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My Lyrical Life

Poems Old and New. By Gerald Massey

Massey, Gerald (1828-1907)

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PREFATORY POEM.

BABE CHRISTABEL.

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THE YOUTH AND THE ANGEL.

SUNBEAM AND ROSE.

HUNT THE SQUIRREL.

THE SUNKEN CITY.

THE WILD-FLOWER.

THE BIRD OF MORN.

A BIRD OF NIGHT.

THE LADY OF LIGHT.

THE MAIDEN MARRIAGE.

THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF.

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CARMINA NUPTIALIA.

ARGUING IN A CIRCLE.

AN APRIL WEDDING.

AS THEY PASSED.

[English John Talbot, Shakspeare's terribly brave]

A WAYSIDE WHISPER.

THE WELCOME HOME.

THE BONNY BRIDELAND FLOWER.

A LOVER'S SONG.

THE MARRIED LIFE.

VIA CRUCIS VIA LUCIS.

EGYPTIAN ELYSIUM.

THE KRONIAN GODS.

A POET'S LOVE-LETTER.

A LETTER IN BLACK.

WIDOW MARGARET.

PICTURES IN THE FIRE.

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THAT MERRY, MERRY MAY.

A LOVER'S FANCY.

NO JEWELLED BEAUTY IS MY LOVE.

SWEET-AND-TWENTY.

THE WEDDING-RING.

LOVE'S WESTWARD HO!

O LAY THY HAND IN MINE, DEAR!

LONG, LONG AGO.

A SOLDIER'S WIFE.

A MAIDEN'S SONG.

THE SAILOR'S ORPHAN CHILD.

ON DECK TOGETHER.

“FOR EVER.”

“ALL READY AND ALL ONE.”

OUR NATIVE LAND.

A NATIONAL ANTHEM.

HAVELOCK'S MARCH.

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AN ORPHAN FAMILY'S CHRISTMAS.

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XVII.

THE BRIDEGROOM OF BEAUTY.

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POEMS FOR CHRISTIE.

A WINTER'S TALE FOR THE LITTLE ONES.

FOR CHRISTIE'S SAKE.

CHRISTIE'S PORTRAIT.

THE TWO HEAVENS.

CHRISTIE'S POOR OLD GRAN.

NEWS OF CHRISTIE.

WHEN CHRISTIE COMES AGAIN.

CHILDREN AT PLAY.

LITTLE LILYBELL.

OUR WHITE DOVE.

THE NABOB'S DOUBLE.

“THEY SANG A NEW SONG.”

FLOWER AND FRUIT.

PEGASUS IN HARNESS.

LOVE AND DEATH.

ONE OF SHAKSPEARE'S WOMEN.

MAN AND HIS TWO MASTERS.

A VERY EARLY RISER.

A PECULIAR PERSON.

A PAINTED SPRAY OF APPLE-BLOSSOM.

AN ANGEL IN THE HOUSE.

SOULS OF ANIMALS.

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THE HAUNTED HURST,

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THE BANNER-BEARER OF KING OLAF.

SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE'S LAST FIGHT.

AN OLD MAN-O'-WAR'S-MAN'S YARN.

TURNER'S TEMERAIRE.

SIR ROBERT'S SAILOR SON.

THE STOKER'S STORY.

THE CAPTAIN OF THE “NORTHFLEET.”

A BIRTHDAY ON BOARD.

A DAUGHTER OF THE SEA-KINGS.

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MAURICE AND THE BIGOTS.

HUGH MILLER'S GRAVE.

TO A BEREAVED FRIEND.

ALBERT THE GOOD.

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY.

ACROSS THE WATER.

THE ENGLISH OF IT.

PRIDEAUX AT MAGDALA.

PUNCH IN A GRAVE MOOD.

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A REVIEWER REVIEWED.

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AN OLD CUSTOM STILL EXTANT.

THE FORERUNNER.

ALEXANDER RUSSEL.

A PERSONAL REPLY.

AT THE PRISON-DOOR.

THE FALSIFYERS OF MYTHOLOGY.

DEDICATION TO THE “NATURAL GENESIS.”

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GARIBALDI IN EXILE.

GARIBALDI ON THE MARCH.

ONE OF GARIBALDI'S MEN.

GARIBALDI AT ASPROMONTE.

FRANCE AND GARIBALDI.

GARIBALDI'S PROPHECY.

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THE YOUNG POET TO HIS WIFE.

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THE MOTHER'S IDOL BROKEN.

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LYRICS OF LOVE.

SWEET SPIRIT OF MY LOVE.

NOT I, SWEET SOUL, NOT I.

THE PATRIOT TO HIS BRIDE.

A POOR MAN'S WIFE.

HUSBAND AND WIFE.

WHEN I COME HOME.

LOVE'S FAIRY-RING.

TO THE BELOVED ONE.

THE LOVE-LETTER.

LOVE-IN-IDLENESS.

A BALLAD OF THE OLD TIME.

LOVE AND THE LADY.

A VILLAGE COURTING.

ON A WEDDING-DAY.

A LYRIC OF LOVE.

THE MISTLETOE BOUGH.

LIFE AND DEATH.

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CRIES OF 'FORTY-EIGHT.

CRIES OF 'FORTY-EIGHT.

THE PEOPLE'S ADVENT.

THE BATTLE-CALL.

THE EARTH FOR ALL.

THE LORDS OF LAND AND MONEY.

“ALL'S RIGHT WITH THE WORLD.”

A CRY OF THE UNEMPLOYED.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE.

OUR FATHERS ARE PRAYING FOR PAUPER-PAY.

ANATHEMA MARANATHA.

A CRY OF THE PEOPLE.

THEY ARE BUT GIANTS WHILE WE KNEEL.

SONG OF THE RED REPUBLICAN.

AFTER THE STRUGGLE.

THE MEN OF 'FORTY-EIGHT.

IT WILL END IN THE RIGHT.

THE KINGLIEST KINGS.

HOPE ON, HOPE EVER.

THE THREE VOICES.

ONWARD AND SUNWARD.

GOD'S WORLD IS WORTHY OF BETTER MEN.

THIS WORLD IS FULL OF BEAUTY.

THERE'S NO DEARTH OF KINDNESS.

THE KNIGHTS OF LABOUR.

THE CHIVALRY OF LABOUR.

TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW.

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NEW YEAR'S EVE IN EXILE.

ENGLAND GOES TO BATTLE.

TROOPS LEAVING EDINBURGH.

DOWN IN AUSTRALIA.

FRANCE AND ENGLAND.

BEFORE SEBASTOPOL.

SCARLETT'S THREE HUNDRED.

NICHOLAS AND THE BRITISH LION.

A WAR WINTER'S-NIGHT IN ENGLAND.

THE MARTYRS' HILL.

OUR ENGLISH NIGHTINGALE.

CATHCART'S HILL.

THE COALITION AND THE PEOPLE.

ENGLAND AND LOUIS NAPOLEON.

ENGLAND AND LOUIS NAPOLEON.

LOUIS NAPOLEON:—“À BERLIN.”

MÖLTKE'S PROMISE.

THE MITRAILLEUSE AT SAARBRÜCKEN.

THE FAITH OF THE PHILISTINE.

PEACE-AT-ANY-PRICE MEN.

THE SECOND EMPIRE.

A PLEA FOR THE REPUBLIC.

LOUIS NAPOLEON AND SOME COCKNEY WORKING-MEN.

THE TWO NAPOLEONS.

THE ABOLITIONIST TO HIS BRIDE.

AN IMPERIAL REPLY.

THE BOY'S RETURN.

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WAITING FOR THE VERDICT.

THE GREAT NEW CAUSE.

THE “GRAND OLD MAN.”

LOOKING BEFORE AND AFTER.

FALSE MARRIAGE OR TRUE UNION?

THE PRIMROSE DAME.

BATTLE OF THE RANK AND FILE.

THE LEAGUE OF LABOUR.

LABOURERS' ELECTION SONG.

THE LAST OF EMERGENCY MEN.

HOLD TOGETHER, BOYS.

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II.

I sang my Song, which I had long rehearsed,
And asked, with heaving breast and throat athirst,
For drink from some good soul, that might be you,
Not craving nectar, nor ambrosial dew,
But quite content with Critical half-and-half.
And then your lattice opened with a laugh,
And I, expectant of some natural drops,
Received, like Socrates, your shrewish slops.