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VOICES OF THE NIGHT	1
HYMN TO THE NIGHT.	2
	2
THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS.	3
THE LIGHT OF STARS.	3
FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS.	4
FLOWERS.	4
THE BELEAGUERED CITY.	5
MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR	6
EARLIER POEMS	7
AUTUMN	7
WOODS IN WINTER.	8
HYMN OF THE MORAVIAN NUNS OF BETHLEHEM	8
SUNRISE ON THE HILLS	9
BURIAL OF THE MINNISINK	10
L’ ENVOI	11
BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS	11
THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS	13
THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH	14
ENDYMION	15
IT IS NOT ALWAYS MAY	15
THE RAINY DAY	15
GOD’S-ACRE.	16
TO THE RIVER CHARLES.	16
BLIND BARTIMEUS	17
THE GOBLET OF LIFE	17
MAIDENHOOD	18
EXCELSIOR	18
TO WILLIAM E. CHANNING	19
THE SLAVE’S DREAM	19
THE GOOD PART	20
THE SLAVE IN THE DISMAL SWAMP	20
THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT	21
THE WITNESSES	21
THE QUADROON GIRL	21
THE WARNING	22
THE SPANISH STUDENT	22
ACT I.	23
ACT II.	33
ACT III.	47
THE BELFRY OF BRUGES AND OTHER POEMS	60
THE BELFRY OF BRUGES	61
A GLEAM OF SUNSHINE	62
THE ARSENAL AT SPRINGFIELD	63
NUREMBERG	64
RAIN IN SUMMER	66
TO A CHILD	67
THE OCCULTATION OF ORION	69
THE BRIDGE	70
TO THE DRIVING CLOUD	71
SONGS	72
AFTERNOON IN FEBRUARY	72
TO AN OLD DANISH SONG-BOOK	73
WALTER VON DER VOGELWEID	73
DRINKING SONG	74
THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS	75
THE ARROW AND THE SONG	76
SONNETS	76
THE EVENING STAR	76
AUTUMN	76
DANTE	77
CURFEW	77
I.	77
II.	77
EVANGELINE	77
PART THE FIRST	78
I	78
II	81
III	84
IV	86
V	89
PART THE SECOND	93
I	93
II	94
III	98
IV	102
V	106
THE SEASIDE AND THE FIRESIDE	110
BY THE SEASIDE	110
SEAWEED	115
CHRYSAOR	116
THE SECRET OF THE SEA	116
TWILIGHT	117
SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT	117
THE LIGHTHOUSE	117
THE FIRE OF DRIFT-WOOD	118
BY THE FIRESIDE	119
THE BUILDERS	120
SAND OF THE DESERT IN AN HOUR-GLASS	120
THE OPEN WINDOW	121
KING WITLAF’S DRINKING-HORN	121
GASPAR BECERRA	122
PEGASUS IN POUND	122
TEGNER’S DRAPA	123
SONNET	124
THE SINGERS	124
SUSPIRIA	124
HYMN	125
INTRODUCTION	125
I	126
II	128
III	132
IV	135
V	139
VI	143
VII	145
VIII	147
IX	149
X	153
XI	157
XII	160
XIII	164
XIV	167
XV	170
XVI	172
XVII	176
XVIII	180
IX	182
XX	185
XXI	187
XXII	190
	193
VOCABULARY	194
THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH	200
I	200
II	202
III	205
IV	208
V	211
VI	215
VII	217
VIII	220
IX	222
FLIGHT THE FIRST	224
BIRDS OF PASSAGE	224
PROMETHEUS	225
EPIMETHEUS	226
THE LADDER OF ST. AUGUSTINE	226
THE PHANTOM SHIP	227
THE WARDEN OF THE CINQUE PORTS	228
HAUNTED HOUSES	229
IN THE CHURCHYARD AT CAMBRIDGE	229
THE EMPEROR’S BIRD’S-NEST	230
THE TWO ANGELS	230
DAYLIGHT AND MOONLIGHT	231
THE JEWISH CEMETERY AT NEWPORT	231
OLIVER BASSELIN	232
VICTOR GALBRAITH	233
MY LOST YOUTH	234
THE ROPEWALK	235
THE GOLDEN MILE-STONE	236
CATAWBA WINE	237
THE DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH CAPE	238
DAYBREAK	239
THE FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY OF AGASSIZ	239
CHILDREN	240
SANDALPHON	240
FLIGHT THE SECOND	241
ENCELADUS	242
THE CUMBERLAND	242
SNOW-FLAKES	243
A DAY OF SUNSHINE	243
SOMETHING LEFT UNDONE	243
WEARINESS	244
TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN	244
PART FIRST	244
THE WAYSIDE INN	244
THE LANDLORD’S TALE.	248
INTERLUDE.	250
THE STUDENT’S TALE	251
INTERLUDE	255
THE SPANISH JEW’S TALE	256
INTERLUDE	257
THE SICILIAN’S TALE	257
INTERLUDE	261
THE MUSICIAN’S TALE	261
I	261
II	261
III	262
IV	263
V	264
VI	265
VII	266
VIII	267
IX	268
X	269
XI	269
XII	270
XIII	271
XIV	272
XV	273
XVI	274
XVII	275
XVIII	276
XIX	276
XX	277
XXI	277
XXII	278
INTERLUDE	279
THE THEOLOGIAN’S TALE	280
INTERLUDE	283
THE POET’S TALE	284
FINALE	287
PART SECOND	288
THE SICILIAN’S TALE	289
INTERLUDE	291
THE SPANISH JEW’S TALE	292
INTERLUDE	293
THE STUDENT’S TALE	293
INTERLUDE	296
THE MUSICIAN’S TALE	297
I	297
II	298
III	298
IV	299
INTERLUDE	300
THE POET’S TALE	301
INTERLUDE.	303
THE THEOLOGIAN’S TALE	304
INTERLUDE.	305
THE STUDENT’S SECOND TALE	306
FINALE	310
PART THIRD	310
THE SPANISH JEW’S TALE	312
INTERLUDE.	312
THE POET’S TALE	313
INTERLUDE	314
THE STUDENT’S TALE	314
INTERLUDE	318
THE THEOLOGIAN’S TALE	319
I	319
II	320
III	322
IV	323
INTERLUDE	324
THE SICILIAN’S TALE	325
INTERLUDE	329
THE SPANISH JEW’S SECOND TALE	330
INTERLUDE	331
THE MUSICIAN’S TALE	332
INTERLUDE	334
THE LANDLORD’S TALE	334
FINALE	337
FLOWER-DE-LUCE	337
PALINGENESIS	338
THE BRIDGE OF CLOUD	339
HAWTHORNE	339
CHRISTMAS BELLS	340
THE WIND OVER THE CHIMNEY	340
THE BELLS OF LYNN	341
KILLED AT THE FORD.	342
GIOTTO’S TOWER	342
TO-MORROW	342
DIVINA COMMEDIA	343
I	343
II	343
III	343
IV	343
V	344
VI	344
NOEL.	344
BIRDS OF PASSAGE	345
FATA MORGANA	345
THE HAUNTED CHAMBER	345
THE MEETING	346
VOX POPULI	346
THE CASTLE-BUILDER	346
CHANGED	346
THE CHALLENGE	346
THE BROOK AND THE WAVE	347
AFTERMATH	347
THE MASQUE OF PANDORA	347
I	347
CHORUS OF THE GRACES	348
II	349
III	349
CHORUS OF THE FATES	350
IV	351
V	351
VI	352
VII	355
VIII	356
THE HANGING OF THE CRANE	358
I	358
II	358
III	358
IV	359
V	359
VI	360
VII	360
MORITURI SALUTAMUS	360
A BOOK OF SONNETS	365
I	365
II	365
III	366
IV	366
V	366
CHAUCER	366
SHAKESPEARE	366
MILTON	367
KEATS	367
THE GALAXY	367
THE SOUND OF THE SEA	367
A SUMMER DAY BY THE SEA	368
THE TIDES	368
A SHADOW	368
A NAMELESS GRAVE	368
SLEEP	369
THE OLD BRIDGE AT FLORENCE	369
IL PONTE VECCHIO DI FIRENZE	369
NATURE	369
IN THE CHURCHYARD AT TARRYTOWN	370
ELIOT’S OAK	370
THE DESCENT OF THE MUSES	370
VENICE	370
THE POETS	371
PARKER CLEAVELAND	371
THE HARVEST MOON	371
TO THE RIVER RHONE	372
THE THREE SILENCES OF MOLINOS	372
THE TWO RIVERS	372
I	372
II	372
III	373
IV	373
BOSTON	373
ST. JOHN’S, CAMBRIDGE	373
MOODS	374
WOODSTOCK PARK	374
THE FOUR PRINCESSES AT WILNA	374
HOLIDAYS	374
WAPENTAKE	375
THE CROSS OF SNOW	375
BIRDS OF PASSAGE	375
CHARLES SUMNER	375
CADENABBIA	376
MONTE CASSINO	377
AMALFI	378
THE SERMON OF ST. FRANCIS	379
BELISARIUS	380
SONGO RIVER	380
KERAMOS	381
BIRDS OF PASSAGE	386
THE HERONS OF ELMWOOD	386
A DUTCH PICTURE	387
CASTLES IN SPAIN	388
VITTORIA COLONNA.	389
THE REVENGE OF RAIN-IN-THE-FACE	390
TO THE RIVER YVETTE	390
THE EMPEROR’S GLOVE	390
A BALLAD OF THE FRENCH FLEET	391
THE LEAP OF ROUSHAN BEG	392
HAROUN AL RASCHID	393
KING TRISANKU	393
A WRAITH IN THE MIST	393
THE THREE KINGS	393
SONG	394
THE WHITE CZAR	394
DELIA	395
ULTIMA THULE	395
POEMS	395
THE CHAMBER OVER THE GATE	396
FROM MY ARM-CHAIR	396
JUGURTHA	397
THE IRON PEN	397
ROBERT BURNS	398
HELEN OF TYRE	399
ELEGIAC	399
OLD ST. DAVID’S AT RADNOR	400
FOLK SONGS	400
MAIDEN AND WEATHERCOCK	401
THE WINDMILL	401
THE TIDE RISES, THE TIDE FALLS	401
SONNETS	402
THE BURIAL OF THE POET	402
NIGHT	402
L’ENVOI	402
IN THE HARBOR	403
THE POET’S CALENDAR	403
FEBRUARY	403
MARCH	403
APRIL	403
MAY	404
JUNE	404
JULY	404
AUGUST	404
SEPTEMBER	404
OCTOBER	404
NOVEMBER	404
DECEMBER	405
AUTUMN WITHIN	405
THE FOUR LAKES OF MADISON	405
VICTOR AND VANQUISHED	405
MOONLIGHT	405
THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE	406
I	406
II	407
III	407
SUNDOWN	407
CHIMES	408
FOUR BY THE CLOCK.	408
AUF WIEDERSEHEN.	408
ELEGIAC VERSE	409
I	409
II	409
III	409
IV	409
V	409
VI	409
VII	409
VIII	409
IX	409
X	409
XI	409
XII	409
XIII	410
XIV	410
THE CITY AND THE SEA	410
MEMORIES	410
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS	410
TO THE AVON	411
PRESIDENT GARFIELD	411
MY BOOKS	412
MAD RIVER	412
POSSIBILITIES	413
DECORATION DAY	413
A FRAGMENT	413
INSCRIPTION ON THE SHANKLIN FOUNTAIN	414
THE BELLS OF SAN BLAS	414
FRAGMENTS	415
CHRISTUS: A MYSTERY	415
PART ONE	416
THE FIRST PASSOVER	416
I	416
II	418
I	418
II	418
III	418
III	419
IV	421
V	422
VI	423
VII	425
VIII	426
IX	427
X	428
THE SECOND PASSOVER.	429
I	429
II	430
III	432
IV	433
V	434
VI	435
VII	437
VIII	439
IX	440
X	441
XI	442
THE THIRD PASSOVER	445
I	445
II	446
III	449
IV	450
V	451
VI	453
VII	453
VIII	454
IX	456
X	456
XI	457
XII	458
EPILOGUE	460
FIRST INTERLUDE	460
PART TWO	462
PROLOGUE	462
I	463
COURT-YARD OF THE CASTLE	467
II	469
A ROOM IN THE FARM-HOUSE	472
EVENING SONG	473
ELSIE’S CHAMBER	474
THE CHAMBER OF GOTTLIEB AND URSULA	474
A VILLAGE CHURCH	476
A ROOM IN THE FARM-HOUSE	481
IN THE GARDEN	481
III	482
SQUARE IN FRONT OF THE CATHEDRAL	484
IN THE CATHEDRAL	486
THE NATIVITY	487
INTROITUS	487
I. HEAVEN.	487
II. MARY AT THE WELL	488
	488
IV. THE WISE MEN OF THE EAST	489
V. THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT	490
VI. THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS	490
VII. JESUS AT PLAY WITH HIS SCHOOLMATES	491
VIII. THE VILLAGE SCHOOL	492
IX. CROWNED WITH FLOWERS	492
IV	493
THE CONVENT OF HIRSCHAU IN THE BLACK FOREST.	494
THE SCRIPTORIUM	496
THE CLOISTERS	497
THE CHAPEL	499
THE REFECTORY	500
THE NEIGHBORING NUNNERY	504
V.	507
THE DEVIL’S BRIDGE	509
THE ST. GOTHARD PASS	509
AT THE FOOT OF THE ALPS	510
THE INN AT GENOA	512
AT SEA	514
VI	515
THE FARM-HOUSE IN THE ODENWALD	519
THE CASTLE OF VAUTSBERG ON THE RHINE	521
EPILOGUE	522
SECOND INTERLUDE	523
A CHAMBER IN THE WARTBURG. MORNING. MARTIN LUTHER WRITING.	523
PART THREE	526
JOHN ENDICOTT	526
PROLOGUE.	526
ACT I.	527
ACT II.	532
ACT III.	538
ACT IV.	545
ACT V.	552
GILES COREY OF THE SALEM FARMS	556
ACT I.	557
ACT II	562
ACT III.	568
ACT IV	573
ACT V.	578
FINALE	582
JUDAS MACCABAEUS.	582
SCENE II. — ANTIOCHUS; JASON; THE SAMARITAN AMBASSADORS.	584
SCENE III. — ANTIOCHUS; JASON.	585
ACT II.	585
SCENE II. — THE MOTHER; ANTIOCHUS; SIRION,	587
ACT III.	588
SCENE II — JUDAS MACCABAEUS; JEWISH FUGITIVES.	589
SCENE III. — JUDAS MACCABAEUS; NICANOR.	590
SCENE IV. — JUDAS MACCABAEUS; CAPTAINS AND SOLDIERS.	591
ACT IV.	592
SCENE II. — JUDAS MACCABAEUS; JASON; JEWS,	592
ACT V.	594
SCENE II — ANTIOCHUS; PHILIP; A MESSENGER	595
MICHAEL ANGELO	596
DEDICATION.	596
PART FIRST.	596
I.	596
PROLOGUE AT ISCHIA	596
MONOLOGUE: THE LAST JUDGMENT	599
II.	601
III.	602
IV.	607
V.	611
PART SECOND	615
I	615
II	616
III	617
IV.	621
V	626
VI	628
PART THIRD	630
I	630
II	631
SCENE II.	632
III	635
IV	636
V	638
VI	643
VII	644
VIII	646
TRANSLATIONS	648
FROM THE SPANISH	648
SONNETS	653
I	653
BY LOPE DE VEGA	653
II	654
BY LOPE DE VEGA	654
III	654
IV	654
BY FRANCISCO DE ALDANA	654
V	655
ANONYMOUS	655
ANCIENT SPANISH BALLADS.	655
I	655
II	655
III	656
VIDA DE SAN MILLAN	656
SAN MIGUEL, THE CONVENT	657
BY GONZALO DE BERCEO	657
SONG	658
SANTA TERESA’S BOOK-MARK	658
BY SANTA TERESA DE AVILA	658
FROM THE CANCIONEROS	658
I	658
BY DIEGO DE SALDANA	658
II	659
BY CRISTOBAL DE GASTILLOJO	659
III	659
BY EL COMMENDADOR ESCRIVA	659
IV	659
FROM THE SWEDISH AND DANISH	659
BY ESAIAS TEGNER	659
I	659
II	660
III	661
IV	662
THE CHILDREN OF THE LORD’S SUPPER	662
KING CHRISTIAN	670
THE ELECTED KNIGHT	671
CHILDHOOD	671
FROM THE GERMAN	672
THE WAVE	672
THE DEAD	673
THE BIRD AND THE SHIP	673
WHITHER?	673
BEWARE!	674
SONG OF THE BELL	674
THE CASTLE BY THE SEA	674
THE BLACK KNIGHT	675
SONG OF THE SILENT LAND	675
THE LUCK OF EDENHALL	676
THE TWO LOCKS OF HAIR	677
THE HEMLOCK TREE.	677
ANNIE OF THARAW	677
THE STATUE OVER THE CATHEDRAL DOOR	678
THE LEGEND OF THE CROSSBILL	678
THE SEA HATH ITS PEARLS	678
POETIC APHORISMS	679
MONEY	679
THE BEST MEDICINES	679
SIN	679
POVERTY AND BLINDNESS	679
LAW OF LIFE	679
CREEDS	679
THE RESTLESS HEART	679
CHRISTIAN LOVE	679
ART AND TACT	679
RETRIBUTION	679
TRUTH	679
RHYMES	679
SILENT LOVE	680
BLESSED ARE THE DEAD	680
WANDERER’S NIGHT-SONGS	680
I	680
II	680
REMORSE	680
FORSAKEN.	681
ALLAH	681
FROM THE ANGLO-SAXON	681
BEOWULF’S EXPEDITION TO HEORT.	681
THE SOUL’S COMPLAINT AGAINST THE BODY	683
FROM THE FRENCH	683
FROM THE PARADISE OF LOVE	683
THE RETURN OF SPRING	684
SPRING	684
THE CHILD ASLEEP	684
DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP TURPIN	685
THE BLIND GIRL OF CASTEL CUILLE	685
I	685
II	687
III	689
A CHRISTMAS CAROL	691
CONSOLATION	692
BY FRANCOISE MALHERBE	692
TO CARDINAL RICHELIEU	692
THE ANGEL AND THE CHILD	692
ON THE TERRACE OF THE AIGALADES	693
TO MY BROOKLET	694
BARREGES	694
WILL EVER THE DEAR DAYS COME BACK AGAIN?	694
AT LA CHAUDEAU	695
A QUIET LIFE.	695
THE WINE OF JURANCON	695
FRIAR LUBIN	695
RONDEL	696
MY SECRET	696
FROM THE ITALIAN	696
THE TERRESTRIAL PARADISE	697
BEATRICE.	698
TO ITALY	699
I	699
II	699
III	699
IV	700
V	700
VI	700
VII	700
VIII	701
THE NATURE OF LOVE	701
FROM THE PORTUGUESE	701
BY GIL VICENTE	701
FROM EASTERN SOURCES	701
A TARTAR SONG	701
I	701
II	702
III	702
THE SIEGE OF KAZAN	702
THE BOY AND THE BROOK	703
TO THE STORK	703
FROM THE LATIN	703
OVID IN EXILE	705

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