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Holidays
Holidays
The holiest of all holidays are those
Kept by ourselves in silence and apart;
The secret anniversaries of the heart,
When the full r…
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 the poo…
Hiawatha's Lamentation
Hiawatha's Lamentation
In those days the Evil Spirits,
All the Manitos of mischief,
Fearing Hiawatha's wisdom,
And his love for Chibiabos,
Je…
Hiawatha's Wedding-Feast
Hiawatha's Wedding-Feast
You shall hear how Pau-Puk-Keewis,
How the handsome Yenadizze
Danced at Hiawatha's wedding;
How the gentle Chibiabos,
Hiawatha's Fishing
Hiawatha's Fishing
Forth upon the Gitche Gumee,
On the shining Big-Sea-Water,
With his fishing-line of cedar,
Of the twisted bark of cedar,
F…
Hiawatha's Departure
Hiawatha's Departure
By the shore of Gitche Gumee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
At the doorway of his wigwam,
In the pleasant Summer morning,
Hermes Trismegistus
Hermes Trismegistus
Still through Egypt's desert places
Flows the lordly Nile,
From its banks the great stone faces
Gaze with patient smile.
…
Hiawatha And The Pearl-Feather
Hiawatha And The Pearl-Feather
On the shores of Gitche Gumee,
Of the shining Big-Sea-Water,
Stood Nokomis, the old woman,
Pointing with her finger …
Good Part, That Shall Not Be Taken Away, The
Good Part, That Shall Not Be Taken Away, The
She dwells by Great Kenhawa's side,
In valleys green and cool;
And all her hope and all her pride
Haunted Houses. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)
Haunted Houses. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)
All houses wherein men have lived and died
Are haunted houses. Through the open doors
The harmless p…
Garfield
Garfield
'E venni dal martirio a questa pace.'
These words the poet heard in Paradise,
Uttered by one who, bravely dying here,
In the t…
Frithiof's Temptation. (From The Swedish)
Frithiof's Temptation. (From The Swedish)
Spring is coming, birds are twittering, forests leaf, and smiles the sun,
And the loosened torrents downward, singing…
Forsaken. (From The German)
Forsaken. (From The German)
Something the heart must have to cherish,
Must love and joy and sorrow learn,
Something with passion clasp, or perish,
…
Friar Lubin. (From The French)
Friar Lubin. (From The French)
To gallop off to town post-haste,
So oft, the times I cannot tell;
To do vile deed, nor feel disgraced,--
Friar Lubin…
Flowers-De-Luce: Noël
Flowers-De-Luce: Noël
Quand les astres de Noël
Brillaient, palpitaient au ciel,
Six gaillards, et chacun ivre,
Chantaient gaiment dans le givre,
Flower-De-Luce: To-Morrow
Flower-De-Luce: To-Morrow
'Tis late at night, and in the realm of sleep
My little lambs are folded like the flocks;
From room to room I hear the wakeful …
Flower-De-Luce: Palingenesis
Flower-De-Luce: Palingenesis
I lay upon the headland-height, and listened
To the incessant sobbing of the sea
In caverns under me,
And watched the …
Flower-De-Luce: The Bridge Of Cloud
Flower-De-Luce: The Bridge Of Cloud
Burn, O evening hearth, and waken
Pleasant visions, as of old!
Though the house by winds be shaken,
Safe I keep…
Flower-De-Luce: Hawthorne
Flower-De-Luce: Hawthorne
How beautiful it was, that one bright day
In the long week of rain!
Though all its splendor could not chase away
The omni…
Flower-De-Luce: Divina Commedia
Flower-De-Luce: Divina Commedia
I.
Oft have I seen at some cathedral door
A laborer, pausing in the dust and heat,
Lay down his burden, and with re…
Fire. (Sonnet II.)
Fire. (Sonnet II.)
Not without fire can any workman mould
The iron to his preconceived design,
Nor can the artist without fire refine
And purify fr…
Famine, The
Famine, The
Oh the long and dreary Winter!
Oh the cold and cruel Winter!
Ever thicker, thicker, thicker
Froze the ice on lake and river,
Ever…
Evening Star, The
Evening Star, The
Lo! in the painted oriel of the West,
Whose panes the sunken sun incarnadines,
Like a fair lady at her casement, shines
Evangeline: Part The Second. V.
Evangeline: Part The Second. V.
IN that delightful land, which is washed by the Delaware's waters,
Guarding in sylvan shades the name of Penn the apostle.