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The Poems of Mackenzie Bell

Bell, Mackenzie (1856-1930)

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POEMS OF NATURE.
  
“POESY LIVES IN EVERYTHING.”
  
DESPONDENCY: A MOOD.
  
“NO SUN EVER ROSE WITHOUT SETTING.”
  
A SONG OF EARLY SUMMER.
  
THE HEART'S SUMMER.
  
IN ELLINGTON COPSE.
  
THE LAME BOY IN THE WOODS.
  
THE UNFULFILLED IDEAL.
  
“THE AUTUMN IS DYING.”
  
ASPIRATIONS.
  
DECEMBER DAISIES AND DECEMBER DAYS.
  
SOLITUDE.
  
WIND FANCIES.
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POEMS OF CONSOLATION AND OF RELIGION.
  
JOY AND SORROW.
  
BY-AND-BY.
  
A SONG OF COMFORT.
  
BORROWED LIGHT.
  
THE TRUEST TREASURE.
  
A MEMORY AND A PRESENCE.
  
THE BALANCE OF LIFE.
  
MIRACLES.
  
TO CHRISTINA ROSSETTI.
  
GOD'S PEACE.
  
HOLY QUIETUDE.
  
A SUNRISE IN EARLY SUMMER.
  
“LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY.”
  
A RALLYING SONG.
  
MORNING THOUGHTS.
  
ON A PRESENT CRISIS IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
  
HER BOY JUST DEAD.
  
JOHN CLIFFORD: God's Soldier.
  
A PLEA FOR FAITH.
  
TO A WORKER AMONG THE POOR.
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POEMS AND SONNETS CONCERNING SHAKESPEARE.
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I.—IN PRAISE OF SHAKESPEARE.
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II.—SHAKESPEARE IN LONDON.
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III.—SHAKESPEARE AT STRATFORD-ON-AVON.
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IV.—PROLOGUE AND INTERSPERSED LINES
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PICTURES OF TRAVEL.
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PICTURES OF SPAIN.
  
A SUMMER NOONTIDE.
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A SUMMER EVENTIDE.
 I. 
I.—In the Country.
 II. 
II.—In the City.
  
THE CITY OF THE CID.
  
AT TOLEDO.
  
PALMS BY MOONLIGHT AT ALICANTE.
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PICTURES OF MADEIRA.
  
JOĀO TO CONSTANÇA.
  
FRANCISCA TO JASPEAR.
  
VERSES
  
“CHRISTMAS IN THE SUMMER SUNSHINE.”
  
ON THE ROAD TO CAMARA DE LOBOS
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OTHER PICTURES OF TRAVEL.
  
AT SEA—OFF THE MOUTH OF THE GARONNE—SUNSET.
  
AFTER SUNSET OFF PAUILLAC.
  
THE SOUTHERN NIGHT.
  
WILD ROSES AND SNOW.
  
NEAR ST. SAUVEUR.
  
ON LOOKING UP THE VALE OF CAUTERETS BY NIGHT.
  
ON THE LAKE OF GENEVA.
  
LINES
  
SUNDAY MORNING OFF MAZAGAN, MOROCCO.
  
IN THE NEW FOREST.
  
EVENING IN THE FOREST OF MEUDON.
  
THE CHILD COWPER AT BERKHAMPSTEAD.
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POEMS FOUNDED ON HISTORY.
  
THE KEEPING OF THE VOW.
  
THE PURITAN'S FAREWELL TO HIS BETROTHED.
  
THE TAKING OF THE FLAG.
  
THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN HUNT.
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THE BATTLE'S PAUSE.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
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IX.
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X.
 XI. 
XI.
  
THE LOSS OF H.M.S. “VICTORIA.”
  
TRUE SONS OF BRITAIN.
  
QUEEN VICTORIA.
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MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS.
  
AN AUTUMN REMINISCENCE.
  
AT THE GRAVE OF DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI.
  
BROWNING'S FUNERAL.
  
IN MEMORIAM, W. E. FORSTER.
  
TO A LADY PLAYING THE HARP IN HER CHAMBER.
  
OLD YEAR LEAVES.
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POEMS OF LOVE.
  
THE TWO TRYSTS.
  
THE HAWTHORN SPRAY.
  
SPRING'S IMMORTALITY.
  
A MUSICIAN'S WIFE TO HER HUSBAND.
  
REMONSTRANCE.
  
THE BRIDE'S SONG.
  
TO ------
  
“WHILE THE SUNSET, SLOWLY DYING.”
  
THROUGH MISTS OF YEARS.
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LYRICAL AND OTHER POEMS.
  
ON LOSING THE FRIENDSHIP OF ONE HITHERTO ESTEEMED A FRIEND.
  
TO SIR WALTER SCOTT.
  
THE POET'S INSPIRATION.
  
TWO LIVES.
  
TO FREDERICK TENNYSON.
  
A GOLDEN WEDDING:
  
THE PHILOSOPHY OF OUR FEELINGS.
  
THE BOY CHATTERTON TO HIMSELF.
  
THE BOY COLERIDGE TO HIMSELF.
  
PASSION'S SLAVE.
  
THE PHILOSOPHY OF FREQUENT FAILURE.
  
AT HAZELHURST.
  
TO EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN.
  
TO THE WOMEN OF GREAT BRITAIN.
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HUMOROUS POEMS.
  
WAITING FOR THE DENTIST.
  
APOSTROPHE TO AN INK-BOTTLE IN A HOTEL COFFEE-ROOM.
  
MOONLIGHT ON THE TAGUS.
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POEMS FOR SCHOOL RECITATION.
  
LITTLE AMY TO HER FLOWERS.
  
LITTLE BERTIE.

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THE SOUTHERN NIGHT.

(The Valley of the Gave de Pau.)

Ah! lovelier comes the southern night
Than night of northern skies,
Where tedious twilight mocks the flight
Of day that slowly dies—
Here placid Evening's starry veil
O'er all is swiftly cast—
Here peace seems wafted on the gale—
And care awhile is past.
In southern summer's mellow night
How sweet it is to stray
'Mid fairest scenes which soft moonlight
Make fairer far than day!
How fair the widely stretching woods
That gird the spacious plain,
While watchful Silence, queen-like, broods
O'er them in sombre reign—
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How fair the river's crystal thread,
Seen faintly from afar,
As silvery starlight now is shed
From many a tranquil star.
In southern summer's mellow night
How sweet it is to stray
'Mid fairest scenes which soft moonlight
Make fairer far than day!
How fair the crested mountains lie,
Distant, yet wondrous clear,
Their snow-capt peaks against the sky
Uprising tier on tier;—
How fair the sleeping landscape seems,
While here and there are heard
Sounds bringing Music's richest dreams
Or laughter-laden word.
In southern summer's mellow night
How sweet it is to stray
'Mid fairest scenes which soft moonlight
Make fairer far than day!
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