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Idyls and Songs

by Francis Turner Palgrave: 1848-1854
Palgrave, Francis Turner (1824-1897)

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 I. 
TO ALFRED TENNYSON, POET LAUREATE.
 II. 
II. RIDING TO COVER.
 III. 
III. THE ADOPTED CHILD.
 IV. 
IV. AS YOU LIKE IT.
 V. 
V. THE PROPOSAL.
 VI. 
VI. BLANCHE AND ADA.
 VII. 
VII. THYRSIS.
 VIII. 
VIII. FROM SAPPHO. (I)
 XII. 
XII. FROM EURIPIDES.
 XIV. 
XIV. FROM CATULLUS. (I)
 XV. 
XV. FROM CATULLUS. (II)
 XVI. 
XVI. FROM CATULLUS. (III)
 XVII. 
XVII. FROM HORACE.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. THE FALL OF PAGANISM.
 XIX. 
XIX. ON READING THEOCRITUS.
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XX. THE BIRTH OF ART.
 XXI. 
XXI. THE SCULPTOR.
 XXII. 
XXII. THE CHRISTIAN ARTIST.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. THE BURIAL OF ST. CATHERINE,
 XXIV. 
XXIV. FLORICE AND BLANCHEFLEUR.
 XXV. 
XXV. DANTE TO BEATRICE. I.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. DANTE TO BEATRICE. II.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. THE JUDAS KISS.
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XXVIII. ROMANCE.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. COSPATRICK.
 XXX. 
XXX. THE LASS OF LOCHROYAN.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. REDBREAST'S DIRGE.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. MARY AT LOCHLEVEN.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. AMY ROBSART.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. INTRODUCTION
 XXXV. 
XXXV. MILTON.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. SONG OF GOETHE.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. TO LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. ON THE DEATH OF SIR ROBERT PEEL.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. THE AGE OF INNOCENCE.
  
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE.
 XL. 
XL. MOTHER AND CHILD.
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XLI. Lament and Answer.
 XLII. 
XLII. TO AGNES GRACE.
 XLIII. 
XLIII. DEDICATION
 XLIV. 
XLIV. THE DREAM-CHILD.
 XLV. 
XLV. TO FLORENCE.
 XLVI. 
XLVI. TO ------
 XLVII. 
XLVII. FIORETTA.
 XLIX. 
XLIX. TO THE LADY-AUTHOR OF THE ‘CHILD'S SUMMER.’
 L. 
L. TO W. W.
 LI. 
LI. TO M--- M---.
 LII. 
LII. TO G. C. A.
 LIII. 
LIII. TO HENRY HALLAM.
 LIV. 
LIV. TO BURNET MORIER.
 LV. 
LV. THE BIRTHPLACE.
 LVI. 
LVI. SONG ON A DAY IN SPRING.
 LVII. 
LVII. SONG.
 LVIII. 
LVIII. THE OFFERING.
 LIX. 
LIX. FROM HEINRICH HEINE.
 LX. 
LX. LOVE'S TEMPERANCE.
 LXI. 
LXI. ROUNDELAY.
 LXIII. 
LXIII. SONNET.
 LXIII. 
LXIII. SONG.
 LXIV. 
LXIV. TANTALUS.
 LXV. 
LXV. SONG. (I)
 LXVI. 
LXVI. SONG. (II)
 LXVII. 
LXVII. PAST AND PRESENT.
 LXVIII. 
LXVIII. SUMMER GARDEN.
 LXIX. 
LXIX. ES AEI.
 LXX. 
LXX. IRONY.
 LXXI. 
LXXI. PRAYER AND ANSWER.
 LXXII. 
LXXII. IN DESIDERIUM.
 LXXIII. 
LXXIII. NIGHT AND MORNING.
 LXXIV. 
LXXIV. FROM TORQUATO TASSO.
 LXXV. 
LXXV. SUPER MONTES.
 LXXVI. 
LXXVI. FRIENDS TO FRIENDS.
 LXXVII. 
LXXVII. IN MEMORIAM C. W.
 LXXVIII. 
LXXVIII. THE BUTTERFLY.
 LXXIX. 
LXXIX. DAS IMMERGRÜN.
 LXXX. 
LXXX. ABSENCE.
 LXXXII. 
LXXXII. L'ENVOY.

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LXXI. PRAYER AND ANSWER.

‘Non pietas ulla 'st, velatum saepe videri
Vertier ad lapidem, atque omnes accedere ad aras;
Nec procumbere humi prostratum, et pandere palmas
Ante Deûm delubra, nec aras sanguine multo
Spargere quadrupedûm, nec votis nectere vota:
Sed mage pacatâ posse omnia mente tueri.’

The day went unregarded by
That was the queen of days before:
Unsweeten'd by the wishful sigh,
Ungladden'd by the tears of yore:—
And is the warmth—the sweetness fled?
The white repose disquieted?
The hope trod down—the love despised—
The Paradise unparadised?
Ah no—the eye sees not itself:
The heart its beating life ignores:
Thy love incorporate in thy self,
Thy soul a fancied loss deplores:
Lay by this foolishness of fears;
Weep not for boyhood's priceless tears:
There is no room for such regret:
Thou can'st not, if thou would'st, forget.
Fool!—is thy cry for satiate rest—
Thy prayer for constancy forgot?
Th' ideal of thy youthful breast—
Thou hast thy wish, and know'st it not!
Love in one grave at rest with thee,
Thou art where long thou fain wouldst be—
Th' accomplish'd hope of youth possess—
The death-in-life of changelessness.
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