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The complete poems of S. Weir Mitchell

Mitchell, S. Weir (1829-1914)

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FRANCIS DRAKE A TRAGEDY OF THE SEA TIME, 1578

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THE SHRIVING OF GUINEVERE

HOW LANCELOT CAME TO THE NUNNERY IN SEARCH OF THE QUEEN

THE HILL OF STONES:

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THE CUP OF YOUTH

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MY LADY OF THE ROSES

HOW THE POET FOR AN HOUR WAS KING

FRANÇOIS VILLON

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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS

OF DEATH AND OF ONE WHO FELL ON THE WAY

OF THE REMEMBERED DEAD

PAINED UNTO DEATH

THE WHOLE CREATION GROANETH

IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW

A CANTICLE OF TIME

COLERIDGE AT CHAMOUNY

THE TOMBS OF THE REGICIDES

HOW THE CUMBERLAND WENT DOWN

MY CASTLES IN SPAIN

THE QUAKER LADY

THE QUAKER GRAVEYARD

DOMINIQUE DE GOURGUES

THE WRECK OF THE EMMELINE

A PSALM OF THE WATERS

EVENING, AFTER A STORM ON THE RISTIGOUCHE RIVER

A CAMP IN THREE LIGHTS

EVENING STORM—NIPIGON

NOONDAY WOODS—NIPIGON

AFTER SUNSET—LAKE WEELOKENE-BAKOK

THE ROMAN CAMPAGNA

THE GRAVE OF KEATS

VENICE TO ITALY

THE DECAY OF VENICE

PISA: THE DUOMO

THE VESTAL'S DREAM

AFTER ALBERT CUYP

BRUGES: QUAI DES AUGUSTINS

THE WAVES AT MIDNIGHT

THE RISING TIDE

EVENING BY THE SEA

BEAVER-TAIL ROCKS

THE LOST PHILOPENA

THE CHRIST OF THE SNOWS

ST. CHRISTOPHER

LINES TO A DESERTED STUDY

AN OLD MAN TO AN OLD MADEIRA

TO THE FORGET-ME-NOTS

TO A MAGNOLIA FLOWER

ON A BOY'S FIRST READING OF THE PLAY OF “KING HENRY THE FIFTH”

GUIDARELLO GUIDARELLI

A WAR SONG OF TYROL

THE “TEXAS”

GIBRALTAR AT DAWN

STORM-WAVES AND FOG ON DORR'S POINT, BAR HARBOR

THE BIRTHDAY OF WASHINGTON

PRAYER

THE ANGELS OF PRAYER

A CHILD'S PRAYER

LINES GIVEN TO M. AT CHRISTMAS

THE PURE OF HEART

THE COMFORT OF THE HILLS

AN ODE OF BATTLES

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POEMS OF OCCASION

A DOCTOR'S CENTURY

A DECANTER OF MADEIRA, AGED 86, TO GEORGE BANCROFT, AGED 86

THE BIRTH AND DEATH OF PAIN

A PRAYER, AFTER SANTIAGO

BOOKS AND THE MAN

ON THE RETURN OF THE CONFEDERATE FLAGS BY CONGRESS

REMARKS OF DR. S. WEIR MITCHELL AT THE DINNER IN HONOR OF WILLIAM H. WELCH, 2 APRIL, 1910.

TO ABRAHAM JACOBI, M.D.

IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND

ODE ON A LYCIAN TOMB

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PRAYER

When the day is growing old
And the stars their vigils keep,
Lo, a gentle voice within
Calling to the fold of sleep.

Whither, thither, know I not:
His the silence, His the care,
When my soul is called to rest,
Shepherded by quiet prayer.