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Poems by James Rhoades

Rhoades, James (1841-1923)

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DEDICATION.
  
ODE TO HARMONY.
  
TO THE SPIRIT OF UNREST.
  
ODE TO WINTER.
  
SONG.
  
A SON'S COMPLAINT.
  
A SAD THOUGHT.
  
THE TUNNEL.
  
TO THE SPIRIT OF BEAUTY.
  
TO HESPERUS.
  
SONG OF A LEAF.
  
TO NATURE.
  
A SKETCH.
  
BY THE ROTHA.
  
VANITAS VANITATUM.
  
THE NIGHTINGALE.
  
THE THRUSH.
  
REST.
  
THE POET'S CALL.
  
A LUCID INTERVAL.
  
AN OLD ORCHARD.
  
THE BALLAD OF SIR GUY.
  
THE HUSH.
  
SONG-BIRDS IN FEBRUARY.
  
LOVE AND REST.
  
FROZEN AT THE HEART.
  
SONG.
  
HOPE.
  
DESPAIR.
  
SPRING.
  
A FAREWELL.
  
THE FLOWERS SURPRISED.
  
CLOUD-LIFE.
  
THE ATMOSPHERE OF POETRY.
  
WINTER-MUSIC.
  
TWO CHARACTERS.
  
A PORTRAIT.
  
THE POET AND THE PEOPLE.
  
THE TWO PATHS.
  
FAILURE.
  
PYGMALION'S STATUE.
  
ON THE DEATH OF ARTEMUS WARD.
  
A FACT.
  
NATURE'S TASK IN MODERN TIMES.
  
A FAREWELL ODE.
  
MEMORY.
  
THE TRUE GREATNESS.
  
THE BALLAD OF LITTLE MAISIE.
  
TRANSLATION FROM MDME. EMILE DE GIRARDIN.
  
TO THE DAISY.
  
NIGHT.
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A DIALOGUE.
  
SCENE:— Lady Jane Grey's Apartment in the Tower.
  
L'ENVOI.

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VANITAS VANITATUM.

Pleasure, should we borrow
Fancied joy from thee,
'Twould but fade to-morrow,
And the third day flee:
Summer, should thy glory
Some true sweetness lend,
Thou art transitory,
And winter makes an end:
Love shall hold us feasted,
And no traitor prove—
But what if Love foretasted
Be more sweet than Love?
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