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The Complete Works of Adelaide A. Procter

With an Introduction by Charles Dickens
Procter, Adelaide Anne (1825-1864)

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LEGENDS AND LYRICS.
  
[dedication]
  
THE ANGEL'S STORY.
  
ECHOES.
  
A FALSE GENIUS.
  
MY PICTURE.
  
JUDGE NOT.
  
FRIEND SORROW.
  
ONE BY ONE.
  
TRUE HONOURS.
  
A WOMAN'S QUESTION.
  
THE THREE RULERS.
  
A DEAD PAST
  
A DOUBTING HEART.
  
A STUDENT.
  
A KNIGHT ERRANT.
  
LINGER, OH, GENTLE TIME.
  
HOMEWARD BOUND.
  
LIFE AND DEATH.
  
NOW.
  
CLEANSING FIRES.
  
THE VOICE OF THE WIND.
  
TREASURES.
  
SHINING STARS.
  
WAITING.
  
THE CRADLE SONG OF THE POOR.
  
BE STRONG.
  
GOD'S GIFTS.
  
A TOMB IN GHENT.
  
THE ANGEL OF DEATH.
  
A DREAM.
  
THE PRESENT.
  
CHANGES.
  
STRIVE, WAIT, AND PRAY.
  
A LAMENT FOR THE SUMMER.
  
THE UNKNOWN GRAVE.
  
GIVE ME THY HEART.
  
THE WAYSIDE INN.
  
VOICES OF THE PAST.
  
THE DARK SIDE.
  
A FIRST SORROW.
  
MURMURS.
  
GIVE.
  
MY JOURNAL.
  
A CHAIN.
  
THE PILGRIMS.
  
INCOMPLETENESS.
  
A LEGEND OF BREGENZ.
  
A FAREWELL.
  
SOWING AND REAPING.
  
THE STORM.
  
WORDS.
  
A LOVE TOKEN.
  
A TRYST WITH DEATH.
  
FIDELIS.
  
A SHADOW.
  
THE SAILOR BOY.
  
A CROWN OF SORROW.
  
THE LESSON OF THE WAR.
  
THE TWO SPIRITS.
  
A LITTLE LONGER.
  
GRIEF.
  
THE TRIUMPH OF TIME.
  
A PARTING.
  
THE GOLDEN GATE.
  
PHANTOMS.
  
THANKFULNESS.
  
HOME-SICKNESS.
  
WISHES.
  
THE PEACE OF GOD.
  
LIFE IN DEATH AND DEATH IN LIFE.
  
RECOLLECTIONS.
  
ILLUSION.
  
A VISION.
  
PICTURES IN THE FIRE.
  
THE SETTLERS.
  
HUSH!
  
HOURS.
  
THE TWO INTERPRETERS.
  
COMFORT.
  
HOME AT LAST.
  
UNEXPRESSED.
  
BECAUSE.
  
REST AT EVENING.
  
A RETROSPECT.
  
TRUE OR FALSE.
  
GOLDEN WORDS.
  
A LEGEND OF PROVENCE.
  
ENVY
  
OVER THE MOUNTAIN.
  
BEYOND.
  
A WARNING.
  
MAXIMUS.
  
OPTIMUS.
  
A LOST CHORD.
  
TOO LATE.
  
THE REQUITAL.
  
RETURNED—“MISSING.”
  
IN THE WOOD.
  
TWO WORLDS.
  
A NEW MOTHER.
  
GIVE PLACE.
  
MY WILL.
  
KING AND SLAVE.
  
A CHANT.
  
DREAM-LIFE.
  
REST.
  
THE TYRANT AND THE CAPTIVE
  
THE CARVER'S LESSON.
  
THREE ROSES.
  
MY PICTURE GALLERY.
  
SENT TO HEAVEN.
  
NEVER AGAIN.
  
LISTENING ANGELS.
  
GOLDEN DAYS.
  
PHILIP AND MILDRED.
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BORROWED THOUGHTS.
  
LIGHT AND SHADE.
  
A CHANGELING.
  
DISCOURAGED.
  
IF THOU COULDST KNOW.
  
THE WARRIOR TO HIS DEAD BRIDE.
  
A LETTER
  
A COMFORTER.
  
UNSEEN.
  
A REMEMBRANCE OF AUTUMN.
  
THREE EVENINGS IN A LIFE.
  
THE WIND.
  
EXPECTATION.
  
AN IDEAL.
  
OUR DEAD
  
A WOMAN'S ANSWER.
  
THE STORY OF THE FAITHFUL SOUL
  
A CONTRAST.
  
THE BRIDE'S DREAM.
  
THE ANGEL'S BIDDING.
  
SPRING.
  
EVENING HYMN.
  
THE INNER CHAMBER.
  
HEARTS.
  
TWO LOVES.
  
A WOMAN'S LAST WORD.
  
PAST AND PRESENT.
  
FOR THE FUTURE.
  
THE CHILD AND THE BIRD.
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A CHAPLET OF VERSES.

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A CROWN OF SORROW.

A sosrrow, wet with early tears
Yet bitter, had been long with me;
I wearied of this weight of years,
And would be free.
I tore my Sorrow from my heart,
I cast it far away in scorn;
Right joyful that we two could part—
Yet most forlorn.
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I sought, (to take my Sorrow's place,)
Over the world for flower or gem—
But she had had an ancient grace
Unknown to them.
I took once more with strange delight
My slighted Sorrow; proudly now
I wear it, set with stars of light,
Upon my brow.
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