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Loss And Gain
Loss And Gain
When I compare
What I have lost with what I have gained,
What I have missed with what attained,
Little room…
Maidenhood
Maidenhood
Maiden! with the meek, brown eyes,
In whose orbs a shadow lies
Like the dusk in evening skies!
Thou wh…
L'Envoi
L'Envoi
Ye voices, that arose
After the Evening's close,
And whispered to my restless heart repose!
Go, breathe i…
King Trisanku
King Trisanku
Viswamitra the Magician,
By his spells and incantations,
Up to Indra's realms elysian
Raised Trisanku, king of nations.
Kéramos
Kéramos
Turn, turn, my wheel? Turn round and round
Without a pause, without a sound:
So spins the flying world away!
This clay, w…
Jugurtha
Jugurtha
How cold are thy baths, Apollo!
Cried the African monarch, the splendid,
As down to his death in the hollow
Dark dungeon…
Introduction To The Song Of Hiawatha
Introduction To The Song Of Hiawatha
Should you ask me,
whence these stories?
Whence these legends and traditions,
With the odors of the …
Italian Scenery
Italian Scenery
Night rests in beauty on Mont Alto.
Beneath its shade the beauteous Arno sleeps
In vallombrosa's bosom, and dark trees
Be…
In The Harbour: The Poet's Calendar
In The Harbour: The Poet's Calendar
JANUARY
Janus am I; oldest of potentates;
Forward I look, and backward, and below
I count, as…
In The Harbour: To The Avon
In The Harbour: To The Avon
Flow on, sweet river! like his verse
Who lies beneath this sculptured hearse;
Nor wait beside the churchyard wall
In The Harbour: The City And The Sea
In The Harbour: The City And The Sea
The panting City cried to the Sea,
'I am faint with heat,--O breathe on me!'
And the Sea sai…
In The Harbour: Sundown
In The Harbour: Sundown
The summer sun is sinking low;
Only the tree-tops redden and glow:
Only the weathercock on the spire
Of the neigh…
In The Harbour: Possibilities
In The Harbour: Possibilities
Where are the Poets, unto whom belong
The Olympian heights; whose singing shafts were sent
Straight to the mark, an…
In The Harbour: Memories
In The Harbour: Memories
Oft I remember those I have known
In other days, to whom my heart was lead
As by a magnet, and who are not dead,
…
In The Harbour: Elegiac Verse
In The Harbour: Elegiac Verse
I.
Peradventure of old, some bard in Ionian Islands,
Walking alone by the sea, hearing the wash of the waves,
In The Harbour: From The French
In The Harbour: From The French
Will ever the dear days come back again,
Those days of June, when lilacs were in bloom,
And bluebirds sang their …
In The Harbour: Autumn Within
In The Harbour: Autumn Within
It is autumn; not without
But within me is the cold.
Youth and spring are all about;
It is I that have grow…
In The Harbour: Chimes
In The Harbour: Chimes
Sweet chimes! that in the loneliness of night
Salute the passing hour, and in the dark
And silent chambers of the househol…
In The Harbour: At La Chaudeau. (From The French Of Charles Coran)
In The Harbour: At La Chaudeau. (From The French Of Charles Coran)
At La Chaudeau,--'tis long since then:
I was young,--my years twice ten;
All t…
In The Harbour: A Fragment
In The Harbour: A Fragment
Awake! arise! the hour is late!
Angels are knocking at thy door!
They are in haste and cannot wait,
And once d…
In The Churchyard At Tarrytown
In The Churchyard At Tarrytown
Here lies the gentle humorist, who died
In the bright Indian Summer of his fame!
A simple stone, with but a date a…
Il Ponte Vecchio Di Firenze
Il Ponte Vecchio Di Firenze
Gaddi mi fece; il Ponte Vecchio sono;
Cinquecent' anni giá sull' Arno pianto
Il piede, come il suo Michele Santo
Hymn For My Brother's Ordination
Hymn For My Brother's Ordination
Christ to the young man said: 'Yet one thing more;
If thou wouldst perfect be,
Sell all thou hast and give it to…
Hymn to the Night
Hymn to the Night
I heard the trailing garments of the Night
Sweep through her marble halls!
I saw her sable skirts all fringed with ligh…