Poems: Second Series
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| RENUNCIATION (fac-similie) | Frontispiece. |
| PREFACE | Page 3 |
| PRELUDE | 17 |
| I. "I'm nobody! Who are you?" | 21 |
| II. "I bring and unaccustomed wine" | 22 |
| III. " The nearest dream recedes unrealized" | 24 |
| IV. " We play at paste" | 25 |
| V. " I found the phrase to every thought" | 26 |
| VI. Hope | 27 |
| VII. The White Heat | 28 |
| VIII. Triumphant | 29 |
| IX. The Test | 30 |
| X. Escape | 31 |
| XI. Compensation | 32 |
| XII. The Martyrs | 33 |
| XIII. A Prayer | 34 |
| XIV. "The, thought beneath so slight a film" | 36 |
| XV. "The Soul unto itself" | 37 |
| XVI. "Surgeons must be very careful" | 38 |
| XVII. The Railway Train | 39 |
| XVIII. The Show | 40 |
| XIX. "Delight becomes pictorial" | 41 |
| XX. "A thought went up my mind to-day" | 42 |
| XXI. "Is heaven a physician?" | 43 |
| XXII. The Return | 44 |
| XXIII. "A poor torn heart, a tattered heart" | 45 |
| XXIV. Too Much | 46 |
| XXV. Shipwreck | 48 |
| XXVI. "Victory comes late" | 49 |
| XXVII. Enough | 50 |
| XXVIII. "Experiment to me" | 51 |
| XXIX. My Country's Wardrobe | 52 |
| XXX. "Faith is a fine invention" | 53 |
| XXXI. "Except the heaven had come so near" | 54 |
| XXXII. "Portraits are to daily faces" | 55 |
| XXXIII. The Duel | 56 |
| XXXIV. "A shady friend for torrid days" | 57 |
| XXXV. The Goal | 58 |
| XXXVI. Sight | 60 |
| XXXVII. "Talk with prudence to a beggar" | 62 |
| XXXVIII. The Preacher | 63 |
| XXXIX. "Good night! which put the candle out?" | 64 |
| XL. "When I hoped I feared" | 65 |
| XLI. Deed | 66 |
| XLII. Time's Lesson | 67 |
| XLIII. Remorse | 68 |
| XLIV. The Shelter | 69 |
| XLV. "Undue significance a starving man attaches" | 70 |
| XLVI. "Heart not so heavy as mine" | 71 |
| XLVII. "I many times thought peace had come" | 73 |
| XLVIII. "Unto my books so good to turn" | 74 |
| XLIX. "This merit hath the worst" | 75 |
| L. Hunger | 76 |
| LI. "I gained it so" | 78 |
| LII. "To learn to transport by the pain" | 79 |
| LIII. Returning | 80 |
| LIV. Prayer | 82 |
| LV. "I know that he exists" | 83 |
| LVI. Melodies Unheard | 84 |
| LVII. Called Back | 85 |
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V. The Letter , 94
VI. " The way I read a letter 's this " 96
VII. " Wild nights ! Wild nights ! " 97
VIII. At Home . 98
IX. Possession 100
X. " A charm invests a face " 101
XI. The Lovers 102
XII. " In lands I never saw, they say " . . . . . 103
XIII. " The moon is distant from the sea " .... 104
XIV. " He put the belt around my life " . . . . 105 XV. The Lost Jewel 106
XVI. " What if I say I shall not wait ? " 107
BOOK III. NATURE.
I. Mother Nature in
II. Out of the Morning . . . . . . '. . . . 113
III. " At half-past three a single bird " 114
IV. Day's Parlor 115
V. The Sun's Wooing . : 116
VI. The Robin 117
VII. The Butterfly's Day 118
VIII. The Bluebird 120
IX. April 121
X. The Sleeping Flowers . . . . . . '. -. . . 122
XL My Rose ...... . ? . , . . . . . 124
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XII. The Oriole's Secret 125
XIII. The Oriole 126
XIV. In Shadow 128
XV. The Humming-Bird 130
XVI. Secrets 13*
XVII. " Who robbed the woods ?" 132
XVHI. Two Voyagers 133
XIX. By the Sea 134
XX. Old-Fashioned i3 6
XXI. A Tempest I3 8
XXII. The Sea 139
XXIII. In the Garden 140
XXIV. The Snake 142
XXV. The Mushroom 144
XXVI. The Storm 146
XXVII. The Spider 147
XXVIII. "I know a place where summer strives " . 148
XXIX. " The one that could repeat the summer day " 149
XXX. The Wind's Visit 150
XXXI. " Nature rarer uses yellow " 152
XXXII. Gossip ............ 153
XXXIII. Simplicity i$4
XXXIV. Storm 155
XXXV. The Rat 156
XXXVI. " Frequently the woods are pink " ... 157
XXXVII. A Thunder- Storm 158
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XXXVIII. With Flowers , . . , . 160
XXXIX. Sunset 161
XL. " She sweeps with many-colored brooms . 162
XLI. "Like mighty footlights burned the red " . 163
XLII. Problems 164
XLIII. The Juggler of Day 166
XLIV. My Cricket 167
XLV. " As imperceptibly as grief " .... .~TH58
XLVI. " It can't be summer, that got through " . 169
XLVII. Summer's Obsequies 170
XLVIII. Fringed Gentian 172
XLIX. November 173
L. The Snow 174
LI. The Blue Jay 176
BOOK IV. TIME AND ETERNITY.
I. " Let down the bars, O Death I" . . . . 181
II. " Going to heaven ! " 182
III. "At least to pray is left, is left " .... 184
IV. Epitaph 185
V. "Morns like these we parted" 186
VI. " A death-blow is a life-blow to some . . 187
VII. " I read my sentence steadily " 188
VIII. " I have not told my garden yet " . . . . 189
IX. The Battle-Field 190
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X. " The only ghost I ever saw " 191
XI. " Some, too fragile for winter winds " . , 192
XII. "As by the dead we love to sit " . . . . 193
XIII. Memorials 194
XIV. " I went to heaven " 196
XV. " Their height in heaven comforts not " . . 197
XVI. " There is a shame of nobleness " . . . . 198
XVII. Triumph 199
XVIII. " Pompless no life can pass away" . . . 200
XIX. " I noticed people disappeared " .... 201
XX. Following 202
XXI. " If anybody's friend be dead " . . . . . 204
XXII. The Journey 206
XXIII. A Country Burial . ... . . ... 207
XXIV. Going 208
XXV. " Essential oils are wrung " . . . . . . . 210
XXVI. " I lived on dread ; to those who know " . 211
XXVII. "If I should die" 212
XXVIII. At Length 213
XXIX. Ghosts 214
XXX. Vanished 216
XXXI. Precedence 217
XXXII. Gone 218
XXXIII. Requiem 220
XXXIV. "What inn is this?" 221
XXXV. " It was not death, for I stood up "... 222
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[ page ]| XXXVI. Till the End | 224 |
| XXXVII. Void | 225 |
| XXXVIII. "A throe upon the features" | 226 |
| XXXIX. Saved | 227 |
| XL. "I think just how my shape will rise" | 228 |
| XLI. The Forgotten Grave | 229 |
| XLII. "Lay this laurel on the one | 230 |
