The poems and prose remains of Arthur Hugh Clough ::

The poems and prose remains of Arthur Hugh Clough

With a selection from his letters and a memoir: Edited by his wife: In two volumes: With a portrait

Clough, Arthur Hugh (1819-1861)

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VOL. II. POEMS

EARLY POEMS.

THOUGHTS OF HOME.

AN EVENING WALK IN SPRING.

‘BLANK MISGIVINGS OF A CREATURE MOVING ABOUT IN WORLDS NOT REALISED.’

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VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

παντα ρει: ουδεν μενει.

THE SILVER WEDDING.

THE MUSIC OF THE WORLD AND OF THE SOUL.

LOVE, NOT DUTY.

LOVE AND REASON.

Ο Θεος μετα σου!

WIRKUNG IN DER FERNE.

‘WEN GOTT BETRÜGT, IST WOHL BETROGEN.’

POEMS ON RELIGIOUS AND BIBLICAL SUBJECTS.

FRAGMENTS OF THE MYSTERY OF THE FALL.

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III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

‘WITH WHOM IS NO VARIABLENESS, NEITHER SHADOW OF TURNING.’

IN STRATIS VIARUM.

‘PERCHÈ PENSA? PENSANDO S'INVECCHIA.’

‘O THOU OF LITTLE FAITH.’

‘THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY.’

AH! YET CONSIDER IT AGAIN!

NOLI ÆMULARI.

‘WHAT WENT YE OUT FOR TO SEE?’

II.

PROLOGUE TO DIPSYCHUS.

II.

III.

IV.

II.

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III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

EPILOGUE TO DIPSYCHUS.

II.

III.

POEMS ON LIFE AND DUTY.

DUTY.

LIFE IS STRUGGLE.

IN THE GREAT METROPOLIS.

THE LATEST DECALOGUE.

THE QUESTIONING SPIRIT.

BETHESDA.

HOPE EVERMORE AND BELIEVE!

BLESSED ARE THEY THAT HAVE NOT SEEN!

παντα ρει: ουδεν μενει.

THE STREAM OF LIFE.

IN A LONDON SQUARE.

THE BOTHIE OF TOBER-NA-VUOLICH: A LONG-VACATION PASTORAL.

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III.

III

IV.

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VII.

VII

VIII.

VIII

IX.

IDYLLIC SKETCHES.

ITE DOMUM SATURÆ, VENIT HESPERUS.

I. Claude to Eustace.

II.

II. Claude to Eustace.

III.

III. Georgina Trevellyn to Louisa ---.

IV.

IV. Claude to Eustace.

V. Claude to Eustace.

VI.

VI. Claude to Eustace.

VII.

VII. Claude to Eustace.

VIII.

VIII. Claude to Eustace.

IX.

IX. Claude to Eustace.

X. Claude to Eustace.

XI.

XI. Claude to Eustace.

XII.

XII. Claude to Eustace.

XIII.

XIII. Georgina Trevellyn to Louisa ---.

P.S. by Mary Trevellyn.

[epilogue]

II.

CANTO II.

[prologue]

I. Claude to Eustace.

II.

II. Claude to Eustace.

III.

III. Claude to Eustace.

IV.

IV. Claude to Eustace.

V. Claude to Eustace.

VI.

VI. Claude to Eustace.

VII.

VII. Claude to Eustace.

VIII.

VIII. Georgina Trevellyn to Louisa ---.

IX.

IX. Claude to Eustace.

X. Claude to Eustace.

XI.

XI. Claude to Eustace.

XII.

XII. Claude to Eustace.

XIII.

XIII. Claude to Eustace.

XIV.

XIV. Claude to Eustace.

XV.

XV. Georgina Trevellyn to Louisa ---.

P.S. by Mary Trevellyn.

P.S. by Georgina Trevellyn.

[epilogue]

III.

CANTO III.

[prologue]

I. Mary Trevellyn to Miss Roper,—on the way to Florence.

II.

II. Claude to Eustace,—from Rome.

III.

III. Claude to Eustace.

IV.

IV. Claude to Eustace.

V. Mary Trevellyn to Miss Roper,—from Florence.

VI.

VI. Claude to Eustace.

VII.

VII. Claude to Eustace.

VIII.

VIII. Claude to Eustace.

IX.

IX. Claude to Eustace.

X. Claude to Eustace.

XI.

XI. Claude to Eustace.

XII.

XII. Mary Trevellyn to Miss Roper.

XIII.

XIII. Claude to Eustace.

[epilogue]

IV.

CANTO IV.

[prologue]

I. Claude to Eustace,—from Florence.

II.

II. Claude to Eustace,—from Bellaggio.

III.

III. Claude to Eustace,—from Bellaggio.

IV.

IV. Claude to Eustace,—from Bellaggio.

V. Claude to Eustace,—from Bellaggio.

VI.

VI. Mary Trevellyn, from Lucerne, to Miss Roper, at Florence.

[epilogue]

CANTO V.

[prologue]

I. Mary Trevellyn, at Lucerne, to Miss Roper, at Florence.

II.

II. Claude to Eustace.

III.

III. Mary Trevellyn to Miss Roper,—at Lucca Baths.

IV.

IV. Claude to Eustace.

V. Claude to Eustace.

VI.

VI. Claude to Eustace.

VII.

VII. Mary Trevellyn to Miss Roper.

VIII.

VIII. Claude to Eustace.

IX.

IX. Claude to Eustace.

X. Claude to Eustace,—from Rome.

XI.

XI. Mary Trevellyn to Miss Roper.

[epilogue]

SEVEN SONNETS ON THE THOUGHT OF DEATH.

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VI.

VII.

VII

MARI MAGNO OR TALES ON BOARD.

[A youth was I. An elder friend with me]

THE LAWYER'S FIRST TALE.

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III.

III

IV.

THE CLERGYMAN'S FIRST TALE.

THE CLERGYMAN'S SECOND TALE.

CHRISTIAN.

SONGS IN ABSENCE.

[Farewell, farewell! Her vans the vessel tries]

[Ye flags of Piccadilly]

[Come home, come home! and where is home for me]

[Green fields of England! wheresoe'er]

[Come back, come back, behold with straining mast]

[Some future day when what is now is not]

[Where lies the land to which the ship would go?]

[The mighty ocean rolls and raves]

[That out of sight is out of mind]

[Were you with me, or I with you]

[Am I with you, or you with me?]

[Were I with you, or you with me]

[Were you with me, or I with you]

[O ship, ship, ship]

ESSAYS IN CLASSICAL METRES.

TRANSLATIONS OF ILIAD.

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SOLVITUR ACRIS HIEMS.

THESIS AND ANTITHESIS.

ανεμωλια.

COLUMBUS.

EVEN THE WINDS AND THE SEA OBEY.

REPOSE IN EGYPT.

TO A SLEEPING CHILD.

TRANSLATIONS FROM GOETHE.

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IV.

VI.

URANUS.

SELENE.

AT ROME.

LAST WORDS. NAPOLEON AND WELLINGTON.

PESCHIERA.

ALTERAM PARTEM.

SAY NOT THE STRUGGLE NOUGHT AVAILETH.

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EVEN THE WINDS AND THE SEA OBEY.

Said the Poet, I wouldn't maintain,
As the mystical German has done,
That the land, inexistent till then,
To reward him then first saw the sun;
And yet I could deem it was so,
As o'er the new waters he sailed,
That his soul made the breezes to blow,
With his courage the breezes had failed;
His strong quiet purpose had still
The hurricane's fury withheld;
The resolve of his conquering will
The lingering vessel impelled:
For the beings, the powers that range
In the air, on the earth, at our sides,
Can modify, temper and change
Stronger things than the winds and the tides,
By forces occult can the laws—
As we style them—of nature o'errule;
Can cause, so to say, every cause,
And our best mathematics befool;

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Can defeat calculation and plan,
Baffle schemes ne'er so wisely designed,
But will bow to the genius of man,
And acknowledge a sovereign mind.

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EVEN THE WINDS AND THE SEA OBEY.