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Forest Songs and Other Poems

By John Todhunter

Todhunter, John (1839-1916)

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A SONG OF DAWN.

A SONG IN SADNESS.

THE LOST CHILD.

ON THE SEUFZERS-BANK.

LONELY FLOWERS.

LONGING.

FOLKSONG AT SUNSET.

BY THE SCHLUCHSEE.

FOREST MYSTERY.

SWALLOW FLIGHT.

EVENING PRIMROSE.

THE CHRIST OF THE TITI-SEE.

A DREAM OF JUDGMENT.

THE MODERN GETHSEMANE.

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THE DEAD NUPTIAL.

THE BLACK KNIGHT.

RECONCILIATION.

AN AUTUMN LOVE SONG.

A DIRGE FOR SUMMER.

A SONG OF NIGHT AND DEATH.

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A DAY-DREAM IN KENT.

A DREAM OF EGYPT.

TO THE ALBANI ATHENA.

THE MARSEILLAISE.

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LONGING.

1

When the sun flamed fiercely on me
Longed I for the rain,
When the rain beat cold upon me,
For the sun again.

2

All our life is but a longing,
Joy's but one sweet sigh,
All our life is but a longing,
Cease to long, we die.