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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.

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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EVENTIDE IN THE COUNTRY.

This cottage door, this gentle gale,
Hay-scented, whispering round,
Yon path-side rose, that down the vale
Breathes incense from the ground,
Methinks should from the dullest clod
Invite a thankful heart to God.

But, Lord, the violet, bending low,
Seems better moved to praise;
From us what scanty blessings flow,
How voiceless close our days!
Father, forgive us, and the flowers
Shall lead in prayer the vesper hours.