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The poetical works of William H. C. Hosmer

Hosmer, William H. C. (1814-1877)

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YONNONDIO, OR THE WARRIORS OF THE GENESEE, A TALE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.

PREFACE TO YONNONDIO.

DEDICATORY SONNET.

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LEGENDS OF THE SENECAS.

THE PLACE OF BONES.

THE GLEN OF GHOSTS.

THE HAUNTED ROCK.

THE HAUNTED COVE.

THE WEIRD WOLF'S BARK.

RAINBOW SPIRITS.

THE BIG OAK, OR THE ENCHANTED BOW.

REPLY OF THE GREAT OAK AT GENESEO TO THE CHARTER OAK AT HARTFORD.

THE GREAT YELLOW BIRD.

ORIGIN OF THE CROW.

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INDIAN TRADITIONS AND SONGS.

THE BATTLE-GROUND OF DENONVILLE.

TRIBES OF THE LEAGUE.

MENOMINEE DIRGE.

LAMENT FOR SA-SA-NA.

THE OLD INDIAN ORCHARD.

THE SENECA'S RETURN.

GRAVE OF THE SACHEM.

THUNSERA'S LAMENT.

THE WHITE MAN'S DRUM.

SEMINOLE WAR-SONGS.

BLACK-HAWK'S ADDRESS TO HIS WARRIORS.

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POET AND SNOW-BIRD.

FIRST NOTES OF THE ROBIN

ROBIN RED-BREAST.

ADDRESS TO THE SWAN.

THE KINGFISHER.

THE WOOD-THRUSH.

ADDRESS TO THE ORIOLE.

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OCCASIONAL POEMS.

UTILITY OF IMAGINATION.

THEMES OF SONG.

THE PIONEERS OF WESTERN NEW YORK.

THE PROSPECTS OF THE AGE.

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HISTORIC SCENES.

THE SHADE OF THEODOSIUS.

LAMENT OF PERICLES.

MOORISH MEMORIES.

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ZILLAH. [FRAGMENT OF A JEWISH TALE.]

THE REVENGE OF ROSAMOND.

ASDRUBAL'S WIFE.

THE FALL OF AQUILEIA.

BRUTUS IN HIS TENT.

FALL OF LISBON.

THE MURDERED CZAR.

LYING IN STATE.

LAMENT FOR GRANADA.

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MARTIAL LYRICS.

A LAY OF BRITTANY.

THE DRAGOON TO HIS STEED.

THE GRAYS AT AVON.

DEATH OF ROB ROY.

SONG FOR POLAND.

FLING OUT THAT STARRY BANNER.

ERIN'S WAR-SONG.

LAMENT OF AN AUSTERLITZ VETERAN.

INDEPENDENCE ODE.

BATTLE-SONG OF THE POLISH LANCER.

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SONGS AND BALLADS.

THE POET'S HOME.

INDEPENDENCE ODE.

KE-U-KA REVISITED.

THOUGH THY DREAR WORDS.

FLORENCE AND PAUL.

LAY OF THE CRUSADER.

THE GIRLS OF SONG.

THE HALLOWED WELLS OF LEARNING.

A SCOTTISH BALLAD.

THE POLE'S FAREWELL.

FISHING SONG OF SHETLAND.

THE SEA-NYMPH'S SONG.

THE HEARTH-CRICKET.

MY LOVED—MY OWN.

LAMENT OF A SPIRIT.

THE MARINER'S WELCOME HOME.

LAMPS OF SILVER HANG ABOVE

ROSE OF THE DESERT.

FALSE LADY! NO MORE SHALT THOU TRIFLE.

SONG TO STELLA.

FAREWELL TO AVON.

A SCOTTISH SONG.

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FUNERAL ECHOES.

THE DROWNED BOY.

DIRGE OF AN INFANT.

THE CENTENARIAN.

A FATHER'S LAMENT.

HYMN ON THE DEATH OF A DAUGHTER.

TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD.

DANSVILLE CEMETERY.

CHURCH-YARD FLOWERS.

DIRGE FOR THE MIGHTY.

A SISTER'S LAMENT.

THE EARLY TAKEN.

THE MOURNER'S APPEAL.

BLIGHTED BLOSSOMS.

A DIRGE, TO L. E. L.

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TO A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS.

ON A CASCADE NEAR WYOMING.

JOHN AUGUSTUS SHEA.

TO A LONG-SILENT SISTER OF SONG.

THE SHADOW OF A GRIEF.

WILLIAM P. HAWES.

TO A CHIMNEY-SWEEPER.

EMMA GILLINGHAM BOSTWICK.

OH, SHE WAS YOUNG!

WITHDRAW NOT YET THAT LOOK.

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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

SOLOMON'S JUDGMENT.

HEAD QUARTERS OF WASHINGTON,

HUCKNALL TORKARD.

HEATHER BLOSSOMS.

THE NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS.

THE QUIET ARBOR

LAMENT FOR SUMMER.

AUTUMNAL MUSINGS.

NEW-YEAR MUSINGS.

NEW YEAR FANCIES.

THE MEMPHIAN MUMMY.

THE SEXTON OF TIME.

TRIUMPHS OF PEACE.

THE MIGHT OF SONG.

THE DEAD HUNTER.

BLAKE'S VISITANTS.

THE LOST DAUGHTER.

BYRON'S FAREWELL.

THE OLD WHITE STORE.

CAROLAN'S PROPHECY.

A BRUMAL RHYME.

WHISPERINGS OF CONSCIENCE.

A VOICE FROM GLEN-MARY.

LAKE WYALUSING.

THE ROYAL PINE.

MY OWN DARK GENESEE.

LAY OF A WANDERER.

THE MORNING STAR OF ANNESLEY.

THE DOOMED ONE.

THE DESERTED HALL.

TO AN INEBRIATE.

THE IRISH MOTHER.

AN AUTUMN THOUGHT.

WHEN THE WILD LOVE OF FAME.

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INSCRIBED TO HON. JOHN BRODHEAD, NEW YORK.