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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.
  
INTRODUCTION.
  
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EPILOGUE.
 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.
 I. 
Part I.
 II. 
Part II.
 III. 
Part III.
 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.
  
LAMENT.
 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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LVI. SONG ON A DAY IN SPRING.

Day that gave Cecilia birth:
Day past all a year in worth:
Thou comest well to come as now
I watch thy radiance rise:
With April smiles upon thy brow,
And tear-drops on thine eyes.
But around and overhead
Laughing azure depths are spread:
And there the lark profuse in fleetness
Note upon note to throng,
Floats reposing on her sweetness,
And satisfied with song.
So thou cam'st with tear and smile:
And from mother's lips the while
Ran happy notes, pain-silenced long,
And sighs from anguish free:—
Till Love's own fullness hush'd the song,
And silence welcomed thee.
As thou cam'st with smile and tear,
So live on, Cecilia dear;
A human life; an April day:
For thee the heavens above
An ever cloudless face display,
And all the smiles of Love.
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