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The poems of Madison Cawein

Cawein, Madison Julius (1865-1914)

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Volume I LYRICS AND OLD WORLD IDYLLS
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[BLOOMS OF THE BERRY]
  
[Wine-warm winds that sigh and sing]
  
THE WOOD GOD
  
LOVELINESS
  
WAITING
  
LONGINGS
  
THE SWEET O' THE YEAR
  
IN MIDDLE SPRING
  
A SPRING SHOWER
  
HEPATICAS
  
SPIRITS OF SPRING
  
MIRABILE DICTU
  
A DREAMER OF DREAMS
  
PAN
  
A STORMY SUNSET
  
A WOODLAND GRAVE
  
THE OLD BYWAY
  
THE WOODPATH
  
THE SOUND OF THE SAP
  
THE DRYAD
  
A DEAD LILY
  
THE DEAD OREAD
  
PAX VOBISCUM
  
AT REST
  
DISTANCE
  
DEFICIENCY
  
MIDSUMMER
  
DIURNAL
  
THE FAMILY BURYING GROUND
  
CLOUDS
  
THE HERON
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AVATARS
 1. 
I
 2. 
II
  
LILLITA
  
MIRIAM
  
TWO DAYS
  
MOONRISE AT SEA
  
IN NOVEMBER
  
IN LATE FALL
  
WITH THE SEASONS
  
TYRANNY
  
WHAT YOU WILL
  
MIDWINTER
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[IN THE GARDENS OF FALERINA]
  
TO GERTRUDE
  
THE GARDENS OF FALERINA
  
ROMANCE
  
THE VALLEY OF MUSIC
  
BLODEUWEDD
  
AMADIS AT MIRAFLORES
  
URGANDA
  
HAWKING
  
ORLANDO
  
YOLANDA OF THE TOWERS
  
ERMENGARDE
  
HACKELNBERG
  
AN ANTIQUE
  
JAAFER THE BARMECIDE
  
A PRE-EXISTENCE
  
THE KING
  
MELANCHOLIA
  
A WOMAN OF THE WORLD
  
A GUINEVERE
  
PERLE DES JARDINS
  
FACE TO FACE
  
THE EVE OF ALL-SAINTS
  
MATER DOLOROSA
  
LOVE AS IT WAS IN THE TIME OF LOUIS XIV
  
THE TROUBADOUR
  
MY ROMANCE
  
THE EPIC
  
THE MINSTREL AND THE PRINCESS
  
THE ALCALDE'S DAUGHTER
  
ISHMAEL
  
IN MYTHIC SEAS
  
LOKÉ AND SIGYN
  
WAR-SONG OF HARALD THE RED
  
YULE
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[OLD WORLD IDYLLS]
  
TO R. E. LEE GIBSON
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ACCOLON OF GAUL
  
Prelude
 1. 
I
 2. 
II
 3. 
III
 4. 
IV
  
PEREDUR, THE SON OF EVRAWC
  
ISOLT
  
THE DREAM OF SIR GALAHAD
  
AFTER THE TOURNAMENT
  
THE DARK TOWER
  
THE BLIND HARPER
  
CHILDE RONALD
  
MORGAN Le FAY
  
THE LADY OF THE HILLS
  
THE DEMON LOVER
  
A PRINCESS OF THULE
  
THE DAUGHTER OF MERLIN
  
TRISTRAM TO ISOLT
  
THE KNIGHT-ERRANT
  
THE FORESTER
  
THE MOATED MANSE
  
AN OLD TALE RETOLD
  
MY LADY OF VERNE
  
GERALDINE
  
AT THE CORREGIDOR'S
  
AN EPISODE
  
THE SLAVE
  
THE ROSICRUCIAN
  
THE NORMAN KNIGHT
  
THE KHALIF AND THE ARAB
  
ARABAH
  
THE SEVEN DEVILS
  
THAMUS
  
THE MAMELUKE
  
ROMAUNT OF THE ROSES
  
THE PORTRAIT
  
BEHRAM AND EDDETMA
  
TORQUEMADA
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Volume II NEW WORLD IDYLLS AND POEMS OF LOVE
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[NEW WORLD IDYLLS]
  
[O lyrist of the lowly and the true]
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ONE DAY AND ANOTHER
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PART I LATE SPRING
  
[prologue]
 1. 
I
 2. 
II
 3. 
III
 4. 
IV
 5. 
V
 6. 
VI
 7. 
VII
 8. 
VIII
 9. 
IX
 10. 
X
 11. 
XI
 12. 
XII
 13. 
XIII
 14. 
XIV
 15. 
XV
 16. 
XVI
 17. 
XVII
 18. 
XVIII
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PART II EARLY SUMMER
  
[prologue]
 1. 
I
 2. 
II
 3. 
III
 4. 
IV
 5. 
V
 6. 
VI
 7. 
VII
 8. 
VIII
 9. 
IX
 10. 
X
 11. 
XI
 12. 
XII
 13. 
XIII
 14. 
XIV
 15. 
XV
 16. 
XVI
 17. 
XVII
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PART III LATE SUMMER
  
[prologue]
 1. 
I
 2. 
II
 3. 
III
 4. 
IV
 5. 
V
 6. 
VI
 7. 
VII
 8. 
VIII
 9. 
IX
 10. 
X
 11. 
XI
 12. 
XII
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PART IV LATE AUTUMN
 1. 
I
 2. 
II
 3. 
III
 4. 
IV
 5. 
V
 6. 
VI
 7. 
VII
 8. 
VIII
 9. 
IX
 10. 
X
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PART V WINTER
 1. 
I
 2. 
II
 3. 
III
 4. 
IV
 5. 
V
 6. 
VI
 7. 
VII
 8. 
VIII
 9. 
IX
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RED LEAVES AND ROSES
 1. 
I
 2. 
II
 3. 
III
 4. 
IV
 5. 
V
 6. 
VI
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WILD THORN AND LILY
 1. 
I
 2. 
II
 3. 
III
 4. 
IV
 5. 
V
 6. 
VI
 7. 
VII
 8. 
VIII
 9. 
IX
 10. 
X
 11. 
XI
 12. 
XII
 13. 
XIII
 14. 
XIV
 15. 
XV
 16. 
XVI
 17. 
XVII
 18. 
XVIII
 19. 
XIX
 20. 
XX
 21. 
XXI
 22. 
XXII
 23. 
XXIII
  
THE IDYLL OF THE STANDING-STONE
  
SOME SUMMER DAYS
  
AN EPIC OF SOUTH-FORK
  
A NIELLO
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DEEP IN THE FOREST
 1. 
I SPRING ON THE HILLS
 2. 
II THE WOOD SPIRIT
 3. 
III OWL ROOST
 4. 
IV MOSS AND FERN
 5. 
V WOODLAND WATERS
 6. 
VI THE THORN-TREE
 7. 
VII THE HAMADRYAD
  
WRECKAGE
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SIREN SANDS
 1. 
I
 2. 
II
 3. 
III
 4. 
IV
  
WAR-TIME SILHOUETTES.
  
MOSBY AT HAMILTON
  
THE FEUD
  
LYNCHERS
  
DEAD MAN'S RUN
  
THE RAID
  
THE BROTHERS
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[POEMS OF LOVE]
  
EPILOGUE
  
[What though I dreamed of mountain heights]
  
GERTRUDE
  
LOVE
  
HEART OF MY HEART
  
STROLLERS
  
THE BURDEN OF DESIRE
  
THE TRYST
  
GYPSYING
  
UNCERTAINTY
  
LOST LOVE
  
OVERSEAS
  
AT THE STILE
  
FERN-SEED
  
PORPHYROGENITA
  
THE CASTLE OF LOVE
  
CONSECRATION
  
ROMANTIC LOVE
  
PASTORAL LOVE
  
ANDALIA AND THE SPRINGTIME
  
OLIVIA IN THE AUTUMN
  
SYLVIA OF THE WOODLAND
  
WITNESSES
  
A PUPIL OF PAN
  
LORA OF THE VALES
  
PLEDGES
  
ORIENTAL ROMANCE
  
THE TOLLMAN'S DAUGHTER
  
CREOLE SERENADE
  
IDEAL DIVINATION
  
APOCALYPSE
  
CAN I FORGET?
  
MY ROSE
  
RESTRAINT
  
IN JUNE
  
WILL O' THE WISPS
  
IN A GARDEN
  
“IF I WERE HER LOVER”
  
NOËRA
  
AMONG THE ACRES OF THE WOOD
  
WORDS
  
THE SIRENS
  
WHY?
  
NOCTURNE
  
METAMORPHOSIS
  
AT TWENTY-ONE
  
KINSHIP.
  
“SHE IS SO MUCH”
  
HER EYES
  
MESSENGERS
  
APART
  
THE BLIND GOD
  
CARA MIA
  
MARGERY
  
CONSTANCE
  
LYDIA
  
HELEN
  
MIGNON
  
TRANSUBSTANTIATION
  
LOVE AND A DAY
  
LOVE IN A GARDEN
  
FLORIDIAN
  
WHEN SHIPS PUT OUT TO SEA
  
A CHRISTMAS CATCH
  
A SONG FOR YULE
  
CHORDS
  
AT HER GRAVE
  
A CONFESSION
  
LAST DAYS
  
AT TWILIGHT
  
DAY AND NIGHT
  
THREE BIRDS
  
UNREQUITED
  
THE HEART'S DESIRE
  
OUT OF THE DEPTHS
  
“THIS IS THE FACE OF HER”
  
INDIFFERENCE
  
GHOST WEATHER
  
THE FOREST POOL
  
AT SUNSET
  
DEAD AND GONE
  
ONE NIGHT
  
THE PARTING
  
THE DAUGHTER OF THE SNOW
  
THE SPIRIT OF THE STAR
  
THE SPIRIT OF THE VAN
  
THE CAVERNS OF KAF
  
THE SALAMANDER
  
LYANNA.
  
THE SPIRITS OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS
  
THE WATER WITCH
  
THE SUCCUBA
  
MASKS
  
CARMEN
  
AT NINEVEH
  
SENORITA
  
SINCE THEN
  
AFTER DEATH
  
THE OLD MAN DREAMS
  
MEMORIES
  
MARCH AND MAY
  
IN AUTUMN
  
“WHEN SHE DRAWS NEAR”
  
REED CALL FOR APRIL
  
HER VIOLIN
  
MEETING IN SUMMER
  
HER VIVIEN EYES
  
REASONS
  
HER VESPER SONG
  
THE GLORY AND THE DREAM
  
SNOW AND FIRE
  
IN MAY
  
“WERE I AN ARTIST”
  
THE RIDE
  
THE RIDE
  
AT PARTING
  
IN THE GARDEN OF GIRLS
  
“COME TO THE HILLS”
  
EVASION
  
WILL YOU FORGET?
  
CONTRASTS
  
CARISSIMA MEA
  
AN AUTUMN NIGHT
  
A DAUGHTER OF THE STATES
  
THE QUARREL
  
MIRIAM
  
THE SUMMER SEA
  
FINALE
  
CONCLUSION
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Volume III NATURE POEMS
  
PROLOGUE
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[IN THE SHADOW OF THE BEECHES]
  
IN THE SHADOW OF THE BEECHES
  
A FALLEN BEECH
  
A COIGNE OF THE FOREST
  
A HOUSE IN THE HILLS
  
THE WIND
  
RAIN IN THE WOODS
  
HEAT
  
YOUNG SEPTEMBER
  
THE VINTAGER
  
BLACK VESPER'S PAGEANTS
  
A TWILIGHT MOTH
  
THE GRASSHOPPER
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FOREST AND FIELD
 1. 
I
 2. 
II
 3. 
III
 4. 
IV
  
SUMMER
  
INDIAN SUMMER
  
TO SORROW
  
NIGHT
  
THE HAUNTED HOUSE
  
AUTUMN
  
ALONG THE OHIO
  
THE OLD INN
  
THE MILL-WATER
  
THE DREAM
  
SPRING TWILIGHT
  
A SLEET-STORM IN MAY
  
THE HEART O' SPRING
  
“A BROKEN RAINBOW ON THE SKIES OF MAY”
  
ORGIE
  
THE FARMSTEAD
  
THE BOY COLUMBUS
  
NORTH BEACH, FLORIDA
  
THE STORM
  
ON THE JELLICO SPUR OF THE CUMBERLANDS
  
THE WHIPPOORWILL
  
IN THE WILDWOOD
  
A HOLLOW OF THE HILLS
  
BENEATH THE BEECHES
  
THE BRIDLE-PATH
  
THE OLD FARM
  
TO SUMMER
  
A GRAY DAY
  
THE MOOD O' THE EARTH
  
NOONING
  
THE LOG-BRIDGE
  
AMONG THE KNOBS
  
THE FALLS OF THE OHIO
  
FALL FANCIES
  
LATE OCTOBER
  
A NOVEMBER WALK
  
THE WHITE EVENING
  
DREAMS
  
THE BROOK
  
THE OLD SWING
  
TO AUTUMN
  
WINTER DREAMS
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TANSY AND SWEET-ALYSSUM
  
A FLOWER OF THE FIELDS
  
ON STONY-RUN
  
HOME
  
DUSK IN THE WOODS
  
COMRADES
  
THE ROCK
  
STANDING-STONE CREEK
  
“CLOUDS OF THE AUTUMN NIGHT”
  
THEN AND NOW
  
BY THE TRYSTING-BEECH
  
AFTER LONG GRIEF AND PAIN
  
THE HAUNTED WOODLAND
  
COMRADERY
  
OCCULT
  
WOOD-WORDS
  
THE WIND AT NIGHT
  
AIRY TONGUES
  
RAIN AND WIND
  
UNDER ARCTURUS
  
BARE BOUGHS
  
A THRENODY
  
SNOW
  
AN OLD SONG
  
BABY MARY
  
A SUNSET FANCY
  
THE FEN-FIRE
  
THE WOOD
  
WOOD NOTES
  
HILLS OF THE WEST
  
THE WIND OF SPRING
  
THE WILLOW BOTTOM
  
THE RED-BIRD
  
CLEARING
  
AUTUMN SORROW
  
A DARK DAY OF SUMMER
  
DAYS AND DAYS
  
DROUTH IN AUTUMN
  
IN SUMMER
  
IN WINTER
  
ON THE FARM
  
PATHS
  
A SONG IN SEASON
  
BEFORE THE END
  
HOAR-FROST
  
COLD
  
THE WINTER MOON
  
THE HILLSIDE GRAVE
  
THE COVERED BRIDGE
  
THE CREEK-ROAD
  
ABANDONED
  
OMENS
  
IMPERFECTION
  
ARCANA
  
FULFILLMENT
  
TOO LATE
  
THE WITCH
  
THE SOMNAMBULIST
  
OPIUM
  
MUSIC AND SLEEP
  
AMBITION
  
DESPONDENCY
  
DESPAIR
  
QUATRAINS
  
A LAST WORD
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[WEEDS BY THE WALL]
  
FOREWORD
  
THE CRICKET
  
THE TREE TOAD
  
THE SCREECH-OWL
  
THE CHIPMUNK
  
THE WILD IRIS
  
THE PATH BY THE CREEK
  
ALONG THE STREAM
  
VOICES
  
THE ROAD HOME
  
DROUTH
  
THE BROKEN DROUTH
  
FEUD
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UNANOINTED
 1. 
I
 2. 
II
 3. 
III
  
SUNSET AND STORM
  
BEECH BLOOMS
  
WORSHIP
  
UNHEARD
  
REINCARNATION
  
ON CHENOWETH'S RUN
  
REQUIESCAT
  
THE QUEST
  
BEFORE THE RAIN
  
AFTER RAIN
  
SUNSET CLOUDS
  
RICHES
  
THE AGE OF GOLD
  
A SONG FOR LABOR
  
THE LOVE OF LOVES
  
THREE THINGS
  
IMMORTELLES
  
A LULLABY
  
PESTILENCE
  
MUSINGS
  
THE MESSAGE OF THE LILIES
  
ANTHEM OF DAWN
  
AT THE LANE'S END
  
ENCHANTMENT
  
IN THE FOREST
  
CAN SUCH THINGS BE
  
KNIGHT-ERRANT
  
THE ARTIST
  
POETRY AND PHILOSOPHY
  
“QUO VADIS”
  
TO A CRITIC
  
QUATRAINS
  
THE DREAMER
  
WINTER
  
MID-WINTER
  
SPRING
  
TRANSFORMATION
  
RESPONSE
  
THE SWASHBUCKLER
  
SIMULACRA
  
THE BLUEBIRD
  
CAVERNS
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A VOICE ON THE WIND
  
PROEM
  
A VOICE ON THE WIND
  
THE LAND OF HEARTS MADE WHOLE
  
THE WIND OF SUMMER
  
THE WIND OF WINTER
  
THE LEAF-CRICKET
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THE OWLET
 1. 
I
 2. 
II
 3. 
III
  
THE POET
  
SUMMER NOONTIDE
  
TO THE LOCUST
  
JULY
  
EVENING ON THE FARM
  
UNDER THE HUNTER'S MOON
  
IN THE LANE
  
EPIPHANY
  
LIFE
  
MEETING IN THE WOODS
  
ROSE AND RUE
  
A MAID WHO DIED OLD
  
COMMUNICANTS
  
THE DEAD DAY
  
ALLUREMENT
  
AUGUST
  
THE BUSH-SPARROW
  
QUIET
  
MUSIC
  
A DREAM SHAPE
  
THE OLD BARN
  
THE WOOD WITCH
  
MAY
  
RAIN
  
FALL
  
SUNSET IN AUTUMN
  
CONTENT
  
OCTOBER
  
DISCOVERY
  
THE OLD SPRING
  
THE FOREST SPRING
  
THE HILLS
  
THE SONG OF THE THRUSH
  
TRANSMUTATION
  
FROST
  
ADVENTURERS
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INVOCATION
 1. 
I
 2. 
II
 3. 
III
 4. 
IV
  
THE DEATH OF LOVE
  
UNANSWERED
  
LOVE, THE INTERPRETER
  
LOVE DESPISED
  
PEARLS
  
THE WOMAN SPEAKS
  
OF THE SLUMS
  
LIGHT AND WIND
  
THE WINDS
  
TOUCHES
  
EARTH AND MOON
  
DUSK
  
SEPTEMBER
  
THE END OF SUMMER
  
THE PASSING GLORY
  
PROTOTYPES
  
SUPERSTITION
  
A. D. NINETEEN HUNDRED
  
UNCALLED
  
QUATRAINS
  
AFTERWORD
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Volume IV POEMS OF MYSTERY AND OF MYTH AND ROMANCE
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[POEMS OF MYSTERY]
  
PROEM
  
HAUNTED
  
THE ELIXIR OF LOVE
  
GLORAMONE
  
THE IMAGE IN THE GLASS
  
THE LEGEND OF THE STONE
  
THE RUINED MILL
  
ON FLOYD'S FORK
  
THE WOMAN BY THE WATER
  
A STREET OF GHOSTS
  
BEFORE THE TOMB
  
FLAMENCINE
  
HILDEGARD
  
ROMAUNT OF THE OAK
  
A REED SHAKEN WITH THE WIND
  
WOMAN'S PORTION
  
KU KLUX
  
AT DAWN
  
PRÆTERITA
  
IN SHADOW
  
IN THE OWL-LIGHT
  
ASHLY MERE
  
THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN
  
THE WEREWOLF
  
THE SEA SPIRIT
  
THE VAMPIRE
  
WILL-O'-THE-WISP
  
REVISITED
  
THE OLD HOUSE
  
THE FOREST OF DREAMS
  
THE CITY OF DARKNESS
  
UNDER DARK SKIES
  
REMBRANDTS
  
GHOSTS
  
AT MIDNIGHT
  
THAT NIGHT
  
GRAMARYE
  
THE WORLD OF FAERY
  
THERE ARE FAIRIES
  
ON MIDSUMMER NIGHT
  
THE DANCE OF THE FAIRIES
  
THE CHANGELING
  
THE ELF-QUEEN
  
SONG OF THE ELF
  
AN ELF SWASHBUCKLER
  
ON THE EVE OF ST. JOHN
  
THE NIXIES
  
THE WATER-FAIRY
  
THE MORNING-GLORIES
  
THE GLADIOLES
  
THE TIGER-LILY
  
THE MOTH, THE ROSE, AND THE PINK
  
GLAMOUR
  
FAERY MORRIS
  
THE LITTLE PEOPLE
  
THE SEA-KING
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THE NEREID
 1. 
I
 2. 
II
  
THE MERMAID
  
CHILDREN O' THE MOON
  
A MOTIVE IN GOLD AND GRAY
  
INTIMATIONS
  
SELF AND SOUL
  
THE OLD HOUSE BY THE MERE
  
IN AN OLD GARDEN
  
THE HAUNTED ROOM
  
THE MIRROR
  
THE HALL OF DARKNESS
  
WHAT DREAMS MAY COME
  
THAT HOUR
  
EPILOGUE
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[POEMS OF MYTH AND ROMANCE]
  
PROEM
  
MYTH AND ROMANCE
  
REVERIE
  
LETHE
  
THE NAIAD
  
THE LIMNAD
  
BEFORE THE TEMPLE
  
THE RUE-ANEMONE
  
ARTEMIS
  
APHRODITE
  
PERSEPHONE
  
DEMETER
  
DIONYSOS
  
THE PAPHIAN VENUS
  
GARGAPHIE
  
THE FAUN
  
APOLLO
  
JOTUNHEIM
  
DIONYSIA
  
VINE AND SYCAMORE
  
GENIUS LOCI
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DITHYRAMBICS
 1. 
I Tempest
 2. 
II Calm
  
HYMN TO DESIRE
  
NYMPH AND FAUN
  
PARTING OF LEANDER AND HERO
  
THE SPIRIT OF THE FOREST SPRING
  
TO A PANSY-VIOLET
  
PAGAN
  
BEAUTY AND ART
  
THE OLD WATER-MILL
  
THE RAIN-CROW
  
THE HARVEST MOON
  
FIELD AND FOREST CALL
  
OLD HOMES
  
A MEMORY
  
DOLCE FAR NIENTE
  
THE PURPLE VALLEYS
  
THE LAND OF ILLUSION
  
THE LAST SONG
  
THE DREAM OF RODERICK
  
ZYPS OF ZIRL
  
THE GLOW-WORM
  
A FOREST IDYLL
  
UNDER THE ROSE
  
SPIRIT OF DREAMS
  
PROCESSIONAL
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SONG AND STORY
  
TO HARRISON S. MORRIS
  
SONG AND STORY
  
AN INDIAN LEGEND
  
AN INDIAN LEGEND
  
JOHN DAVIS, BOUCANIER
  
VOYAGERS
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HIEROGLYPHS
 1. 
I
 2. 
II
 3. 
III
 4. 
IV
 5. 
V
 6. 
VI
 7. 
VII
 8. 
VIII
  
A LEGEND OF THE LILY
  
THE END OF THE CENTURY
  
THE ISLE OF VOICES
  
THE WATCHER
  
AT THE SIGN OF THE SKULL
  
DUM VIVIMUS
  
FAILURE
  
THE CUP OF JOY
  
LA JEUNESSE ET LA MORT
  
LOVE AND LOSS
  
THE END OF ALL
  
A ROSE O' THE HILLS
  
THE WHITE VIGIL
  
A STUDY IN GRAY
  
AT VESPERS
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Volume V Poems of Meditation and of Forest and Field
  
TO GERTRUDE
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[POEMS OF MEDITATION]
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INTIMATIONS OF THE BEAUTIFUL
  
[prologue]
 1. 
I
 2. 
II
 3. 
III
 4. 
IV
 5. 
V
 6. 
VI
 7. 
VII
 8. 
VIII
 9. 
IX
 10. 
X
 11. 
XI
 12. 
XII
 13. 
XIII
 14. 
XIV
 15. 
XV
 16. 
XVI
 17. 
XVII
 18. 
XVIII
 19. 
XIX
 20. 
XX
 21. 
XXI
 22. 
XXII
 23. 
XXIII
 24. 
XXIV
 25. 
XXV
 26. 
XXVI
 27. 
XXVII
 28. 
XXVIII
 29. 
XXIX
 30. 
XXX
 31. 
XXXI
 32. 
XXXII
 33. 
XXXIII
 34. 
XXXIV
 35. 
XXXV
 36. 
XXXVI
 37. 
XXXVII
 38. 
XXXVIII
 39. 
XXXIX
 40. 
XL
 41. 
XLI
 42. 
XLII
 43. 
XLIII
 44. 
XLIV
 45. 
XLV
 46. 
XLVI
 47. 
XLVII
 48. 
XLVIII
 49. 
XLIX
 50. 
L
 51. 
LI
 52. 
LII
 53. 
LIII
 54. 
LIV
 55. 
LV
 56. 
LVI
 57. 
LVII
 58. 
LVIII
 59. 
LIX
 60. 
LX
 61. 
LXI
 62. 
LXII
 63. 
LXIII
 64. 
LXIV
 65. 
LXV
 66. 
LXVI
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LXVII
  
THE MOATED GRANGE
  
CIRCE
  
POPPY AND MANDRAGORA
  
ROSEMARY
  
NIGHTSHADE
  
LOTUS
  
MOLY
  
CHRYSELEPHANTINE
  
SIBYLLINE
  
ELEUSINIAN
  
ARGONAUT
  
SIC VOS NON VOBIS
  
WITH THE TIDE
  
APPORTIONMENT
  
ESOTERIC BEAUTY
  
TEMPEST
  
REVELATION
  
ANALOGIES
  
MNEMONICS
  
ASSUMPTION
  
PROEM TO “UNDERTONES”
  
UNQUALIFIED
  
UNENCOURAGED ASPIRATION
  
INTERPRETED
  
SECOND SIGHT
  
SUCCESS
  
THE HOUSE OF SONG
  
FLOWERS
  
DEAD SEA FRUIT
  
REQUIEM
  
AT LAST
  
REMEMBERED
  
MONOCHROMES
  
THE WORLD'S DESIRE
  
THE UNATTAINABLE
  
PROBLEMS
  
THE BEAUTIFUL
  
WORLD'S ATTAINMENT
  
A BLOWN ROSE
  
NEPENTHE
  
ON A DIAL
  
UNUTTERABLE
  
QUESTIONINGS
  
FRAGMENTS
  
DEITY
  
DISENCHANTMENT OF DEATH
  
SLEEP
  
CHATTERTON
  
THE SYMPHONY
  
A SONG FOR OLD AGE
  
“WHEN THE WINE-CUP AT THE LIP”
  
THE BETTER LOT
  
PASSION
  
THE TROGLODYTE
  
THE EVANESCENT BEAUTIFUL
  
THE HIGHER BROTHERHOOD
  
TO A WINDFLOWER
  
MICROCOSM
  
FORTUNE
  
DEATH
  
THE SOUL
  
CONSCIENCE
  
YOUTH
  
LIFE'S SEASONS
  
THE LIGHT AND LARK
  
THE JESSAMINE AND THE MORNING-GLORY
  
THE TOAD IN THE SKULL
  
THE MOONMEN
  
PHANTOMS
  
THE HOUSE OF DEATH
  
EIDOLONS
  
IDENTITIES
  
HALLOWE'EN
  
ANSWERED
  
UNFULFILLED
  
DIRGE
  
REST
  
CLAIRVOYANCE
  
THE IDEAL
  
TO ONE READING THE MORTE D'ARTHURE
  
THE CROSS
  
NIGHTFALL
  
PAUSE
  
ABOVE THE VALES
  
INSOMNIA
  
ENCOURAGEMENT
  
WHICH?
  
STORM
  
TIME AND DEATH AND LOVE
  
A PHANTASY
  
WHEREFORE
  
TRISTRAM AND ISOLT
  
NIGHT
  
DAWN
  
THE OCKLAWAHA
  
THE MINORCAN
  
THE SPRING IN FLORIDA
  
LONG AGO
  
SELF
  
ASPIRATION
  
PEACE
  
SIN
  
THE HOUSE OF FEAR
  
SATAN
  
OSSIAN
  
QUATRAINS
  
THE PURITANS' CHRISTMAS
  
THE NEW YEAR
  
THE POET OF THE SIERRAS
  
AMERICA
  
“THE FATHERS OF OUR FATHERS”
  
MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN
  
UNDER THE STARS AND STRIPES
  
OUR CAUSE
  
AFTERWORD
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[POEMS OF FOREST AND FIELD]
  
PROEM
  
THE HYLAS
  
WIND AND CLOUD
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IN SOLITARY PLACES
 1. 
I
 2. 
II
 3. 
III
 4. 
IV
 5. 
V
 6. 
VI
 7. 
VII
 8. 
VIII
 9. 
IX
 10. 
X
 11. 
XI
 12. 
XII
 13. 
XIII
 14. 
XIV
 15. 
XV
  
THE MAN HUNT
  
THE FOREST OF SHADOWS
  
“ROSE LEAVES, WHEN THE ROSE IS DEAD”
  
MUSIC AND MOONLIGHT
  
THE AWAKENING
  
THE VALE OF TEMPE
  
THE BALLAD OF LOW-LIE-DOWN
  
VAGABONDS
  
REVEALMENT
  
A YELLOW ROSE
  
WHIPPOORWILL TIME
  
NOVEMBER
  
HALLOWMAS
  
AUBADE
  
WOMAN'S LOVE
  
AT MOONRISE
  
THE LAMP AT THE WINDOW
  
ACHIEVEMENT
  
MYSTERIES
  
A SONG OF THE SNOW
  
THE WOOD WATER
  
THE EGRET HUNTER
  
THE MIRACLE OF THE DAWN
  
PENETRALIA
  
THE HEAVEN-BORN
  
THE BALLAD OF THE ROSE
  
BERTRAND DE BORN
  
THE TROUBADOUR, PONS DE CAPDEUIL
  
THE OLD HOME
  
THE OLD HERB-MAN
  
THE SOLITARY
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ELFIN
  
AUTHORITIES
  
THE WILLOW WATER
  
ELUSION
  
THE LOST GARDEN
  
LATE OCTOBER WOODS
  
IN THE BEECH WOODS
  
THE WORD IN THE WOOD
  
THE NIGHT-WIND
  
GOD'S GREEN BOOK
  
A WET DAY
  
AFTER STORM
  
SUNSET ON THE RIVER
  
TABERNACLES
  
THE CAT-BIRD
  
DAYS COME AND GO
  
THE WANING YEAR
  
GRAY NOVEMBER
  
WHAT OF IT THEN
  
WOMANHOOD
  
THE ROSE'S SECRET
  
THE HUSHED HOUSE
  
UNFORGOTTEN
  
UNSUCCESS
  
THE FIRST QUARTER
  
ZERO
  
ON THE HILLTOP.
  
AUTUMN STORM
  
THE JONGLEUR
  
OLD SIR JOHN
  
IN AGES PAST
  
THE MISER
  
UNTO WHAT END
  
EPILOGUE

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WHY?

Why are the bright stars brighter after rain?
Why is strong love the stronger after pain?
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Why sings the wild swan heavenliest when it dies?
Why is fair love the fairest when it flies?
Oh why! Oh why!
Why are sweet kisses sweetest when they're dead?
Why is love loveliest when 'tis buriéd?
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