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Claribel and Other Poems
By W. J. Linton
Linton, W. J. (1812-1897)
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THREE ENGLISHMEN
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THE BATTLE OF NEWBURY
THE OLD LEGEND OF KING ARTHUR
THRENODY
EURYDICE
QUEEN LIBUSSA
THE BRAVE WOMEN OF TANN
THE CAPTIVE ARAB
THE RUINED CITY
FIVE SERMONS FROM ONE TEXT:
THE HUNCHBACK
GOD WISH
SONG OF THE STREAMS
CHORUSES
DEFINITIONS
REAL AND TRUE
SHADOWS
DEATH
A FUNERAL HYMN
A DIRGE
NIGHT-MUSIC
OLD FRIENDS
THE DIRGE OF LOVE
NOUGHT
HOPE
GONE
TO THE WEST WIND
LITERÆ SCRIPTÆ
FALSE HOPE
VAIN COUNSEL
FOOT-PRINTS
TO HIS LOVE
BEGINNINGS
LOVE'S TALISMAN
THE WOUNDED KNIGHT
TEARS
WATCHING
A ROMANCE
PARTING
VALENTINE'S DAY
MIND YOUR KNITTING
TWO FABLES
MAIDEN WISDOM
WINE SONG
WHAT I HATE
TRIADS
SWEET GALE
AN HOUR OF ROBIN HOOD
THE SONG OF THE PAUPER
RICH AND POOR
UNSEEN WORTH
THE PALACE
NATURE'S GENTLEMAN
PRAYER
TRIUMPH
AFTER A DEFEAT
THE PEARL
SAD QUESTIONING
MIDWINTER
GAUDIAMUS IGITUR
TIME'S GIFTS
CHANGE
SELF-JUSTIFICATION
THE ADVENT OF PEACE
NARROWNESS
LOVE
TWO STORIES OF ONE FATE
A HOMILY
WHAT LOVE IS
LOVE'S TRINITY
MARRIED
POETS
THE POET-PROPHET
THE POET'S MISSION
LABOUR IN VAIN
PRINCIPLE AND OPINION
THOUGHT AND DEED
WORD AND DEED
JUNE—1849
JUNE—1849
OUR COUNTRY
BE THYSELF
1854
HEART AND WILL
A NATIONAL HYMN
PRAYER FOR ENGLAND
A PRAYER FOR TRUTH
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Claribel and Other Poems
UNSEEN WORTH
A single
drop of rain fell from the skies:
None saw it, on that day so bright and fair.
It slid into the ground, and nourish'd there
The acorn of an oak to live for centuries.
Claribel and Other Poems