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The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1

Chapter 487: Edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson
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This collection features a diverse array of poetry that explores themes of childhood, nature, and the passage of time. It includes works that celebrate the innocence and joys of youth, as well as reflections on aging and the human experience. The anthology is organized into sections that encompass various aspects of life, from lullabies and nursery rhymes to more contemplative verses. The poems are contributed by various authors, providing a rich tapestry of voices and styles, making it a comprehensive resource for poetry lovers and a nostalgic journey through the stages of life.

BARBARA

SONG

SARRAZINE'S SONG TO HER DEAD LOVER

LOVE AND DEATH

TO ONE IN PARADISE

ANNABEL LEE

FOR ANNIE

TELLING THE BEES

A TRYST

LOVE'S RESURRECTION DAY

HEAVEN

JANETTE'S HAIR

THE DYING LOVER

"WHEN THE GRASS SHALL COVER ME"

GIVE LOVE TO-DAY

UNTIL DEATH

FLORENCE VANE

"IF SPIRITS WALK"

REQUIESCAT

LYRIC

ROMANCE

GOOD-NIGHT

REQUIESCAT

THE FOUR WINDS

THE KING'S BALLAD

HELIOTROPE

"LYDIA IS GONE THIS MANY A YEAR"

AFTER

MEMORIES

TO DIANE

"MUSIC I HEARD"

HER DWELLING-PLACE

THE WIFE FROM FAIRYLAND

IN THE FALL O' YEAR

THE INVISIBLE BRIDE

RAIN ON A GRAVE

PATTERNS

DUST

BALLAD

"THE LITTLE ROSE IS DUST, MY DEAR"

DIRGE

THE LITTLE RED RIBBON

THE ROSARY


LOVE'S FULFILMENT

"MY TRUE-LOVE HATH MY HEART"

SONG

THE GOOD-MORROW

"THERE'S GOWD IN THE BREAST"

THE BEGGAR MAID

REFUGE

AT SUNSET

"ONE MORNING, OH! SO EARLY"

ACROSS THE DOOR

MAY MARGARET

RONDEL

A SPRING JOURNEY

THE BROOKSIDE

SONG

WHAT MY LOVER SAID

MAY-MUSIC

SONG

A MEMORY

LOVE TRIUMPHANT

LINES

LOVE AMONG THE RUINS

EARL MERTOUN'S SONG

MEETING AT NIGHT

PARTING AT MORNING

THE TURN OF THE ROAD

"MY DELIGHT AND THY DELIGHT"

"O, SAW YE THE LASS"

LOVE AT SEA

MARY BEATON'S SONG

PLIGHTED

A WOMAN'S QUESTION

"DINNA ASK ME"

A SONG

THE REASON

"MY OWN CAILIN DONN"

NOCTURNE

SURRENDER

"BY YON BURN SIDE"

A PASTORAL

"WHEN DEATH TO EITHER SHALL COME"

THE RECONCILIATION

SONG

CONTENT

CHE SARA SARA

"BID ADIEU TO GIRLISH DAYS"

TO F. C.

SPRING PASSION

ADVICE TO A LOVER

"YES"

LOVE

NESTED

THE LETTERS

PROTHALAMION

EPITHALAMION

THE KISS

MARRIAGE

THE NEWLY-WEDDED

"I SAW TWO CLOUDS AT MORNING"

HOLY MATRIMONY

THE BRIDE

A MARRIAGE CHARM

"LIKE A LAVEROCK IN THE LIFT"

MY OWEN

DORIS: A PASTORAL

"HE'D NOTHING BUT HIS VIOLIN"

LOVE'S CALENDAR

HOME

TWO LOVERS

THE LAND OF HEART'S DESIRE

MY AIN WIFE

THE IRISH WIFE

MY WIFE'S A WINSOME WEE THING

LETTICE

"IF THOU WERT BY MY SIDE, MY LOVE"

THE SHEPHERD'S WIFE'S SONG

"TRUTH DOTH TRUTH DESERVE"

THE MARRIED LOVER

MY LOVE

MARGARET TO DOLCINO

DOLCINO TO MARGARET

AT LAST

THE WIFE TO HER HUSBAND

A WIFE'S SONG

THE SAILOR'S WIFE

JERRY AN' ME

"DON'T BE SORROWFUL, DARLING"

WINIFREDA

AN OLD MAN'S IDYL

THE POET'S SONG TO HIS WIFE

JOHN ANDERSON

TO MARY

THE GOLDEN WEDDING

MOGGY AND ME

"O, LAY THY HAND IN MINE, DEAR!"

THE EXEQUY


LOVE SONNETS

SONNETS

SONNETS

"ALEXIS, HERE SHE STAYED"

"WERE I AS BASE AS IS THE LOWLY PLAIN"

A SONNET OF THE MOON

TO MARY UNWIN

"WHY ART THOU SILENT"

SONNETS

HOW MY SONGS OF HER BEGAN

AT THE LAST

TO ONE WHO WOULD MAKE A CONFESSION

THE PLEASURES OF LOVE

"WERE BUT MY SPIRIT LOOSED UPON THE AIR"

RENOUNCEMENT

"MY LOVE FOR THEE"

SONNETS

LOVE IN THE WINDS

"OH! DEATH WILL FIND ME"

THE BUSY HEART

THE HILL

SONNETS






THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE,

VOLUME 3


By Various


Edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson






PART III


POEMS OF NATURE

MOTHER NATURE

THE BOOK OF THE WORLD

NATURE

COMPENSATION

THE LAST HOUR

NATURE

SONG OF NATURE

"GREAT NATURE IS AN ARMY GAY"

TO MOTHER NATURE

QUIET WORK

NATURE

"AS AN OLD MERCER"

GOOD COMPANY

"HERE IS THE PLACE WHERE LOVELINESS KEEPS HOUSE"

GOD'S WORLD

WILD HONEY

PATMOS


DAWN AND DARK

SONG

HYMN OF APOLLO

PRELUDE

DAWN ON THE HEADLAND

THE MIRACLE OF THE DAWN

DAWN-ANGELS

MUSIC OF THE DAWN

SUNRISE ON MANSFIELD MOUNTAIN

ODE TO EVENING

"IT IS A BEAUTEOUS EVENING, CALM AND FREE"

GLOAMING

EVENING MELODY

"IN THE COOL OF THE EVENING"

TWILIGHT

TWILIGHT AT SEA

"THIS IS MY HOUR"

SONG TO THE EVENING STAR

THE EVENING CLOUD

SONG: TO CYNTHIA

MY STAR

NIGHT

TO NIGHT

TO NIGHT

NIGHT

NIGHT

HE MADE THE NIGHT

HYMN TO THE NIGHT

NIGHT'S MARDI GRAS

DAWN AND DARK

DAWN

A WOOD SONG


THE CHANGING YEAR

A SONG FOR THE SEASONS

A SONG OF THE SEASONS

TURN O' THE YEAR

THE WAKING YEAR

SONG

EARLY SPRING

LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING

IN EARLY SPRING

SPRING

A STARLING'S SPRING RONDEL

"WHEN DAFFODILS BEGIN TO PEER"

SPRING

"THE SPRING RETURNS"

"WHEN THE HOUNDS OF SPRING"

SONG

TO SPRING

AN ODE ON THE SPRING

SPRING

THE MEADOWS IN SPRING

THE SPRING

"WHEN SPRING COMES BACK TO ENGLAND"

NEW LIFE

"OVER THE WINTRY THRESHOLD"

MARCH

SONG IN MARCH

MARCH

WRITTEN IN MARCH

THE PASSING OF MARCH

HOME THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD

SONG

AN APRIL ADORATION

SWEET WILD APRIL

SPINNING IN APRIL

SONG: ON MAY MORNING

A MAY BURDEN

CORINNA'S GOING A-MAYING

"SISTER, AWAKE!"

MAY

MAY

A SPRING LILT

SUMMER LONGINGS

MIDSUMMER

A MIDSUMMER SONG

JUNE

JUNE

HARVEST

SCYTHE SONG

SEPTEMBER

INDIAN SUMMER

PREVISION

A SONG OF EARLY AUTUMN

TO AUTUMN

ODE TO AUTUMN

ODE TO THE WEST WIND

AUTUMN: A DIRGE

AUTUMN

"WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN"

KORE

OLD OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

NOVEMBER

STORM FEAR

WINTER: A DIRGE

OLD WINTER

THE FROST

THE FROSTED PANE

THE FROST SPIRIT

SNOW

TO A SNOW-FLAKE

THE SNOW-SHOWER

MIDWINTER

A GLEE FOR WINTER

THE DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR

DIRGE FOR THE YEAR


WOOD AND FIELD AND RUNNING BROOK

WALDEINSAMKEIT

I DO NOT COUNT THE HOURSS I SPEND

"WHEN IN THE WOODS I WANDER ALL ALONE"

OUT IN THE FIELDS

ASPECTS OF THE PINES

UNDER THE LEAVES

"ON WENLOCK EDGE"

"WHAT DO WE PLANT?"

THE TREE

THE BRAVE OLD OAK

"THE GIRT WOAK TREE THAT'S IN THE DELL"

TO THE WILLOW-TREE

ENCHANTMENT

TREES

THE HOLLY-TREE

THE PINE

"WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE"

THE BEECH TREE'S PETITION

THE POPLAR FIELD

THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE-TREE

OF AN ORCHARD

AN ORCHARD AT AVIGNON

THE TIDE RIVER

THE BROOK'S SONG

ARETHUSA

THE CATARACT OF LODORE

SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE

"FLOW GENTLY, SWEET AFTON"

CANADIAN BOAT-SONG

THE MARSHES OF GLYNN

THE TROSACHS

HYMN

THE PEAKS

KINCHINJUNGA

THE HILLS

HEMLOCK MOUNTAIN

SUNRISE ON RYDAL WATER

THE DESERTED PASTURE

TO MEADOWS

THE CLOUD

APRIL RAIN

SUMMER INVOCATION

APRIL RAIN

TO THE RAINBOW


GREEN THINGS GROWING

MY GARDEN

THE GARDEN

A GARDEN

A GARDEN SONG

"IN GREEN OLD GARDENS"

A BENEDICTINE GARDEN

AN AUTUMN GARDEN

UNGUARDED

THE DESERTED GARDEN

A FORSAKEN GARDEN

GREEN THINGS GROWING

A CHANTED CALENDAR

FLOWERS

FLOWERS

A CONTEMPLATION UPON FLOWERS

ALMOND BLOSSOM

WHITE AZALEAS

BUTTERCUPS

THE BROOM FLOWER

THE SMALL CELANDINE

TO THE SMALL CELANDINE

FOUR-LEAF CLOVER

SWEET CLOVER

"I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD"

TO DAFFODILS

TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY

A FIELD FLOWER

TO DAISIES, NOT TO SHUT SO SOON

DAISIES

TO THE DAISY

TO DAISIES

TO THE DANDELION

DANDELION

THE DANDELIONS

TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN

GOLDENROD

LESSONS FROM THE GORSE

THE VOICE OF THE GRASS

A SONG THE GRASS SINGS

THE WILD HONEYSUCKLE

THE IVY GREEN

YELLOW JESSAMINE

KNAP WEED

MOLY

THE MORNING-GLORY

THE MOUNTAIN HEART'S-EASE

THE PRIMROSE

TO PRIMROSES FILLED WITH MORNING DEW

TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE

THE RHODORA