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Ballads and other verses

Fields, James Thomas (1817-1881)

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THE OWL-CRITIC.

CÆSAR'S QUIET LUNCH WITH CICERO.

THE LUCKY HORSESHOE.

PATIENT MERCY JONES.

BALLAD OF THE WICKED NEPHEW.

THE MUSICAL BOY.

LOT SKINNER'S ELEGY

JUPITER AND TEN.

THE ALARMED SKIPPER.

THE TURTLE AND FLAMINGO.

A NEW AND TRUE GHOST STORY.

MABEL, IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

ON A PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR OF “RAB AND HIS FRIENDS.”

BALLAD OF THE TEMPEST.

YOUTH'S SONG.

WITH WORDSWORTH AT RYDAL.

ON RECEIVING A LOCK OF KEATS'S HAIR.

ON A BOOK OF SEA-MOSSES,

AFTER HEARING MRS. KEMBLE READ “THE TEMPEST.”

ON A VILLAGE CHURCH IN ENGLAND.

ON A PORTRAIT OF CROMWELL.

THE KING AND THE POET.

FOR THE INAUGURATION OF FRANKLIN'S STATUE IN HIS NATIVE CITY.

“THE STORMY PETREL.”

MOONRISE AT SEA.

SPRING, AMONG THE HILLS.

THE MEMORY OF MOORE.

MIDNIGHT SONG BY THE SHORE.

ON A PAIR OF ANTLERS,

LAST WORDS IN A STRANGE LAND.

THE SONG-QUEEN.

THE ALPINE CROSS.

A POOR MAN'S EPITAPH.

THE LOVER'S PERIL.

FIRESIDE EVENING-HYMN.

A SOLDIER'S ANCESTRY.

DIRGE FOR A YOUNG GIRL.

A SUMMER RETREAT.

A BRIDAL MELODY.

EVENTIDE IN THE COUNTRY.

THE WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.

IN SPRING-TIME.

SUMMER-EVENING MELODY.

THE PERPETUITY OF SONG.

THE FLAME-BEARER.

MORNING AND EVENING BY THE SEA.

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YOUTH'S SONG.

The pale moon-crescent in the azure slept,
And odorous violets mingled with our talk;
Anon the bells from all the turrets swept
A flood of music down the perfumed walk,—
Hurrying the golden hours,—
The tremulous, golden hours,—
The wingèd, passionate hours.

Then Time began his joyous course to run,
Zoning the fragrant earth with grace supreme;
Thenceforth our heaven has held a liberal sun,
Freighting our voyage of love o'er life's clear stream,—
Leading the golden hours,—
The tremulous, golden hours,—
The fleeting, fleeting hours.