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Verse-tales, Lyrics and Translations

By Emily H. Hickey

Hickey, Emily Henrietta (1845-1924)

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“FOR RICHER, FOR POORER.”

FATHER DAMIEN OF MOLOKAI.

A BALLAD OF THE GREAT ARMADA.

“AS OF OLD.”

CREEPING JENNY.

“AND NOW ABIDETH.....HOPE.”

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I.

II.

“IN SHADOW ONE, AND ONE IN LIGHT.”

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TO A MASTER IN PARADISE.

I.

II.

“EMPEROR EVERMORE.”

WHILE THE GRASS GROWS.

TO ONE WHO REJOICES.

IN THE MORNING LIGHT.

TWO SOULS NEEDED EACH OTHER.

THE ECCE HOMO OF MONTE PINCIO.

THE VISION OF SAINT TERESA.

SAID THE TOMB UNTO THE ROSE,

EXPECTANS EXPECTAVI.

THE STREAM FROM THE SEA DIVIDED,

TO ONE STRICKEN AND SMITTEN.

TO THE HONOURABLE RODEN NOEL.

OH, THE GLORY OF THE MORNING!

A WINSOME LADY, BLITHE AND FAIR.

WHY, IF ALL POETS CROWN THEIR LOVES WITH VERSE.

FROM ONE TO ANOTHER.

WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THEE?

PER TE AD LUCEM.

AT THE NEW YEAR.

TO THE LORD CHRIST.

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Translations from the First English.

THE BATTLE OF MALDON.

FROM THE EPIC FRAGMENT, JUDITH.

THE DREAM OF THE HOLY ROOD.

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“Build humbly a high music from within
With pain and pleasure, righteousness and sin.”
Hon. Roden Noel “A Modern Faust.”