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Poems and Sonnets

By George Barlow

Barlow, George

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POEMS AND SONNETS

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I.

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PSYCHE AND MERCURY, ONE OF RAPHAEL'S FRESCOES.

THE SONG OF THE BLIND POET.

THE ECSTACY OF THE HAIR.

IN SPITE OF ME.

A KISS FOR EVER.

TO A YELLOW ROSE.

THE BAY-LEAF CROWN.

ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

MISS THACKERAY'S “REINE.”

ABSTRACT TO CONCRETE.

KATE AT THE WINDOW, “GRIFFITH GAUNT.”

WHAT THE SONNET NEEDS.

CROWNS.

THE POET'S CROWN.

DEATH'S LIPS AND PALMS.

A VISION OF THE PAST.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE.

THE PROMISED LAND.

NORTH AND SOUTH.

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THE POET'S GRAVE.

THE POET'S GRAVE.

THE POET'S GRAVE.

A CONTEMPLATED VOYAGE.

THE SUPERNAL LOVELINESS.

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THE SPARROW AND THE THRUSH.

THE SPARROW AND THE THRUSH.

DANTE AND BEATRICE.

“AND KEEP OUR SOULS IN ONE ETERNAL PANT.”

THE PEARL NECKLACE.

THE LOVE-PHILTRE.

THE LAST SONNET.

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II.

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THE SONNET-THRONE.

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BROWN AND GOLD.

THE SAME AS EVER.

HARMONIA AND THE HANDMAIDEN.

MY FIRST PROOF-SHEETS.

PYGMALION'S DOOM REVERSED.

THE LOVE-NOTES.

THE HANDMAIDEN WITH THE GREEN GREEN EYES.

WHAT SHALL I DO?

THOU COULDST NOT WATCH WITH ME.

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THE POET'S GARDEN.

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THE POET'S AVIARY.

THE FIRST WOMAN.

WHAT CAN I GIVE YOU?

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GRAINS OF SAND.

YESTERDAY'S DEW.

A LOVER'S APOLOGY FOR KISSING HIS MISTRESS' HANDWRITING.

WHAT A SMILE CAN DO.

THE HOT CLEAR WEATHER.

GONE IS THE BEAUTY.

VERILY THEY HAVE THEIR REWARD.

SURELY TO DIE IS GOOD!

SUNSET OVER THE MULGRAVE WOODS.

THE MAN OF GENIUS.

THE IMAGE OF EACH.

THE ENGLISH MAIDENS.

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BEAUTY WITH GREEN EYES.

THE WHOLE NIGHT LONG.

A DREAM OF ROSES.

WHEN WE ARE LEFT ALONE!

AS ROSES ARE TO JUNE.

AUGUST—AN IDYLL.

THE SONG OF THE LONELY SOUL.

IT'S ALL GONE AWAY.

ACROSS THE SEA.

THREE—ONLY THREE.

VICTOR HUGO INSIDE PARIS.

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BREAKERS THREE.

WHEN SUNS ARE BRIGHT.

AH, WELL-A-DAY!

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MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.

THE BRIGAND'S LETTER.

THE AGONY OF THE AGE.

A NINETEENTH-CENTURY “EPITHALAMION.”

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PANTHEISTIC EFFUSIONS.

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WHAT THE DEAD MAN SAW.

II.

A COOL WET RIPPLE.

THE HOME OF LOVE.

THE POET'S BRIDE.

NORTH AND SOUTH.

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CROWNS.

There are many crowns; the poet's wreath of bays,
The warrior's laurel and the monarch's gold,
The twisted sweet rose garlands that enfold
The brow of Beauty—they were wont to praise
In Greece the parsley and the oaken sprays
And the grey sad wild olive we are told,
But if I had my choice I'd choose to hold
As a reward for any tuneful lays
I may have had the grace to sing—a wreath—
A wreath of woven ferns and meadows-sweet—
And if you ask me why, I will not say—
But such a simple crown for me is meet,
And memories lurk therein with golden feet
Bringing back one unforgotten summer day.