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Chapter 882: Edited 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 ROSE

WILD ROSES

THE ROSE OF MAY

A ROSE

THE SHAMROCK

TO VIOLETS

THE VIOLET

TO A WOOD-VIOLET

THE VIOLET AND THE ROSE

TO A WIND-FLOWER

TO BLOSSOMS

"TIS THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER"

THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS


GOD'S CREATURES

ONCE ON A TIME

TO A MOUSE

THE GRASSHOPPER

ON THE GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET

TO THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE CRICKET

THE CRICKET

TO A CRICKET

TO AN INSECT

THE SNAIL

THE HOUSEKEEPER

THE HUMBLE-BEE

TO A BUTTERFLY

ODE TO A BUTTERFLY

THE BUTTERFLY

FIREFLIES

THE BLOOD HORSE

BIRDS

BIRDS

SEA-BIRDS

THE LITTLE BEACH-BIRD

THE BLACKBIRD

THE BLACKBIRD

THE BLACKBIRD

THE BLACKBIRD

ROBERT OF LINCOLN

THE O'LINCON FAMILY

THE BOBOLINK

MY CATBIRD

THE HERALD CRANE

THE CROW

TO THE CUCKOO

THE CUCKOO

TO THE CUCKOO

THE EAGLE

THE HAWKBIT

THE HERON

THE JACKDAW

THE GREEN LINNET

TO THE MAN-OF-WAR-BIRD

THE MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT

LAMENT OF A MOCKING-BIRD

"O NIGHTINGALE! THOU SURELY ART"

PHILOMEL

PHILOMELA

ON A NIGHTINGALE IN APRIL

TO THE NIGHTINGALE

THE NIGHTINGALE

TO THE NIGHTINGALE

PHILOMELA

ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE

SONG

BIRD SONG

THE SONG THE ORIOLE SINGS

TO AN ORIOLE

SONG: THE OWL

SWEET SUFFOLK OWL

THE PEWEE

ROBIN REDBREAST

ROBIN REDBREAST

THE SANDPIPER

THE SEA-MEW

TO A SKYLARK

TO A SKYLARK

THE SKYLARK

THE SKYLARK

TO A SKYLARK

THE STORMY PETREL

THE FIRST SWALLOW

TO A SWALLOW BUILDING UNDER OUR EAVES

CHIMNEY SWALLOWS

ITYLUS

THE THROSTLE

OVERFLOW

JOY-MONTH

MY THRUSH

"BLOW SOFTLY, THRUSH"

THE BLACK VULTURE

WILD GEESE

TO A WATERFOWL

THE WOOD-DOVE'S NOTE


THE SEA

SONG FOR ALL SEAS, ALL SHIPS

STANZAS

THE SEA

ON THE SEA

"WITH SHIPS THE SEA WAS SPRINKLED"

A SONG OF DESIRE

THE PINES AND THE SEA

SEA FEVER

HASTINGS MILL

"A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA"

THE SEA

SAILOR'S SONG

"A LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE"

TACKING SHIP OFF SHORE

IN OUR BOAT

POOR JACK

"ROCKED IN THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP"

OUTWARD

A PASSER-BY

OFF RIVIERE DU LOUP

CHRISTMAS AT SEA

THE PORT O' HEART'S DESIRE

ON THE QUAY

THE FORGING OF THE ANCHOR

DRIFTING

"HOW'S MY BOY?"

THE LONG WRITE SEAM

STORM SONG

THE MARINER'S DREAM

THE INCHCAPE ROCK

THE SEA

THE SANDS OF DEE

THE THREE FISHERS

BALLAD

THE NORTHERN STAR

THE FISHER'S WIDOW

CALLER HERRIN'

HANNAH BINDING SHOES

THE SAILOR

THE BURIAL OF THE DANE

TOM BOWLING

MESSMATES

THE LAST BUCCANEER

THE LAST BUCCANEER

THE LEADSMAN'S SONG

HOMEWARD BOUND


THE SIMPLE LIFE

THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE

A WISH

ODE ON SOLITUDE

"THRICE HAPPY HE"

"UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE"

CORIDON'S SONG

THE OLD SQUIRE

INSCRIPTION IN A HERMITAGE

THE RETIREMENT

THE COUNTRY FAITH

TRULY GREAT

EARLY MORNING AT BARGIS

THE CUP

A STRIP OF BLUE

AN ODE TO MASTER ANTHONY STAFFORD

"THE MIDGES DANCE ABOON THE BURN"

THE PLOW

THE USEFUL PLOW

"TO ONE WHO HAS BEEN LONG IN CITY PENT"

THE QUIET LIFE

THE WISH

EXPOSTULATION AND REPLY

THE TABLES TURNED

SIMPLE NATURE

"I FEAR NO POWER A WOMAN WIELDS"

A RUNNABLE STAG

HUNTING-SONG

"A-HUNTING WE WILL GO"

THE ANGLER'S INVITATION

THE ANGLER'S WISH

THE ANGLER


WANDERLUST

TO JANE: THE INVITATION

"MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS"

"AFAR IN THE DESERT"

SPRING SONG IN THE CITY

IN CITY STREETS

THE VAGABOND

IN THE HIGHLANDS

THE SONG MY PADDLE SINGS

THE GIPSY TRAIL

WANDERLUST

THE FOOTPATH WAY

A MAINE TRAIL

AFOOT

FROM ROMANY TO ROME

THE TOIL OF THE TRAIL

DO YOU FEAR THE WIND?

THE KING'S HIGHWAY

THE FORBIDDEN LURE

THE WANDER-LOVERS

THE SEA GIPSY

A VAGABOND SONG

SPRING SONG

THE MENDICANTS

THE JOYS OF THE ROAD

THE SONG OF THE FOREST RANGER

A DROVER

BALLAD OF LOW-LIE-DOWN

THE GOOD INN

NIGHT FOR ADVENTURES

SONG

THE VOORTREKKER

THE LONG TRAIL






THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE,

VOLUME 4


By Various


Edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson






PART IV


FAMILIAR VERSE, AND POEMS HUMOROUS AND SATIRIC

BALLADE OF THE PRIMITIVE JEST


THE KINDLY MUSE

TIME TO BE WISE

UNDER THE LINDENS

ADVICE

TO FANNY

"I'D BE A BUTTERFLY"

"I'M NOT A SINGLE MAN"

TO——

THE VICAR

THE BELLE OF THE BALL-ROOM

THE FINE OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN

A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLY SENT TO A LADY

CHIVALRY AT A DISCOUNT

THE BALLAD OF BOUILLABAISSE

TO MY GRANDMOTHER

MY MISTRESS'S BOOTS

A GARDEN LYRIC

MRS. SMITH

THE SKELETON IN THE CUPBOARD

A TERRIBLE INFANT

COMPANIONS

DOROTHY Q

MY AUNT

THE LAST LEAF

CONTENTMENT

THE BOYS

THE JOLLY OLD PEDAGOGUE

ON AN INTAGLIO HEAD OF MINERVA

THALIA

PAN IN WALL STREET

UPON LESBIA—ARGUING

TO ANTHEA, WHO MAY COMMAND HIM ANYTHING

THE EIGHT-DAY CLOCK

A PORTRAIT

"OLD BOOKS ARE BEST"

IMPRESSION

"WITH STRAWBERRIES"

BALLADE OF LADIES' NAMES

TO A PAIR OF EGYPTIAN SLIPPERS

WITHOUT AND WITHIN

"SHE WAS A BEAUTY"

NELL GWYNNE'S LOOKING-GLASS

MIMNERMUS IN CHURCH

CLAY

AUCASSIN AND NICOLETE

PROVENCAL LOVERS

ON THE HURRY OF THIS TIME

"GOOD-NIGHT, BABETTE!"

A DIALOGUE FROM PLATO

THE LADIES OF ST. JAMES'S

THE CURE'S PROGRESS

A GENTLEMAN OF THE OLD SCHOOL

ON A FAN

"WHEN I SAW YOU LAST, ROSE"

URCEUS EXIT

A CORSAGE BOUQUET

TWO TRIOLETS

THE BALLAD OF DEAD LADIES

BALLADE OF DEAD LADIES

A BALLAD OF DEAD LADIES

IF I WERE KING

A BALLADE OF SUICIDE

CHIFFONS!

ENVOY

THE COURT HISTORIAN

MISS LOU

THE POET AND THE WOOD-LOUSE

STUDENTS

"ONE, TWO, THREE!"

THE CHAPERON

"A PITCHER OF MIGNONETTE"

OLD KING COLE

THE MASTER MARINER

A ROSE TO THE LIVING

A KISS

BIFTEK AUX CHAMPIGNONS

EVOLUTION

A REASONABLE AFFLICTION

A MORAL IN SEVRES

ON THE FLY-LEAF OF A BOOK OF OLD PLAYS

THE TALENTED MAN

A LETTER OF ADVICE

A NICE CORRESPONDENT

HER LETTER

A DEAD LETTER

THE NYMPH COMPLAINING FOR THE DEATH OF HER FAWN

ON THE DEATH OF A FAVORITE CAT, DROWNED IN A TUB OF GOLD FISHES

VERSES ON A CAT

EPITAPH ON A HARE

ON THE DEATH OF MRS. THROCKMORTON'S BULLFINCH

AN ELEGY ON A LAP-DOG

MY LAST TERRIER

GEIST'S GRAVE

"HOLD"


THE BARB OF SATIRE

THE VICAR OF BRAY

THE LOST LEADER

ICHABOD

WHAT MR. ROBINSON THINKS

THE DEBATE IN THE SENNIT

THE MARQUIS OF CARABAS

A MODEST WIT

JOLLY JACK

THE KING OF BRENTFORD

KAISER & CO

NONGTONGPAW

THE LION AND THE CUB

THE HARE WITH MANY FRIENDS

THE SYCOPHANTIC FOX AND THE GULLIBLE RAVEN

THE FRIEND OF HUMANITY AND THE KNIFE-GRINDER

VILLON'S STRAIGHT TIP TO ALL CROSS COVES

VILLON'S BALLADE

A LITTLE BROTHER OF THE RICH

THE WORLD'S WAY

FOR MY OWN MONUMENT

THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH

UP AT A VILLA—DOWN IN THE CITY

ALL SAINTS'

AN ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID, OR THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS

THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE, OR THE WONDERFUL "ONE-HOSS SHAY"

BALLADE OF A FRIAR

THE CHAMELEON

THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT

THE PHILOSOPHER'S SCALES

THE MAIDEN AND THE LILY

THE OWL-CRITIC

THE BALLAD OF IMITATION

THE CONUNDRUM OF THE WORKSHOPS

THE V-A-S-E

HEM AND HAW

MINIVER CHEEVY

THEN AG'IN

A CONSERVATIVE

SIMILAR CASES

MAN AND THE ASCIDIAN

THE CALF-PATH

WEDDED BLISS

PARADISE: A HINDOO LEGEND

AD CHLOEN, M. A.

"AS LIKE THE WOMAN AS YOU CAN"

"NO FAULT IN WOMEN"

"ARE WOMEN FAIR?"

A STRONG HAND

WOMEN'S LONGING

TRIOLET

THE FAIR CIRCASSIAN

THE FEMALE PHAETON

THE LURE

THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES

THE WOMAN WITH THE SERPENT'S TONGUE

SUPPOSE

TOO CANDID BY HALF

FABLE

WOMAN'S WILL

WOMAN'S WILL

PLAYS

THE REMEDY WORSE THAN THE DISEASE

THE NET OF LAW

COLOGNE

EPITAPH ON CHARLES II

CERTAIN MAXIMS OF HAFIZ

A BAKER'S DUZZEN UV WIZE SAWZ

EPIGRAMS

WRITTEN ON A LOOKING-GLASS

AN EPITAPH

ON THE ARISTOCRACY OF HARVARD

ON THE DEMOCRACY OF YALE

A GENERAL SUMMARY


THE MIMICS

AN OMAR FOR LADIES