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Songs at the Start

Guiney, Louise Imogen (1861-1920)

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GLOUCESTER HARBOR.

A BALLAD OF METZ.

PRIVATE THEATRICALS.

DIVINATION BY AN EASTER LILY.

THE RIVAL SINGERS.

AFTER THE STORM.

ON ONE POET REFUSING HOMAGE TO ANOTHER.

BROTHER BARTHOLOMEW.

PATRIOT CHORUS ON THE EVE OF WAR.

THE FALCON AND THE LILY.

BOSTON, FROM THE BRIDGE.

THE RED AND YELLOW LEAF.

“POETE MY MAISTER CHAUCER.”

MOUNT AUBURN IN MAY.

AMONG THE FLAGS

CHILD AND FLOWER.

KNIGHT FALSTAFF.

THE POET.

CRAZY MARGARET.

TO THE WINDING CHARLES.

LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY.

LOVER LOQUITUR.

THE SECOND TIME THEY MET.

ON NOT READING A POSTHUMOUS WORK.

BESSY IN THE STORM.

THE CROSS ROADS.

“HEART OF GOLD.”

A JACOBITE REVIVAL.

THE GRAVE AND THE ROSE.

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THE POET.

Listen! the mother
Croons o'er her darling;
Birds to the summer
Call from the trees;
Sailors in chorus
Chant of the ocean:
The poet's heart singeth
Songs sweeter than these.

Thy lute, gentle lover,
To her thou adorest;
Ye troubadours! pæans
For princes of Guelph:

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But Heaven's own harpers
Breathe not in their music
The song that his happy heart
Sings to itself;
The changeless, soft song that it
Sings to itself!

For this trifle, obligations are due to Maestro Mozart. A sunny little opening Andante of his, from the Second Sonata in A major, suggested immediately and quite irresistibly the words here appended, which follow its rhythm throughout.