIGHTINGALE

XLVI.

XLVII.

XLVIII.

XLIX.

XLIX LOVE'S FAREWELL

L.

L IN IMAGINE PERTRANSIT HOMO

LI.

LII.

LIII.

LIII THE UNFAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS

LIV.

LIV ADVICE TO A LOVER

LV.

LV A RENUNCIATION

LVI.

LVII.

LVII A SWEET LULLABY

LVIII.

LIX.

LIX O CRUDELIS AMOR

LX.

LX SEPHESTIA'S SONG TO HER CHILD

LXI.

LXII.

LXII DIRGE OF LOVE

LXIII.

LXIII TO HIS LUTE

LXIV.

LXV.

LXV A SEA DIRGE

LXVI.

LXVI A LAND DIRGE

LXVII.

LXVII POST MORTEM

LXVIII.

LXVIII THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH

LXIX.

LXIX YOUNG LOVE

LXX.

LXXI.

LXXI ROSALYND'S MADRIGAL

LXXII.

LXXII CUPID AND CAMPASPE

LXXIII.

LXXIV.

LXXIV PROTHALAMION

LXXV.

LXXV THE HAPPY HEART

LXXVI.

LXXVI SIC TRANSIT

LXXVII.

LXXVIII.

LXXVIII SOUL AND BODY

LXXIX.

LXXX.

LXXX THE LESSONS OF NATURE

LXXXI.

LXXXII.

LXXXII THE WORLD'S WAY

LXXXIII.

LXXXIV.

LXXXIV SAINT JOHN BAPTIST

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LXXXV.

LXXXV ODE ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY

LXXXVI.

LXXXVI SONG FOR ST. CECILIA'S DAY, 1687

LXXXVII.

LXXXVII ON THE LATE MASSACRE IN PIEDMONT

LXXXVIII.

LXXXVIII HORATIAN ODE UPON CROMWELL'S RETURN FROM IRELAND

LXXXIX.

XC.

XC ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY

XCI.

XCI THE LAST CONQUEROR

XCII.

XCII DEATH THE LEVELLER

XCIII.

XCIII WHEN THE ASSAULT WAS INTENDED TO THE CITY

XCIV.

XCIV ON HIS BLINDNESS

XCV.

XCV CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE

XCVI.

XCVI THE NOBLE NATURE

XCVII.

XCVII THE GIFTS OF GOD

XCVIII.

XCVIII THE RETREAT

XCIX.

XCIX TO MR. LAWRENCE

C.

C TO CYRIACK SKINNER

CI.

CI A HYMN IN PRAISE OF NEPTUNE

CII.

CII HYMN TO DIANA

CIII.

CIII WISHES FOR THE SUPPOSED MISTRESS

CIV.

CIV THE GREAT ADVENTURER

CV.

CV THE PICTURE OF LITTLE T.C. IN A PROSPECT OF FLOWERS

CVI.

CVI CHILD AND MAIDEN

CVII.

CVIII.

CVIII COUNSEL TO GIRLS

CIX.

CIX TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS

CX.

CX ELIZABETH OF BOHEMIA

CXI.

CXI TO THE LADY MARGARET LEY

CXII.

CXII THE TRUE BEAUTY

CXIII.

CXIII TO DIANEME

CXIV.

CXV.

CXVI.

CXVII.

CXVII CHERRY-RIPE

CXVIII.

CXVIII CORINNA'S MAYING

CXIX.

CXIX THE POETRY OF DRESS

CXX.

CXX [THE POETRY OF DRESS]

CXXI.

CXXI [THE POETRY OF DRESS]

CXXII.

CXXII ON A GIRDLE

CXXIII.

CXXIII A MYSTICAL ECSTASY

CXXIV.

CXXIV TO ANTHEA WHO MAY COMMAND HIM ANY THING

CXXV.

CXXVI.

CXXVII.

CXXVII TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON

CXXVIII.

CXXVIII TO LUCASTA, GOING BEYOND THE SEAS

CXXIX.

CXXIX ENCOURAGEMENTS TO A LOVER

CXXX.

CXXX A SUPPLICATION

CXXXI.

CXXXI THE MANLY HEART

CXXXII.

CXXXII MELANCHOLY

CXXXIII.

CXXXIII FORSAKEN

CXXXIV.

CXXXV.

CXXXV FAIR HELEN

CXXXVI.

CXXXVI THE TWA CORBIES

CXXXVII.

CXXXVII ON THE DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM HERVEY

CXXXVIII.

CXXXVIII FRIENDS IN PARADISE

CXXXIX.

CXXXIX TO BLOSSOMS

CXL.

CXL TO DAFFODILS

CXLI.

CXLI THE GIRL DESCRIBES HER FAWN

CXLII.

CXLII THOUGHTS IN A GARDEN

CXLIII.

CXLIII FORTUNATI NIMIUM

CXLIV.

CXLIV L' ALLEGRO

CXLV.

CXLV IL PENSEROSO

CXLVI.

CXLVI SONG OF THE EMIGRANTS IN BERMUDA

CXLVII.

CXLVII AT A SOLEMN MUSIC

CXLVIII.

CXLVIII NOX NOCTI INDICAT SCIENTIAM.

CXLIX.

CXLIX HYMN TO DARKNESS

CL.

CLI.

CLI ALEXANDER'S FEAST, OR, THE POWER OF MUSIC

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CLII.

CLII ODE ON THE PLEASURE ARISING FROM VICISSITUDE

CLIII.

CLIII ODE TO SIMPLICITY

CLIV.

CLV.

CLV THE BLIND BOY

CLVI.

CLVI ON A FAVOURITE CAT, DROWNED IN A TUB OF GOLD FISHES

CLVII.

CLVII TO CHARLOTTE PULTENEY

CLVIII.

CLVIII RULE BRITANNIA

CLIX.

CLX.

CLX ODE WRITTEN IN 1746

CLXI.

CLXI LAMENT FOR CULLODEN

CLXII.

CLXII LAMENT FOR FLODDEN

CLXIII.

CLXIII THE BRAES OF YARROW

CLXIV.

CLXIV WILLY DROWNED IN YARROW

CLXV.

CLXV LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE

CLXVI.

CLXVI BLACK-EYED SUSAN

CLXVII.

CLXVII SALLY IN OUR ALLEY

CLXVIII.

CLXVIII A FAREWELL

CLXIX.

CLXX.

CLXX TO A YOUNG LADY

CLXXI.

CLXXI THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

CLXXII.

CLXXIII.

CLXXIV.

CLXXIV LOVE'S SECRET

CLXXV.

CLXXVI.

CLXXVII.

CLXXVII THE PROGRESS OF POESY

CLXXVIII.

CLXXVIII THE PASSIONS

CLXXIX.

CLXXIX THE SONG OF DAVID

CLXXX.

CLXXX INFANT JOY

CLXXXI.

CLXXXI A CRADLE SONG

CLXXXII.

CLXXXII ODE ON THE SPRING

CLXXXIII.

CLXXXIII THE POPLAR FIELD

CLXXXIV.

CLXXXIV TO A MOUSE

CLXXXV.

CLXXXVI.

CLXXXVI ODE TO EVENING

CLXXXVII.

CLXXXVII ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD

CLXXXVIII.

CLXXXVIII MARY MORISON

CLXXXIX.

CLXXXIX BONNIE LESLEY

CXC.

CXCI.

CXCI HIGHLAND MARY

CXCII.

CXCII AULD ROBIN GRAY

CXCIII.

CXCIII DUNCAN GRAY

CXCIV.

CXCIV THE SAILOR'S WIFE

CXCV.

CXCVI.

CXCVII.

CXCVII JOHN ANDERSON

CXCVIII.

CXCVIII THE LAND O' THE LEAL

CXCIX.

CXCIX ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE

CC.

CC THE SHRUBBERY

CCI.

CCI HYMN TO ADVERSITY

CCII.

CCII THE SOLITUDE OF ALEXANDER SELKIRK

CCIII.

CCIII TO MARY UNWIN

CCIV.

CCIV TO THE SAME

CCV.

CCV THE CASTAWAY

CCVI.

CCVII.

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CCVIII.

CCVIII TO THE MUSES

CCIX.

CCIX ODE ON THE POETS

CCX.

CCX ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER

CCXI.

CCXII.

CCXII ALL FOR LOVE

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CCXIII.

CCXIII THE OUTLAW

CCXIV.

CCXV.

CCXV THE INDIAN SERENADE

CCXVI.

CCXVII.

CCXVIII.

CCXIX.

CCXX.

CCXXI.

CCXXII.

CCXXII THE EDUCATION OF NATURE

CCXXIII.

CCXXIV.

CCXXIV A LOST LOVE

CCXXV.

CCXXV LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER

CCXXVI.

CCXXVI LUCY GRAY

CCXXVII.

CCXXVII JOCK OF HAZELDEAN

CCXXVIII.

CCXXVIII LOVE'S PHILOSOPHY

CCXXIX.

CCXXX.

CCXXX A SERENADE

CCXXXI.

CCXXXI TO THE EVENING STAR

CCXXXII.

CCXXXII TO THE NIGHT

CCXXXIII.

CCXXXIII TO A DISTANT FRIEND

CCXXXIV.

CCXXXV.

CCXXXV HAPPY INSENSIBILITY

CCXXXVI.

CCXXXVII.

CCXXXVII LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI

CCXXXVIII.

CCXXXVIII THE ROVER

CCXXXIX.

CCXXXIX THE FLIGHT OF LOVE

CCXL.

CCXL THE MAID OF NEIDPATH

CCXLI.

CCXLII.

CCXLIII.

CCXLIII THE TERROR OF DEATH

CCXLIV.

CCXLIV DESIDERIA

CCXLV.

CCXLVI.

CCXLVI ELEGY ON THYRZA

CCXLVII.

CCXLVIII.

CCXLVIII GATHERING SONG OF DONALD THE BLACK

CCXLIX.

CCL.

CCLI.

CCLI BATTLE OF THE BALTIC

CCLII.

CCLII ODE TO DUTY

CCLIII.

CCLIII ON THE CASTLE OF CHILLON

CCLIV.

CCLIV ENGLAND AND SWITZERLAND, 1802

CCLV.

CCLV ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC.

CCLVI.

CCLVI LONDON, 1802

CCLVII.

CCLVII THE SAME

CCLVIII.

CCLIX.

CCLIX HOHENLINDEN

CCLX.

CCLX AFTER BLENHEIM

CCLXI.

CCLXI PRO PATRIA MORI

CCLXII.

CCLXII THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE AT CORUNNA

CCLXIII.

CCLXIII SIMON LEE THE OLD HUNTSMAN

CCLXIV.

CCLXIV THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES

CCLXV.

CCLXV THE JOURNEY ONWARDS

CCLXVI.

CCLXVI YOUTH AND AGE

CCLXVII.

CCLXVII A LESSON

CCLXVIII.

CCLXVIII PAST AND PRESENT

CCLXIX.

CCLXIX THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS

CCLXX.

CCLXX STANZAS WRITTEN IN DEJECTION NEAR NAPLES

CCLXXI.

CCLXXI THE SCHOLAR

CCLXXII.

CCLXXII THE MERMAID TAVERN

CCLXXIII.

CCLXXIII THE PRIDE OF YOUTH

CCLXXIV.

CCLXXIV THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS

CCLXXV.

CCLXXVI.

CCLXXVII.

CCLXXVII TO MARY

CCLXXVIII.

CCLXXVIII CORONACH

CCLXXIX.

CCLXXIX THE DEATH BED

CCLXXX.

CCLXXXI.

CCLXXXI ROSABELLE

CCLXXXII.

CCLXXXII ON AN INFANT DYING AS SOON AS BORN

CCLXXXIII.

CCLXXXIII IN MEMORIAM

CCLXXXIV.

CCLXXXIV THE AFFLICTION OF MARGARET

CCLXXXV.

CCLXXXV HUNTING SONG

CCLXXXVI.

CCLXXXVI TO THE SKYLARK

CCLXXXVII.

CCLXXXVII TO A SKYLARK

CCLXXXVIII.

CCLXXXVIII THE GREEN LINNET

CCLXXXIX.

CCLXXXIX TO THE CUCKOO

CCXC.

CCXC ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE

CCXCI.

CCXCI UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE, SEPT. 3, 1802

CCXCII.

CCXCIII.

CCXCIII OZYMANDIAS OF EGYPT

CCXCIV.

CCXCIV COMPOSED AT NEIDPATH CASTLE, THE PROPERTY OF LORD QUEENSBERRY, 1803

CCXCV.

CCXCV THE BEECH TREE'S PETITION

CCXCVI.

CCXCVI ADMONITION TO A TRAVELLER

CCXCVII.

CCXCVII TO THE HIGHLAND GIRL OF INVERSNEYDE

CCXCVIII.

CCXCVIII THE REAPER

CCXCIX.

CCXCIX THE REVERIE OF POOR SUSAN

CCC.

CCC TO A LADY, WITH A GUITAR

CCCI.

CCCI THE DAFFODILS

CCCII.

CCCII TO THE DAISY

CCCIII.

CCCIII ODE TO AUTUMN

CCCIV.

CCCIV ODE TO WINTER

CCCV.

CCCV YARROW UNVISITED 1803

CCCVI.

CCCVI YARROW VISITED

CCCVII.

CCCVII THE INVITATION

CCCVIII.

CCCVIII THE RECOLLECTION

CCCIX.

CCCIX BY THE SEA

CCCX.

CCCX SONG TO THE EVENING STAR

CCCXI.

CCCXI DATUR HORA QUIETI

CCCXII.

CCCXII TO THE MOON

CCCXIII.

CCCXIII TO SLEEP

CCCXIV.

CCCXIV THE SOLDIER'S DREAM

CCCXV.

CCCXV A DREAM OF THE UNKNOWN

CCCXVI.

CCCXVI KUBLA KHAN

CCCXVII.

CCCXVII THE INNER VISION

CCCXVIII.

CCCXVIII THE REALM OF FANCY

CCCXIX.

CCCXIX WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING

CCCXX.

CCCXX RUTH: OR THE INFLUENCES OF NATURE

CCCXXI.

CCCXXI WRITTEN AMONG THE EUGANEAN HILLS

CCCXXII.

CCCXXII ODE TO THE WEST WIND

CCCXXIII.

CCCXXIII NATURE AND THE POET

CCCXXIV.

CCCXXIV THE POET'S DREAM

CCCXXV.

CCCXXV GLEN-ALMAIN, THE NARROW GLEN

CCCXXVI.

CCCXXVII.

CCCXXVII WITHIN KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE

CCCXXVIII.

CCCXXVIII ODE ON A GRECIAN URN

CCCXXIX.

CCCXXIX YOUTH AND AGE

CCCXXX.

CCCXXX THE TWO APRIL MORNINGS

CCCXXXI.

CCCXXXI THE FOUNTAIN

CCCXXXII.

CCCXXXII THE RIVER OF LIFE

CCCXXXIII.

CCCXXXIII THE HUMAN SEASONS

CCCXXXIV.

CCCXXXIV A DIRGE

CCCXXXV.

CCCXXXV THRENOS

CCCXXXVI.

CCCXXXVI THE TROSACHS

CCCXXXVII.

CCCXXXVIII.

CCCXXXVIII ODE ON INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY FROM RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD

CCCXXXIX.

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I.

II.

III.

III LETTY'S GLOBE

IV.

IV THE SURPRISE

V.

V ISEULT'S CHILDREN

VI.

VI THE DESERTED GARDEN

VII.

VII BLACKMWORE MAIDENS

VIII.

VIII LITTLE SOPHY BY THE SEASIDE

IX.

IX THE PET NAME

X.

XI.

XI THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN

XII.

XII OUR MARY AND THE CHILD MUMMY

XIII.

XIII MARGARET LOVE PEACOCK

XIV.

XIV THE WAIL OF THE CORNISH MOTHER

XV.

XVI.

XVI IN THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

XVII.

XVII THE MOTHER'S DREAM

XVIII.

XVIII SIMPLE NATURE

XIX.

XIX ‘DE GUSTIBUS—’

XX.

XX MY EARLY HOME

XXI.

XXI TWO IN THE CAMPAGNA

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIII THE GLORY OF NATURE

XXIV.

XXIV RESUSCITATION OF FANCY

XXV.

XXV SUNSET WINGS

XXVI.

XXVI THE STEAM THRESHING-MACHINE

XXVII.

XXVII ON THE DEATH OF A FAVOURITE CANARY

XXVIII.

XXIX.

XXIX SONG OF PALMS

XXX.

XXXI.

XXXII.

XXXII THE SONG OF EMPEDOCLES

XXXIII.

XXXIII THE SCHOLAR-GIPSY

XXXIV.

XXXV.

XXXV SOUL'S BEAUTY

XXXVI.

XXXVII.

XXXVIII.

XXXVIII AT THE CHURCH GATE

XXXIX.

XXXIX THE BIRTH-BOND

XI.

XLI.

XLI SOMEWHERE OR OTHER

XLII.

XLIII.

XLIII ZUMMER AN' WINTER

XLIV.

XLV.

XLVI.

XLVII.

XLVII WILLOWWOOD

XLVIII.

XLIX.

L.

LI.

LI KEEPING A HEART

LII.

LII HOME AT LAST

LIII.

LIII SUDDEN LIGHT

LIV.

LIV NEVER THE TIME AND THE PLACE

LV.

LV THE BROOK-SIDE

LVI.

LVII.

LVIII.

LVIII SILENT NOON

LIX.

LIX NUNC AMET QUI NUNQUAM AMAVIT . . .

LX.

LXI.

LXI A LOVE SYMPHONY

LXII.

LXII FAR—FAR—AWAY

LXIII.

LXIII THE ‘OLD, OLD SONG’

LXIV.

LXIV ON A PHOTOGRAPH

LXV.

LXVI.

LXVII.

LXVII THE MEN OF OLD

LXVIII.

LXVIII MAGNA EST VERITAS

LXIX.

LXIX THE SUN'S SHAME

LXX.

LXXI.

LXXI NEXT OF KIN

LXXII.

LXXII THE SPECTRE OF THE PAST

LXXIII.

LXXIII LOCKSLEY HALL

LXXIV.

LXXIV STRANGERS YET

LXXV.

LXXV QUA CURSUM VENTUS

LXXVI.

LXXVI A SUMMER NIGHT

LXXVII.

LXXVII THE SILENT VOICES

LXXVIII.

LXXVIII THE FUTURE

LXXIX.

LXXIX SLEEP AT SEA

LXXX.

LXXX NORTHERN FARMER

LXXXI.

LXXXI NORTHERN FARMER

LXXXII.

LXXXII ST. JOHN BAPTIST

LXXXIII.

LXXXIV.

LXXXIV THE TRANCE OF TIME

LXXXV.

LXXXVI.

LXXXVI ‘RETRO ME, SATHANA!’

LXXXVII.

LXXXVII UP-HILL

LXXXVIII.

LXXXVIII MOTHER COUNTRY

LXXXIX.

LXXXIX ST. AGNES' EVE

XC.

XC THE BLESSED DAMOZEL

XCI.

XCI SONG OF AN ANGEL

XCII.

XCII A CHRISTMAS HYMN, 1837

XCIII.

XCIII THE LOSS OF THE ‘BIRKENHEAD’:

XCIV.

XCIV THE BRITISH SOLDIER IN CHINA

XCV.

XCV THE SANDS OF DEE

XCVI.

XCVI LOST ON SCHIHALLION

XCVII.

XCVII THE BALLAD OF KEITH OF RAVELSTON

XCVIII.

XCVIII MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS

XCIX.

XCIX THE FORSAKEN MERMAN

C.

C THE ‘REVENGE’

CI.

CI THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE

CII.

CIII.

CIII THE LABORATORY:

CIV.

CIV THE RED THREAD OF HONOUR

CV.

CV THE FORGING OF THE ANCHOR

CVI.

CVII.

CVII ‘ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!’

CVIII.

CVIII HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD

CIX.

CIX LOVE AMONG THE RUINS

CX.

CXI.

CXI THE GIRT WOAK TREE THAT'S IN THE DELL

CXII.

CXII TELL-TALE FLOWERS

CXIII.

CXIII ODE ON A FAIR SPRING MORNING

CXIV.

CXIV AN EVENING SCENE

CXV.

CXVI.

CXVI AFTER MANY YEARS

CXVII.

CXVII THE GIRT WOLD HOUSE O' MOSSY STWONE

CXVIII.

CXVIII A VANISHED VILLAGE

CXIX.

CXIX RETURN TO NATURE

CXX.

CXX THE TWO DESERTS

CXXI.

CXXII.

CXXII EVENING MELODY

CXXIII.

CXXIII A FAREWELL

CXXIV.

CXXV.

CXXV TO A FRIEND

CXXVI.

CXXVI AN INVOCATION

CXXVII.

CXXVII SONG OF CALLICLES IN SICILY

CXXVIII.

CXXVIII CALLICLES BENEATH ETNA

CXXIX.

CXXIX ‘FRATER AVE ATQUE VALE’

CXXX.

CXXXI.

CXXXI AMPHIBIAN

CXXXII.

CXXXIII.

CXXXIII CONSOLATION

CXXXIV.

CXXXIV RABBI BEN EZRA

CXXXV.

CXXXV THE GUARDIAN-ANGEL:

CXXXVI.

CXXXVI PROSPICE

CXXXVII.

CXXXVIII.

CXXXVIII EPILOGUE

CXXXIX.

CXXXIX CROSSING THE BAR

CXL.

CXL IN LOVE'S ETERNITY

CXLI.

CXLI THREE SEASONS

CXLII.

CXLII HALF TRUTH

CXLIII.

CXLIII NESSUN MAGGIOR DOLORE . . .

CXLIV.

CXLIV A TOCCATA OF GALUPPI'S

CXLV.

CXLV IF SHE BUT KNEW

CXLVI.

CXLVII.

CXLVII DEPARTURE

CXLVIII.

CXLIX.

CXLIX THE LOST MISTRESS

CL.

CLI.

CLI GREATER MEMORY

CLII.

CLIII.

CLIII THE BROKEN HEART

CLIV.

CLV.

CLV THE MAID'S LAMENT

CLVI.

CLVII.

CLVII A FAREWELL

CLVIII.

CLVIII SONG OF THE OLD LOVE

CLIX.

CLIX A DREAM OF AUTUMN

CLX.

CLXI.

CLXII.

CLXIII.

CLXIII TO THE END

CLXIV.

CLXIV THE ONE HOPE

CLXV.

CLXV A DEAD ROSE

CLXVI.

CLXVI LOST DAYS

CLXVII.

CLXVII THE SUMMER IS ENDED

CLXVIII.

CLXVIII RETURNING HOME

CLXIX.

CLXIX IN A LONDON SQUARE

CLXX.

CLXX LASCIATE OGNI SPERANZA . . .

CLXXI.

CLXXI THE BOURNE

CLXXII.

CLXXIII.

CLXXIII THE FOUNTAIN OF TEARS

CLXXIV.

CLXXIV THE WRECK

CLXXV.

CLXXV ELLEN BRINE OF ALLENBURN

CLXXVI.

CLXXVI GOING HOME

CLXXVII.

CLXXVII IN MEMORIAM

CLXXVIII.

CLXXVIII TO ---, ON HER SISTER'S DEATH

CLXXIX.

CLXXIX CONSOLATIONS IN BEREAVEMENT

CLXXX.

CLXXXI.

CLXXXI ANASTASIS

CLXXXII.

CLXXXII THE AFTERNOTE OF THE HOUR

CLXXXIII.

CLXXXIII MARY—A REMINISCENCE

CLXXXIV.

CLXXXIV MARY CONTINUED

CLXXXV.

CLXXXV ‘IF I WERE DEAD’

CLXXXVI.

CLXXXVI LOVE AFTER DEATH

CLXXXVII.

CLXXXVII READEN OV A HEAD-STWONE

CLXXXVIII.

CLXXXVIII PLORATA VERIS LACHRYMIS

CLXXXIX.

CLXXXIX IN THE VALLEY OF CAUTERETZ

CXC.

CXC ‘BREAK, BREAK, BREAK’

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CXXXVI
PROSPICE

Fear death?—to feel the fog in my throat,
The mist in my face,
When the snows begin, and the blasts denote
I am nearing the place,
The power of the night, the press of the storm,
The post of the foe;
Where he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form,
Yet the strong man must go:
For the journey is done and the summit attain'd,
And the barriers fall,
Though a battle's to fight ere the guerdon be gain'd,
The reward of it all.
I was ever a fighter, so—one fight more,
The best and the last!
I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore,
And bade me creep past.
No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers
The heroes of old,
Bear the brunt, in a minute pay glad life's arrears
Of pain, darkness and cold.

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For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave,
The black minute's at end,
And the elements' rage, the fiend-voices that rave,
Shall dwindle, shall blend,
Shall change, shall become first a peace out of pain,
Then a light, then thy breast,
O thou soul of my soul! I shall clasp thee again,
And with God be the rest!

R. Browning.