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The poetical works of John Townsend Trowbridge
Trowbridge, J. T. (1827-1916)
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1.
BOOK I
Seize traits of the living and human,—no copy of copy and cast!
THE VAGABONDS AND OTHER POEMS
THE VAGABONDS
THE FROZEN HARBOR
OUR LADY
THE MILL-POND
THE RESTORED PICTURE
THE PEWEE
MIDSUMMER
MY COMRADE AND I
LA CANTATRICE
BEAUTY
SERVICE
AT SEA
REAL ESTATE
BY THE RIVER
1.
I
2.
II
THE NAME IN THE BARK
THE SWORD OF BOLIVAR
LYRICS OF THE WAR
THE LAST RALLY
THE COLOR-BEARER
THE JAGUAR HUNT
LIGHTER PIECES
DARIUS GREEN AND HIS FLYING-MACHINE
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SONG
MORAL
WATCHING THE CROWS
EVENING AT THE FARM
THE WILD GOOSE
GREEN APPLES
CORN HARVEST
THE LITTLE THEATRE
THE CHARCOALMAN
2.
BOOK II
[Under the wintry skies]
THE EMIGRANT'S STORY AND OTHER POEMS
THE EMIGRANT'S STORY
DOROTHY IN THE GARRET
FARMER JOHN
OLD SIMON DOLE
AUTHOR'S NIGHT
ONE DAY SOLITARY
ONE BIRTHDAY
THE STREAMLET
THE PHANTOM CHAPEL
THE CUP
THE MISSING LEAF
THE CITY OF GOOD-WILL
LOVE
COMMUNION
SHERIFF THORNE
AT MY ENEMY'S GATE
RACHEL AT THE WELL
TROUTING
SONG OF THE FLAIL
3.
BOOK III
[Companions of my charméd nights and days]
THE BOOK OF GOLD AND OTHER POEMS
THE BOOK OF GOLD
1.
PART I CHRISTMAS EVE
2.
PART II CHRISTMAS NIGHT
THE WRECK OF THE FISHING-BOAT
AUNT HANNAH
TOM'S COME HOME
THE BALLAD OF ARABELLA
4.
BOOK IV
[Above the roofs of the lowly let Poesy hover and glance]
A HOME IDYL AND OTHER POEMS
A HOME IDYL
OLD ROBIN
PLEASANT STREET
MENOTOMY LAKE
THE INDIAN CAMP
AN IDYL OF HARVEST TIME
THE OLD BURYING-GROUND
A STORY OF THE “BAREFOOT BOY”
RECOLLECTIONS OF “LALLA ROOKH”
FILLING AN ORDER
THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN
UNDER MOON AND STARS
SONNETS
1.
I NATIVITY
2.
II CIRCUMSTANCE
3.
III PROVIDENCE
THE TRAGEDY QUEEN
THE OLD LOBSTERMAN
OLD MAN GRAM
THE ISLE OF LAMBS
THE BOY I LOVE
ANCESTORS
TWOSCORE AND TEN
5.
BOOK V
[I ask my soul why, day and night]
THE LOST EARL AND OTHER POEMS WITH NEWLY GATHERED LEAVES
THE LOST EARL
HOW THE KING LOST HIS CROWN
MY CAREER
CAPTAIN SEABORN
THE KANSAS FARMER
A MOTHER'S TRAGEDY
AFTER THE SALE
THREE WORLDS
THE SEEKING
HYMN OF THE AIR
THE POET
AT MOUNT DESERT
THE BELL-BUOY AT MOUNT DESERT
1.
I
2.
II
3.
III
4.
IV
THE CABIN
ODE
AFTER THE CONCERT
QUATRAINS AND EPIGRAMS
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
TEMPTATION
PHAETON
MATERIALIST
IDEALIST
SENSUALIST
YEARS AND ART
HOW CAN I WELCOME AGE?
AN ODIOUS COMPARISON
DIDACTIC POET
IMPROVISATORE
XAVIER DE MAISTRE'S EPITAPH ON HIMSELF
BON VOYAGE!
WIDOW BROWN'S CHRISTMAS
NEWLY GATHERED LEAVES
EVENING AT NAPLES
CUBA
A LITTLE CHILD
OWNERSHIP
A BIRTHDAY WISH
OUT IN THE WORLD
IN A CORRIDOR
THE WINNOWER
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The poetical works of John Townsend Trowbridge
TEMPTATION
How
sweet, till past, then hideous evermore!
Like that false fay the legend tells us of,
That seemed a lovely woman, viewed before,
But, from behind, all hollow, like a trough.
The poetical works of John Townsend Trowbridge