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The Poetical Works of George Barlow

In Ten [Eleven] Volumes
Barlow, George

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Vol. I
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Vol. II A LIFE'S LOVE
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Vol. III
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Vol. IV
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Vol. V: LOVED BEYOND WORDS
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LOVED BEYOND WORDS
  
LOVE'S OFFERING
 I. 
I. THE RAPTURE OF LOVE
 II. 
II. “THE RIGHT TO LOVE”
 III. 
III. “SO MANY STARS HAVE SHONE”
 IV. 
IV. “MORE THAN THESE”
 V. 
V. NEW LIFE
 VI. 
VI. “ALL OVER LONDON NOW”
 VII. 
VII. THE INLAND-LOVE AND THE SEA-LOVE
 VIII. 
VIII. SURPRISED
 IX. 
IX. OTHER LOVES
 X. 
X. ONE GIRL'S LAUGHTER
 XI. 
XI. FOR THEE
 XII. 
XII. A CHRISTMAS CARD
 XIII. 
XIII. “I PRAISED THE LORD OF LOVE”
 XIV. 
XIV. AT THE LAST
 XV. 
XV. RESURRECTION
 XVI. 
XVI. THE POET'S DEATH-GIFT
 XVII. 
XVII. “THOU KNOWEST NOT NOW”
 XVIII. 
XVIII. THE DEATH OF TYRANNY
 XIX. 
XIX. THE INEVITABLE END
 XX. 
XX. MY PRAYER
 XXI. 
XXI. SONG
 XXII. 
XXII. HOW CAN YOU UNDERSTAND?
 XXIII. 
XXIII. “IF I COULD DO SOME GREAT HIGH THING FOR THEE”
 XXIV. 
XXIV. “IF I MUST EVER CEASE”
 XXV. 
XXV. “HOW COULD I HELP IT?’
 XXVI. 
XXVI. THIS ONE THING
 XXVII. 
XXVII. BECAUSE
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. ONE JUNE-DAY
 XXIX. 
XXIX. TIMELESS WOE
 XXX. 
XXX. THE LOVE-SONG OF THE SEA
 XXXI. 
XXXI. SONG'S INSUFFICIENCY
 XXXII. 
XXXII. WORDLESS
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. THE GIFTLESS DAYS
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. JUST ONCE
 XXXV. 
XXXV. THE FLOWER AND THE NIGHT
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. TOO HARD TO BEAR
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. FOR THEE AND ME
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. O FACE!
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. IS IT ALL IN VAIN?
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XL. A BLIND MAN'S AGONY
 XLI. 
XLI. LOVE'S LONGING
 XLII. 
XLII. SAFE
 XLIII. 
XLIII. THE DEADLIEST PANG
 XLIV. 
XLIV. A FINAL BLESSING
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LOVED BEYOND WORDS
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LOVED BEYOND WORDS
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Vol VI: THE PAGEANT OF LIFE
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Vol VII: FROM DAWN TO SUNSET
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Vol. VIII
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Vol. IX
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Vol. X
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Vol. XI

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XIII. “I PRAISED THE LORD OF LOVE”

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I praised the Lord of love who made the world of roses
For his own heart to seek:
Then gave me one white rose that blossoms and uncloses,—
Thy cheek against my cheek!

II

I praised the Lord who made the soft night fall around me,—
Made star-hosts wax and flee:
Then, since he needed song, with song's wild passion crowned me,—
And with one star-love,—thee!
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III

I praised the Lord who heard the laughter of his daughters
And of the leaves o'the pine
And of the silver-voiced and multitudinous waters:
Then gave me one laugh,—thine!

IV

I praised the Lord who saw the wild wind like a lover
Laughing for very bliss
Fondle the dainty heads of countless cliff-top clover:
Then gave me thy one kiss!
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