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Dramatic chapters, poems and songs

By Charles Swain
Swain, Charles (1801-1874)
  
[dedication]
  
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DRAMATIC CHAPTERS.
 I. 
Chapter I.
 II. 
Chapter II.
 III. 
Chapter III.
 IV. 
Chapter IV.
 V. 
Chapter V.
 VI. 
Chapter VI.
 VII. 
Chapter VII.
 VIII. 
Chapter VIII.
 IX. 
Chapter IX.
 X. 
Chapter X.
 XI. 
Chapter XI.
 XII. 
Chapter XII.
 XIII. 
Chapter XIII.
 XIV. 
Chapter XIV.
 XV. 
Chapter XV.
 XVI. 
Chapter XVI.
 XVII. 
Chapter XVII.
 XVIII. 
Chapter XVIII.
 XIX. 
Chapter XIX.
 XX. 
Chapter XX.
 XXI. 
Chapter XXI.
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POEMS AND SONGS.
  
[epigraph]
  
[dedication]
  
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THE ANGEL-WATCH, OR THE SISTERS.
  
THE POETICAL AND THE PRACTICAL.
  
THE BRITISH FLAG.
  
WRECK OF THE STEAM-SHIP THE “PRESIDENT.”
  
SO DARKLY, BRIGHTLY, BEAMING.
  
IF THOU SPEAK'ST.
  
LIFE.
  
GOVERN YOUR TEMPER.
  
SOON FORGOT.
  
TWILIGHT.
  
WHEN FIRST.
  
KING BACCHUS.
  
HOPE FOR THE BEST.
  
BELIEVE ME.
  
THERE ARE MOMENTS IN LIFE.
  
LET US TRY.
  
I TOLD YOU.
  
THE WIFE OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH.
  
VOICE OF THE NIGHTINGALE.
  
BALLAD.
  
LONELY AGE.
  
IF THY FORM.
  
LOVING AND FORGIVING.
  
EXPRESSION AND BEAUTY.
  
WHY LEAPS MY HEART?
  
YES, TELL ME 'TIS HOPELESS.
  
THERE'S A DUTY.
  
SORROW.
  
I SOUGHT MY LOVE.
  
CONRADIN.
  
COME, HALLOW THE GOBLET.
  
OH, BLEST THE HOME.
  
THEY HAVE MET.
  
IF YOU KNEW.
  
HAWKING IN THE OLDEN TIME.
  
SELFISHNESS.
  
THE COVENANTER'S SON.
  
SONG.
  
THE FLOWER AND THE RUIN.
  
LET THERE BE LIGHT.

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LET US TRY.

If we cannot have all that we wish upon earth,
Let us try to be happy with less if we can;
If wealth be not always the guerdon of worth,
Worth, sooner than Wealth, makes the happier man.
Is it wise to be anxious for pleasures afar—
And the pleasures around us to slight or decry?—
Asking Night for the sun,—asking Day for the star?
Let us conquer such faults, or at least let us try.
If the soil of a garden be worthy our care,
Its culture delightful, though ever so small;
Oh, then let the Heart the same diligence share,
And the flowers of affection will rival them all.
There ne'er was delusion more constantly shown,
Than that wealth every charm of existence can buy;
As long as love, friendship, and truth are life's own,
All hearts may be happy, if all hearts will try!
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