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The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2

Chapter 878: Edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson

By Burton Egbert Stevenson

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This collection features a diverse array of poems centered on the theme of love, exploring its various facets, emotions, and expressions. The anthology includes works from multiple poets, presenting romantic sentiments, reflections on desire, and musings on the nature of love. The poems range from joyous celebrations of affection to contemplative pieces on longing and heartache. Each selection captures the complexity of love through lyrical language and vivid imagery, inviting readers to reflect on their own experiences with this universal emotion.

THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE,

VOLUME 2

By Various

Edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson

POEMS OF LOVE

"NOW WHAT IS LOVE"

"NOW WHAT IS LOVE"

ROSALIND'S MADRIGAL

LOVE'S PERJURIES

THE POWER OF LOVE

ADVICE TO A LOVER

LOVE'S HOROSCOPE

"AH, HOW SWEET IT IS TO LOVE!"

"IN THE DAYS OF OLD"

"THEY SPEAK O' WILES"

"LOVE WILL FIND OUT THE WAY"

A WOMAN'S SHORTCOMINGS

"LOVE HATH A LANGUAGE"

THE SURFACE AND THE DEPTHS

A BALLAD OF DREAMLAND

"GIVE ALL TO LOVE"

"O, LOVE IS NOT A SUMMER MOOD"

WHEN WILL LOVE COME?

"AWAKE, MY HEART"

THE ROSE OF STARS

"LOVE ONCE WAS LIKE AN APRIL DAWN"

THE GARDEN OF SHADOW

"NEVER GIVE ALL THE HEART"

ON HAMPSTEAD HEATH

IN PRAISE OF HER

CUPID AND CAMPASPE

"FAIR IS MY LOVE FOR APRIL'S IN HER FACE"

DAMELUS' SONG OF HIS DIAPHENIA

ON CHLORIS WALKING IN THE SNOW

"THERE IS A LADY SWEET AND KIND"

ELIZABETH OF BOHEMIA

THE COMPLETE LOVER

RUBIES AND PEARLS

UPON JULIA'S CLOTHES

TO CYNTHIA ON CONCEALMENT OF HER BEAUTY

"TELL ME, MY HEART, IF THIS BE LOVE"

KATE OF ABERDEEN

"O MALLY'S MEEK, MALLY'S SWEET"

THE LOVER'S CHOICE

RONDEAU REDOUBLE

"MY LOVE SHE'S BUT A LASSIE YET"

JESSIE, THE FLOWER O' DUNBLANE

MARGARET AND DORA

DAGONET'S CANZONET

STANZAS FOR MUSIC

"FLOWERS I WOULD BRING"

"IT IS NOT BEAUTY I DEMAND"

"A VOICE BY THE CEDAR TREE"

LOVELY MARY DONNELLY

LOVE IN THE VALLEY

PRAISE OF MY LADY

"MEET WE NO ANGELS, PANSIE?"

"GIRL OF THE RED MOUTH"

THE DAUGHTER OF MENDOZA

"IF SHE BE MADE OF WHITE AND RED"

THE LOVER'S SONG

"WHEN FIRST I SAW HER"

"LOVE, I MARVEL WHAT YOU ARE"

BALLADE OF MY LADY'S BEAUTY

VILLANELLE OF HIS LADY'S TREASURES

ANY LOVER, ANY LASS

SONGS ASCENDING

TO... IN CHURCH

AFTER TWO YEARS

PLAINTS AND PROTESTATIONS

THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE

THE NYMPH'S REPLY TO THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD

"WRONG NOT, SWEET EMPRESS OF MY HEART"

TO HIS COY LOVE

HER SACRED BOWER

"LOVE ME OR NOT"

"THERE IS NONE, O NONE BUT YOU"

OF CORINNA'S SINGING

"WERE MY HEART AS SOME MEN'S ARE"

"KIND ARE HER ANSWERS"

TO A LADY ASKING HIM HOW LONG HE WOULD LOVE HER

TO ANTHEA, WHO MAY COMMAND HIM ANYTHING

THE BRACELET: TO JULIA

TO THE WESTERN WIND

TO MY INCONSTANT MISTRESS

PERSUASIONS TO ENJOY

MEDIOCRITY IN LOVE REJECTED

"HOW CAN THE HEART FORGET HER"

TO ROSES IN THE BOSOM OF CASTARA

"LOVE NOT ME FOR COMELY GRACE"

"WHEN, DEAREST, I BUT THINK OF THEE"

A DOUBT OF MARTYRDOM

"I'll NEVER LOVE THEE MORE"

TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON

TO HIS COY MISTRESS

A DEPOSITION FROM BEAUTY

"LOVE IN THY YOUTH, FAIR MAID"

THE ENCHANTMENT

"FALSE THOUGH SHE BE"

"WHY, LOVELY CHARMER"

AGAINST INDIFFERENCE

A SONG TO AMORET

THE LASS OF RICHMOND HILL

"O NANCY! WILT THOU GO WITH ME"

CAVALIER'S SONG

"MY HEART IS A LUTE"

"O WERE MY LOVE YON LILAC FAIR"

"BONNIE WEE THING"

"TAKE BACK THE VIRGIN PAGE"

"BELIEVE ME, IF ALL THOSE ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS"

ONLY OF THEE AND ME

FROM THE ARABIC

THE WANDERING KNIGHT'S SONG

THE SECRET LOVE

THE FLOWER OF BEAUTY

MY SHARE OF THE WORLD

"SMILE AND NEVER HEED ME"

ARE THEY NOT ALL MINISTERING SPIRITS?

HALLOWED PLACES

THE LADY'S "YES"

RONSARD TO HIS MISTRESS

"WHEN YOU ARE OLD"

SINCE WE PARTED

A BALLAD OF LIFE

A LOVE SYMPHONY

LOVE ON THE MOUNTAIN

KATE TEMPLE'S SONG

"DARLING, TELL ME YES"

"DO I LOVE THEE?"

"O WORLD, BE NOBLER"

"IN THE DARK, IN THE DEW"

"OR EVER THE KNIGHTLY YEARS WERE GONE"

"SOME DAY OF DAYS"

THAT DAY YOU CAME

IN A ROSE GARDEN

"GOD BLESS YOU, DEAR, TO-DAY"

"BECAUSE OF YOU"

PLYMOUTH HARBOR

THE SERF'S SECRET

"O, INEXPRESSIBLE AS SWEET"

THE WEST-COUNTRY LOVER

"BE YE IN LOVE WITH APRIL-TIDE"

"MY HEART SHALL BE THY GARDEN"

"ALL LAST NIGHT"

"HEART OF MY HEART"

THE SHADED POOL

"I AM THE WIND"

"I LOVE MY LIFE, BUT NOT TOO WELL"

"THIS IS MY LOVE FOR YOU"

MY LADY'S LIPS

"TAKE, O TAKE THOSE LIPS AWAY"

"COME, CHLOE, AND GIVE ME SWEET KISSES"

THE FIRST KISS OF LOVE

"JENNY KISSED ME"

"I FEAR THY KISSES, GENTLE MAIDEN"

LOVE'S PHILOSOPHY

KISSING'S NO SIN

PHILLIS AND CORYDON

AT HER WINDOW

"HARK, HARK, THE LARK"

"SLEEP, ANGRY BEAUTY"

THE NIGHT-PIECE: TO JULIA

Robert Herrick [1591-1674]

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

"THE YOUNG MAY MOON"

"ROW GENTLY HERE"

MORNING SERENADE

LINES TO AN INDIAN AIR

"COME INTO THE GARDEN, MAUD"

PALABRAS CARINOSAS

THE LITTLE RED LARK

Alfred Perceval Graves [1846-1931]

THE COMEDY OF LOVE

A LOVER'S LULLABY

PHILLIDA AND CORIDON

"CRABBED AGE AND YOUTH"

"IT WAS A LOVER AND HIS LASS"

"I LOVED A LASS"

I loved a lass, a fair one,

A MAIDEN'S IDEAL OF A HUSBAND

"PHILLADA FLOUTS ME"

"WHEN MOLLY SMILES"

"I ASKED MY FAIR, ONE HAPPY DAY"

"COMIN' THROUGH THE RYE"

"GREEN GROW THE RASHES, O!"

"THE TIME I'VE LOST IN WOOING"

A CERTAIN YOUNG LADY

"WHERE BE YOU GOING, YOU DEVON MAID"

LOVE IN A COTTAGE

SONG OF THE MILKMAID

"WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW"

"SING HEIGH-HO!"

THE GOLDEN FISH

A PRIMROSE DAME

AN IRISH LOVE-SONG