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The poetical works of John Townsend Trowbridge

Trowbridge, J. T. (1827-1916)

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BOOK I
  
Seize traits of the living and human,—no copy of copy and cast!
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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
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BY THE RIVER
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II
  
THE NAME IN THE BARK
  
THE SWORD OF BOLIVAR
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LYRICS OF THE WAR
  
THE LAST RALLY
  
THE COLOR-BEARER
  
THE JAGUAR HUNT
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LIGHTER PIECES
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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
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BOOK II
  
[Under the wintry skies]
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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
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BOOK III
  
[Companions of my charméd nights and days]
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THE BOOK OF GOLD AND OTHER POEMS
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THE BOOK OF GOLD
 1. 
PART I CHRISTMAS EVE
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PART II CHRISTMAS NIGHT
  
THE WRECK OF THE FISHING-BOAT
  
AUNT HANNAH
  
TOM'S COME HOME
  
THE BALLAD OF ARABELLA
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BOOK IV
  
[Above the roofs of the lowly let Poesy hover and glance]
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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
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SONNETS
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I NATIVITY
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II CIRCUMSTANCE
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III PROVIDENCE
  
THE TRAGEDY QUEEN
  
THE OLD LOBSTERMAN
  
OLD MAN GRAM
  
THE ISLE OF LAMBS
  
THE BOY I LOVE
  
ANCESTORS
  
TWOSCORE AND TEN
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BOOK V
  
[I ask my soul why, day and night]
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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
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THE BELL-BUOY AT MOUNT DESERT
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IV
  
THE CABIN
  
ODE
  
AFTER THE CONCERT
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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
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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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IDEALIST

The World is but a frozen kind of gas,
A transient ice we sport on, where, alas!
Diverted by the pictures in the glass,
We heed not the Realities that pass.
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