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The Wood Giant
The Wood Giant
From Alton Bay to Sandwich Dome,
From Mad to Saco river,
For patriarchs of the primal wood
We sought with vain endeavor. <…
The World’s Convention Of The Friends Of Emancipation, Held In London In
The World’s Convention Of The Friends Of Emancipation, Held In London In
1840
YES, let them gather! Summon forth
The pledged philanthropy of Eart…
The Witch of Wenham
The Witch of Wenham
I.
Along Crane River's sunny slopes
Blew warm the winds of May,
And over Naumkeag's ancient oaks
The green ou…
The Wish Of To-Day
The Wish Of To-Day
I ask not now for gold to gild
With mocking shine a weary frame;
The yearning of the mind is stilled,
I ask not now fo…
The Wife Of Manoah To Her Husband
The Wife Of Manoah To Her Husband
Against the sunset's glowing wall
The city towers rise black and tall,
Where Zorah, on its rocky height,
…
The Watchers
The Watchers
BESIDE a stricken field I stood;
On the torn turf, on grass and wood,
Hung heavily the dew of blood.
Still in their fresh mo…
The Vow Of Washington
The Vow Of Washington
The sword was sheathed: in April's sun
Lay green the fields by Freedom won;
And severed sections, weary of debates,
…
The Vision Of Echard
The Vision Of Echard
The Benedictine Echard
Sat by the wayside well,
Where Marsberg sees the bridal
Of the Sarre and the Moselle.
…
The Two Loves
The Two Loves
Smoothing soft the nestling head
Of a maiden fancy-led,
Thus a grave-eyed woman said:
'Richest gifts are th…
The Vanishers
The Vanishers
Sweetest of all childlike dreams
In the simple Indian lore
Still to me the legend seems
Of the shapes who flit before.
The Trailing Arbutus
The Trailing Arbutus
I wandered lonely where the pine-trees made
Against the bitter East their barricade,
And, guided by its sweet
Perfum…
The Two Angels
The Two Angels
God called the nearest angels who dwell with Him above:
The tenderest one was Pity, the dearest one was Love.
'Ari…
The Tent On The Beach
The Tent On The Beach
I would not sin, in this half-playful strain,-Too
light perhaps for serious years, though born
Of the enforced leisure of s…
The Swan Song of Parson Avery
The Swan Song of Parson Avery
When the reaper's task was ended, and the summer wearing late,
Parson Avery sailed from Newbury, with his wife and children…
The Slave Ships
The Slave Ships
'ALL ready?' cried the captain;
'Ay, ay!' the seamen said;
'Heave up the worthless lubbers, —
The dying and the dead.'
The Star Of Bethlehem
The Star Of Bethlehem
Where Time the measure of his hours
By changeful bud and blossom keeps,
And, like a young bride crowned with flowers,
The Sisters
The Sisters
ANNIE and Rhoda, sisters twain,
Woke in the night to the sound of rain,
The rush of wind, the ramp and roar
O…
The Shoemakers
The Shoemakers
Ho! workers of the old time styled
The Gentle Craft of Leather!
Young brothers of the ancient guild,
Stand forth once more…
The Seeking Of The Waterfall
The Seeking Of The Waterfall
They left their home of summer ease
Beneath the lowland's sheltering trees,
To seek, by ways unknown to all,
…
The Shadow And The Light
The Shadow And The Light
The fourteen centuries fall away
Between us and the Afric saint,
And at his side we urge, to-day,
The immemorial…
The Rock In El Ghor
The Rock In El Ghor
Dead Petra in her hill-tomb sleeps,
Her stones of emptiness remain;
Around her sculptured mystery sweeps
The lonely w…
The River Path
The River Path
No bird-song floated down the hill,
The tangled bank below was still;
No rustle from the birchen stem,
No ripple f…
The Reunion
The Reunion
The gulf of seven and fifty years
We stretch our welcoming hands across;
The distance but a pebble's toss
Between us and our …
The Relic
The Relic
TOKEN Of friendship true and tried,
From one whose fiery heart of youth
With mine has beaten, side by side,
For Liberty and Tru…