Poems and sonnets of Louise Chandler Moulton / [by Louise Chandler Moulton] [electronic text]
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Poems and sonnets of Louise Chandler Moulton / [by Louise Chandler Moulton] [electronic text]
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Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908
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Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company
1909
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CONTENTS.
SWALLOW FLIGHTS. [1]
Swallow-Flights 3
May-Flowers 5
My Summer 7
Morning Glory 8
A Painted Fan 10
Long is the Way 11
Automne 12
Out in the Snow 13
A Weed 15
A Quest 16
Some Day or Other 18
Through a Window 19
Waiting 21
Wife to Husband 22
After the Mountains 24
Alone by the Bay 25
Midsummer in New England 26
At Etretat 28
The House of Death 29
"She was won in an Idle Day" 31
A Life's Loss 33
The Singer 36
How Long? 38
The Song of a Summer 39
If 40
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Fiat Justitia 41
At the Last 42
What she said in her Tomb 43
A Summer's Ghost 45
Lover and Friend hast thou put far from me 46
Beauty for Ashes 48
To my Heart 49
Alien Waters 51
Looking Back 53
A Problem 55
At a Window 57
To a Lady in a Picture 58
My Captive 59
Roses 61
Down the River 62
Love's Land 64
Her Window 65
A Madrigal 66
Question 67
I fain would go 69
The Spring is Late 71
Selfish Prayer 72
Ad Te Domine 73
If I could keep her so 74
Annie's Daughter 76
Looking into the Well 78
Like a Child 81
A Song in the Wood 83
My Boy 84
Trothplight 87
The House in the Meadow 89
From Dusk to Dawn 93
There 95
Somebody's Child 96
A Woman's Waiting 97
John A. Andrew 100
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The Country of "If" 101
For Cupid Dead 102
We Lay Us Down to Sleep 103
Sonnets: [105]
The New Day 107
One Dread 108
Afar 109
Last Year 110
I. 110
II. 110
First Love 112
Love's Forgiveness 113
In Time to Come 114
A Summer's Growth 115
My Birthday 116
IN THE GARDEN OF DREAMS [117]
Lyrics. [121]
Come back, Dear Days 123
Love's Resurrection Day 125
The Strength of the Hills 126
"If there were Dreams to Sell" 128
In the Ranks 130
Eros 131
Laus Veneris 132
Parleying 134
In Bohemia 135
To Night 136
When Day Was Done 137
Maud's Roses 139
"Their Candles are all out" 140
To Mistress Rose 142
At Midnight 143
In a Bower 145
Roses 146
The Ghost's Return 147
As I sail 149
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A Girl's Funeral in Milan 151
In a Garden 152
At End 154
The Coquette's Defence 155
Do Not Grieve 157
Old Jones is Dead 158
Grandmamma's Warning 160
Maid Marion 161
A Little Comedy 163
In Autumn 165
At Five o'Clock 166
Beside a Bier 167
Red and White Roses 168
My Saint 169
Warning 170
The Rose she wore in Winter 171
Shall I not know? 172
For a Birthday 174
A Mood of Love 175
Nay 176
The Roses of La Garraye 177
Now and Then 179
"The King is Dead, Long live the King!" 180
Sonnets in Many Moods. [183]
Helen's Cup 185
Silent Sorrow 186
A Cry 187
Love's Empty House 188
After Death 189
Voices on the Wind 190
The Cup of Death 191
To a Modern Poet 192
The Last Good-by 193
Love is Dead 194
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Hic Jacet 195
Left behind 196
Future Forgiveness 197
In Pace 198
A Woman's Knowledge 199
In Solitude 200
Beyond Sight and Sound 201
To One who has loved often 202
Before the Shrine 203
Roses at Sea 204
A Ghost's Question 205
Sister Sorrow 206
He loved 207
Hereafter 208
At War 209
Near, yet far 210
A Fallen House 211
My Mourner 212
At Sea 213
Laura Sleeping 214
To One Most Unhappy 215
In the Court of the Lions 216
My Castle 217
By March Wind led 218
My Mother's Picture 219
At a Ruined Abbey 220
His Second Wife Speaks. [221]
I. A Parable 223
II. Silent 224
III. A Second Place 225
IV. Alone in Death 226
V. Face to Face 227
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The Still Hour. [229]
In the Pine Woods at Marienbad. 231
Help Thou My Unbelief! 232
Shall I look back? 233
Straight on to Port 234
A Prayer in Sorrow 235
On Homeward Wing 236
In Mid-ocean 237
As in Vision 238
A Prayer for Light 239
Come unto Me 240
A Rainy Afternoon 241
Hark, Ten Thousand Harps and Voices! 242
Rosemary. [243]
Ralph Waldo Emerson 245
An Open Door 246
Behind the Mist 247
Her Ghost 248
At End of Pain 251
A Silent Guest 252
Louisa M. Alcott 253
To French Tunes. [255]
RONDELS. [257]
The Spring is Here 257
Easter Sunday 258
Heart, Sad Heart 259
Two Red Roses 260
The Shadow-dance 261
In February 262
The Old Beau 263
To John Greenleaf Whittier 264
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RONDEAUX. 265
"With those Clear Eyes" 265
Love's Ghost 266
How could I tell? 267
When Love was Young 268
If Love could last 269
O Sweetest Maid! 270
If you were here 271
TRIOLETS. 272
Such Joy it was 272
We loved so well 273
So blithely rose 274
Thistle-down 275
Love plumes his Wings 276
BALLADE. 277
In Winter 277
AT THE WIND'S WILL. [279]
[At the Wind's Will] [280]
[To Hope] [281]
Lyrics. [283]
Songs at Sea 285
On a Rose pressed in a Book 287
The Sun is Low 288
The Secret of Arcady 290
At Night's High Noon 292
The Voice of Spring 293
In Extremis 294
When Love is Young 296
At the End 297
To Sleep 299
When you are Dead. A Lover speaks 300
The Birds and I 302
The Birds come back 304
A Winter's Dawn 305
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The Lure 307
Dead Men's Holiday. After Shipka 308
When you were here 310
Because it is the Spring 311
Her Picture 313
A Violet speaks 314
Legend of a Tomb in Florence 316
The Summer's Queen 318
Bend low and hark 319
A Song for Rosalys 321
The Gentle Ghost of Joy 323
When I wander away with Death 324
Has Lavish Summer brought the Rose? 326
A Lost Eden 327
The Mood of a Man 329
June's Daughter 330
A Summer Wooing 332
I have called thee Many a Night 333
A Whisper to the Moon 334
In Venice once 335
My Queen of May 336
Where the Night's Pale Roses blow 338
And Yet 339
I heard a Cry in the Night 340
The Name on a Door 342
Vain Waiting 344
A Wish 345
The Costliest Gift 346
To her who knows 347
In the Offing 348
With a Book 349
Sonnets. [351]
LOVE'S ROSARY. [353]
I. Land of my Dreams 355
II. Though we were Dust 356
III. The Rose of Dawn 357
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IV. Thou reignest still 358
V. Time's Prisoner 359
VI. "Have I not learned to live without thee yet?" 360
VII. A Heavenly Birthday 361
VIII. Lethe 362
IX. A Silent Voice 363
X. Were but my Spirit loosed upon the Air 364
OF LIFE AND LOVE. [365]
At Midsummer 367
The Life-Mask of Keats 368
Soul to Body 369
At Rest 370
Shall I Complain? 371
Parting 372
Vain Freedom 373
The New Year dawns 374
Aspiration 375
Oh, Traveller by Unaccustomed Ways 376
Great Love 377
I. Great love is humble 377
II. Great love is proud 378
Her Years 379
Midwinter Flowers. To E. C. S. 380
Her Presence 381
When we confront the Vastness of the Night 382
On meeting a Sailing Vessel in Mid-Ocean 383
Midnight at Sea 384
Inter Manes 385
Yet, strangely Beautiful your Face I find 386
A Summer's Dream 387
My Masters 389
To Prince Oric (Six Years Old) 390
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A Poet's Second Love 391
Fair Life 393
A Plea for the Old Year 394
When I am Dead 395
One Afternoon. To Louisa, Lady Ashburton 396
IN QUEST OF LIGHT. [397]
Afar from God 399
My Father's House 400
Newly Born 401
The Song of the Stars 402
A Question: At Sea 403
The Land of Gold 404
A Prayer in the Dark 405
AT DEATH'S POSTERN. [407]
Across the Sea 409
Robert Browning 410
I. his star 410
II. the poet of human life. 411
Oliver Wendell Holmes 412
Summoned by the King 413
Philip Bourke Marston. Author of "Garden Secrets" 414
The Closed Gate 415
A Dream in the Night. To my Mother 416
Rondels and Rondeaux [417]
Vagrant Love 419
Though we repent 420
The Spring is here 421
To the Ghost of Mary Queen of Scots 422
After supping with a Poet. To E. G. 423
Rosamond's Rose 424
To a Fair Lady 425
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Two Thrushes met. For M. E. S. 426
Love makes the Spring 427
Life's Day. To One who asks me for a Merry Song 428
Quatrains. [429]
The Lost Room 431
Autumn Days 432
A Dead Poet 433
In a Library 434
The King Dethroned 435
Who Knows? 436
Day's Mockery 437
You 438
I studied Life 439
The Prodigal 440
Translations. [441]
Long Weeping 443
By Moonlight 444
Through the Darkness 446
The Mirror 447
La Vie 451
ADDITIONAL POEMS. [453]
To Julia Ward Howe 455
Why? 456
All in One 457
If once, just once 458
The Bold Ghost 459
Once More 461
One Day 462
"Beyond" 463
For Easter Morn 464
Life's Seasons 465
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