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Studies from the Antique and Sketches from Nature

By Charles Mackay
Mackay, Charles (1814-1889)

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STUDIES FROM THE ANTIQUE.
  
THE EUMENIDES:
  
ASTRÆA;
  
ACANTHA.
  
MARSYAS.
  
THE WISH OF MIDAS.
  
PROTEUS.
  
BACCHUS AND EVANTHE.
  
THE VESTAL FIRE EXTINGUISHED.
  
CHIRON.
  
DYNAMENE.
  
SISYPHUS.
  
MOMUS.
  
IPHIANASSA IN DODONA.
  
THE PRAYER OF THE PRIEST OF ISIS.
  
IARCHUS AND HIS RINGS.
  
THE GARDEN OF NEMESIS.
  
ADMETUS.
  
THE DREAM OF ANACREON.
  
PHIDIAS.
  
CASSANDRA.
  
ENCELADUS.
  
ORPHEUS IN THRACE.
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SKETCHES FROM NATURE.
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HEART-SORE IN BABYLON.
 I. 
No. I.—SELF-ASSERTION.
 II. 
No. II.—THE RIGHT TO DISDAIN.
 III. 
No. III.—A PRAYER FOR REST.
 IV. 
No. IV.—LOSSES.
 V. 
No. V.—NEVER ALONE.
 VI. 
No. VI.—A NAME ON A TREE.
 VII. 
No. VII.—CONSOLATION.
 VIII. 
No. VIII.—THE LOST JEWEL.
 IX. 
No. IX.—THE FAIR SERPENT.
 X. 
No. X.—THE DIRTY LITTLE SNOB.
 XI. 
No. XI.—THE WORN-OUT PEN.
 XII. 
No. XII.—THE SURE ESTATE.
  
LOUISE ON THE DOOR-STEP.
  
GREAT-GRANDFATHER.
  
THE SIGH OF THE PINE-TREES.
  
THE FIGHT IN THE SANCTUARY.
  
THE OLD MAN BY THE RIVER.
  
THE HEDGE IN THE GREEN LANE.
  
THE IVY AND THE BELL.
  
THE GREAT OVERTHROW.
  
ITHURIEL.
  
IN THE GREENWOOD.
  
THE TOP SAWYER OF ROTTENTOWN,
  
THE POOL OF ST. FILLANS.
  
THE BEAUTIFUL UNBEAUTIFUL.
  
THE KING'S VISITORS.
  
APPLES.
  
THE “WAR-CHRISTIAN.”
  
FLOWERS AND CHILDREN.
  
THE RED AND YELLOW LEAF IN OCTOBER.
  
THE RIM OF THE BOWL.
  
THE NOBLE SPIRITS.
  
THE BARD'S LAST SONG.
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SONGS.
  
DYING.
  
THE BROOK.
  
VANITY LET IT BE.
  
SPIRITS AND ANGELS.
  
LOVE DEFENDED.
  
LOVE IS DEAD.
  
BAR THE DOOR.
  
THE LITTLE MAN.
  
A CHRISTMAS GLEE.
  
HEY! THE GREEN HOLLY!
  
THE BONNIE WEE BIRD.
  
OUR SOCIAL REPUBLIC.
  
THE CHOICE.
  
THERE'S A LAND, A DEAR LAND.
  
COME IF YOU DARE!

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No. XII.—THE SURE ESTATE.

What signify the care and pain
That I must yet endure,
The loss of Love—the Love in vain,
The crime of being poor?
I've an estate of solid earth,
Nor broad nor very deep,
Where wild winds blow and daisies grow,
And moonlight shadows sleep.
'Tis six feet long and two feet wide,
Shut out from sorrow's call.
It shall be mine some happy day—
Enough though it be small.
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Till trump of doom it shall be mine,
And make amends for all—
Lost health, lost heart, lost love, lost hope!
More than amends for all.
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