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The Fall of the Leaf

And Other Poems. By Charles Bucke ... Fourth Edition
Bucke, Charles (1781-1846)
  
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[dedication]

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THE FALL OF THE LEAF:
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ODE
  
ODE TO JULIA;
  
ODE TO CLAUDE SPENCER, ESQ.;
  
ODE. ROCHEFORD'S RESOLUTION.
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ODE TO HER WHO WILL UNDERSTAND IT.
  
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HYMN TO THE VIRGIN:
  
THE EOLIAN HARP.
  
CANZONET.
  
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THE BRIDESMAID AND THE WATER-SPIRIT.
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I. INSCRIPTION
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II. INSCRIPTION ON AN OAK IN THE NEW FOREST.
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IV. INSCRIPTION FOR A MONUMENT OVER ARTHUR LLEWELLYN.
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HYMN TO THE MOON.
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XXIV.

Ah! who could see such beauty stand,
In all the pride of Nature's hand;
And ah! what maid but now had bow'd,
However fair, however proud,
In this eventful, sacred hour,
To that insidious, wanton power,
Who rules by smiles, or frowns, alone,
From cot to convent, tower, and throne?
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