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Ariel and Caliban with other poems

Cranch, Christopher Pearse (1813-1892)

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ARIEL AND CALIBAN.
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LIONEL AND LUCILLE.
  
SAN BORONDON.
  
THE OLD YEAR.
  
THE CENTENNIAL YEAR.
  
AFTER THE CENTENNIAL.
  
A NIGHT-PICTURE.
  
A CHILD-SAVIOR.
  
AN OLD UMBRELLA.
  
TO IONE.
  
AFTER-LIFE.
  
PRINCE YOUSUF AND THE ALCAYDE.
  
ROSAMOND.
  
A QUESTION.
  
MY STUDIO.
  
TALENT AND GENIUS.
  
VENICE.
  
THE TWO DREAMS.
  
AT THE GRAVE OF KEATS.
  
BROKEN WINGS.
  
SEA PICTURES.
  
ARS LONGA, VITA BREVIS.
  
LOVE'S VOYAGE.
  
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.
  
A WORD TO PHILOSOPHERS.
  
THE COAL-FIRE.
  
TWO VIEWS OF IT.
  
OLD AND YOUNG.
  
THE VICTORIES OF PEACE.
  
SUMMER DAWN.
  
THE OLD APPLE-WOMAN.
  
THE WEATHER-PROPHET.
  
OMAR KHAYYÁM.
  
LONGFELLOW.
  
RALPH WALDO EMERSON.
  
FREDERICK HENRY HEDGE, D. D.
  
SO FAR, SO NEAR.
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SONNETS.
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TO E. P. C.
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SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD.
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XVIII. THE FIRESIDE.
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XIX. THE LADY'S SONNET. TWILIGHT.
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XX. THE LOVER'S SONNET. MIDNIGHT.
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XXI. THE PINES AND THE SEA.
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XXII. PENNYROYAL.
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XXIII. BEETHOVEN'S FIFTH SYMPHONY.
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XXIV. THE SECEDERS. 1.
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XXV. [THE SECEDERS.] 2.
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XXVI. IN A LIBRARY. 1.
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XXVII. [IN A LIBRARY.] 2.
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XXVIII. PAST SORROWS.
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XXIX. LIFE AND DEATH. 1.
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XXX. [LIFE AND DEATH.] 2.
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XXXI. [LIFE AND DEATH.] 3.
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XXXII. [LIFE AND DEATH.] 4.
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XXXIII. [LIFE AND DEATH.] 5.
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XXXIV. [LIFE AND DEATH.] 6.
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XXXV. [LIFE AND DEATH.] 7.
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XXXVI. [LIFE AND DEATH.] 8.
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XXXVII. TO JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER.
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XXXVIII. TO OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. ÆT. 70.
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XXXIX. BAYARD TAYLOR.
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XL. JOHN WEISS.
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XLI. GEORGE RIPLEY.
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XLII. TO G. W. C.
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XLIII. LONDON.
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XLIV. VEILED MEMORIES.
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XLV. TENNYSON. 1.
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XLVI. [TENNYSON.] 2.
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XLVII. TO G. W. C.
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XLVIII. GLADSTONE.
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XLIX. J. R. L. (ON HIS HOMEWARD VOYAGE.) 1.
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L. [J. R. L. (ON HIS HOMEWARD VOYAGE.)] 2.
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LI. THE HUMAN FLOWER. 1.
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LII. [THE HUMAN FLOWER.] 2.
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LIII. AUGUST.
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LIV. IDLE HOURS.
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LV. MUSIC AND POETRY. 1.
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LVI. [MUSIC AND POETRY.] 2.
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LVII. TO SLEEP.
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ORMUZD AND AHRIMAN.
  
A POET'S SOLILOQUY.

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XXII.
PENNYROYAL.

Heavy with cares no winnowing hand could sift,
Wrapt in a sadness never to be told,
As o'er the fields and through the woods I strolled,
Following with restless footstep but the drift
Of the still August morn, so I might shift
The scenery of my thoughts, and gild their old
Monotonous fringes with a light less cold,
I found the aromatic herb, whose swift
And sweet associations bore me away
To boyhood, when beneath an oak like this
I culled the fragrant leaves. Crude childhood's bliss
Was in the scent; but brighter smiled the day
For memories no cold shade could overcast—
Safe 'mid the unblighted treasures of the past.
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