Skip directly to:Main content Main navigation

University of Virginia Library

Along the trail

a book of lyrics by Richard Hovey

Hovey, Richard (1864-1900)

collapse section

1.

THE WORD OF THE LORD FROM HAVANA

THE CALL OF THE BUGLES

UNMANIFEST DESTINY

collapse section

2.

LOVE AND CHANGE

LAUNCELOT AND GAWAINE

AFTER BUSINESS HOURS

THE THOUGHT OF HER

LOVE IN THE WINDS

CHANSONS DE ROSEMONDE

THE LOVE OF A BOY—YESTERDAY

THE LOVE OF A BOY—TO-DAY

AN OFF-SHORE VILLANELLE

collapse section

3.

MEN OF DARTMOUTH

collapse section

1.

2.

3.

4.

A WINTER THOUGHT OF DARTMOUTH IN MANHATTAN

OUR LIEGE LADY, DARTMOUTH

HANOVER WINTER-SONG

collapse section

4.

A HEALTH. TO E. C. S.

THE DRAMATIST. TO M. K.

A CAPRICE OF OGAROW. TO M. P.

THOMAS WILLIAM PARSONS

BEETHOVEN'S THIRD SYMPHONY.

A BALLADE OF MYSTERIES

THE VEILED LADY

collapse section

5.

BENZAQUEN: A Fragment

collapse section

Collapse All | Expand All expand section

92

THE DRAMATIST. TO M. K.

Not to reveal one mystery
That lurks beneath life's garment-hem—
Alas, I write of human hearts
Because I cannot fathom them.

1898