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The Poetical Works of Andrew Lang

Edited by Mrs. Lang

Lang, Andrew (1844-1912)

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A Sonnet to Heavenly Beauty

Two Sonnets of the Sirens

Herodotus in Egypt

A Star in the Night

Natural Theology

To Izaak Walton

Lines after Wordsworth

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IX GAMES AND SPORT

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X GHOSTS AND KINDRED SUBJECTS

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XI PICTURES and BUSTS

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A Mes Livres

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From Colletet

My books, my heart's delight beware
Of quitting the domestic shelves!
I say when folk would bid me lend,
‘My books are wives to me, my friend;
You may admire them, if you care;
But no, they never lend themselves!’