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The Poetical Works of George Barlow

In Ten [Eleven] Volumes

Barlow, George

THE ENCHANTRESS OF THE SHORE

IN THE PAST

THE AGONY OF THE AGE

EARLY SONNETS

“THEIR WHITE SAILS FILL THE PURPLE AND THE SOMBRE SEAS!”

II.

THE PASSIONATE CITY

THE NEW JERUSALEM

II.

III.

THE CHOICE

II.

III.

THE CROWNLESS CITY

THE SUNSET-SHIELD

THE POET

TO RALPH WALDO EMERSON, OUR LEADER

IN MEMORY OF PATRICK BRANWELL BRONTË, GENIUS

ON LOOKING AT A PORTRAIT OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË, BY RICHMOND

GOOD-NIGHT!

WRITTEN AFTER AN APPARENT FRENCH VICTORY

DEATH OF A FLY

GOD'S NOVEL

THE RAINBOW CAUGHT AND HELD

I. THE STORM OF BEAUTY

II.

II. THE INEFFABLE FRAGRANCE

SONNET To F. B.

SONNETS TO GERTRUDE IN THE SPIRIT WORLD

GERTRUDE

WHAT ART THOU LIKE?

THOU IN HEAVEN, I ON EARTH

MUTUAL

THE MYSTERY

WILT THOU BE PLEASED?

I FOLLOW THEE

BACK TO THEE

THINE HAIR AND THINE EYES

THE HAYFIELDS ON THE CLIFF-TOP

SWEET PASSIONATE SPIRIT

THE RACE

TOGETHER

SNOWDROP

OTHERS LOVE MORTAL WOMEN, I A SPIRIT

THE TREASURES OF ALL THY PAST

A MAIDEN SPIRIT

WITH SUMMER

BEAR THOU MY POEMS UPWARD

SHALL NOT THE FUTURE?

THOU ART NOT ENGLISH

WILT THOU NOT BE VISIBLE?

WHEN ALL THE WORK IS DONE

ABBEY WOOD

II.

THE REVELATIONS OF THE AGES

BROTHER AND SISTER

LONDON

“REVEALED AND VANQUISHED”

TO WOMAN

TO THE ENGLISH POETS OF THE PAST

TO APOLLO

TO BEATRICE

TO A LADY WITH DEEP BLACK HAIR

LINES ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD

THE CHILD

AT A THEATRE-DOOR IN SUMMER

TO THE QUEEN OF MY YOUNG LIFE

TO MY LADY

LOVE-SONG

THE IMMORTAL AND THE MORTAL

“AND ART THOU TENDER?”

THEE FIRST, THEE LAST

THIS VERY DAY

THE MIDDAY HALT

“THOUGH THE DAY BE DREARY”

II.

Vol. II A LIFE'S LOVE

TO THE READER

THROUGH DEATH TO LIFE

II.

III.

IV.

V. PSYCHE AND MERCURY

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X. THE DISCOVERY OF LOVE

XI.

XI. IN THE FUTURE

XII.

XII. THOSE FLOWERS

XIII.

XIII. MY LADY

XIV.

XIV. DANTE AND BEATRICE

XV.

XV. ROSES FOR HER!

XVI.

XVI. TO HAVE BEHELD

XVII.

XVII. THE ROSIER STATUE

XVIII.

XVIII. LOVE AND IMMORTALITY

XIX.

XIX. MY WORK

XX.

XX. GOLDEN LILIES

XXI.

XXI. THE BIRD LOVERS

XXII.

XXII. THE BIRD LOVERS

II.

XXIII.

XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

XXVI. THE BITTERNESS OF LIFE

XXVII.

XXVII. THE MOONLIT ISLAND

XXVIII.

XXVIII. A PASSING GLIMPSE

XXIX.

XXIX. NEVER AGAIN

XXX.

XXX. HOPELESS

XXXI.

XXXI. THE POET'S DOOM

XXXII.

XXXII. YET SWEETER AND SWEETER

II.

PART II HEAVEN

XXXIII.

XXXIII. NOT TOO LONG

XXXIV.

XXXIV. FOR YOUR SAKE

XXXV.

XXXV. THE LAST SACRIFICE

XXXVI.

XXXVI. LOVE'S UNITY

XXXVII.

XXXVII. THE RESURRECTION OF THOUGHT

XXXVIII.

XXXVIII. THE NEXT KISS

XXXIX.

XXXIX. MORTAL

XL.

XL. IMMORTAL

XLI.

XLI. THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE

XLII.

XLII. CLEANSING

XLIII.

XLIII LOVE'S ABILITIES

XLIV.

XLIV. BENEATH THE OAK

XLV.

XLV. THE SEA-PALACE

XLVI.

XLVI. A DREAM OF SUNSET

XLVII.

XLVII. THE LOST GLORY

XLVIII.

XLVIII. “INTENSITY”

XLIX.

XLIX. FROM A WINDOW

L. SWEET TWILIGHT

LI.

LI. THE ELEMENTAL KISS

LII.

LII. MY LADY'S SOUL

LIII.

LIII. THE MAIDEN BLOSSOM

LIV.

LIV. MY PLUMES OF SONG

LV.

LV. “I AM VERY FOND OF YOU”

LVI.

LVI. THE CROWN

LVII.

LVII. CHIEFEST

LVIII.

LVIII. THE HIGHEST CROWN

LIX.

LIX. AN ENDLESS UNION

LX.

LX. SYMPATHY

LXI.

LXI. THE MEADOW-SWEET OF HEAVEN

LXII.

LXII. THE SUDDEN SWEETNESS

LXIII.

LXIII. TILL SHE COME

LXIV.

LXIV. BLESSED IS HE

LXV.

LXV. ONE SILVER LAUGH

LXVI.

LXVI. AT NIGHT

LXVII.

LXVII. THE SLEEPER

LXVIII.

LXVIII. ROSES FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE

LXIX.

LXIX. THY SWEET SORROW

LXX.

LXX. YOUR WATCHING AS WELL

LXXI.

LXXI. GOD'S HOLY FIRE

LXXII.

LXXII. FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH

LXXIII.

LXXIII. THE NARROW GATE

LXXIV.

LXXIV. THE FIRST TRUE BLOSSOMING

LXXV.

LXXV. THE WIDE SYMPATHY

LXXVI.

LXXVI. THE TRANSFIGURING TOUCH

LXXVII.

LXXVII. BLOW ON BLOW

LXXVIII.

LXXVIII. THE LAST RIDGE

LXXIX.

LXXIX. THE FACE DIVINE

LXXX.

LXXX. UTTERLY ALONE

III.

PART III HEAVEN ON EARTH

LXXXI.

LXXXI. NOW

LXXXII.

LXXXII. IN ALL STARS AND FLOWERS

LXXXIII.

LXXXIII. AN OLD OLD SPIRIT

LXXXIV.

LXXXIV. THE MARRIAGE IN MUSIC

LXXXV.

LXXXV. JOINED, NOT BLENDED

LXXXVI.

LXXXVI. WITH BEATRICE IN GOD

LXXXVII.

LXXXVII. NOW, HAVING SEEN THEE

LXXXVIII.

LXXXVIII. SWEETER, LESS AWFUL

LXXXIX.

LXXXIX. THROUGH TROPIC WOODS

XC.

XC. YET DEEPER

XCI.

XCI. THE SUMMER

XCII.

XCII. I AM CONTENT

XCIII.

XCIII. MY OWN FOR EVER

XCIV.

XCIV. THE LIFE OF MUSIC

XCV.

XCV. THOU, AND THE FLOWERS

XCVI.

XCVI. BY ALL THE STRENGTH OF SONG

XCVII.

XCVII. THE OLD RAPTURE

XCVIII.

XCVIII. FAR, FAR AWAY

XCIX.

XCIX. TO GREAT SPIRITS

C. FAR FROM ALL SMALLNESS

LOVE SLAIN, YET RISEN

I. THE OLD GREEN ARCHWAY

II.

II. THE SENSE OF DEATH

III.

III. GOD'S WOMAN-HEART

IV.

IV. MY ROSE

TO BEATRICE

I. THE PROGRESS OF PASSION

II.

II. UNDIVIDED SERVICE

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VII. “WHAT HAS BEEN, IS”

VIII.

VIII. DIVINELY “VICTRIX”

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIII. FROM SPRING TO AUTUMN

XIV.

XIV. BEYOND THE ETERNAL HILLS

XV.

XV. FINAL RESURRECTION

XVI.

XVI. THE TRUE PURE POSSESSION

XVII.

XVII. THE BURNING GLARE

XVIII.

XVIII. STILL SWEETER THINGS

XIX.

XX.

II.

III.

IV.

V. THE PERFUME OF THE SOUL

VI.

VI. WHEN AND WHERE?

VII.

VII. LOVE AT THE SEPULCHRE

VIII.

VIII. A POET'S VISION

IX.

IX. “THE INEVITABLE HOUR”

X. LOVE'S STAND-POINT

XI.

XI. A DREAM OF THE MOUNTAINS

XII.

XII. A PARTING

XIII.

XIII. THAT STRANGE NIGHT

XIV.

XIV. THAT STRANGE NIGHT

XV.

XV. SLOWLY

XVI.

XVI. FIFTEEN

XVII.

XVII. THE SWEET NIGHT

XVIII.

XVIII. FLUSHED WITH VICTORY

XIX.

XIX. AN ANGEL-SPIRIT

XX.

XX. SONG'S POWER AND PASSION

XXI.

XXI. WHITBY

XXII.

XXII. A VISIT TO OXFORD

XXIII.

XXIII. ONE GIRL'S BEAUTY

XXIV.

XXIV. SIMPLE AND SWEET

XXV.

XXV. SWEETNESS

XXVI.

XXVI. ALL THE PAST

XXVII.

XXVII. THE EARLY SWEETNESS

XXVIII.

XXVIII. EARTH AND HEAVEN

XXIX.

XXIX. EARTH AND HEAVEN

XXX.

XXX. EARTH AND HEAVEN

XXXI.

XXXI. A PORTION OF BEATRICE

XXXII.

XXXII. TO STRANGE LANDS

XXXIII.

XXXIII. A WHITE FLOWER IN THE DESERT

XXXIV.

XXXV.

XXXVI.

II.

III.

III. BENEATH OTHER STARS

IV.

IV. SPLENDOUR

V. THE FLOWERS

VI.

VI. “NOW THOU ART WITH ME”

VII.

VII. THE CLOSING OF MY SONG

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIII. THE ANGEL-WOMAN

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

THE UTMOST RESONANT HEIGHTS

THE SNOW-CAPPED MOUNTAINS

GREEN AND WHITE

THOU CANST NOT ESCAPE

THROUGH THE FAR-OFF GATES

THE MEADOW-SWEET SOUL

HIGH THOUGHTS

LEAVING THE BOWER OF LOVE

REVOLUTION

FLOWERS OF THOUGHT

MY ROSE OF THE VALLEY

THE FLOWERS OF ANCIENT WORLDS

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

THOU WAST A BLOSSOM

ALL DREAMS

[All dreams of splendid music and of love]

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

GOLD-WINGED SPIRITS

III.

Vol. III

CHARLES KINGSLEY

THE RESURRECTION OF VENUS

II.

III.

IV.

IV. “I WAITED FOR THEE”

V. THE MOUNTAINS AND THE SEA

VI.

VI. OUR SELF-EXISTENCE

VII.

VII. “IS IT NOT WONDERFUL?”

VIII.

VIII. “THOU ART SO GREAT”

IX.

IX. THE UNION IN NATURE AND IN MUSIC

X. “RAPTURE IS HOLINESS”

XI.

XI. AN ENGLISH FLOWER

XII.

XII. BREEZE, MOON, AND SUN

XIII.

XIII. ALONE

XIV.

XIV. JOINED SPIRITS

XV.

XV. IF THOU WERT DEAD!

XVI.

XVI. OUR SHIELD

XVII.

XVII. THE PROMISE OF SPRING

XVIII.

XVIII. THE GLORY OF SUMMER

XIX.

XIX. THE CALM OF AUTUMN

XX.

XX. THE REST OF WINTER

XXI.

XXI. THE SEA-SANDS' GOLD

XXII.

THE MOUNTAIN-YOUTHS AND THE VALLEY-MAIDENS

“BUT WHERE SHALL MAN'S EYES FIND HER?

HYMN

O SEA!

A DEDICATION TO MY FRIEND DR. N. D. GADDY, OF LOVETT, INDIANA

SONNETS

SONNET I THE FLOWER ASLEEP

II.

SONNET II BEAUTY UNLOOKED FOR

III.

SONNET III THE OLD VALLEY

IV.

SONNET IV “LOVE'S DESPAIR”

SONNET V THEE

VI.

SONNET VI “WHEN?”

VII.

SONNET VII SILENT GIFTS

VIII.

SONNET VIII THE GREEK POET IN ENGLAND

IX.

SONNET IX “THOU COULDST NOT WATCH WITH ME!”

SONNET X “I LOVE THEE”

XI.

SONNET XI ONE NIGHT WITH THEE

XII.

SONNET XII VENUS INCARNATE

XIII.

SONNET XIII A PORTRAIT

XIV.

SONNET XIV THE SOUTHERN PASSION

XV.

SONNET XV “SONG IS NOT DEAD”

XVI.

SONNET XVI THE WORLD'S MARRIAGE MORN

XVII.

SONNET XVII “WHEN PASSION FAILS US”

XVIII.

SONNET XVIII “IS THERE A HAND?”

XIX.

SONNET XIX BALCOMBE FOREST

XX.

SONNET XX BEYOND

XXI.

SONNET XXI ENGLAND

XXII.

SONNET XXII WATERLOO

XXIII.

SONNET XXIII FAIRY LAND

XXIV.

SONNET XXIV STRONG, LIKE THE SEA

XXV.

SONNET XXV NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA

XXVI.

SONNET XXVI THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW

XXVII.

SONNET XXVII TO THE “UNKNOWABLE” GOD

XXVIII.

SONNET XXVIII ISEULT

XXIX.

SONNET XXIX “A LITTLE WHILE”

XXX.

SONNET XXX “WILT THOU COME?”

XXXI.

SONNET XXXI “IS IT WORTH WHILE?”

XXXII.

SONNET XXXII “THOUGH HALF MY HEART BE GREEK”

XXXIII.

SONNET XXXIII THE ENGLISH RACE

XXXIV.

II.

III.

IV.

IV. BLOSSOMS ABOVE A TOMB

V. ETERNAL MURMURINGS

VI.

VI. MY BELOVED

VII.

VII. BEHIND

VIII.

VIII. “IT IS NOT ANGER”

IX.

IX. BENEATH LOFTIER STARS

X. SOUL-PAIN

XI.

XI. “I NEED THEE”

XII.

XII. “YET I ENDURE”

XIII.

XIII. “LET US NEVER COMFORT EACH OTHER INTO SLEEP”

XIV.

XIV. THE AWAKING

XV.

XV. “SHALL I KNOW THEE?”

XVI.

XVI. MY GIFT

XVII.

XVII. “BE GENTLE”

XVIII.

XVIII. A PICTURE

XIX.

XIX. “WHEN YOU THOUGHT I WAS ‘FAR AWAY,’ I WAS DREAMING, ETC.”

XX.

XX. “SOME DAY I WILL TELL YOU”

XXI.

XXI. ART NEEDS THEE

XXII.

XXII. THE VEIL OF BLISS

XXIII.

XXIII. FINALLY ALONE

XXIV.

XXIV. “THY MANY WEARY YEARS”

XXV.

XXV. THY LOVE-SERVICE

XXVI.

XXVI. THE PSYCHE-SERVICE

XXVII.

XXVII. THE WAVE-TOSSED VESSEL

XXVIII.

XXVIII. NOW

XXIX.

XXIX. “I AM NOT WORTHY”

XXX.

XXX. THE WHOLE

TO A CHILD

THE POET AND THE PESSIMIST

TEN SONNETS

I. THY SWEETNESS

II.

II. “BECAUSE THOU HAST NOT FEARED”

III.

III. THE VALLEY ROSES

IV.

IV. LONELY SEASONS

V. GLAD SEASONS

VI.

VI. “NOT IN THESE SONGS OF THEE”

VII.

VII. PERFECT UNION

VIII.

VIII. WEARINESS

IX.

IX. FIRST, BATTLE; THEN, WOMAN

X. AFTER BATTLE

AUGUST BLOSSOMS:

SONNET I AUGUST BLOSSOMS

II.

SONNET II FIRST LOVE

III.

SONNET III VENUS

IV.

SONNET IV GOD'S MESSAGE

SONNET V OMNIPRESENT LOVE

VI.

SONNET VI NATURE'S MESSENGERS

VII.

SONNET II “MAN IS NOT MOCKED”

SONNET III GOD, MAN, WOMAN

SONNET IV THE VICTORY

IV.

FOR EVER AND EVERMORE

A GIFT OF SPRING

AUTUMN MESSAGES

THE RIVER AND THE SEA

SONGS OF NIGHT TO MORNING

I. AT THE THEATRE

II.

II. AND YET

III.

III. “PERHAPS A DREAM IT IS”

IV.

IV. “THINK WHAT IT IS TO ME”

V. “AND SHALL I THEN COMPLAIN?”

II.

II.

A DEDICATION TO JOHN ALEXANDER BLENCOWE, MY OLDEST FRIEND

UPON THE PIER AT NIGHT

A SPIRIT

MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS

SONNET I TO THEE

SONNET II TO L. S. B.

SONNET III CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE

SONNET IV TO VICTOR HUGO

SONNET V ON READING “LES CONTEMPLATIONS” OF VICTOR HUGO

SONNET VI VICTOR HUGO'S RETURN TO FRANCE IN 1870

SONNET VII WORDSWORTH'S SONNETS ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

SONNET VIII LOUIS BONAPARTE

SONNET IX THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

SONNET X “IF EVER, ROUSED BY SOME INVADER'S TREAD”

SONNET XI THE CITY OF THE DEAD

SONNET XII ROSSETTI AND LONGFELLOW

SONNET XIII ENGLAND AND ITALY

SONNET XIV ART

SONNET XV THE SONG-BRIDE

SONNET XVI THE SPEECH OF THE DEAD MAN

SONNET XVII THE WORLD'S MODEL

SONNET XVIII THE FIRST KISS

SONNET XIX THE LAST KISS

SONNET XX MY ISLAND

SONNET XXI OUR LOVE-LEGACY

SONNET XXII “THOU ART THE SAME”

SONNET XXIII “THOU ART THE SAME”

SONNET XXIV THE MIRAGE-RIVER

SONNET XXV FIRST LOVE

SONNET XXVI NEW LANDS, NEW POETS

SONNET XXVII LOST RICHES

SONNET XXVIII EVEN IN HELL

SONNETS

I. “OUT OF PLACE” AND “IN PLACE”

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VI. A RED SEA-WEED (A NEW YEAR'S GIFT)

VII.

VII. ANOTHER HILL

VIII.

VIII. “MORE, MORE, HAD I THE POWER’

SPIRITUAL PASSION: TWO SONNETS

II.

THE BRIDEGROOM OF VENUS

I. ON THE PROPOSED CHANNEL TUNNEL

II.

II. WRITTEN AFTER SEEING MADAME SARAH BERNHARDT, AS DOÑA SOL IN VICTOR HUGO'S “HERNANI”

III.

III. LEON GAMBETTA

TO A YOUNG AMERICAN LADY

SONNET TO PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON

WRITTEN ON A WARM DAY IN DECEMBER

A SINGER'S EPITAPH

QUEEN BEAUTY

LIFE AND DEATH

IN TOWN AT THE END OF A LONDON SEASON

THE FLOWERS' FLIGHT

TWO SONNETS

I. SINKAT

II.

II. SINKAT AND MR. GLADSTONE

ONE LOOK

TO A FACE

MANY LOVES, YET EACH INTENSE

WORDSWORTH AND THE MODERN SCHOOL

SONNETS FROM THE ARABIC

SONNET I THE MOON-RIVAL

SONNET II THE HIGHEST LOVE

SONNET III “WE CANNOT SAVE ONE ANOTHER FROM DEATH”

SONNET IV A SUDDEN PANG

SONNET V GENIUS AND WOMANHOOD

SONNET VI THY NAME

SONNET VII “IT SEEMS SO STRANGE”

SONNET VIII MY WINGED MESSENGERS

SONNET IX SADNESS

SONNET X LOVE'S MIGHT

SONNET XI REST

SONNET XII THE STING OF DEATH

SONNET XIII “LOVE ALONE”

SONNET XIV LOVE AND SYMPATHY

SONNET XV “THE GREY DAWN”

SONNET XVI “PERHAPS ONE LOVE UNITES ALL”

SONNET XVII “AND NOW THE SAD THOUGHT”

SONNET XVIII “IF I DIE FIRST”

SONNET XIX “JUST ONE STAR”

SONNET XX “REST AT LAST”

II. TO ------ AND P. B. M.

III. ON READING “WIND-VOICES,” BY PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON

IV. TO P. B. M.

VI. TO P. B. M.

VII. THE LIGHT OF BATTLE, AND THE LIGHT OF LOVE

VIII. AN IDEAL POET

A HYMN OF IMMORTALITY

Vol. V: LOVED BEYOND WORDS

LOVED BEYOND WORDS

LOVE'S OFFERING

I. THE RAPTURE OF LOVE

II.

II. “THE RIGHT TO LOVE”

III.

III. “SO MANY STARS HAVE SHONE”

IV.

IV. “MORE THAN THESE”

V. NEW LIFE

VI.

VI. “ALL OVER LONDON NOW”

VII.

VII. THE INLAND-LOVE AND THE SEA-LOVE

VIII.

VIII. SURPRISED

IX.

IX. OTHER LOVES

X. ONE GIRL'S LAUGHTER

XI.

XI. FOR THEE

XII.

XII. A CHRISTMAS CARD

XIII.

XIII. “I PRAISED THE LORD OF LOVE”

XIV.

XIV. AT THE LAST

XV.

XV. RESURRECTION

XVI.

XVI. THE POET'S DEATH-GIFT

XVII.

XVII. “THOU KNOWEST NOT NOW”

XVIII.

XVIII. THE DEATH OF TYRANNY

XIX.

XIX. THE INEVITABLE END

XX.

XX. MY PRAYER

XXI.

XXI. SONG

XXII.

XXII. HOW CAN YOU UNDERSTAND?

XXIII.

XXIII. “IF I COULD DO SOME GREAT HIGH THING FOR THEE”

XXIV.

XXIV. “IF I MUST EVER CEASE”

XXV.

XXV. “HOW COULD I HELP IT?’

XXVI.

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXIX.

XXX.

XXX. THE LOVE-SONG OF THE SEA

XXXI.

XXXI. SONG'S INSUFFICIENCY

XXXII.

XXXII. WORDLESS

XXXIII.

XXXIII. THE GIFTLESS DAYS

XXXIV.

XXXIV. JUST ONCE

XXXV.

XXXV. THE FLOWER AND THE NIGHT

XXXVI.

XXXVI. TOO HARD TO BEAR

XXXVII.

XXXVII. FOR THEE AND ME

XXXVIII.

XXXVIII. O FACE!

XXXIX.

XXXIX. IS IT ALL IN VAIN?

XL.

XL. A BLIND MAN'S AGONY

XLI.

XLI. LOVE'S LONGING

XLII.

XLII. SAFE

XLIII.

XLIII. THE DEADLIEST PANG

XLIV.

XLIV. A FINAL BLESSING

II.

II.

II.

III.

III. THE SEA'S BLESSING

IV.

IV. “I THINK OF THEE”

V. “IF I HAD NEVER SEEN THEE!”

VI.

VI. “WHAT CAN I DO FOR THEE?”

VII.

VII. “I WANDERED ALL THROUGH HEAVEN”

VIII.

VIII. FROM THE THEATRE TO THE COUNTRY

IX.

IX. CENTRALISATION

X. “THE SUNSETS CAME TO ME”

XI.

XI. CONTRASTS

XII.

XII. ENGLISH ART

XIII.

XIII. THEE, THE CROWN OF HISTORY

XIV.

XIV. “WHEN BEAUTY LIKE THINE”

XV.

XV. THE REVOLT OF NATURE

XVI.

XVI. A SUNSET

XVII.

XVII. THE MARVELLOUS NIGHT

XVIII.

XVIII. FOR ONE HOUR

XIX.

XIX. A YEAR AGO

XX.

XX. GOD'S GOSPEL

XXI.

XXI. “THIS CHANGELESS GRACE”

XXII.

XXII. LOVE'S FINAL SWEETNESS

XXIII.

XXIII. “REMEMBER”

XXIV.

XXIV. MY LIFE'S BEST DEED

XXV.

XXV. STARLIGHT

XXVI.

XXVI. MY SONG

XXVII.

XXVII. NEVER

XXVIII.

XXVIII. THE PATH OF DEATH

XXIX.

XXIX. “YET THIS I ASK”

XXX.

XXX. “FATHER AND LOVER”

XXXI.

XXXI. MY ANCHOR

XXXII.

XXXII. “THIS THOU HAST TAUGHT ME”

XXXIII.

XXXIII. GOD'S LAURELS

XXXIV.

XXXIV. ANOTHER YEAR

XXXV.

XXXV. MY REWARD

XXXVI.

XXXVI. “HAUNTED FOR EVER”

XXXVII.

XXXVII. THE CROWNING GRACE

XXXVIII.

XXXVIII. PERFECT REST

XXXIX.

XXXIX. “IF CHRIST BE ‘RISEN INDEED’”

XL.

XL. MY POST

XLI.

XLI. STARS AND THE SUN

XLII.

XLIII.

XLIV.

XLV.

XLVI.

XLVI. “THEE I CANNOT ESCAPE”

XLVII.

XLVII. LATE IN LIFE

XLVIII.

XLVIII. ONLY AT TIMES

XLIX.

XLIX. WEARY

L. STRENGTH AND SWEETNESS

LI.

LI. “EVER UPON THY LIPS A GLEAM OF SADNESS LINGERS”

LII.

LII. LOVE'S TASK

LIII.

LIII. LOVE'S MESSAGE

LIV.

LIV. “HOW LITTLE DOES IT MATTER!”

LV.

LV. THE SUMMER AND LOVE

LVI.

LVI. THE DEATH OF ALL FLOWERS

LVII.

LVII. “MORE THAN THE FLOWERS FOR JUNE”

LVIII.

LVIII. LIKENESS IN UNLIKENESS

LIX.

LIX. FAIRY-TALES

LX.

LX. GIFTS

LXI.

LXI. STARS, AND STARS

LXII.

LXII. “SO GREAT A THING”

LXIII.

LXIII. SONG

LXIV.

LXIV. “IF SO THINE EYES WOULD NOT FORSAKE THE DREAM!”

LXV.

LXV. A DREAM

LXVI.

LXVI. MY LADY'S POST OF DANGER

LXVII.

LXVII. PAIN'S AGONY PASSES INTO AN AGONY OF LOVE

LXVIII.

LXVIII. “IS THIS TOO MUCHO?”

LXIX.

LXIX. THY DESCENT

LXX.

LXX. A WINTER'S DREAM

LXXI.

LXXI. THE DEATH OF SONG

LXXII.

LXXII. NOT IN VAIN

LXXIII.

LXXIII. MY SWEETEST BLOSSOM

LXXIV.

LXXIV. UNTRAVERSED TIME

LXXV.

LXXV. “IF ANY STRENGTH BE MINE”

LXXVI.

LXXVI. LOVE'S RIGHT

LXXVII.

LXXVII. A MASTERING AWE

LXXVIII.

LXXVIII. “A DIVINER FACE”

LXXIX.

LXXIX. EACH NIGHT

LXXX.

LXXX. LOVE

LXXXI.

LXXXI. LOVE'S SORROW

LXXXII.

LXXXII. “THOU ART ALIVE”

LXXXIII.

LXXXIII. CONCENTRATION

LXXXIV.

LXXXIV. “YET WHEN I STRIVE TO CEASE”

III.

LOVED BEYOND WORDS

LOVE'S PRAYER

I. “LOVE ME WITH THINE EYES’

II.

II. “FIGHT ON”

III.

III. OUR VICTORY

IV.

IV. “ONE AGAINST MANY”

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X. KNOWN, YET UNKNOWN

XI.

XI. MY QUEEN

XII.

XII. “NOW LET ME REST”

XIII.

XIII. SUPREME REPOSE

XIV.

XIV. “BE THOU HAPPY!”

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XIX. “YET MORE SWEET”

XX.

XX. THE WOMAN AND THE GIRL

XXI.

XXI. ART AND LOVE

XXII.

XXII. THE POET AND THE LADY

XXIII.

XXIII. GOD'S YEARNING

XXIV.

XXIV. LOVE'S OTHER HALF

XXV.

XXV. A DYING POET'S LOVE

XXVI.

XXVI. TWO DREAMS

XXVII.

XXVII. “IF ONLY THOU ART THERE!”

XXVII.

XXVIII. “BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD”

XXIX.

XXIX. PRAYER

XXX.

XXX. “ETERNAL BOYHOOD”

XXXI.

XXXI. JACOB AND RACHEL

XXXII.

XXXII. LOVE AND ART

XXXIII.

XXXIII. A POET'S SOUL

XXXIV.

XXXIV. ‘ACROSS THE STARS”

XXXV.

XXXV. THE SUPREME LOVE

XXXVI.

XXXVI. “LOVE'S INVINCIBILITY”

XXXVII.

XXXVII. A PRAYER FOR THE FUTURE

XXXVIII.

XXXVIII. “LIFE AND DEATH”

XXXIX.

XXXIX. THE ENDING OF LOVE'S QUEST

XL.

XL. “IF I HAD LOST THEE!”

XLI.

XLI. “THE HIGHEST GOAL”

XLII.

XLII. THY GIRLISH THOUGHTS

XLIII.

XLIII. THE VICTOR

XLIV.

XLIV. “THINE HIGHEST LOVE”

XLV.

XLV. FLOWER AND FRUIT

XLVI.

XLVI. “FORSAKE ME NOT”

XLVII.

XLVII. THY REWARD

XLVIII.

XLVIII. AGONY

XLIX.

XLIX. “UPON THE SEA!”

L. “JOY AND TEARS”

LI.

LI. SONG

LII.

LII. GREAT AND SMALL

LIII.

LIII. “THE LORD WATCH BETWEEN ME AND THEE!”

LIV.

LIV. JEWELS

LV.

LV. “IF THOU WILT LOVE ME, LOVE”

LVI.

LVI. THY WOMANHOOD

LVII.

LVII. THE FRONTIER-POST

LVIII.

LVIII. ANOTHER YEAR

LIX.

LIX. “THE ARMY BEHIND THE MAN”

LX.

LX. LOVE'S SILENCE

LXI.

LXI. OUT OF SIGHT OF LAND

LXII.

LXII. GOD AND MAN

LXIII.

LXIII. MUTUAL LOVE

LXIV.

LXIV. CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS MINISTERS

LXV.

LXV. EVEN IN HEAVEN

LXVI.

LXVI. BEAUTY OF SOUL

LXVII.

LXVII. LOVE UNDREAMED-OF

LXVIII.

LXVIII. “THE DIVINE IN THEE”

AN EPITAPH

VI.

Vol VI: THE PAGEANT OF LIFE

TWO CHRISTMAS SONGS

I. SONG OF THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM

II.

II. SONG OF WOMEN-SPIRITS

I. A SOUTHERN VENGEANCE

II.

III.

IV.

Part I. THE AGONY OF YOUTH

I. IN LONDON.

II.

II. AT OXFORD. SIX WEEKS LATER.

III.

III. LONDON. IN JUNE AND JULY.

II.

Part II. THE AGONY OF MANHOOD

II.

II.

III.

IV.

I. CHRIST, AND THE POET

II.

II. CHRIST, AND THE LOVER

III.

III. CHRIST, AND THE MAN OF GENIUS

IV.

IV. CHRIST, AND THE POOR MAN

V. CHRIST, AND THE SOCIAL REFORMER

VI.

VI. CHRIST, AND THE KING

VII.

VII. CHRIST, AND THE PHILOSOPHER

VIII.

VIII. CHRIST, AND THE LOST WOMAN

A VOICE FROM HEAVEN

NATURE AND HUMANITY

I. NATURE

I. SONG OF THE FLOWERS

II.

II. SONG OF THE RIVERS

III.

III. SONG OF THE SEA

II.

IV.

IV. SONG OF THE STARS

II.

II. HUMANITY

I. VOICES OF HUMANITY

I. CHANT OF POSITIVISTS

II.

II. CHANT OF CHRISTIANS

III.

III. CHANT OF POETS

IV.

IV. CHANT OF WOMEN

II.

II. BALLADS OF HUMAN LIFE

I. BLUE-BELLS

II.

II. THE TOURNAMENT

III.

III. CHRISTMAS FAIRIES

IV.

IV. TWO NIGHTS

V. LOVE'S ETERNITY

VI.

VI. MIDNIGHT AT THE HELM

VII.

VII. THE GHOST AT THE WHEEL

VIII.

VIII. THE SENTRY

IX.

IX. THE ENGINE DRIVER

X. ON THE RAMPARTS

XI.

XI. THE EXPLORER

XII.

XII. THE BURNING SHIP

II.

I. THE SONG OF ABOU KLEA

II.

II. ENGLAND HO! FOR ENGLAND

III.

III. THE WORKMAN-KING

IV.

IV. RETROSPECT

V. TWO NESTS

VI.

VI. THE PATHWAY OF LIFE

VII.

VII. THE PILOT'S WIFE

VIII.

VIII. THE DEAD CHILD

IX.

IX. THE SHADOW AT THE DOOR

X. SADNESS AND GLADNESS

XI.

XI. NEAR AT HAND

XII.

XII. LOVE AND DEATH

III.

III. LYRICS OF LOVE AND PASSION

II.

III.

IV.

V. “WILT THOU REMEMBER?”

VI.

VI. FOR EVER YOUNG

VII.

VII. AUTUMNAL LOVE

VIII.

VIII. “GIVE ME THAT ROSE!”

IX.

IX. A TUFT OF MEADOW-SWEET

X. A HEART IN ARMOUR

XI.

XI. AT REST

XII.

XII. LOVE THE CONQUEROR

XIII.

XIII. “MY ALL!”

XIV.

XIV. “LOVERS STILL!”

XV.

XV. “AH! ONCE I THOUGHT I LOVED THE ROSE”

XVI.

XVI. “WHY SEEK FOR LOVE BEYOND THE SKY?”

NOCTURNE

ADAM AND EVE

CHRIST

II.

CHORUS OF SPIRITS OF LIGHT

II.

VII.

Vol VII: FROM DAWN TO SUNSET

II.

II “THE BRIGHT YOUNG DAYS”

III.

III. THE LAND EVERLASTING

IV.

IV. AUTUMN WAILINGS

V. THE TEARLESS DAYS

VI.

VI. CHANGELESS LOVE

VII.

VII. PAIN'S CONSTANCY

VIII.

VIII. “IF ONLY THOU ART TRUE!”

IX.

IX. A DREAM OF A FLOWER

X CONSUMMATION

XI.

XI. BLACKBERRY PICKING

XII.

XII. RED LEAVES AND GREEN LEAVES

XIII.

XIII. SISTER ROSES

XIV.

XIV. SPRING AND AUTUMN

XV.

XV. SHOREHAM CHURCH

XVI.

XVI. A BALLAD OF WINTER

XVII.

XVII. THE GOLDEN ISLES

XVIII.

XVIII. THE GOLDEN CARP

XIX.

XIX. AUTUMN LEAVES

XX.

XX. HARROW HILL

XXI.

XXI. CHURCH-BELLS

XXII.

XXII. THE VOICE OF THE RIVER

XXIII.

XXIII. LIFE'S LAST GIFT

I. REPRESENTATIVE SOUNDS

II.

II. REPRESENTATIVE COLOURS

THE LAST FAREWELL

ON THE DEATH OF DR. CUMMING

HARROW v. ETON AT LORD'S

VENUS AND THE EVANGELISTS

II.

III.

IV.

SONNET TO ERNEST BIRCH

II.

III.

III. THE SECOND PARADISE

IV.

IV. THE SECOND FALL

DEAD FLOWERS

THE SINGERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

LOVE'S PLEADING

“AMONG THE WILDWOOD BOWERS”

LOVE'S GIFTS

FAREWELL!

“THE SWEETEST LOVE IS OVER”

LOVE'S CHOICE

A POET'S VENGEANCE

“THE ETERNAL SILENCE”

THREE SONNETS

I. LOVE, AND DREAMS OF LOVE

II.

II. SWEETER

III.

III. LOVE'S FINAL POWERS

“NEVER FAREWELL TO THEE!”

THE ETERNAL LIFE

THE ACTIVE DEAD

THE CROWN OF DEATH

THE REAL AND THE IDEAL

CHARLES GEORGE GORDON:

THE DIRECT AND THE INDIRECT TOUCH

“THE MIGHTY MANY-SOUNDING ENGLISH SEA”

DEATH AND LOVE

BURIED FLOWERS

“WILL YOU GET ME SOME FAIRY-TALES?”

DRAMATIC DIALOGUES

II.

III.

BORN UPON NEW YEAR'S DAY

THE WOMANHOOD OF THE FUTURE

“HAVE FAITH IN TRUTH”

THE INSPIRING SPIRITS

TO ------

“THE PURE IN HEART”

THE BACKGROUND OF LANDSCAPE

SOUL TO SOUL, IN HELL

VIII.

TO MY FRIEND ARTHUR HERVEY

THE SUN

A YOUNG GIRL'S DREAM

THE FEAST OF LANTERNS

I. THE LANTERNS

II.

II. A VOICE FROM THE SEA

III. THE DAY AFTER

KING SOLOMON

JOHN HENRY NEWMAN AND VICTOR HUGO

SONG

A LOST MOTHER

[dedication]

[This time last year, mother, thou wast with me—]

A LOST MOTHER

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXIX.

XXX.

XXXI.

XXXII.

XXXIII.

XXXIV.

XXXV.

XXXVI.

XXXVII.

XXXVIII.

XXXIX.

XL.

XLI.

XLII.

XLIII.

XLIV.

XLV.

XLVI.

XLVII.

XLVIII.

XLIX.

LI.

LII.

LIII.

LIV.

LV.

LVI.

LVII.

LVIII.

LIX.

LX.

LXI.

LXII.

LXIII.

LXIV.

LXV.

LXVI.

LXVII.

LXVIII.

LXIX.

LXX.

LXXI.

LXXII.

LXXIII.

LXXIV.

LXXV.

LXXVI.

LXXVII.

LXXVIII.

LXXIX.

LXXX.

LXXXI.

LXXXII.

LXXXIII.

LXXXIV.

LXXXV.

LXXXVI.

LXXXVII.

LXXXVIII.

LXXXIX.

XC.

XCI.

XCII.

XCIII.

XCIV.

XCV.

XCVI.

XCVII.

XCVIII.

XCIX.

CI.

CII.

THE STORY OF THE LIFE OF CALEB SMITH THE METHODIST MINISTER

TO THE UNIVERSE-GOD

IX.

Vol. IX

TO THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND

WOMANHOOD AND MANHOOD

“HEAVEN IS NO LAND REMOTE”

“ONLY THE STARS AND SEA”

“DRIFTING ALONE”

THE WOMANHOOD OF FRANCE

THE LONELY YEARNING

MARRIAGE

CHRIST'S WOMANHOOD

“DEATH EQUALIZES ALL”

THE PERSONALITY OF WOMAN

THE STAR-GARDENS

TRUST

TILL DEATH

“THE HOUR LONG WAITED FOR”

“THE SONG OF THE BELLS”

SONNET To my Wife, on the Seventeenth Anniversary of our Wedding Day

“DREAM-LOVE”

SHELLEY

THE TRIUMPH OF THE BARDS:

THE FOUNTS OF SONG

FROM ETERNITY TO ETERNITY

ONCE MORE

“HER LAST COURT”

THE PALACE OF THE DEAD

“HOPE DIES’

TWO SONNETS WRITTEN AFTER WITNESSING SARAH BERNHARDT'S PERFORMANCE OF THE PART OF “LA TOSCA”

II.

A GREETING

“LOVE YIELDS HIS SLAVES UP NEVER”

SONNET To L. Cranmer-Byng

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VII. “FAR IN THE YEARS BEHIND”

VIII.

VIII. RUSHLIGHT LOVE

IX.

IX. WAITING

X. “GOOD-NIGHT!”

“THE WAY THE WORLD GOES ROUND”

THE ROSE AND THE LILY

“HOW SWEET THE WORLD CAN BE!”

THE RIVER'S BRIDE

HELL

SONNET To L. Cranmer-Byng

“WHEN ALL THE WORLD IS BRIGHT WITH MORN”

SONNET I “ALONE WITH TRUTH”

SONNET II THE ROSE

SONNET III ONE GODDESS

SONNET IV ÉMILE ZOLA

SONNET V “O SPIRIT OF TRUTH”

SONNET VI FOR A DREAM

THE LIFE ETERNAL

THE LATE BISHOP OF DURHAM

II.

“GOD'S HOLIEST SHRINE”

“THE DREAM THAT WE BEHELD”

“THE SOUL'S EMBRACE”

“LOST PARADISE”

“THE ASTRAL BODY”

II.

“WE CANNOT ESTIMATE THE WORTH OF THINGS”

LINES WRITTEN BY ONE GRADUALLY GROWING BLIND

Vol. X

SONNETS (1870-1882)

SONNET I BEAUTY'S SPLENDOUR

II.

SONNET II THE LOVE OF THE FUTURE

III.

SONNET III CONFESSION OF MY FAITH

IV.

SONNET IV CONFESSION OF MY FAITH

SONNET V THE CHASE OF BEAUTY

VI.

SONNET VI THE PURPLE WINGS

VII.

SONNET VII THE WAKING OF BEAUTY

VIII.

SONNET VIII POESY

IX.

SONNET IX POESY

SONNET X “PRAISE BEAUTY!”

XI.

SONNET XI “PRAISE BEAUTY!”

XII.

SONNET XII THE ROSE OF NIGHT

XIII.

SONNET XIII A HORROR AND A CALM

XIV.

SONNET XIV A MARRIAGE PRAYER

XV.

SONNET XV LOVE'S RELIEF

XVI.

SONNET XVI THINE HANDS

XVII.

SONNET XVII WHITE AND BLACK

XVIII.

SONNET XVIII YEARNING AND ITS MUSIC-ANSWER

XIX.

SONNET XIX YEARNING AND ITS MUSIC-ANSWER

XX.

SONNET XX PSYCHE'S ZONE

XXI.

SONNET XXI PURSUIT AND CAPTURE

XXII.

SONNET XXII AN EMBODIED MUSIC

XXIII.

SONNET XXIII “THOU SHALT DRAW ME”

XXIV.

SONNET XXIV DAY BY DAY

XXV.

SONNET XXV “GRECIAN AND ENGLISH”

XXVI.

SONNET XXVI “ANGER IS OFTTIMES HOLY”

XXVII.

SONNET XXVII “BORN OUT OF DUE TIME”

XXVIII.

SONNET XXVIII MY GIFT

ENGLAND AND PALESTINE

NINETEENTH CENTURY SONNETS

II.

III.

IV.

PRIESTS AND POETS

“IN A STRANGE DREAM”

A DEATH-SONG

TO THE SPIRIT OF BEAUTY

TO THE UNKNOWN FATHER OF JESUS

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VI. “SUMMER IN HIS SONG”

VII.

VII. “ONE HOUR OF MAY'S”

VIII.

VIII. “IF I GO FIRST”

IX.

IX. “CHRISTMAS EVE AND NEW YEAR'S DAY”

X. ARMED FOR THE BATTLE

XI.

XI. MY SEA-BIRD

XII.

XII. REST AT LAST

XIII.

XIII. THE HIGHER LOVE

XIV.

XIV. “JUST A YEAR”

XV.

XV. “PASSION BLOSSOMS, THEN DIES”

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XX. “FORGIVE, FORGET”

XXI.

XXI. “THE HEART OF MAY”

XXII.

XXII. SPRING

XXIII.

XXIII. ONE DAY IN SPRING

XXIV.

XXIV. A SPRING-SONG

XXV.

XXV. “LOVE'S GREETING FROM THE SEA”

XXVI.

XXVI. PURENESS' CROWN

XXVII.

XXVII. MAY-DAY

XXVIII.

XXVIII. “TWO RUBIES”

A DAY AND A NIGHT IN ROME

TO S. THORNE

I. LINES WRITTEN IN MID WINTER

II.

II. A NEW YEAR'S GREETING

III.

III. “THY LIPS ON MINE!”

IV.

IV. THE SIBYL

V. A YEAR OF LOVE

VI.

VI. MY “DUCHESS”

VII.

VII. SINGER AND SINGER

VIII.

VIII. A BIRTHDAY

IX.

IX. “A YOUNG GIRL'S HEART”

A MAN'S VENGEANCE

THE GOSPEL OF SCIENCE

“THE RED ROSE HATH ITS SPLENDOUR”

THE CONQUEST OF DEATH

GOD'S DIRECT VOICE

TWO SONNETS

I. ON THE IMPENDING EXECUTION OF FLORENCE MAYBRICK

II.

II.

ON THE RUMOURED RESIGNATION OF LORD SALISBURY

WAR AND PEACE

“MELODRAMATIC, OVER-SWEET.”— A Critic.

“THE GREATER NEEDS THE LESS”

TO PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON

“HEROD” AND “ULYSSES”

TWO SONNETS

[dedication]

I. “TIME'S FLOWERS AND FRUIT”

II.

II. “INTERPRETERS SUPREME”

NEMESIS

A CORONATION POEM

“NOT BY THE CONQUEST OF THE WORLD”

THE INDELIBLE STAIN

“THIS EMPIRE'S CORONATION ROBES”

“THIS THOUGHT”

THE ANGLO-JAPANESE TREATY

KRITZINGER

THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, AND ITS FRUITS

“BEWARE!”

VICTOR HUGO'S CENTENARY

THE CENTENARY OF ALEXANDRE DUMAS PÈRE

IRELAND

SONNETS (1902)

SONNET I “HEROES HOMERIC”

II.

SONNET II THE EDUCATION BILL

III.

SONNET III “IN ART'S HIGH NAME”

IV.

SONNET IV RE-INCARNATE ENEMIES

SONNET V “PALE TIME IS NOUGHT”

VI.

SONNET VI THE UNSEEN STRUGGLE

VII.

SONNET VII ENGLAND AND ART

VIII.

SONNET VIII “FOR FRANCE”

IX.

SONNET IX TO VIOLET

SONNET X “REMEMBER”

XI.

SONNET XI “FOR GOOD OR EVIL”

XII.

SONNET XII Written on the evening of the Coronation Day of King Edward the Seventh.

XIII.

SONNET XIII “WOE TO THE MAN”

XIV.

SONNET XIV “IS THERE REDEMPTION?”

XV.

SONNET XV THE SONS OF SCIENCE

XVI.

SONNET XVI CHRIST'S METHOD

XVII.

SONNET XVII UNIVERSE-SWEETNESS

XVIII.

SONNET XVIII

XIX.

SONNET XIX

XX.

SONNET XX “CONFLICTING GODS”

XXI.

SONNET XXI “THE DIVINE FEMININE”

XXII.

SONNET XXII THE VIRGIN MARY

“WHEN THE ROSE BECOMES INCARNATE”

“PERFECT SLEEP”

“THE ANGEL”

ON THE DEATH OF ÉMILE ZOLA

HUGO AND ZOLA

EIGHTEEN SONNETS (1903)

SONNET I HECTOR MACDONALD

II.

SONNET II “WHEN MACEDONIA RISES”

III.

SONNET III TO A GREAT POET

IV.

SONNET IV “IN FRANCE ALONE!”

SONNET V “LOVE AND BEAUTY”

VI.

SONNET VI BEAUTY AND HOLINESS

VII.

SONNET VII TO A BROTHER POET

VIII.

SONNET VIII THE WORLD-CONQUEROR

IX.

SONNET IX THE ELEMENTAL SOUL

SONNET X CHRIST AND APOLLO

XI.

SONNET XI “LONDON I LOVED”

XII.

SONNET XII “THE ENGLISH SPIRIT IS CHANGED”

XIII.

SONNET XIII JOHN MORLEY

XIV.

SONNET XIV WILLIAM WATSON

XV.

SONNET XV “WHERE RUSKIN DREAMED”

XVI.

SONNET XVI “THE DREAM DIVINE”

XVII.

SONNET XVII “RECORD!”

XVIII.

SONNET XVIII A LAST WORD

XI.

I THE UNIVERSE-CENTRE

“WHEN LIFE WAS YOUNG”

A POET AND A STATESMAN

ARMAGEDDON

FOUNDER'S DAY AT HARROW

FOUR SONNETS ON MACEDONIA

I ENGLAND'S MOMENT

II.

II A TRIPLE ALLIANCE

III.

III TO THE POPE

IV.

IV TO THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND

“IF BUT THE DEAD WERE LIFTED QUITE”

CHINESE LABOUR IN SOUTH AFRICA

WORDSWORTH'S FOREBODING

THE UNPARDONABLE CRIME

SONGLESS

THE NEW DANGER

THE VAIN SEARCH

ON THE BISHOP OF HEREFORD'S SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, AGAINST CHINESE SLAVERY

TO A SILENT SINGER

TO THE AUTHOR OF “FOR ENGLAND”

THE BATTLE OF THE SEA OF JAPAN

II.

II.

TO THE MEMORY OF A GREAT QUEEN

II.

TO THE MEMORY OF A GREAT QUEEN

III.

TO THE MEMORY OF A GREAT QUEEN

IV.

TO THE MEMORY OF A GREAT QUEEN

ON THE MURDER OF THE KING AND CROWN PRINCE OF PORTUGAL

THE WRESTLE FOR A SOUL

TO THE REV. STOPFORD A. BROOKE, ON HIS LEAVING THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

THE ONLY REST

NO MORE

NOT CHRIST, BUT CHRIST'S GOD

A DEDICATION TO LOUISA S. BEVINGTON

THE HUMAN LITANY

FROM CHURCH TO THE SEA

SONNET I MARY MAGDALENE

II.

SONNET II TO IRELAND

III.

SONNET III A SON TO A MOTHER

IV.

SONNET IV IN VENICE

SONNET V GOD AND WOMAN

VI.

SONNET VI FORSAKEN

VII.

SONNET VII “GOD LOVES ALL THINGS”

PASSION AND LOVE

VIII.

SONNET VIII I PASSION

IX.

SONNET IX II LOVE

SONNET X THE LONELY SENTINEL

XI.

SONNET XI A LOVER TO HIS MISTRESS

XII.

SONNET XII THE ANCIENT MOON

XIII.

SONNET XIII TWO NIGHTS

XIV.

SONNET XIV BETHLEHEM AND THE GREEN PARK

XV.

SONNET XV “IF ONE COULD LIVE FOR EVER!”

XVI.

SONNET XVI THIS CENTURY,—AND THE NEXT

XVII.

SONNET XVII LOVE THAT ENDURES

“IF I WERE AS OLD AS YOU!”

CROSS-PURPOSES

POST-MORTEM SURPRISES

II.

“THE SAME FLOWERS BUD, THE SAME FLOWERS BLOW”

“WHEN ALL THE TOIL IS ENDED”

MAN AND THE DEMIURGUS

“IT WERE BETTER FOR HIM—”

II.

II.

“THINE EYES SHALL SEE THE KING!”

SONNET I THE FACES OF THE FUTURE

II.

SONNET II SHOULD I NOT RETURN?

III.

SONNET III THE CERTAIN SKY

IV.

SONNET IV DEATH TRANSFORMED

SONNET V DEATH'S TENDERNESS

GOLDEN SHEAVES

“THE ENDING OF THE DAY”

“A SOUL'S PURE RADIANCE”

“THE DEAD HAVE NOT DEPARTED”

“CAN I FORGET?”

SONGS OF ENGLAND AWAKING

ENGLAND AWAKING

A PROTEST

LE FAUX BONHOMME

LORD ROBERTS' SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS

THE MODERN WOMAN

THE PATRIOT VOTER

POWDER AND PATRIOTISM

SONNET I A PRIME MINISTER

II.

SONNET II A PRAYER

III.

SONNET III A CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

IV.

SONNET IV PERFECT IGNOMINY

SONNET V VICTORY

VI.

SONNET VI “ONCE AGAIN”

VII.

SONNET VII A LIBERAL PROGRAMME

VIII.

SONNET VIII “BRAVE WORDS!”

IX.

SONNET IX OUR “MODERATES”

SONNET X THE CHARGE OF THE PEERS' BRIGADE

XI.

SONNET XI FIELD-MARSHAL EARL ROBERTS

XII.

SONNET XII M. MÉLINE AND MR. ASQUITH

XIII.

SONNET XIII ENGLAND DECADENT

XIV.

SONNET XIV CHRISTMAS, 1910

XV.

SONNET XV THERE AND HERE

XVI.

SONNET XVI THE WRITING ON THE WALL

XVII.

SONNET XVII THE DECLARATION OF LONDON

TWO SONNETS

XVIII.

SONNET XVIII FOR CORONATION DAY, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1911.

XIX.

SONNET XIX FOR CORONATION DAY, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1911.

XX.

SONNET XX THE GREAT BETRAYAL

XXI.

SONNET XXI THE NAVAL PRIZE BILL

XXII.

SONNET XXII WOMAN SUFFRAGE

SONG FOR THE BOYS OF BRITAIN

THE HIGHER WOMAN

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A SPIRIT

A spirit wandered through the earth, and found
No rest from pain:—
He longed to widen outward without bound
Or check or chain!

He longed to be as God,—with Godlike soul
To dare and do;
To touch some passionate and Godlike goal
Untouched and new.

He longed to bind around his brow the flowers
Of all sweet songs
And all the pleasures of soft moonlit hours,
And sunlit throngs

Of ardent dreams. One life was not enough:
More he must know.
Calm seas are sweet; but sweeter are the rough
Great tides that grow!

Blue waves are lovely; but the iron-grey
Tumultuous tides
That lash the granite of the deadly bay
And smite its sides,

These have a kinglier charm for kingly souls:
The plunging seas
When over them the North wind's chariot rolls
Delight all these.

And so all uncontent with sunlit lands
This spirit must seek
Rapture where tossing waves with grey salt hands
Search many a creek.

The laurel-crown that God upon white brow
For ever wears,
This he had envy of; and of the bow
Apollo bears.

Him nought but being God, or being part
Of God, would e'er
Content: for limitless was his wide heart,
Like chainless air.

And not one soul of woman could content
Nor prison him.
They held!—Then suddenly the walls were rent
And, free of limb,

He darted forth,—and o'er all history's bowers
Would linger long:
He touched fair Rosamond with lips like flowers
And flowerlike song.

And deep within the Scotch queen's ardent eyes
He gazed, and deep
Within the eyes of Helen; and his sighs
Smote Venus' sleep.

Yet he was not content:—is God content?
Can ever he
By whom all suns and clouds and storms are sent
And all blue sea

And all grey storm-struck waters, and all sweet
Triumphant air
Of summer when the breaths of roses meet
And laughter rare

Of tall white shining lilies rings around
The garden's hem;—
Can God who moulds and sends these things be bound
By bonds of them?

Is God who sways all far-off starry bowers
With one content?
Is his soul satiate with one planet's flowers
And tired and spent?

Nay! rather through wild maze of star on star
God wanders long:—
And so this spirit, fatigueless, wandered far,
Crowned with his song.

God twines his hand in the strange fiery hair
Of stars unseen
And robes him with unknown and virgin air:—
This spirit hath been

Along the unknown and awful road with God
Where planets wait,—
And he the sun's gold morning-path hath trod,
And through the gate

Of sunset hath he passed. Some singers long
To be inspired
By dead great poets, and to catch their song:
But he desired

To widen day by day and night by night
His own soul far
Beyond the reach of rays of previous light,
Be it sun or star.

Had others nobly sung? Then he would sing,
But not as they:
Not with another's,—with its own bright wing
Athwart the spray

The glimmering sea-bird glides: the English seas
Are still the same
As when, soft-tongued as the soft English breeze,
Our Shelley came,

And never hath the red rose dropped one tint
Of perfect bloom
For sorrow at death of Keats, or given one hint
Of added gloom.

No. New for singer new the morning shines
Down hill and vale,
And the red sunrise through the pillared pines
Flames an All-hail!

What was the past? Like God he would begin
Creation now,
And wind all leaves of love his heart might win
Round untouched brow;

And sweep into his stores all blossoms pale
And blossoms bright;
And sing as though he first of all cried “Hail,
Thou first morn's light!”

And sing as though the flowers of Eden shone
Before his gaze,
And Eve's white figure wandered through the wan
Soft twilight ways—

And sing as though four red lips never yet
Had fastened fast:—
For him the grass with dewy dawn was wet;
There was no past.

The golden future gleamed before his sight,
And woman there,
With pure eyes like the matchless morning light,
But far more fair,

Stood waiting,—and his being's task was still
To follow through
All lives her form, and mould her to his will
With passion true.

For he who knoweth woman knoweth God:
Who knoweth a rose
The inmost Holy of holies' floors hath trod
And found repose.

God in his heaven of heavens was restless till
He fashioned her,
And on her form put forth his utmost skill
And tenderest care.

But when he saw her stand alive and white,
His great heart leapt
With sudden joy: he marvelled at the sight,—
And then he wept.

For she was fairer than God's utmost dreams,
Though these be fair:
And still with the eternal magic gleams
Her soft thick hair:

And still her eyes have more than mortal power
All hearts to draw,
And still her lips are like a living flower,
Full of sweet awe.

In each new city of earth this spirit found
A life new-born:
With fillets of fresh flowers his head was crowned
At every morn.

Death he knew not of,—nor the thought of death:
For soft lips made
His heart eternal with their tender breath
And loving aid.

Each morning through the waves of being he
Could plunge anew
And bathe wide soul-limbs in the tameless sea,—
And round him grew

A host of recollections starry-eyed,
Like living things
Through leafage on a summer night descried
With mothlike wings.

So his life deepened, and became no more
A thing of earth,
But a tide rippling on some heavenly shore
With silvery mirth.

And he could widen into life divine
With strange delight:—
As when one leaves green larch and beech and pine
And lilies white

And flowers of all the valleys and the hills
And maiden-hair
And silvery tossing laughing reckless rills
And mountain air

And forests where the fairies dance in rings
And smooth soft dales
And trunks whereto the golden lichen clings
And daisied vales:

As when one leaves all these, and with divine
Deep joy past speech
Sees the long white unsearchable foam-line
Fringe the far beach,—

And, after, steering outward, hears the song
Of the sea-breeze
And thanks God for the absence of the throng
Of stifling trees!

Those close-branched choking trees and woods ashore:
Yes, all their flowers
Were never half so sweet as these dim hoar
Waste foam-bell showers!

The houseless plain receives us, and we sail
For ever on,
Till night at the first trembling kiss grows pale
Of morning wan.

Flower-scents to him were rapture, bringing dreams
No word could tell:—
Where for wild miles the gold furze-blossom gleams
And its rich smell

Fills all the air, he wandered, with delight
Supreme: a rose
By its mere scent could charm the summer night
To strange repose;

And the red honeysuckle 'mid its peers,
That wafted him
A scented lovely kiss, made sacred tears
Rise and o'erbrim.

And all the gods of every land shone real
Before his gaze;
Each nation's fairest dream and highest ideal
He crowned with lays.

White Venus lightly stepped our reeds between,
And Pan was there,
And all old goddesses, bright queen on queen,
Living and fair.

And for each soul,—yea, every living thing,—
Justice he sought.
Prometheus-like he stood before heaven's king
And feared not aught.

For every petal of each flower he claimed
Justice entire,
And for each pale heart stricken and ashamed,
Each bud, each briar.

He saw and said that till all souls are white
And all at peace
God's robes and hands are red and marred of might,—
Till all sighs cease.

For with creation God its king is one;
And the king weeps
At death of butterfly, and lapse of sun,
And war's rank heaps:

For this is greatness—not to miss the small,
Beholding great
Events and creatures,—but to hold them all,
One equal Fate.

So nothing can escape God's endless hand;
No red sea-flower,
Nor heart of man or woman, nor rent land,
Nor ravished bower.

August, 1882.