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The complete poetical works of John Hay

including many poems now first collected

Hay, John (1838-1905)

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THE PIKE COUNTY BALLADS

LITTLE BREECHES

THE MYSTERY OF GILGAL

THE PLEDGE AT SPUNKY POINT

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SUNRISE IN THE PLACE DE LA CONCORDE

THE SPHINX OF THE TUILERIES

THE SURRENDER OF SPAIN

THE PRAYER OF THE ROMANS

THE CURSE OF HUNGARY

THE MONKS OF BASLE

THE ENCHANTED SHIRT

ON PITZ LANGUARD

BOUDOIR PROPHECIES

A TRIUMPH OF ORDER

ERNST OF EDELSHEIM

MY CASTLE IN SPAIN

SISTER SAINT LUKE

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MILES KEOGH'S HORSE

THE ADVANCE GUARD

THE LIGHT OF LOVE

THE STIRRUP CUP

A DREAM OF BRIC-À-BRAC

THE LAW OF DEATH

RELIGION AND DOCTRINE

SINAI AND CALVARY

THE VISION OF SAINT PETER

THE CROWS AT WASHINGTON

ESSE QUAM VIDERI

WHEN THE BOYS COME HOME

IN THE FIRELIGHT

HOW IT HAPPENED

GOD'S VENGEANCE

THROUGH THE LONG DAYS

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1.

[I Wisely a woman prefers to a lover a man who neglects her]

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[II There are three species of creatures who when they seem coming are going]

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[III Pleasures too hastily tasted grow sweeter in fond recollection]

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[IV As the meek beasts in the Garden came flocking for Adam to name them]

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[V What is a first love worth, except to prepare for a second]

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[VI Health was wooed by the Romans in groves of the laurel and myrtle]

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[VII Wine is like rain: when it falls on the mire it but makes it the fouler]

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[VIII Break not the rose; its fragrance and beauty are surely sufficient]

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[IX When you break up housekeeping, you learn the extent of your treasures]

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[X Maidens! why should you worry in choosing whom you shall marry]

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[XI Unto each man comes a day when his favorite sins all forsake him]

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[XII Be not too anxious to gain your next-door neighbor's approval]

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[XIII Who would succeed in the world should be wise in the use of his pronouns]

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[XIV The best loved man or maid in the town would perish with anguish]

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[XV True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table]

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[XVI Pleasant enough it is to hear the world speak of your virtues]

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[XVII Try not to beat back the current, yet be not drowned in its waters]

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[XVIII Make all good men your well-wishers, and then, in the years' steady sifting]

GUY OF THE TEMPLE

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UNCOLLECTED PIECES

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NARRATIVE POEMS

“AFTER YOU, PILOT”

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TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT

TWILIGHT ON SANDUSKY MARSH

THANATOS ATHANATOS

NIGHT IN VENICE

HELEN'S STAR STONE

INFINITE VARIETY

A PRAYER IN THESSALY

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SONGS AND LYRICS

TO THE VESPER SPARROW

THY WILL BE DONE

SWEETEST AND DEAREST

TWO ON THE TERRACE

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[III
Pleasures too hastily tasted grow sweeter in fond recollection]

Pleasures too hastily tasted grow sweeter in fond recollection,
As the pomegranate plucked green ripens far over the sea.