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Channing, William Ellery (1817-1901)

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EDWARD AND MARGARET.

THE EARTH SPIRIT.

TO A FRIEND ON HIS MARRIAGE.

THE NIAGARA FALL.

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THE LOVER'S SONG.

A SONG OF SPRING.

ON RECEIVING SOME DRAWINGS.

OUR BIRTH DAYS.

WRITTEN IN THE EVENING OF A NOVEMBER DAY.

INSCRIPTION FOR A GARDEN.

THE LOVER'S FEAR.

THE BENIGHTED TRAVELLER.

THE SIBYL TO HER LOVER.

FADING AWAY.

FOR A WOOD SCENE IN WINTER.

WRITTEN AMONG THE LENOX HILLS.

AUTUMN'S APPROACH.

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I. TO AN IDEAL OBJECT.

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

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

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

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

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

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VII. THE ETERNAL LANDSCAPE.

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

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[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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FADING AWAY.

Sunny day!
Sunny day!
Why are shorn thy golden beams?
Mortal, tell me, are thy dreams
Fading away?

Summer flowers!
Summer flowers!
Fall your leaves forever lost?
Mortal, has no sudden frost
Crisped thine hours?

Shrine of clay!
Shrine of clay!
Shall thy fine pulsations cease?
Mortal, 'tis a blest release,
Fading away.