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Poems of Sidney Lanier

Lanier, Sidney (1842-1881)

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HYMNS OF THE MARSHES.

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II. INDIVIDUALITY.

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III. MARSH SONG—AT SUNSET.

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IV. THE MARSHES OF GLYNN.

Yet though life's logic grow as gray

THE WAVING OF THE CORN.

SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE.

FROM THE FLATS.

THE MOCKING BIRD.

THE REVENGE OF HAMISH.

TO BAYARD TAYLOR.

TO CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN.

THE STIRRUP-CUP.

A SONG OF ETERNITY IN TIME.

OWL AGAINST ROBIN.

A SONG OF THE FUTURE.

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[I. The storm that snapped our fate's one ship in twain]

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[II. So do the mottled formulas of Sense]

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[III. Look down the shining peaks of all my days]

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[IV. Let no man say, He at his lady's feet]

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

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[I. O Age that half believ'st thou half believ'st]

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[II. Now at thy soft recalling voice I rise]

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[III. If I do ask, How God can dumbness keep]

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[IV. By the more height of thy sweet stature grown]

SPECIAL PLEADING.

THE HARLEQUIN OF DREAMS.

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I. REMONSTRANCE.

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II. THE SHIP OF EARTH.

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III. HOW LOVE LOOKED FOR HELL.

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V. LIFE AND SONG.

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VI. TO RICHARD WAGNER.

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VII. A SONG OF LOVE.

TO NANNETTE FALK-AUERBACH.

TO OUR MOCKING-BIRD.

TO ---, WITH A ROSE.

ON HUNTINGDON'S “MIRANDA.”

ODE TO THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.

TO DR. THOMAS SHEARER.

MARTHA WASHINGTON.

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PSALM OF THE WEST.

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A BALLAD OF TREES AND THE MASTER.

A FLORIDA SUNDAY.

ON VIOLET'S WAFERS,

UNDER THE CEDARCROFT CHESTNUT.

A SUNRISE SONG.

THE HARD TIMES IN ELFLAND.

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A FLORIDA GHOST.

UNCLE JIM'S BAPTIST REVIVAL HYMN.

NINE FROM EIGHT.

THAR 'S MORE IN THE MAN THAN THAR IS IN THE LAND.

JONES'S PRIVATE ARGYMENT

THE POWER OF PRAYER; OR, THE FIRST STEAMBOAT UP THE ALABAMA.

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UNREVISED EARLY POEMS.

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THE JACQUERIE—A FRAGMENT.

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SONG FOR “THE JACQUERIE.”

SONG FOR “THE JACQUERIE.”

SONG FOR “THE JACQUERIE.”

THE GOLDEN WEDDING OF STERLING AND SARAH LANIER, September 27, 1868.

THE RAVEN DAYS.

A SEA-SHORE GRAVE.

SOULS AND RAIN-DROPS.

A BIRTHDAY SONG.

THE PALM AND THE PINE.

SPRING GREETING.

THE TOURNAMENT.

THE DYING WORDS OF STONEWALL JACKSON.

JUNE DREAMS, IN JANUARY.

THE CENTENNIAL MEDITATION OF COLUMBIA.

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“Next drive we o'er the slimy-weeded sea.
Lo! herebeneath! (another coward cries)
The cursèd land of sunk Atlantis lies:
This slime will suck us down—turn while thou'rt free!—
But no! I said, Freedom bears West for me!
Yet when the long-time stagnant winds arise,
And day by day the keel to westward flies,
My Good my people's Ill doth come to be:
Ever the winds into the West do blow;
Never a ship, once turned, might homeward go;
Meanwhile we speed into the lonesome main.
For Christ's sake, parley, Admiral! Turn, before
We sail outside all bounds of help from pain!—
Our help is in the West, I said once more.