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Poems by Jean Ingelow

Ingelow, Jean (1820-1897)

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VOLUME I.
  
DEDICATION
  
DIVIDED.
  
HONOURS—Part I.
  
HONOURS—Part II.
  
REQUIESCAT IN PACE!
  
SUPPER AT THE MILL.
  
SCHOLAR AND CARPENTER.
  
THE STAR'S MONUMENT.
  
A DEAD YEAR.
  
REFLECTIONS.
  
THE LETTER L.
  
THE HIGH TIDE ON THE COAST OF LINCOLNSHIRE.
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AFTERNOON AT A PARSONAGE.
  
Preface.
  
[section]
  
Afterthought.
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SONGS OF SEVEN.
  
SEVEN TIMES ONE. EXULTATION.
  
SEVEN TIMES TWO. ROMANCE.
  
SEVEN TIMES THREE. LOVE.
  
SEVEN TIMES FOUR. MATERNITY.
  
SEVEN TIMES FIVE. WIDOWHOOD.
  
SEVEN TIMES SIX. GIVING IN MARRIAGE.
  
SEVEN TIMES SEVEN. LONGING FOR HOME.
  
A COTTAGE IN A CHINE.
  
PERSEPHONE.
  
A SEA SONG.
  
BROTHERS, AND A SERMON.
  
A WEDDING SONG.
  
THE FOUR BRIDGES.
  
A MOTHER SHOWING THE PORTRAIT OF HER CHILD.
  
STRIFE AND PEACE.
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LETTERS ON LIFE AND THE MORNING.
  
A PARSON'S LETTER TO A YOUNG POET.
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VOLUME II.
  
THE DREAMS THAT CAME TRUE.
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SONGS ON THE VOICES OF BIRDS.
  
INTRODUCTION.
  
THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE UNSATISFIED HEART.
  
SAND MARTINS.
  
A POET IN HIS YOUTH, AND THE CUCKOO-BIRD.
  
A RAVEN IN A WHITE CHINE.
  
THE WARBLING OF BLACKBIRDS.
  
SEA-MEWS IN WINTER TIME.
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LAURENCE.
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II
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III
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SONGS OF THE NIGHT WATCHES,
  
INTRODUCTORY.
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THE FIRST WATCH.
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VII
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VIII
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THE MIDDLE WATCH.
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III
  
THE MORNING WATCH.
  
CONCLUDING SONG OF DAWN.
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SONNETS.
  
WORK.
  
AN ANCIENT CHESS KING.
  
A SNOW MOUNTAIN.
  
SLEEP.
  
LOVE.
  
PROMISING.
  
COMFORT IN THE NIGHT.
  
THOUGH ALL GREAT DEEDS.
  
WISHING.
  
TO ---.
  
COMPENSATION.
  
FANCY.
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A STORY OF DOOM.
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BOOK I.
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BOOK II.
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BOOK III.
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BOOK IV.
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BOOK V.
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BOOK VI.
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BOOK VII.
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BOOK VIII.
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BOOK IX.
  
SAILING BEYOND SEAS.
  
REMONSTRANCE.
  
SONG FOR THE NIGHT OF CHRIST'S RESURRECTION.
  
WITH A DIAMOND.
  
SONG OF MARGARET.
  
SONG OF THE GOING AWAY.
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A LILY AND A LUTE.
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THE LONG WHITE SEAM.
  
NOT IN VAIN I WAITED.
  
THE SNOWDROP MONUMENT (IN LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL).
  
COLD AND QUIET.
  
GLADYS AND HER ISLAND.
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SONGS WITH PRELUDES.
  
WEDLOCK.
  
REGRET.
  
LAMENTATION.
  
DOMINION.
  
FRIENDSHIP.
  
WINSTANLEY.

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PROMISING.

(A man speaks.)

Once, a new world, the sun-swart marinere,
Columbus, promised, and was sore withstood,
Ungraced, unhelped, unheard for many a year;
But let at last to make his promise good.
Promised and promising I go, most dear,
To better my dull heart with love's sweet feud,
My life with its most reverent hope and fear,
And my religion, with fair gratitude.
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O we must part; the stars for me contend,
And all the winds that blow on all the seas.
Through wonderful waste places I must wend,
And with a promise my sad soul appease.
Promise then, promise much of far-off bliss;
But—ah, for present joy, give me one kiss.
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