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The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Buchanan

In Two Volumes. With a Portrait

Buchanan, Robert Williams (1841-1901)

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I.

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PASTORAL PICTURES.

I.

I. Down the River.

II.

II. The Summer Pool.

III.

III. Up the River.

IV.

THE WHITE DEER.

CONVENT-ROBBING.

THE BALLAD OF THE WAYFARER.

IN SPRING-TIME.

THE CHURCHYARD.

EARTH AND THE SOUL.

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POET'S PROLOGUE. TO DAVID IN HEAVEN.

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THE UNDERTONES.

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

I.

II.

II. ADES, KING OF HELL.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VI. VENUS ON THE SUN-CAR.

VII.

VII. SELENE THE MOON.

VIII.

VIII. IRIS THE RAINBOW.

IX.

IX. ORPHEUS THE MUSICIAN.

X.

X. POLYPHEME'S PASSION.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIII. THE SYREN.

XIV.

XIV. A VOICE FROM ACADEME.

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XV.

XV. PYGMALION THE SCULPTOR.

1.

2.

2.The Marble Life.

3.

4.

4.Death in Life.

5.

XVI.

XVI. ANTONY IN ARMS.

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.

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Idyls and Legends of Inverburn.

[Fly to the city, Spirit of the Spring]

THE LOWLAND VILLAGE.

LORD RONALD'S WIFE.

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.

VILLAGE VOICES.

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THE LITTLE MILLINER;

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I.

II.

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EDWARD CROWHURST;

I.

II.

II. After Ten Years.

ARTIST AND MODEL:

ATTORNEY SNEAK.

THE BLIND LINNET.

THE CITY ASLEEP.

UP IN AN ATTIC.

SPRING SONG IN THE CITY.

IN LONDON, MARCH 1866.

A LARK'S FLIGHT.

THE WAKE OF TIM O'HARA.

TOM DUNSTAN; OR, THE POLITICIAN.

THE LAST OF THE HANGMEN.

THE MODERN WARRIOR.

L'ENVOI TO LONDON POEMS.

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Miscellaneous Poems.

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THE DEATH OF ROLAND.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

THE GIFT OF EOS.

CLARI IN THE WELL.

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THE CHANGELING.

I.

II.

II. The Changeling's Birth.

III.

III. His Mortal Life.

IV.

IV. His Sorrow and Sin.

V.

V. The Battle-Field.

VI.

VI. The Abbot Paul.

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North Coast, and other Poems.

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I.

II.

III.

III. A Troubled Deep.

IV.

THE BATTLE OF DRUMLIEMOOR.

THE NORTHERN WOOING.

AN ENGLISH ECLOGUE.

A SCOTTISH ECLOGUE.

THE SCAITH O' BARTLE.

SIGURD OF SAXONY.

A POEM TO DAVID.

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Sonnets WRITTEN BY LOCH CORUISK, ISLE OF SKYE.

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CORUISKEN SONNETS.

I.

I. Lord, is it Thou?

II.

II. We are Fatherless.

III.

III. We are Children.

IV.

IV. When we are all Asleep.

V.

V. But the Hills will bear Witness.

VI.

VII.

VII. Lord, art Thou here?

VIII.

VIII. God is Beautiful.

IX.

IX. The Motion of the Mists.

X.

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.

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The Book of Orm.

INSCRIPTION. To F. W. C.

THE BOOK OF THE VISIONS SEEN BY ORM THE CELT.

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I.

I. FIRST SONG OF THE VEIL.

I.

I. The Veil Woven.

II.

II. Earth the Mother.

III.

III. Children of Earth.

IV.

IV. The Wise Men.

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II.

II. THE MAN AND THE SHADOW.

I.

II.

II. The Rainbow.

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III.

III. SONGS OF CORRUPTION.

I.

II.

II. The Dream of the World without Death.

III.

III. Soul and Flesh.

IV.

IV. THE SOUL AND THE DWELLING.

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V.

V. SONGS OF SEEKING.

I.

II.

III.

III. The Happy Earth.

IV.

IV. O Unseen One!

V.

V. World's Mystery.

VI.

VI. The Cities.

VII.

VII. The Priests.

VIII.

VIII. The Lamb of God.

IX.

X.

X. God's Dream.

XI.

XI. Flower of the World.

XII.

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VI.

VI. THE LIFTING OF THE VEIL.

I.

I. Orm's Vision.

II.

II. The Face and the World.

III.

III. Orm's Awakening.

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VII.

VII. THE DEVIL'S MYSTICS.

I.

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.

VI.

VI. The Philosophers.

VII.

VII. The Devil's Prayer.

VIII.

VIII. Homunculus; or, the Song of Deicides.

IX.

X.

X. Hermaphroditus.

XI.

XII.

XII. His Prayer.

VIII.

VIII. THE VISION OF THE MAN ACCURST.

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Political Mystics.

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TITAN AND AVATAR.

I.

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 CITY OF MAN.

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Songs of the Terrible Year.

ODE TO THE SPIRIT OF AUGUSTE COMTE.

A DIRGE FOR KINGS.

THE PERFECT STATE.

THE TWO VOICES.

ODE BEFORE PARIS.

A DIALOGUE IN THE SNOW.

THE PRAYER IN THE NIGHT.

THE SPIRIT OF FRANCE.

THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE SWORD.

THE CHAUNT BY THE RHINE.

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Saint Abe and his Seven Wives.

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A TALE OF SALT LAKE CITY.

DEDICATION: TO OLD DAN CHAUCER.

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APPROACHING UTAH.—THE BOSS'S TALE.

I.

I. Passing the Ranche.

II.

II. Joe Wilson goes a-Courting.

III.

III. Saint and Disciple.

IV.

IV. The Book of Mormon.

V.

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

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THE CITY OF THE SAINTS.

I.

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.

V. The Falling of the Thunderbolt.

VI.

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

THE FARM IN THE VALLEY—SUNSET.

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White Rose and Red.

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PART I. THE CAPTURE OF EUREKA HART.

I.

I. Natura Naturans.

II.

III.

III. The Capture.

IV.

IV. Thro' the Wood.

V.

V. The Red Tribe.

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PART II. RED ROSE.

I.

I. Erycina Ridens.

II.

II. Log and Sunbeam.

III.

III. Nuptial Song.

IV.

V.

V. The Farewell.

VI.

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PART III. WHITE ROSE.

I.

I. Drowsietown.

II.

II. After Meeting.

III.

III. Phœbe Anna.

IV.

IV. Nuptial Song.

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PART IV. THE GREAT SNOW.

I.

I. The Great Snow.

II.

II. The Wanderer.

III.

III. Retrospect: the Journey.

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IV.

IV. The Journey's End.

‘Eureka Hart, Drowsietown, State of Maine.’

V.

V. Face to Face.

VI.

VII.

VII. The Melting of the Snow.

VIII.

VIII. The Last Look.

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Faces on the Wall.

STORM AND CALM.

WITHOUT AND WITHIN.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

THE WATCHER OF THE BEACON.

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

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Balder the Beautiful.

I.

I. THE BIRTH OF BALDER.

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II.

II. THE FINDING OF BALDER.

I.

I. Frea in the Wood.

II.

II. The Shadow in the Wood.

III.

III. Full Godhead.

IV.

IV. The Man by the Ocean.

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III. THE HEAVENWARD JOURNEY.

I.

I. The Goddesses.

II.

II. The Fruit of Life.

III.

III. The City of the Gods.

IV.

IV. The Voice of the Father.

V.

V. Balder's Return.

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IV.

IV. BALDER'S RETURN TO EARTH.

I.

I. ‘Balder is Here.’

II.

III.

III. All Things Blest by Balder.

IV.

IV. The Cry from the Ground.

V.

V. The Shadow on the Earth.

VI.

VI. On the Heights—Evening.

VII.

VII. The Vow of Balder.

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V.

V. BALDER'S QUEST FOR DEATH.

I.

II.

III.

III. The Fight of Ships.

IV.

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VI.

VI. BALDER AND DEATH.

I.

I. The Altar of Sacrifice.

II.

II. Balder and Death.

III.

III. ‘O Death, pale Death.’

IV.

IV. Death sings.

V.

VI.

VI. The Last Prayer.

VII.

VII. The First Snowflake—Falling of the Snow.

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VII.

VII. THE COMING OF THE OTHER.

I.

II.

II. The Light on the Snow.

III.

III. The Face and the Voice.

IV.

IV. ‘Wake, Balder! Wake!’

V.

V. The Birth and Death.

VI.

VI. The Paracletes.

VII.

VIII.

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VIII.

VIII. THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS.

I.

II.

III.

III. The Bridge of Ghosts.

IV.

IV. ‘Behold, I am risen.’

V.

VI.

VI. The Brethren.

VII.

VII. Father and Son.

VIII.

VIII. Twilight.

IX.

IX. ‘A Cross and a Lily.’

IX.

IX. THE LAST BLESSING.

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Miscellaneous Poems and Ballads.

DEDICATION To Harriett.

THE STRANGE COUNTRY.

THE BALLAD OF JUDAS ISCARIOT.

THE LIGHTS OF LEITH.

THE WEDDING OF SHON MACLEAN.

PHIL BLOOD'S LEAP.

THE FAËRY REAPER.

THE ‘MIDIAN-MARA.’

O'CONNOR'S WAKE.

HIGHLAND LAMENT.

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THE DEVIL'S PEEPSHOW.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

EUPHROSYNE; OR, THE PROSPECT.

ON A YOUNG POETESS'S GRAVE.

LOVE IN WINTER.

WILL O' THE WISP.

THE MOUNTAIN WELL.

THE SONG OF THE SHEALING.

THE SECRET OF THE MERE.

MNEMOSYNE; OR, THE RETROSPECT.

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II.

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The Earthquake.

DEDICATION: AD MATREM.

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JULIA CYTHEREA:

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

PAN AT HAMPTON COURT.

THE SECOND DAY.

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I.

II.

III.

IV.

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IN A FASHIONABLE CHURCH.

I.

II.

THE VOYAGE OF MAGELLAN.

SOLILOQUY OF THE GRAND ÊTRE.

INTERLUDE. To H---.

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The City of Dream.

DEDICATION: TO THE SAINTED SPIRIT OF JOHN BUNYAN.

I.

BOOK I. SETTING FORTH.

II.

BOOK II. STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS.

III.

BOOK III. EGLANTINE.

IV.

BOOK IV. WITHIN CHRISTOPOLIS.

V.

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.

X.

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.

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AD CARISSIMAM PUELLAM.

THE FIRST CHRISTMAS EVE.

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[Herein lies a Mystery]

I.

CANTO I. MADONNA.

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CANTO II. THE FIRST HAVEN.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

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The Wandering Jew.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

VIII. THE WITNESSES.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

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The Devil's Case.

THE DEVIL'S CASE.

THE LITANY. DE PROFUNDIS.

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The Ballad of Mary the Mother.

[Shepherds, wake, 'tis Christmas tide!]

['Twas Mary, the woeful Mother]

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PROEM. TO DAVID IN HEAVEN.

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Songs of Empire.

THE IMAGE IN THE FORUM.

THE JEW PASSES.

A SONG OF JUBILEE.

THE MERCENARIES.

SONG OF THE SLAIN.

THE CHARTER'D COMPANIE.

THE BALLAD OF KIPLINGSON.

TO OLIVE SCHREINER.

THE DREAMER OF DREAMS.

MAN OF THE RED RIGHT HAND.

SONG OF THE FUR-SEAL.

‘PATRIOTISM.’

THE GRAND OLD MAN.

‘THE UNION.’

‘PEACE, NOT A SWORD.’

HARK NOW, WHAT FRETFUL VOICES.

THE IRISHMAN TO CROMWELL.

THE WEARING OF THE GREEN.

THE LAST BIVOUAC.

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Thro' the Great City.

THE FAIRY QUEEN.

THE LORDS OF THE BREAD.

‘THESE VOICES.’

THE CRY FOR LIFE.

SISTERS OF MIDNIGHT.

THE LOST WOMEN.

A MORNING INVOCATION.

LYDIA AT THE SAVOY.

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SERAPHINA SNOWE.

I.

I. Her Portrait.

II.

III.

III. The Gospel According to Philosophy.

IV.

IV. Mesmeric Flashes.

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THE LAST CHRISTIANS

I.

I. ‘Storm in the Night.’

II.

II. ‘Hallelujah Jane.’

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III.

III. ‘Annie;’ or, the Waif's Jubilee.

L'Envoi to the Preceding Poem.

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THE TRUE SONG OF FAIRYLAND.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

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Latter-Day Gospels.

JUSTINIAN; OR, THE NEW CREED.

THE NEW BUDDHA.

THE LAST FAITH.

AD CARISSIMAM AMICAM.

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Land and Sea Songs.

SPRING SONG AFTER SNOW.

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II.

III.

IV.

THE TRAMP'S DITTY.

THE CRY FROM THE MINE.

THE LEAD-MELTING.

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In the Library.

TO A POET OF THE EMPIRE.

THE WHITE ROBE; OR, ZOLA IN A NUTSHELL.

SOCRATES IN CAMDEN.

THE STORMY ONES.

THE DISMAL THRONG.

THE GIFT OF BURNS.

THE ROBIN REDBREAST.

TO GEORGE BERNARD SHAW.

THE SAD SHEPHERD.

L'ENVOI IN THE LIBRARY.

CORUISKEN SONNETS.

THE DEVIL'S SABBATH.

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Miscellaneous Poems.

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.

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.’

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A DEDICATION.

I. To An Old Enemy.

I would have snatch'd a bay leaf from thy brow,
Wronging the chaplet on an honoured head;
In peace and tenderness I bring thee now
A lily-flower instead.

Pure as thy purpose, blameless as thy song,
Sweet as thy spirit may this offering be!
Forget the bitter blame that did thee wrong,
And take the gift from me!

October 1881.

II. To Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

Calmly, thy royal robe of Death around thee,
Thou sleepest, and weeping Brethren round thee stand;
Gently they placed, ere yet God's angel crown'd thee,
My lily in thy hand!

I never knew thee living, O my brother!
But on thy breast my lily of love now lies;
And by that token we shall know each other,
When God's voice saith ‘Arise!’

August 1882.