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Poems Old and New by Charles D. Bell

Bell, Charles Dent (1818-1898)

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THE ROSY DAWN.
  
TAORMINA, SICILY.
  
SPRING.
  
THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW.
  
IN THE ESCURIAL.
  
BY THE SEA—KYNANCE COVE.
  
BELLAGIO, LAKE COMO.
  
BERENICE'S HAIR.
  
THE OLD HOME.
  
REMORSE.
  
THE THEBAN PLAIN.
  
THE VOCAL MEMNON.
  
THE SILENT MEMNON.
  
THE AFTER-GLOW.
  
KARNAK BY MOONLIGHT.
  
THE VESPER BELL.
  
DYING WORDS.
  
A MEADOW AT RYDAL.
  
A SUMMER DAY AT AMBLESIDE.
  
AN AUTUMN DAY AT AMBLESIDE.
  
WINTER AT AMBLESIDE.
  
BEFORE.
  
AFTER.
  
WILFRED RAY.
  
TARN HAWSE.
  
ELLEN.
  
A SUMMER EVENING IN BRATHAY CHURCHYARD.
  
THE SPRING.
  
TO A CHILD.
  
“I WOULD NOT LIVE ALWAY.”
  
“IS IT WELL WITH THE CHILD?”
  
THE DREAM OF PILATE'S WIFE.
  
GOD'S FURNACE.
  
DEAD.
  
LOST!
  
THE WATCHMAN.
  
AN OLD LETTER.
  
A CONCEIT.
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THE MARRIAGE ZONE.
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LORD NANN AND THE FAIRY.
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MERLIN, THE BARD.
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FOR MUSIC.
  
FOR MUSIC.
  
LINES FOR A SILVER WEDDING.
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SONNETS.
  
SONNET.
  
SONNET.
  
SONNET.
  
SONNET.
  
SONNET.
  
SONNET.
  
SONNET.
  
SONNET.
  
HOPE.
  
A STORY OF THE CRIMEAN WAR.
  
THE WIGTON MARTYRS.
  
A VISION.
  
AN INCIDENT IN THE AUSTRIAN CAMP.
  
WE MET BUT ONCE.
  
SEA-VOICES.
  
A GRAVE BY THE SEA.
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THE BIRTH OF VENUS.
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A PASTOR'S PORTRAIT.
  
LOW-BREATHING WINDS.
  
SPRING.
  
THEKLA'S SONG.
  
THE NIGHT CHARGE AT KASSASSÍN.
  
AMBLESIDE CHURCHYARD AT EASTERTIDE.
  
SPRING-TIME.
  
MARTIN LUTHER.
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FOX HOW.
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RONDEAUX.
  
I. WORKS DEATH SUCH CHANGE?
  
II. I WOULD NOT SHRINK.
  
III. HE DOES NOT COME.
  
IV. BEFORE HE PASSED.
  
V. NOT FOR THE DEAD.
  
VI. SLEEP THEY NOT WELL?
  
VII. WITHDRAW THE VEIL.
  
VIII. CLEAR-SIGHTED FAITH.
  
IX. “IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.”
  
X. THE SWEET SAD YEARS.
  
XI. SHALL IT BE MINE?
  
XII. CLOUDY DAYS.
  
XIII. APRIL DAYS.
  
XIV. THE MAY.
  
XV. IN DAYS OF JUNE.
  
XVI. SUMMER EVES.
  
XVII. THE CUCKOO.
  
XVIII. THE TIME WILL COME.
  
XIX. MARY OF BETHANY.
  
A SONG.
  
A SONG.
  
A SONG.
  
EFFIE.
  
ONE LOOK.
  
MAY.
  
A SOLDIER'S STORY.
  
WAR TIME.
  
LINES FOR MUSIC.
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NIAGARA.
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THE HORSE-SHOE FALLS.
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“PER ANGUSTA AD AUGUSTA.”
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A VILLAGE LAY.
  
GOD'S CHASTENINGS.
  
MISERERE, DOMINE!
  
FROM THE DUST.
  
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE?
  
IN MEMORIAM.
  
A PROTEST.
  
BEYOND.
  
“AND THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT THERE.”

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FROM THE DUST.

My soul fast cleaveth to the dust,
My heart within is dead and cold,
I'm blown about by every gust,
No certain anchorage I hold.
I fain would lift mine eyes on high,
But all unpurged they cannot see;
I feel like one about to die;
Have mercy, Jesu, quicken me!
My life is like the untilled land,
On which no flower or fruitage grows;
'Tis like a waste of arid sand,
A wintry landscape clothed with snows.
All empty are the vanished years;
Shall like the past the future be?
'Gainst this I plead with prayers and tears,
Have mercy, Jesu, quicken me!
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My life is like to plants that creep,
Like plants that droop and touch the ground;
No seed I sow, no harvest reap,
All barren as the months go round.
Uproot me then, and plant again,
I would be fruitful unto thee;
Prune, cleanse me, Lord, I'll scorn the pain:
Have mercy, Jesu, quicken me!
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