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Channing, William Ellery (1817-1901)

TO A FRIEND ON HIS MARRIAGE.

THE LOVER'S SONG.

ON RECEIVING SOME DRAWINGS.

OUR BIRTH DAYS.

WRITTEN IN THE EVENING OF A NOVEMBER DAY.

INSCRIPTION FOR A GARDEN.

THE LOVER'S FEAR.

TO CLIO.

THE BENIGHTED TRAVELLER.

THE SIBYL TO HER LOVER.

FOR A WOOD SCENE IN WINTER.

WRITTEN AMONG THE LENOX HILLS.

I. TO AN IDEAL OBJECT.

[II. Thou art like that which is most sweet and fair]

[III. Men change, that heaven above not more]

[IV. Hearts of Eternity,—hearts of the deep]

[V. The brook is eddying in the forest dell]

[VI. There never lived a man, who with a heart]

VII. THE ETERNAL LANDSCAPE.

[VIII. I mark beneath thy life the virtue shine]

[IX. In those bright, laughing days that pierce the fall]

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[X. Earth hath her meadows green, her brooklets bright]

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[XI. I love the universe,—I love the joy]

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THE LOVER'S SONG.

Bee in the deep flower bells,
Brook in the cavern dim,
Fawn in the woodland dells
Hideth him.

I hide in thy deep flower eyes,
In the well of thy dark cold eye;
In thy heart my feelings rise,
There they lie.

Sing love, sing, for thy song
Filleth the life of my mind;
Thou bendest my woes along
Like a wind.

Green of the spring and flower,
Fruit of the summer day,
Midnight and moon-lit hour—
What say they?

Centre of them thou art,
Building that points on high;
Sun,—for it is in thy heart,
Will not die.