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The Poetical Works of James Gates Percival

With a biographical sketch

Percival, James Gates (1795-1856)

THE DREAM OF A DAY, AND OTHER POEMS. FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1843.

GREEK APPEAL TO AMERICA.

THE HEXLI. (LITTLE WITCH.)

THE MAIDEN.

THE POWER OF SONG.

LAYS.

[I. Mellow fades the glow of even]

[II. Hark! the song]

[III. Through the wood, in evening's shadow, straying]

[IV. Speed thee far]

[V. O that I lay on yonder mountain]

[VI. They call me,—they call me, from meadow and grove]

[VII. “O, rest thee here in silent bower]

[VIII. The song is still, that over heath and mountain]

[IX. Night is on the hill]

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[X. Bells are ringing]

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[XI. The snow is gone]

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[XII. Give me that fond music]

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[XIII. Morning is lightest]

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[XIV. 'T is dawn]

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[XV. Joy! Joy!]

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[XVI. Faintly breathes the maiden's song]

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[XVII. In sheeted gold the river glides]

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[XVIII. Sitting by a meadow brook]

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[XIX. How gentle the water's motion]

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[XX. The night is still:—on meadow and silvery fountain]

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[XXI. Over hill and plain and mountain]

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[XXII. From rock rebounding]

SONGS FOR NATIONAL AIRS.

THE NORNS.

POSTHUMOUS POEMS.

JUVENILE POEMS.

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[V. O that I lay on yonder mountain]

O that I lay on yonder mountain,
So blue and fair,—
In shade of rock, by gushing fountain,
Aloft in air.

The cloud and storm might swell below me,
The thunder roll,—
Yet waves of light should overflow me,
And warm my soul;

And peace, unbroken peace, for ever
Around me play;
And thought, serene and calm, be never
Compelled away;

And blush of dawn, and rose of even,
My heart should fill
Oft with the loveliness of heaven,
So bright and still.

O, had I but the eagle's pinion,
Thither I'd soar,
And there possess my sole dominion,
Till life be o'er.