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Chapter 414: Edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson
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This collection features a diverse array of poems centered on nature, exploring its beauty, cycles, and the human connection to the natural world. The verses reflect on themes such as the changing seasons, the tranquility of landscapes, and the profound impact of nature on the human spirit. Various poets contribute their perspectives, celebrating elements like dawn, twilight, and the life of flora and fauna. The anthology emphasizes the importance of appreciating the natural environment and finding solace in its presence, inviting readers to reconnect with the world around them.

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

"WHEN LOVELY WOMAN"

FRAGMENT IN IMITATION OF WORDSWORTH

ONLY SEVEN

LUCY LAKE

JANE SMITH

FATHER WILLIAM

THE NEW ARRIVAL

DISASTER

'TWAS EVER THUS

A GRIEVANCE

"NOT A SOU HAD HE GOT"

THE WHITING AND THE SNAIL

THE RECOGNITION

THE HIGHER PANTHEISM IN A NUTSHELL

THE WILLOW-TREE

POETS AND LINNETS

THE JAM-POT

BALLAD

Part I

Part II

THE POSTER-GIRL

AFTER DILETTANTE CONCETTI

IF

NEPHELIDIA

COMMONPLACES

THE PROMISSORY NOTE

MRS. JUDGE JENKINS

THE MODERN HIAWATHA

HOW OFTEN

"IF I SHOULD DIE TO-NIGHT"

SINCERE FLATTERY

CULTURE IN THE SLUMS

THE POETS AT TEA

WORDSWORTH