Index:Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier (1895).djvu

Title	The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier
Author	John Greenleaf Whittier
Year	1895
Publisher	Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Location	Boston & New York
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* Contents listed on pp. v - x.

• Index of titles on pp. 539 - 542.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

			PAGE
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH			xi
INTRODUCTION			xxi
PROEM			1
NARRATIVE AND LEGENDARY POEMS.
⁠	The Vaudois Teacher		3
	The Female Martyr		4
	Extract from “A New England Legend”		5
	The Demon of the Study		6
	The Fountain		7
	Pentucket		8
	The Norsemen		9
	Funeral Tree of the Sokokis		11
	St. John		12
	The Cypress-Tree of Ceylon		14
	The Exiles		14
	The Knight of St. John		17
	Cassandra Southwick		18
	The New Wife and the Old		21
	The Bridal of Pennacook		23
	I.	The Merrimac	25
	II.	The Bashaba	26
	III.	The Daughter	27
	IV.	The Wedding	28
	V.	The New Home	29
	VI.	At Pennacook	31
	VII.	The Departure	32
	VIII.	Song of Indian Women	33
	Barclay of Ury		33
	The Angels of Buena Vista		35
	The Legend of St. Mark		36
	Kathleen		37
	The Well of Loch Maree		39
	The Chapel of the Hermits		39
	Tauler		44
	The Hermit of the Thebaid		45
	Maud Muller		47
	Mary Garvin		49
	The Ranger		51
	The Garrison of Cape Ann		52
	The Gift of Tritemius		54
	Skipper Ireson’s Ride		55
	The Sycamores		56
	The Pipes at Lucknow		58
	Telling the Bees		59
	The Swan Song of Parson Avery		60
	The Double-Headed Snake of Newbury		61
	Mabel Martin: A Harvest Idyl		62
	⁠Proem		62
	I.	The River Valley	63
	II.	The Husking	63
	III.	The Witch’s Daughter	64
	IV.	The Champion	65
	V.	In the Shadow	65
	VI.	The Betrothal	66
	The Prophecy of Samuel Sewall		67
	The Red River Voyageur		69
	The Preacher		69
	The Truce of Piscataqua		74
	My Playmate		76
	Cobbler Keezar’s Vision		77
	Amy Wentworth		79
	The Countess		81
	Among the Hills		83
	⁠Prelude		84
	⁠Among the Hills		85
	The Dole of Jarl Thorkell		89
	The Two Rabbins		91
	Norembega		92
	Miriam		93
	Nauhaught, the Deacon		99
	The Sisters		100
	Marguerite		101
	The Robin		102
	The Pennsylvania Pilgrim		103
	⁠Prelude		103
	⁠The Pennsylvania Pilgrim		103
	King Volmer and Elsie		112
	The Three Bells		114
	John Underhill		115
	Conductor Bradley		117
	The Witch of Wenham		117
	King Solomon and the Ants		120
	In the “Old South”		121
	The Henchman		121
	The Dead Feast of the Kol-Folk		122
	The Khan’s Devil		123
	The King’s Missive		124
	Valuation		126
	Rabbi Ishmael		126
	The Rock-Tomb of Bradore		127
⁠	The Bay of Seven Islands		127
	The Wishing Bridge		130
	How the Women went from Dover		130
	St. Gregory’s Guest		132
	Birchbrook Mill		133
	The Two Elizabeths		134
	Requital		135
	The Homestead		135
	How the Robin came		136
	Banished from Massachusetts		137
	The Brown Dwarf of Rügen		138
POEMS OF NATURE.
	The Frost Spirit		141
	The Merrimac		141
	Hampton Beach		142
	A Dream of Summer		143
	The Lakeside		144
	Autumn Thoughts		144
	On Receiving an Eagle’s Quill from Lake Superior		144
	April		145
	Pictures		146
	Summer by the Lakeside		147
	The Fruit-Gift		148
	Flowers in Winter		148
	The Mayflowers		149
	The Last Walk in Autumn		150
	The First Flowers		153
	The Old Burying-Ground		153
	The Palm-Tree		155
	The River Path		155
	Mountain Pictures		156
	I.	Franconia from the Pemigewasset	156
	II.	Monadnock from Wachuset	156
	The Vanishers		157
	The Pageant		158
	The Pressed Gentian		159
	A Mystery		159
	A Sea Dream		160
	Hazel Blossoms		161
	Sunset on the Bearcamp		161
	The Seeking of the Waterfall		162
	The Trailing Arbutus		164
	St. Martin’s Summer		164
	Storm on Lake Asquam		165
	A Summer Pilgrimage		165
	Sweet Fern		166
	The Wood Giant		167
	A Day		168
PERSONAL POEMS.
	A Lament		169
	To the Memory of Charles B. Storrs		170
	Lines on the Death of S. Oliver Torrey		170
	To———, with a Copy of Woolman’s Journal		171
	Leggett’s Monument		173
	To a Friend, on her Return from Europe		173
	Lucy Hooper		174
	Follen		175
	To J. P.		177
	Chalkley Hall		177
	Gone		178
	To Ronge		179
	Channing		180
	To my Friend on the Death of his Sister		181
	Daniel Wheeler		182
	To Fredrika Bremer		183
	To Avis Keene		184
	The Hill-Top		184
	Elliott		185
	Ichabod		186
	The Lost Occasion		187
	Wordsworth		188
	To———: Lines written after a Summer Day’s Excursion		188
	In Peace		188
	Benedicite		189
	Kossuth		189
	To My Old Schoolmaster		190
	The Cross		192
	The Hero		192
	Rantoul		193
	William Forster		195
	To Charles Sumner		196
	Burns		196
	To George B. Cheever		198
	To James T. Fields		198
	The Memory of Burns		199
	In Remembrance of Joseph Sturge		199
	Brown of Ossawatomie		201
	Naples		201
	A Memorial		202
	Bryant on his Birthday		203
	Thomas Starr King		203
	Lines on a Fly-Leaf		203
	George L. Stearns		204
	Garibaldi		205
	To Lydia Maria Child		205
	The Singer		206
	How Mary Grew		207
	Sumner		208
	Thiers		210
	Fitz-Greene Halleck		211
	William Francis Bartlett		211
⁠	Bayard Taylor		212
	Our Autocrat		213
	Within the Gate		213
	In Memory: James T. Fields		214
	Wilson		215
	The Poet and the Children		215
	A Welcome to Lowell		216
	An Artist of the Beautiful		216
	Mulford		217
	To a Cape Ann Schooner		217
	Samuel J. Tilden		217
OCCASIONAL POEMS.
	Eva		218
	A Lay of Old Time		218
	A Song of Harvest		219
	Kenoza Lake		219
	For an Autumn Festival		220
	The Quaker Alumni		220
	Our River		224
	Revisited		225
	“The Laurels”		226
	June on the Merrimac		226
	Hymn for the Opening of Thomas Starr King’s House of Worship		227
	Hymn for the House of Worship at Georgetown, erected in Memory of a Mother		228
	A Spiritual Manifestation		228
	Chicago		230
	Kinsman		231
	The Golden Wedding of Longwood		231
	Hymn for the Opening of Plymouth Church, St. Paul, Minnesota		232
	Lexington		232
	The Library		233
	“I was a Stranger, and Ye took Me in”		233
	Centennial Hymn		234
	At School-Close		234
	Hymn of the Children		235
	The Landmarks		236
	Garden		237
	A Greeting		237
	Godspeed		238
	Winter Roses		238
	The Reunion		239
	Norumbega Hall		239
	The Bartholdi Statue		240
	One of the Signers		240
THE TENT ON THE BEACH.
	Prelude		242
	The Tent on the Beach		242
	The Wreck of Rivermouth		245
	The Grave by the Lake		247
	The Brother of Mercy		250
	The Changeling		251
	The Maids of Attitash		253
	Kallundborg Church		255
	The Cable Hymn		256
	The Dead Ship of Harpswell		257
	The Palatine		258
	Abraham Davenport		259
	The Worship of Nature		261
ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS.
	To William Lloyd Garrison		262
	Toussaint L’Ouverture		262
	The Slave-Ships		265
	Expostulation		267
	Hymn: “O Thou, whose Presence went before”		268
	The Yankee Girl		269
	The Hunters of Men		270
	Stanzas for the Times		271
	Clerical Oppressors		272
	A Summons		272
	To the Memory of Thomas Shipley		274
	The Moral Warfare		275
	Ritner		275
	The Pastoral Letter		276
	Hymn: “O Holy Father! Just and True”		278
	The Farewell of a Virginia Slave Mother		278
	Pennsylvania Hall		279
	The New Year		281
	The Relic		283
	The World’s Convention		284
	Massachusetts to Virginia		286
	The Christian Slave		288
	The Sentence of John L. Brown		289
	Texas: Voice of New England		291
	To Faneuil Hall		292
	To Massachusetts		292
	New Hampshire		293
	The Pine-Tree		293
	To A Southern Statesman		294
	At Washington		295
	The Branded Hand		296
	The Freed Islands		298
	A Letter		298
	Lines from a Letter to a Young Clerical Friend		300
	Daniel Neall		300
	Song of Slaves in the Desert		301
	To Delaware		301
	Yorktown		302
	Randolph of Roanoke		303
⁠	The Lost Statesman		304
	The Slaves of Martinique		305
	The Curse of the Charter-Breakers		306
	Pæan		308
	The Crisis		308
	Lines on the Portrait of a Celebrated Publisher		310
	Derne		311
	A Sabbath Scene		312
	In the Evil Days		313
	Moloch in State Street		314
	Official Piety		315
	The Rendition		315
	Arisen at Last		316
	The Haschish		316
	The Kansas Emigrants		317
	For Rightousness’ Sake		317
	Letter from a Missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, in Kansas, to a Distinguished Politician		318
	Burial of Barber		319
	To Pennsylvania		320
	Le Marais du Cygne		320
	The Pass of the Sierra		321
	A Song for the Time		322
	What of the Day?		322
	A Song, inscribed to the Frémont Clubs		323
	The Panorama		323
	On a Prayer-Book		330
	The Summons		332
	To William H. Seward		332
	In War Time.
	⁠	To Samuel E. Sewall and Harriet W. Sewall	332
		Thy Will be Done	333
		A Word for the Hour	333
		“Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott”	334
		To John C. Frémont	334
		The Watchers	335
		To Englishmen	336
		Mithridates at Chios	337
		At Port Royal	337
		Astræa at the Capitol	338
		The Battle Autumn of 1862	339
		Hymn, sung at Christmas by the Scholars of St. Helena’s Island, S. C.	340
		The Proclamation	340
		Anniversary Poem	341
		Barbara Frietchie	342
		What the Birds said	343
		The Mantle of St. John de Matha	344
		Laus Deo!	345
		Hymn for the Celebration of Emancipation at Newburyport	346
	After the War.
	⁠	The Peace Autumn	346
		To the Thirty-Ninth Congress	347
		The Hive at Gettysburg	348
		Howard at Atlanta	348
		The Emancipation Group	349
		The Jubilee Singers	349
		Garrison	350
SONGS OF LABOR AND REFORM.
	The Quaker of the Olden Time		351
	Democracy		351
	The Gallows		352
	Seed-Time and Harvest		354
	To the Reformers of England		354
	The Human Sacrifice		355
	Songs of Labor.
	⁠	Dedication	357
		The Shoemakers	357
		The Fishermen	358
		The Lumbermen	359
		The Ship-Builders	361
		The Drovers	362
		The Huskers	363
	The Reformer		364
	The Peace Convention at Brussels		366
	The Prisoner for Debt		367
	The Christian Tourists		368
	The Men of Old		369
	To Pius IX		370
	Calef in Boston		371
	Our State		371
	The Prisoners of Naples		372
	The Peace of Europe		373
	Astræa		373
	The Disenthralled		374
	The Poor Voter on Election Day		374
	The Dream of Pio Nono		375
	The Voices		376
	The New Exodus		377
	The Conquest of Finland		377
	The Eve of Election		378
	From Perugia		379
	Italy		381
	Freedom in Brazil		381
	After Election		382
	Disarmament		382
	The Problem		382
	Our Country		383
	On the Big Horn		384
POEMS SUBJECTIVE AND REMINISCENT.
⁠	Memories		386
	Raphael		387
	Ego		388
	The Pumpkin		390
	Forgiveness		390
	To my Sister		391
	My Thanks		391
	Remembrance		392
	My Namesake		393
	A Memory		395
	My Dream		395
	The Barefoot Boy		396
	My Psalm		397
	The Waiting		398
	Snow-Bound		398
	My Triumph		406
	In School-Days		407
	My Birthday		408
	Red Riding-Hood		408
	Response		409
	At Eventide		409
	Voyage of the Jettie		410
	My Trust		411
	A Name		412
	Greeting		412
	An Autograph		413
	Abram Morrison		413
	A Legacy		415
RELIGIOUS POEMS.
⁠	The Star of Bethlehem		416
	The Cities of the Plain		417
	The Call of the Christian		417
	The Crucifixion		418
	Palestine		419
	Hymns from the French of Lamartine
	I.	Encore un Hymne	420
	II.	Le Cri de l’Ame	421
	The Familist’s Hymn		421
	Ezekiel		423
	What the Voice said		424
	The Angel of Patience		425
	The Wife of Manoah to her Husband		425
	My Soul and I		426
	Worship		429
	The Holy Land		430
	The Reward		430
	The Wish of To-Day		431
	All’s Well		431
	Invocation		431
	Questions of Life		432
	First-Day Thoughts		433
	Trust		434
	Trinitas		434
	The Sisters		435
	“The Rock” in El Ghor		435
	The Over-Heart		436
	The Shadow and the Light		437
	The Cry of a Lost Soul		438
	Andrew Rykman’s Prayer		439
	The Answer		441
	The Eternal Goodness		442
	The Common Question		443
	Our Master		443
	The Meeting		445
	The Clear Vision		447
	Divine Compassion		448
	The Prayer-Seeker		448
	The Brewing of Soma		449
	A Woman		450
	The Prayer of Agassiz		450
	In Quest		451
	The Friend’s Burial		452
	A Christmas Carmen		453
	Vesta		454
	Child-Songs		454
	The Healer		454
	The Two Angels		455
	Overruled		455
	Hymn of the Dunkers		456
	Giving and Taking		456
	The Vision of Echard		457
	Inscriptions.
	⁠	On a Sun-Dial	459
		On a Fountain	459
	The Minister’s Daughter		459
	By their Works		460
	The Word		460
	The Book		460
	Requirement		461
	Help		461
	Utterance		461
	Oriental Maxims.
	⁠	The Inward Judge	461
		Laying up Treasure	462
		Conduct	462
	An Easter Flower Gift		462
	The Mystic’s Christmas		462
	At Last		463
	What the Traveller said at Sunset		463
	“The Story of Ida”		464
	The Light that is felt		464
	The Two Loves		464
	Adjustment		464
	Hymns of the Brahmo Somaj		465
	Revelation		465
AT SUNDOWN.
⁠	To E. C. S.		467
⁠	The Christmas of 1888		467
	The Vow of Washington		467
	The Captain’s Well		468
	An Outdoor Reception		468
	R. S. S., at Deer Island on the Merrimac		471
	Burning Drift-Wood		471
	O. W. Holmes on his Eightieth Birthday		473
	James Russell Lowell		473
	Haverhill		473
	To G. G.: an Autograph		474
	Inscription		475
	Lydia H. Sigourney		475
	Milton		475
	The Birthday Wreath		475
	The Wind of March		476
	Between the Gates		476
	The Last Eve of Summer		477
	To Oliver Wendell Holmes		477
POEMS BY ELIZABETH H. WHITTIER.
⁠	The Dream of Argyle		479
	Lines, written on the Departure of Joseph Sturge		480
	John Quincy Adams		481
	Dr. Kane in Cuba		481
	Lady Franklin		482
	Night and Death		482
	The Meeting Waters		483
	The Wedding Veil		483
	Charity		483
APPENDIX.
⁠I. Early and Uncollected Verses.
	The Exile’s Departure		484
	The Deity		484
	The Vale of the Merrimac		485
	Benevolence		485
	Ocean		486
	The Sicilian Vespers		486
	The Spirit of the North		487
	The Earthquake		487
	Judith at the Tent of Holofernes		488
	Metacom		488
	Mount Agiochook		488
	The Drunkard to his Bottle		490
	The Fair Quakeress		491
	Bolivar		491
	Isabella of Austria		492
	The Fratricide		493
	Isabel		494
	Stanzas		494
	Mogg Megone		495
	The Past and Coming Year		506
	The Missionary		506
	Evening in Burmah		508
	Massachusetts		508
⁠II. Poems printed in the “Life of Whittier.”
	The Home-Coming of the Bride		509
	The Song of the Vermonters, 1779		509
	To a Poetical Trio in the City of Gotham		510
	Album Verses		512
	What State Street said to South Carolina, and what South Carolina said to State Street		512
	A Frémont Campaign Song		512
	The Quakers are Out		513
	A Legend of the Lake		513
	Letter to Lucy Larcom		514
	Lines on leaving Appledore		515
	Mrs. Choate’s House-Warming		515
	An Autograph		515
	To Lucy Larcom		515
	A Farewell		516
	On a Fly-Leaf of Longfellow’s Poems		516
	Samuel E. Sewall		516
	Lines written in an Album		516
	A Day’s Journey		516
	A Fragment		516
⁠III. Notes			517
⁠IV. A Chronological List of Mr. Whittier’s Poems			528
INDEX OF FIRST LINES			533
INDEX OF TITLES			539