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The poetical works of Lucy Larcom

Larcom, Lucy (1824-1893)

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EARLIER POEMS.
 
HANNAH BINDING SHOES.
 
SKIPPER BEN.
 
HILARY.
 
ON THE BEACH.
 
A SEA GLIMPSE.
 
THE LIGHT-HOUSES.
 
BITTERSWEET SHADOWS.
 
THE LEGEND OF SKADI.
 
THE OLD SCHOOL-HOUSE.
 
ELSIE IN ILLINOIS.
 
MY MOUNTAIN.
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THREE SONNETS.
 
THE DISTANT RANGE.
 
THE PRESENCE.
 
THE FAREWELL.
 
AT WINNIPESAUKEE.
 
ROCK AND RILL.
 
THE SCHOOL-MISTRESS.
 
GETTING ALONG.
 
UNWEDDED.
 
BY AND BY.
 
CHRIEMHILD.
 
LEGEND OF A VEIL.
 
ENTANGLED.
 
THE RIDDLE OF BEAUTY.
 
HINTS.
 
THE DEATH OF JUNE.
 
THE INDIAN SUMMER.
 
WOULD YOU?
 
BETTER.
 
THE ROSE ENTHRONED.
 
HAND IN HAND WITH ANGELS.
 
EUREKA.
 
PSYCHE AT SCHOOL.
 
THIRTY-FIVE.
 
SLEEP-SONG.
 
SO LITTLE.
 
THREE OLD SAWS.
 
A WORD WITH MY SOUL.
 
THE WEEPING PROPHET.
 
NATURE AND THE BOOK.
 
OLD SABBATH DAYS.
 
A WHITE SUNDAY.
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SONNETS.
 
DROUGHT.
 
SPRINGS IN THE DESERT.
 
THE SECRET.
 
“HIMSELF HE CANNOT SAVE.”
 
“AS STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS.”
 
MONICA AND AUGUSTINE.
 
A THANKSGIVING.
 
DIVINE AND HUMAN.
 
OUR PRAYERS.
 
AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE.
 
MY ANGEL-DRESS.
 
“FOLLOW THOU ME.”
 
THY WILL BE DONE.
 
THE STILL HOUR.
 
HEAVEN'S NEED.
 
THE CHAMBER CALLED PEACE.
 
A YEAR IN HEAVEN.
 
BY THE FIRESIDE.
 
NEAR SHORE.
 
ACROSS THE RIVER.
 
MORE LIFE.
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WAR-MEMORIES.
 
THE NINETEENTH OF APRIL.
 
THE SINKING OF THE MERRIMACK.
 
WEAVING.
 
WAITING FOR NEWS.
 
A LOYAL WOMAN'S NO.
 
RE-ENLISTED.
 
CANTICLE DE PROFUNDIS.
 
LINCOLN'S PASSING-BELL.
 
THE FLAG.
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VERSES FOR OCCASIONS.
 
OUR ALUMNI.
 
AT NORTON AGAIN.
 
HYMN.
 
HYMN.
 
HYMN.
 
GARFIELD'S BURIAL-DAY.
 
TWO FESTIVALS.
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CHILDHOOD SONGS.
 
TO PRINCE HAL AND LITTLE QUEEN MAUDE.
 
IN TIME'S SWING.
 
PRINCE HAL.
 
AT QUEEN MAUDE'S BANQUET.
 
PEEPSY.
 
IN THE TREE-TOP.
 
WHAT SHALL WE WRAP THE BABY IN?
 
MOONSHINE.
 
SNOW-SONG.
 
THE WIND-FLOWER.
 
MARCH.
 
RED-TOP AND TIMOTHY.
 
JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT.
 
SIR ROBIN.
 
GOWNS OF GOSSAMER.
 
CALLING THE VIOLET.
 
SHOWER AND FLOWER.
 
THE MYSTERY OF THE SEED.
 
EASTER DAWN.
 
NATURE'S EASTER-MUSIC.
 
FARTHER ON.
 
THE RIVULET.
 
THE BROWN THRUSH.
 
A HAREBELL.
 
PUSSY-CLOVER.
 
HAL'S BIRTHDAY.
 
BERRYING SONG.
 
HAPPY FIELDS OF SUMMER.
 
LITTLE HUGH.
 
NID-NODDING.
 
SWINGING ON A BIRCH-TREE.
 
LITTLE NANNIE.
 
A LILY'S WORD.
 
PURPLE SANDWORT.
 
ROSEBUD.
 
GRACE AND HER FRIENDS.
 
THE BROOK THAT RAN INTO THE SEA.
 
THE SING-AWAY BIRD.
 
THE MAGIC FLOWER.
 
PLAYTHINGS.
 
FLOWER-GIRLS.
 
SWING AWAY.
 
A LITTLE CAVALIER.
 
A FACE IN THE TONGS.
 
A LITTLE OLD GIRL.
 
IN FAIRY-LAND.
 
IF I WERE A SUNBEAM.
 
A CHILD'S NIGHT-THOUGHTS.
 
STARLIGHT.
 
THE LAST FLOWER OF THE YEAR.
 
WHAT THE TRAIN RAN OVER.
 
THE BARN WINDOW.
 
BLACK IN BLUE SKY.
 
A ROADSIDE PREACHER.
 
OUR LADY OF THE LILIES.
 
“LIKE ANY OTHER LITTLE GIRL.”
 
THE COUNTRY BOY.
 
SNOW-FANCIES.
 
ON THE STAIRWAY.
 
THE TAMBOURINE-GIRL.
 
LITTLE BRIDGET'S COUNTRY WEEK.
 
A CHRISTMAS THOUGHT.
 
AT NIGHTFALL.
 
CHRISTMAS GREEN.
 
WINTER.
 
MY CHILDREN.
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WILD ROSES OF CAPE ANN.
 
WILD ROSES OF CAPE ANN.
 
THE LITTLE BROWN CABIN.
 
MY MARINER.
 
AT GEORGES'.
 
THE OLD HYMNS.
 
RAFE'S CHASM.
 
THE SEA'S BONDMAID.
 
ON THE MISERY.
 
MY NAME-AUNT.
 
A STRIP OF BLUE.
 
THE LADY ARBELLA.
 
SWEET-BRIER.
 
MISTRESS HALE OF BEVERLY.
 
SYLVIA.
 
FLOWER OF GRASS.
 
MEHETABEL.
 
FERN-LIFE.
 
PHEBE.
 
IN THE AIR.
 
BESSIE AND RUTH.
 
GOLDEN DAISIES.
 
BARBERRYING.
 
A GAMBREL ROOF.
 
GOODY GRUNSELL'S HOUSE.
 
THE FOG-BELL.
 
OLD MADELINE.
 
THEY SAID.
 
GOLDEN-ROD.
 
AT HER BEDSIDE.
 
OVER THE HILL.
 
WORKMATES.
 
THE WATER-LILY.
 
MY MERRIMACK.
 
THE FIELD-SPARROW.
 
OCTOBER.
 
WHEN THE WOODS TURN BROWN.
 
NOVEMBER.
 
A WHITE WORLD.
 
SNOW-BLOOM.
 
BETWEEN WINTER AND SPRING.
 
FRIEND BROOK.
 
ONE BUTTERFLY.
 
WHITE EVERLASTING FLOWERS.
 
ON THE LEDGE.
 
UP THE ANDROSCOGGIN.
 
IN A CLOUD RIFT.
 
MOUNTAINEER'S PRAYER.
 
ASLEEP ON THE SUMMIT.
 
SHARED.
 
FROM THE HILLS.
 
A PASSING SAIL.
 
BERMOOTHES.
 
THE SUNSET-BIRD OF DOMINICA.
 
SEA AND SKY.
 
HORIZON.
 
R. W. E.
 
J. G. W.
 
O. W. H.
 
GROWING OLD.
 
A PRAIRIE NEST.
 
A WHISPER OF MEMORY.
 
THROUGH MINNEHAHA'S VEIL.
 
IN VISION.
 
NEED AND WISH.
 
THRIFTLESS.
 
NO LOSS.
 
WHAT COMETH?
 
A FRIEND.
 
MY FEAR.
 
COME HOME!
 
BEFRIENDED.
 
F. W. R.
 
SHOW ME THY WAY.
 
THE HEART OF GOD.
 
INDWELLING.
 
PRAYING ALWAYS.
 
CHRIST THE LIGHT.
 
A STRAY LEAF.
 
NOT PURE, BUT PURIFIED.
 
MYRA.
 
YE DID IT UNTO ME.
 
WOMAN'S EASTER.
 
WHY LIFE IS SWEET.
 
THE TRUE WITNESS.
 
DAILY BREAD.
 
MY CUP RUNNETH OVER.
 
OUR CHRIST.
 
THE LADDER OF ANGELS.
 
WINTER MIDNIGHT.
 
SEA-SIDE HYMN.
 
DRAWING NEARER.
 
HIS BIRTHDAY.
 
DOOR AND KEEPER.
 
THY KINGDOM COME.
 
IMMORTAL YEARS.
 
FORETASTE.
 
YET ONWARD.
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LATER POEMS.
 
IN THE WORLD WITH YOU.
 
THE TREES.
 
FLOWERS OF THE FALLOW.
 
BY THE RIVER.
 
A SONG-SPARROW IN MARCH.
 
ORION.
 
CLIMBING TO REST.
 
MOUNT MORIAH FROM BETHEL.
 
THE SUMMIT-FLOWER.
 
LOOKING DOWN.
 
VALLEY AND PEAK.
 
A MOUNTAIN BRIDAL.
 
HILLS IN MIST.
 
THE LILY OF THE RESURRECTION.
 
MISREAD.
 
IN THE STREET.
 
BEAUTY EVER NEAR.
 
ABANDONED.
 
THEE ONLY.
 
IN WHOM WE LIVE.
 
THE INMOST ONE.
 
TRANSFIGURED.
 
WOMAN'S CHRISTMAS.
 
GLIMPSES.
 
WORK IN HEAVEN.
 
IMMORTAL.
 
THE PROOF.
 
BY EDEN-STREAMS.
 
ELIZABETH.
 
GOD BLESS YOU!

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SWING AWAY.

Swing away,
From the great cross-beam,
Hid in heaps of clover-hay,
Scented like a dream.
Higher yet!
Up, between the eaves,
Where the gray doves cooing flit
Through the sun-gilt leaves.
Here we go!
Whistle, merry wind!
'T is a long day you must blow,
Lighter hearts to find.
Swing away!
Sweep the rough barn floor;
Looking through on Arcady,
Framed in by the door!
One, two, three!
Quick! the round red sun,
Hid behind yon twisted tree,
Means to end the fun.
Swing away,
Over husks and grain!
Shall we ever be as gay,
If we swing again?
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