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The Poems of Emma Lazarus in two volumes

Lazarus, Emma (1849-1887)

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VOL. I. NARRATIVE, LYRIC, AND DRAMATIC.
  
EPOCHS.
  
HOW LONG?
  
HEROES.
  
ADMETUS.
  
TANNHÄUSER.
  
LINKS.
  
MATINS.
  
SAINT ROMUALDO.
  
AFTERNOON.
  
PHANTASIES
  
ON THE PROPOSAL TO ERECT A MONUMENT IN ENGLAND TO LORD BYRON.
  
ARABESQUE.
  
AGAMEMNON'S TOMB.
  
SIC SEMPER LIBERATORIBUS!
  
DON RAFAEL.
  
OFF ROUGH POINT.
  
MATER AMABILIS.
  
FOG.
  
THE ELIXIR.
  
SONG.
  
SPRING LONGING.
  
THE SOUTH.
  
SPRING STAR.
  
A JUNE NIGHT.
  
MAGNETISM.
  
AUGUST MOON.
  
SUNRISE.
  
A MASQUE OF VENICE.
  
AUTUMN SADNESS.
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SONNETS.
  
ECHOES.
  
SUCCESS.
  
THE NEW COLOSSUS.
  
VENUS OF THE LOUVRE.
  
CHOPIN.
  
SYMPHONIC STUDIES.
  
LONG ISLAND SOUND.
  
DESTINY.
  
1879.
  
FROM ONE AUGUR TO ANOTHER.
  
THE CRANES OF IBYCUS.
  
CRITIC AND POET.
  
ST. MICHAEL'S CHAPEL.
  
LIFE AND ART.
  
SYMPATHY.
  
YOUTH AND DEATH.
  
AGE AND DEATH.
  
CITY VISIONS.
  
INFLUENCE.
  
RESTLESSNESS.
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THE SPAGNOLETTO.
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ACT I.
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SCENE I.
 4. 
SCENE IV.
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ACT II.
 1. 
SCENE I.
 2. 
SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
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ACT III.
 1. 
SCENE I.
 2. 
SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
 4. 
SCENE IV.
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ACT IV.
 1. 
SCENE I.
 2. 
SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
 4. 
SCENE IV.
 5. 
SCENE V.
 6. 
SCENE VI.
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ACT V.
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SCENE I.
 2. 
SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
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VOL II. JEWISH POEMS: TRANSLATIONS
  
THE NEW YEAR.
  
THE CROWING OF THE RED COCK.
  
IN EXILE.
  
IN MEMORIAM—REV. J. J. LYONS.
  
THE VALLEY OF BACA.
  
THE BANNER OF THE JEW.
  
THE GUARDIAN OF THE RED DISK.
  
THE NEW EZEKIEL.
  
THE CHOICE.
  
THE WORLD'S JUSTICE.
  
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.
  
THE FEAST OF LIGHTS.
  
GIFTS.
  
BAR KOCHBA.
  
1492.
  
THE BIRTH OF MAN.
  
RASCHI IN PRAGUE.
  
THE DEATH OF RASCHI.
  
AN EPISTLE.
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BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON.
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I. THE EXODUS. (AUGUST 3, 1492.)
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II. TREASURES.
 3. 
III. THE SOWER.
 4. 
IV. THE TEST.
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V. CURRENTS.
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VI. THE PROPHET.
 7. 
VII. CHRYSALIS.
  
TO CARMEN SYLVA.
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THE DANCE TO DEATH;
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ACT I.
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SCENE I.
 2. 
SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
 4. 
SCENE IV.
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ACT II.
 1. 
SCENE I.
 2. 
SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
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ACT III.
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SCENE I.
 2. 
SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
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ACT IV.
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SCENE I.
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ACT. V.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
 4. 
SCENE IV.
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A TRANSLATION AND TWO IMITATIONS.
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I. DONNA CLARA.
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II. DON PEDRILLO.
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III FRA PEDRO.

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LIFE AND ART.

Not while the fever of the blood is strong,
The heart throbs loud, the eyes are veiled, no less
With passion than with tears, the Muse shall bless
The poet-soul to help and soothe with song.
Not then she bids his trembling lips express
The aching gladness, the voluptuous pain.
Life is his poem then; flesh, sense, and brain
One full-stringed lyre attuned to happiness.
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But when the dream is done, the pulses fail,
The day's illusion, with the day's sun set,
He, lonely in the twilight, sees the pale
Divine Consoler, featured like Regret,
Enter and clasp his hand and kiss his brow.
Then his lips ope to sing—as mine do now.
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