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The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Buchanan

In Two Volumes. With a Portrait

Buchanan, Robert Williams (1841-1901)

II.

III.

IV.

THE BALLAD OF THE WAYFARER.

POET'S PROLOGUE. TO DAVID IN HEAVEN.

THE UNDERTONES.

[Thou Fame! who makest of the singer's Life]

I. PROTEUS;

II.

II. ADES, KING OF HELL.

III.

III. PAN.

IV.

IV. THE NAIAD.

V. THE SATYR.

VI.

VI. VENUS ON THE SUN-CAR.

VII.

VII. SELENE THE MOON.

VIII.

VIII. IRIS THE RAINBOW.

IX.

IX. ORPHEUS THE MUSICIAN.

X. POLYPHEME'S PASSION.

XI.

XI. PENELOPE.

XII.

XII. SAPPHO:

XIII.

XIII. THE SYREN.

XIV.

XIV. A VOICE FROM ACADEME.

XV.

XV. PYGMALION THE SCULPTOR.

XVI.

XVII.

XVII. FINE WEATHER ON THE DIGENTIA.

XVIII.

XVIII. FINE WEATHER BY BAIAE.

XIX.

XIX. THE SWAN-SONG OF APOLLO.

POET'S EPILOGUE. TO MARY ON EARTH.

Idyls and Legends of Inverburn.

[Fly to the city, Spirit of the Spring]

WHITE LILY OF WEARDALEHEAD.

THE ENGLISH HUSWIFE'S GOSSIP.

THE FAËRY FOSTER-MOTHER.

THE GREEN GNOME.

HUGH SUTHERLAND'S PANSIES.

THE DEAD MOTHER.

THE WIDOW MYSIE.

THE MINISTER AND THE ELFIN.

II.

II.

SPRING SONG IN THE CITY.

IN LONDON, MARCH 1866.

A LARK'S FLIGHT.

DE BERNY.

THE WAKE OF TIM O'HARA.

KITTY KEMBLE.

THE SWALLOWS.

TOM DUNSTAN; OR, THE POLITICIAN.

O'MURTOGH.

THE BOOKWORM.

THE LAST OF THE HANGMEN.

LONDON, 1864.

THE MODERN WARRIOR.

PAN: EPILOGUE.

L'ENVOI TO LONDON POEMS.

Miscellaneous Poems.

THE DEATH OF ROLAND.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

II.

II. The Changeling's Birth.

III.

III. His Mortal Life.

IV.

IV. His Sorrow and Sin.

V. The Battle-Field.

VI.

VI. The Abbot Paul.

TO CLARI.

North Coast, and other Poems.

MEG BLANE.

I. Storm.

II.

II. Dead Calm.

III.

III. A Troubled Deep.

IV.

THE BATTLE OF DRUMLIEMOOR.

THE NORTHERN WOOING.

AN ENGLISH ECLOGUE.

A SCOTTISH ECLOGUE.

THE SCAITH O' BARTLE.

Sonnets WRITTEN BY LOCH CORUISK, ISLE OF SKYE.

CORUISKEN SONNETS.

I. Lord, is it Thou?

II.

II. We are Fatherless.

III.

III. We are Children.

IV.

IV. When we are all Asleep.

V. But the Hills will bear Witness.

VI.

VI. Desolate!

VII.

VII. Lord, art Thou here?

VIII.

VIII. God is Beautiful.

IX.

IX. The Motion of the Mists.

X. Coruisk.

XI.

XI. But Whither?

XII.

XII. God is Pitiless.

XIII.

XIII. Yea, Pitiless.

XIV.

XIV. Could God be Judged.

XV.

XV. The Hills on their Thrones.

XVI.

XVI. King Blaabhein.

XVII.

XVII. Blaabhein in the Mists.

XVIII.

XVIII. The Fiery Birth of the Hills.

XIX.

XIX. The Changeless Hills.

XX.

XX. O Mountain Peak of a God.

XXI.

XXI. God the Image.

XXII.

XXII. The Footprints.

XXIII.

XXIII. We are Deathless.

XXIV.

XXIV. A Voice in the Whirlwind.

XXV.

XXV. Cry of the Little Brook.

XXVI.

XXVI. The Happy Hearts of Earth.

XXVII.

XXVII. Father, forgive Thy Child.

XXVIII.

XXVIII. God's Loneliness.

XXIX.

XXIX. The Cup of Tears.

XXX.

XXX. The Light of the World.

XXXI.

XXXI. Earth's Eldest Born.

XXXII.

XXXII. What Spirit Cometh?

XXXIII.

XXXIII. Stay, O Spirit!

XXXIV.

XXXIV. Quiet Waters.

The Book of Orm.

INSCRIPTION. To F. W. C.

PROEM.

THE BOOK OF THE VISIONS SEEN BY ORM THE CELT.

I. FIRST SONG OF THE VEIL.

[prologue]

I. The Veil Woven.

II.

II. Earth the Mother.

III.

III. Children of Earth.

IV.

IV. The Wise Men.

II.

II. THE MAN AND THE SHADOW.

[prologue]

I. The Shadow.

II.

II. The Rainbow.

III.

III. SONGS OF CORRUPTION.

[prologue]

I. Phantasy.

II.

II. The Dream of the World without Death.

III.

III. Soul and Flesh.

IV.

IV. THE SOUL AND THE DWELLING.

V. SONGS OF SEEKING.

[prologue]

II.

II. Quest.

III.

III. The Happy Earth.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

VIII. The Lamb of God.

IX.

IX. Doom.

X. God's Dream.

XI.

XI. Flower of the World.

XII.

XII. O Spirit!

VI.

VI. THE LIFTING OF THE VEIL.

[prologue]

I. Orm's Vision.

II.

II. The Face and the World.

III.

III. Orm's Awakening.

VII.

VII. THE DEVIL'S MYSTICS.

[prologue]

I. The Inscription Without.

II.

II. The Tree of Life.

III.

III. The Seeds.

IV.

IV. Fire and Water; or, a Voice of the Flesh.

V. Sanitas.

VI.

VI. The Philosophers.

VII.

VII. The Devil's Prayer.

VIII.

VIII. Homunculus; or, the Song of Deicides.

IX.

XI.

XII.

VIII.

VIII. THE VISION OF THE MAN ACCURST.

Political Mystics.

TITAN AND AVATAR.

I. Ode of Nations.

II.

II. The Avatar's Dream.

II.

III. The Elemental Quest.

IV.

IV. The Elemental Doom.

THE FOOL OF DESTINY.

THE TEUTON MONOLOGUE.

THE REPLY.

THE CITY OF MAN.

Songs of the Terrible Year.

ODE TO THE SPIRIT OF AUGUSTE COMTE.

A DIALOGUE IN THE SNOW.

THE PRAYER IN THE NIGHT.

THE SPIRIT OF FRANCE.

THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE SWORD.

THE CHAUNT BY THE RHINE.

Saint Abe and his Seven Wives.

A TALE OF SALT LAKE CITY.

DEDICATION: TO OLD DAN CHAUCER.

APPROACHING UTAH.—THE BOSS'S TALE.

I. Passing the Ranche.

II.

II. Joe Wilson goes a-Courting.

III.

III. Saint and Disciple.

IV.

IV. The Book of Mormon.

V. Joe ends his Srory—First Glimpse of Utah.

THE CITY OF THE SAINTS.

[prologue]

I. Among the Pastures—Summer Evening Dialogue.

II.

II. Within the City. St. Abe and the Seven.

III.

III. Promenade—Main Street, Utah.

IV.

IV. Within the Synagogue. Sermonizeth the Prophet.

V. The Falling of the Thunderbolt.

VI.

VI. Last Epistle of St. Abe to the Polygamists.

THE FARM IN THE VALLEY—SUNSET.

PART I. THE CAPTURE OF EUREKA HART.

II.

III.

IV.

II.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

III.

PART III. WHITE ROSE.

II.

III.

IV.

IV.

PART IV. THE GREAT SNOW.

I. The Great Snow.

II.

II. The Wanderer.

III.

III. Retrospect: the Journey.

IV.

IV. The Journey's End.

[subsection]

‘Eureka Hart, Drowsietown, State of Maine.’

V. Face to Face.

VI.

VI. Pauguk.

VII.

VII. The Melting of the Snow.

VIII.

THE WATCHER OF THE BEACON.

‘AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD MOVED UPON THE WATERS.’

[subsection]

Balder the Beautiful.

PROEM TO---.

I. THE BIRTH OF BALDER.

II.

II. THE FINDING OF BALDER.

I. Frea in the Wood.

II.

II. The Shadow in the Wood.

III.

III. Full Godhead.

IV.

IV. The Man by the Ocean.

III.

III. THE HEAVENWARD JOURNEY.

I. The Goddesses.

II.

II. The Fruit of Life.

III.

III. The City of the Gods.

IV.

IV. The Voice of the Father.

V. Balder's Return.

IV.

IV. BALDER'S RETURN TO EARTH.

I. ‘Balder is Here.’

II.

III.

III. All Things Blest by Balder.

IV.

IV. The Cry from the Ground.

V. The Shadow on the Earth.

VI.

VI. On the Heights—Evening.

VII.

VII. The Vow of Balder.

V. BALDER'S QUEST FOR DEATH.

II.

III.

III. The Fight of Ships.

IV.

IV. Ydun.

VI.

VI. BALDER AND DEATH.

I. The Altar of Sacrifice.

II.

II. Balder and Death.

III.

III. ‘O Death, pale Death.’

IV.

IV. Death sings.

VI.

VI. The Last Prayer.

VII.

VII. The First Snowflake—Falling of the Snow.

VII.

VII. THE COMING OF THE OTHER.

II.

II. The Light on the Snow.

III.

III. The Face and the Voice.

IV.

IV. ‘Wake, Balder! Wake!’

V. The Birth and Death.

VI.

VI. The Paracletes.

VII.

VIII.

VIII. THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS.

II.

III.

III. The Bridge of Ghosts.

IV.

IV. ‘Behold, I am risen.’

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

IX. ‘A Cross and a Lily.’

IX.

IX. THE LAST BLESSING.

Miscellaneous Poems and Ballads.

DEDICATION To Harriett.

THE STRANGE COUNTRY.

THE BALLAD OF JUDAS ISCARIOT.

THE LIGHTS OF LEITH.

THE WEDDING OF SHON MACLEAN.

THE DEVIL'S PEEPSHOW.

[prologue]

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

DAYBREAK.

EUPHROSYNE; OR, THE PROSPECT.

STANLEY FARM.

ON A YOUNG POETESS'S GRAVE.

THE SONG OF THE SHEALING.

THE SECRET OF THE MERE.

MNEMOSYNE; OR, THE RETROSPECT.

II.

DEDICATION: AD MATREM.

PRELUDE.

THE FIRST DAY.

JULIA CYTHEREA:

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

PAN AT HAMPTON COURT.

THE SECOND DAY.

SERAPION.

II.

III.

IV.

RAMON MONAT.

IN A FASHIONABLE CHURCH.

II.

THE THIRD DAY.

THE VOYAGE OF MAGELLAN.

SOLILOQUY OF THE GRAND ÊTRE.

DEDICATION: TO THE SAINTED SPIRIT OF JOHN BUNYAN.

BOOK I. SETTING FORTH.

II.

BOOK II. STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS.

III.

BOOK III. EGLANTINE.

IV.

BOOK IV. WITHIN CHRISTOPOLIS.

BOOK V. WITHIN THE GATE.

VI.

BOOK VI. THE CALVARIES.

VII.

BOOK VII. THE WAYSIDE INN.

VIII.

BOOK VIII. THE OUTCAST, ESAU.

IX.

BOOK IX. THE GROVES OF FAUN.

BOOK X. THE AMPHITHEATRE.

XI.

BOOK XI. THE VALLEY OF DEAD GODS.

XII.

BOOK XII. THE INCONCEIVABLE.

XIII.

BOOK XIII. THE OPEN WAY.

XIV.

BOOK XIV. THE CITY WITHOUT GOD.

XV.

BOOK XV. THE CELESTIAL OCEAN.

L'ENVOI.

The Outcast.

AD CARISSIMAM PUELLAM.

THE FIRST CHRISTMAS EVE.

[Herein lies a Mystery]

AD LECTOREM.

CANTO I. MADONNA.

II.

CANTO II. THE FIRST HAVEN.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

VIII. THE WITNESSES.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

The Devil's Case.

DEDICATION.

THE DEVIL'S CASE.

THE LITANY. DE PROFUNDIS.

The Ballad of Mary the Mother.

[Shepherds, wake, 'tis Christmas tide!]

['Twas Mary, the woeful Mother]

PROEM. TO DAVID IN HEAVEN.

THE NEW ROME.

Songs of Empire.

CARMEN DEIFIC.

THE IMAGE IN THE FORUM.

THE CHARTER'D COMPANIE.

THE BALLAD OF KIPLINGSON.

TO OLIVE SCHREINER.

THE DREAMER OF DREAMS.

BE PITIFUL.

MAN OF THE RED RIGHT HAND.

SONG OF THE FUR-SEAL.

‘PEACE, NOT A SWORD.’

HARK NOW, WHAT FRETFUL VOICES.

THE IRISHMAN TO CROMWELL.

THE WEARING OF THE GREEN.

Thro' the Great City.

THE FAIRY QUEEN.

THE LORDS OF THE BREAD.

A MORNING INVOCATION.

II.

III.

III. The Gospel According to Philosophy.

IV.

IV. Mesmeric Flashes.

MAETERLINCK.

THE LAST CHRISTIANS

I. ‘Storm in the Night.’

II.

II. ‘Hallelujah Jane.’

III.

III. ‘Annie;’ or, the Waif's Jubilee.

[subsection]

L'Envoi to the Preceding Poem.

THE TRUE SONG OF FAIRYLAND.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

Latter-Day Gospels.

JUSTINIAN; OR, THE NEW CREED.

THE NEW BUDDHA.

NIETZSCHE.

THE LAST FAITH.

AD CARISSIMAM AMICAM.

Land and Sea Songs.

SPRING SONG AFTER SNOW.

ON THE SHORE.

THE MERMAID.

II.

III.

IV.

THE TRAMP'S DITTY.

THE CRY FROM THE MINE.

THE LEAD-MELTING.

In the Library.

TO A POET OF THE EMPIRE.

THE GNOME.

THE WHITE ROBE; OR, ZOLA IN A NUTSHELL.

TO GEORGE BERNARD SHAW.

THE SAD SHEPHERD.

L'ENVOI IN THE LIBRARY.

PAT MULDOON; OR, JACK THE GIANT-KILLER UP TO DATE.

THE WIDOW: A WAR SONG.

THE BURIAL OF PARNELL.

THE GOOD PROFESSOR'S CREED.

A DEDICATION.

COLONEL SHARK.

THE FISHER BOY: A SONG IN TIME OF WAR.

THE DUMB BAIRN.

PROEM TO ‘THE SHADOW OF THE SWORD.’

PROEM TO ‘GOD AND THE MAN.’

PROEM TO ‘THE NEW ABELARD.’

PROEM TO ‘THE MOMENT AFTER.’

L'ENVOI.

THE LAST CRY.

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I. ‘Storm in the Night.’

Storm in the Night, Buchanan! a Voice the night still crying,
‘They have taken away my Lord, and I know not where He is lying!’

Thou, too, singer of songs and dreamer of dreams, art weeping
For the form that lay in the tomb, the Face so peacefully sleeping;

And now He hath gone indeed, and His worshippers roam bereaven,
Thou, by the Magdalen's side, art standing and looking at Heaven!

Woe unto thee, Buchanan; and woe to thy generation!
The harp of the heart He strung, the Soul He set in vibration,

Are lost since He is lost, the beautiful Elder Brother;
For the harp of the heart was His, the song could gladden no other!

'Twas something,—nay, 'twas much!—to know, though His life was over,
That the fair, bright Form was there, with the wool-white shroud for a cover!

He did not speak or stir, He did not hark to our weeping,
But His grave grew wide as the World, and the stars smiled down on His sleeping.

He made no speech, no sign, for Death has disrobed and discrown'd Him,—
But the scent of spikenard and myrrh was sweet in the air around Him!

So we kept our Brother, tho' dead! The Lily Flower of Creation!
And to touch His dear dead hands was joy in our desolation.

But now, the Tomb is void, and the rain beats over the portal:
Thieves like wolves in the night have stolen the dead Immortal!

So peacefully He slept, the Lily Flower of Creation,
That we said to ourselves, ‘He dreams! and His Dream is the World's salvation!’

But now by the Tomb we stand, despairing and heavy-hearted;
The stars look silently down, but the Light of the World hath departed.

And yet, should He be risen? Should He have waken'd, to wander
Out 'mid the winds of the night, out 'mid the Tempest yonder,

Holding His Lamp wind-blown, while the rain-cloud darkens and gathers,
Feeling His way thro' the gloom, naming our names, and our Father's?

Nay, for the World would know the face of the fair New Comer,
The graves would open wide, like buds at the breath of the summer,—

The graves would open, the Dead within them quicken and blossom,
And over the World would rain the flowers that had grown in His bosom!

Nay, then, He hath fled, not risen! in vain we seek and implore Him!
Deeper than Death He hath fall'n, and the waves of the World roll o'er Him!

Storm in the night, Buchanan! A Voice in the night still crying,
‘They have taken away our Lord! and we know not where he is lying!’