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Poems by Arthur J. Munby

Munby, Arthur Joseph (1828-1910)

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[Thou, whom I know not—knew not; whose mere name]

[Life is like a tear]

THE SHADOW OF DEATH.

PASSING AWAY.

THE POET'S BRIDE.

SCENT AND JEWELS.

[From month to month I come, from year]

THE PRISONERS OF HOPE.

THE CONFESSIONAL.

LIFE IN THE HEART.

THE BRIDE TO COME.

[O sweet sad face, so ghastly dim]

VULCAN VICTORIOUS.

[Thou wert a timid girl in those wild days—]

THE EVE OF CHANGE.

[O full of all delicious dews]

THE BRIDEGROOM'S SONG.

THE CITY OF GOD.

[If I should see thee where perhaps in peace]

CONVENT THOUGHTS.

FAITH AND FANCY.

PSYCHE AND HER TRIALS.

HOUSEHOLD TEACHINGS.

THE BITTER LESSON.

THE MOURNING MOTHER.

THE PROGRESS OF POETRY.

THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS.

NEW YEAR'S EVE.

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PASSING AWAY.

Thou shalt not die, sweet poet of the heart,
Most gentle wife, whose days are as a sound
Of endless music round about my hearth;
But thou shalt brighten upward evermore,
And still be with us—as the heavenward lark
Dies into space, but leaves her voice behind.