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The lion's cub

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Stoddard, Richard Henry (1825-1903)

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LIBER AMORIS.
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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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VI.
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VII.
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VIII.
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IX.
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X.
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XI.
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XII.
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XIII.
  
THROUGH DARKNESS.
  
THE GRAVES.
  
THE DOOR.
  
RICH AND POOR.
  
SUCCOR.
  
THE UNCREATED.
  
THE CHAPTER OF THE CROWN.
  
THE PILGRIMAGE.
  
THE WORDS OF SADI.
  
THE BOWL.
  
THE MOTHERLESS CHILD.
  
SPEECH AND SILENCE.
  
THE BLACK CAMEL.
  
ROSE AND VINE.
  
HE KNOWS.
  
THE END OF SONG.
  
THE BOOKS OF THE SIBYLS.
  
THE ROSARY.
  
THE NAME.
  
THE END.
  
THE MORALS OF MARCUS AURELIUS.
  
THE POTTER.
  
THE DEATH OF MOSES.
  
THE BRAHMAN'S LESSON.
  
MASTER ECKART'S SERMON.
  
THE CUP.
  
THE WALK AT NIGHT.
  
THE ANT.
  
LOVERS' HEARTS.
  
CLEON AND ÆGLE.
  
THE CAPTIVES OF CHARON.
  
A LAMENT.
  
THE PEARL.
  
NO JEWELS.
  
CARISSIMA.
  
AT DRACHENFELS.
  
AT MERRY MOUNT.
  
BIRDS OF A FEATHER.
  
GOOD-NIGHT.
  
WHENCE AND WHITHER?
  
THE ARCHETYPAL MAN.
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FOUR GAZELES OF HAFIZ.
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I.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
  
THE LADY OF THE EAST.
  
ROMANCES FROM GUSTAVO BECQUER.
  
OUT-OF-DOORS.
  
UNCERTAIN SOUNDS.
  
MUSIC.
  
A SAILOR SONG.
  
IMPLORA PACEM.
  
THE CAPTAIN'S SONG.
  
TO JULIA.
  
IN THE MEADOWS.
  
IN THE SNOW.
  
HOW AND WHY.
  
MORS ET VITA.
  
THOUGHT.
  
THE SINGER.
  
A FANTASY.
  
VOX CLAMANTIS.
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CHILDREN'S SONGS.
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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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VI.
  
FATHER AND CHILD.
  
OUR FATHERS.
  
THOUGHTS FOR THANKSGIVING.
  
DECORATION DAY.
  
HAIR OF WASHINGTON.
  
TO MARY BRADLEY.
  
TO WILLIAM JAMES LINTON.
  
AT A DINNER OF ARTISTS.
  
AT WASHINGTON.
  
MORITURUM SALUTAMUS.
  
ON NEARING THE SECOND CATARACT.
  
THE CROSSING OF THE WAYS.
  
AT CONCORD.
  
AT ROSLYN.
  
THE JUDGMENT OF SOLOMON.
  
THE LEGEND OF FREY BERNARDO.
  
THE BRAHMAN'S SON.
  
THE LION'S CUB.

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I.

Upon the Delphic leaves
Of this prophetic book
Whoever will may look;
No eye but mine perceives
What gladdens there, or grieves,
Nor why the peace of years
Is wrecked with hopes and fears.
Many will read the words,
But none will understand
The meaning, though the birds
Fly up and down the land,
And, wooing, learn and teach
That universal speech.
You know it not, and I
Only so much thereof
As signifies I love—
But not the reason why.
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