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Last poems including Afterglow and Beyond the sunset

Dorr, Julia C. R. (1825-1913)

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“O STRONG YOUNG RUNNER”

IN THE POET'S CORNER

CRYING FOR THE MOON

THE MORNING STARS

IN ROCK CREEK CEMETERY

THE SPIRIT OF THE PAST

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TO S. M. D.

WHOM THE GODS LOVE

THY SONGS AND MINE

“DO THEY MEASURE TIME WHERE THOU ART?”

A KNIGHT-ERRANT

THE COUNTERSIGN

AN AFTERTHOUGHT

THE SANCTUARY LAMP

AFTER THE MAGNIFICAT

WHEN SPENSER DIED

LOOKING TOWARD SPAIN

INSTALLATION HYMN

THE SACRAMENTAL HYMN

JACQUES AND SUZETTE

HUBERT DE BURGH

“IN MANUS TUAS, DOMINE!”

THE CITY CALLED CHU

THE DEATH-SONG OF THE HEMLOCK

FOR A CHRISTENING

THE DREAM-BEARER

THE SECRET CHAMBER

“OUT OF THE SILENCE, SPEAK!”

AFTER MANY DAYS

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BEYOND THE SUNSET

THE POET'S DOWER

“A DEAD DOUGLAS”

IN THE CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD

THE DAYS THAT NEVER WERE

TO A LATE-COMER

WHEN DREAMS DEPART

THE GUESTS AT THE INN

THE CARVEN CHEST

AN ANSWER TO A VALENTINE

THE VOICE OF THE TOWER

A NIGHT REVERIE

“O GLAD YOUNG YEAR!”

TO ONE WHO WENT TO CARCASSONNE

THE WINDS OF GOD

SPIRIT TO SPIRIT

ALL LOVES IN ONE

WITH A WEDDING-GIFT

ALPHA AND OMEGA

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TO S. M. D.

If love could wing its flight
To yon far realm of light,
Fain would I bring to you.
O tender heart and true,
These spoils of later years,
Half sunshine and half tears!