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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.

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.

COURTESY.

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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COURTESY.

How sweet and gracious, even in common speech,
Is that fine sense which men call Courtesy!
Wholesome as air and genial as the light,
Welcome in every clime as breath of flowers,—
It transmutes aliens into trusting friends,
And gives its owner passport round the globe.