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Channing, William Ellery (1817-1901)

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EDWARD AND MARGARET.

THE EARTH SPIRIT.

TO A FRIEND ON HIS MARRIAGE.

THE NIAGARA FALL.

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THE LOVER'S SONG.

A SONG OF SPRING.

ON RECEIVING SOME DRAWINGS.

OUR BIRTH DAYS.

WRITTEN IN THE EVENING OF A NOVEMBER DAY.

INSCRIPTION FOR A GARDEN.

THE LOVER'S FEAR.

THE BENIGHTED TRAVELLER.

THE SIBYL TO HER LOVER.

FOR A WOOD SCENE IN WINTER.

WRITTEN AMONG THE LENOX HILLS.

AUTUMN'S APPROACH.

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I. TO AN IDEAL OBJECT.

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[II. Thou art like that which is most sweet and fair]

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[III. Men change, that heaven above not more]

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[IV. Hearts of Eternity,—hearts of the deep]

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[V. The brook is eddying in the forest dell]

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[VI. There never lived a man, who with a heart]

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VII. THE ETERNAL LANDSCAPE.

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[VIII. I mark beneath thy life the virtue shine]

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[IX. In those bright, laughing days that pierce the fall]

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[X. Earth hath her meadows green, her brooklets bright]

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[XI. I love the universe,—I love the joy]

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[V. The brook is eddying in the forest dell]

The brook is eddying in the forest dell
All full of untaught merriment,—the joy
Of breathing life is this green wood's employ.
The wind is feeling through his gentle bell,

I and my flowers receive this music well.
Why will not man his natural life enjoy?
Can he then with his ample spirit toy?
Are human thoughts, like wares, now baked to sell?

All up, all round, all down, a thrilling deep,
A holy infinite salutes the sense,
And incommunicable praises leap,

Shooting the entire soul with love intense
Throughout the all. Can man live on to weep,
Submitting to such heavenly influence?