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Poems by Jean Ingelow

Ingelow, Jean (1820-1897)

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VOLUME I.
  
DEDICATION
  
DIVIDED.
  
HONOURS—Part I.
  
HONOURS—Part II.
  
REQUIESCAT IN PACE!
  
SUPPER AT THE MILL.
  
SCHOLAR AND CARPENTER.
  
THE STAR'S MONUMENT.
  
A DEAD YEAR.
  
REFLECTIONS.
  
THE LETTER L.
  
THE HIGH TIDE ON THE COAST OF LINCOLNSHIRE.
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AFTERNOON AT A PARSONAGE.
  
Preface.
  
[section]
  
Afterthought.
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SONGS OF SEVEN.
  
SEVEN TIMES ONE. EXULTATION.
  
SEVEN TIMES TWO. ROMANCE.
  
SEVEN TIMES THREE. LOVE.
  
SEVEN TIMES FOUR. MATERNITY.
  
SEVEN TIMES FIVE. WIDOWHOOD.
  
SEVEN TIMES SIX. GIVING IN MARRIAGE.
  
SEVEN TIMES SEVEN. LONGING FOR HOME.
  
A COTTAGE IN A CHINE.
  
PERSEPHONE.
  
A SEA SONG.
  
BROTHERS, AND A SERMON.
  
A WEDDING SONG.
  
THE FOUR BRIDGES.
  
A MOTHER SHOWING THE PORTRAIT OF HER CHILD.
  
STRIFE AND PEACE.
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LETTERS ON LIFE AND THE MORNING.
  
A PARSON'S LETTER TO A YOUNG POET.
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VOLUME II.
  
THE DREAMS THAT CAME TRUE.
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SONGS ON THE VOICES OF BIRDS.
  
INTRODUCTION.
  
THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE UNSATISFIED HEART.
  
SAND MARTINS.
  
A POET IN HIS YOUTH, AND THE CUCKOO-BIRD.
  
A RAVEN IN A WHITE CHINE.
  
THE WARBLING OF BLACKBIRDS.
  
SEA-MEWS IN WINTER TIME.
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LAURENCE.
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III
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SONGS OF THE NIGHT WATCHES,
  
INTRODUCTORY.
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THE FIRST WATCH.
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VII
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VIII
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THE MIDDLE WATCH.
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III
  
THE MORNING WATCH.
  
CONCLUDING SONG OF DAWN.
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SONNETS.
  
WORK.
  
AN ANCIENT CHESS KING.
  
A SNOW MOUNTAIN.
  
SLEEP.
  
LOVE.
  
PROMISING.
  
COMFORT IN THE NIGHT.
  
THOUGH ALL GREAT DEEDS.
  
WISHING.
  
TO ---.
  
COMPENSATION.
  
FANCY.
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A STORY OF DOOM.
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BOOK I.
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BOOK II.
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BOOK III.
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BOOK IV.
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BOOK V.
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BOOK VI.
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BOOK VII.
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BOOK VIII.
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BOOK IX.
  
SAILING BEYOND SEAS.
  
REMONSTRANCE.
  
SONG FOR THE NIGHT OF CHRIST'S RESURRECTION.
  
WITH A DIAMOND.
  
SONG OF MARGARET.
  
SONG OF THE GOING AWAY.
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A LILY AND A LUTE.
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THE LONG WHITE SEAM.
  
NOT IN VAIN I WAITED.
  
THE SNOWDROP MONUMENT (IN LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL).
  
COLD AND QUIET.
  
GLADYS AND HER ISLAND.
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SONGS WITH PRELUDES.
  
WEDLOCK.
  
REGRET.
  
LAMENTATION.
  
DOMINION.
  
FRIENDSHIP.
  
WINSTANLEY.

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Ay, I was strong
And able-bodied—loved my work;—but now
I am a useless hull: 't is time I sank;
I am in all men's way; I trouble them;
I am a trouble to myself: but yet
I feel for mariners of stormy nights,
And feel for wives that watch ashore. Ay, ay!
If I had learning I would pray the Lord
To bring them in: but I'm no scholar, no;
Book-learning is a world too hard for me:
But I make bold to say, O Lord, good Lord,
I am a broken-down poor man, a fool
To speak to Thee: but in the Book 't is writ,
As I hear say from others that can read,
How, when Thou camest, Thou didst love the sea,
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And live with fisherfolk, whereby 't is sure
Thou knowest all the peril they go through,
And all their trouble.
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