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The complete poetical writings of J. G. Holland

Holland, J. G. (1819-1881)

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BITTERSWEET
  
PICTURE.
  
PERSONS.
  
PRELUDE.
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FIRST MOVEMENT.
  
FIRST EPISODE.
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SECOND MOVEMENT.
  
SECOND EPISODE.
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THE THIRD MOVEMENT.
  
L'ENVOY.
  
THE PURITAN'S GUEST.
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KATHRINA.
  
A TRIBUTE.
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PART I.
  
CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH.
  
COMPLAINT.
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PART II.
  
LOVE.
  
A REFLECTION.
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PART III.
  
LABOR.
  
DESPAIR.
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PART IV.
  
CONSUMMATION.
  
JACOB HURD'S CHILD.
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THE Mistress OF THE Manse.
  
[I.] PRELUDE.
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II.
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LOVE'S EXPERIMENTS.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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VI.
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VII.
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VIII.
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IX.
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X.
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XI.
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XII.
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XIII.
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XIV.
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XV.
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XVI.
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XVII.
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XVIII.
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XIX.
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XX.
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XXI.
  
SELIM AND NOURMAHAL.
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XXII.
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XXIII.
  
LOVE'S PHILOSOPHIES.
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LOVE'S CONSUMMATIONS.
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[I.]
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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VI.
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VII.
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VIII.
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IX.
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X.
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XI.
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XII.
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XIII.
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XIV.
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XV.
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XVI.
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XVII.
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XIX.
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XX.
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XXI.
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XXII.
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XXIII.
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XXIV.
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XXV.
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XXVI.
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XXVII.
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XXVIII.
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XXIX.
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XXX.
  
THE HEART OF THE WAR.
  
THE MARBLE PROPHECY.
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SHORTER POEMS
  
THE PALMER'S VISION.
  
TO WHITTIER ON HIS SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY.
  
A GLIMPSE OF YOUTH.
  
A GOLDEN WEDDING-SONG.
  
DANIEL GRAY.
  
MERLE THE COUNSELLOR.
  
WANTED.
  
VERSES READ AT THE HADLEY CENTENNIAL.
  
A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
  
THE OLD CLOCK OF PRAGUE.
  
ALBERT DURER'S STUDIO.
  
ALONE!
  
SONG AND SILENCE.
  
WHERE SHALL THE BABY'S DIMPLE BE?
  
TO A SLEEPING SINGER.
  
EUREKA.
  
RETURNING CLOUDS.
  
GRADATIM.
  
ON THE RIGHT.
  
THE WINGS.
  
INTIMATIONS.
  
WORDS.
  
SLEEPING AND DREAMING.
  
OLD AND BLIND.
  
HER ARGUMENT.
  
A LEGEND OF LEAP YEAR.
  
FALSE AND TRUE.

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FALSE AND TRUE.

The false is fairer than the true. Behold
Yon cloudy giant on the hills supine!—
The figure of a falsehood that doth shine,
Armored and helmeted, in such a gold
As in the marts was never bought or sold,—
Giant and armor the exalted sign
Of shapes less glorious and tints less fine—
Of forms of truth outmatched a thousand fold!
Ah, Poesie! Thou charmer and thou cheat!
Painting for eyes that fill with happy tears,
In tints delusive, pictures that repeat
Dull, earthly forms in heavenly atmospheres!
How dost thou shame the truth, till it appears
Less lovely far than thy divine deceit!
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