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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,
Whe…
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 Chibi…
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 ceda…
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…
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 h…
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 mor…
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 ha…
Hermes Trismegistus
Hermes Trismegistus
Still through Egypt's desert places
Flows the lordly Nile,
From its banks the great stone faces
Gaze with patient smi…
Garfield
Garfield
'E venni dal martirio a questa pace.'
These words the poet heard in Paradise,
Uttered by one who, bravely dying here,
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 …
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,--
F…
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, s…
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…
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…
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,
S…
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 …
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 wa…
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
…
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…
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, a…
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…
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, …
Evangeline: Part The Second. III.
Evangeline: Part The Second. III.
NEAR to the bank of the river, o'ershadowed by oaks, from whose branches
Garlands of Spanish moss and of mystic mistlet…
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…