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Dramatic chapters, poems and songs

By Charles Swain
Swain, Charles (1801-1874)
  
[dedication]
  
[epigraph]

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DRAMATIC CHAPTERS.
 I. 
Chapter I.
 II. 
Chapter II.
 III. 
Chapter III.
 IV. 
Chapter IV.
 V. 
Chapter V.
 VI. 
Chapter VI.
 VII. 
Chapter VII.
 VIII. 
Chapter VIII.
 IX. 
Chapter IX.
 X. 
Chapter X.
 XI. 
Chapter XI.
 XII. 
Chapter XII.
 XIII. 
Chapter XIII.
 XIV. 
Chapter XIV.
 XV. 
Chapter XV.
 XVI. 
Chapter XVI.
 XVII. 
Chapter XVII.
 XVIII. 
Chapter XVIII.
 XIX. 
Chapter XIX.
 XX. 
Chapter XX.
 XXI. 
Chapter XXI.
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POEMS AND SONGS.
  
[epigraph]
  
[dedication]
  
[epigraph]
  
THE ANGEL-WATCH, OR THE SISTERS.
  
THE POETICAL AND THE PRACTICAL.
  
THE BRITISH FLAG.
  
WRECK OF THE STEAM-SHIP THE “PRESIDENT.”
  
SO DARKLY, BRIGHTLY, BEAMING.
  
IF THOU SPEAK'ST.
  
LIFE.
  
GOVERN YOUR TEMPER.
  
SOON FORGOT.
  
TWILIGHT.
  
WHEN FIRST.
  
KING BACCHUS.
  
HOPE FOR THE BEST.
  
BELIEVE ME.
  
THERE ARE MOMENTS IN LIFE.
  
LET US TRY.
  
I TOLD YOU.
  
THE WIFE OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH.
  
VOICE OF THE NIGHTINGALE.
  
BALLAD.
  
LONELY AGE.
  
IF THY FORM.
  
LOVING AND FORGIVING.
  
EXPRESSION AND BEAUTY.
  
WHY LEAPS MY HEART?
  
YES, TELL ME 'TIS HOPELESS.
  
THERE'S A DUTY.
  
SORROW.
  
I SOUGHT MY LOVE.
  
CONRADIN.
  
COME, HALLOW THE GOBLET.
  
OH, BLEST THE HOME.
  
THEY HAVE MET.
  
IF YOU KNEW.
  
HAWKING IN THE OLDEN TIME.
  
SELFISHNESS.
  
THE COVENANTER'S SON.
  
SONG.
  
THE FLOWER AND THE RUIN.
  
LET THERE BE LIGHT.

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SORROW.

Sorrow—sorrow—full of sorrow;
Not a stone within the street
But—if it could accents borrow—
Would the self-same strain repeat!
Youth of struggle and endurance;
Weary manhood downward hurled;
Age, but with one last assurance
Centred in another world!
Sorrow—sorrow—full of sorrow
Year to year we onward go;
Seeking hope in that to-morrow—
Which, when sought, deceives us so!
Oh, affection, friendship, kindness,
Often are ye found asleep;
Often pass ye by in blindness
Wretches that but live to weep.
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