O poet rare and old! 285. Or, haply, how if this contrarious West, 618. O star of France, 596. O star of morning and of liberty! 241. O Trade! O Trade! would thou wert dead! 612. Our love is not a fading, earthly flower, 412. Out of the rolling ocean the crowd came a drop Over his head were the maple buds, 94. Over the carnage rose prophetic a voice, 578. Over the Western sea hither from Niphon come, 567. O, well for the fortunate soul, 100. O what are heroes, prophets, men, 96. O ye dead Poets, who are living still, 252. Pale genius roves alone, 93. Phoebus, sitting one day in a laurel-tree's shade, Pipes of the misty moorlands, 299. Ploughman, whose gnarly hand yet kindly Poet and friend of poets, if thy glass, 352. Poet! I come to touch thy lance with mine, 253. Poor and inadequate the shadow-play, 347. Quicksand years that whirl me I know not Reader - gentle - if so be, 388. Rivermouth Rocks are fair to see, 310. Saint Augustine! well hast thou said, 155. She gathered at her slender waist, 402. She has gone, she has left us in passion and She paints with white and red the moors, 91. Should you ask me, whence these stories? 158. Six thankful weeks, — and let it be, 65. So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn, 282. Some die too late and some too soon, 348. So when there came a mighty cry of Land! 619. Speak! speak! thou fearful guest! 108. Spirit that breathest through my lattice, thou, 15. Statesman, I thank thee! and, if yet dissent, 303. Stream of my fathers! sweetly still, 264. 530. Summer's last sun nigh unto setting shines, 353. Take this kiss upon the brow! 41. Tell me, maiden, dost thou use, 59. That each should in his house abide, 92. That's a rather bold speech, my Lord Bacon, 529. The autumn-time has come, 337. The bard and mystic held me for their own, 92. its Southern way, 270. The bowers whereat, in dreams, I see, 41. The commonplace I sing, 608. The cordage creaks and rattles in the wind, 418. The elder folks shook hands at last, 327. The electric nerve, whose instantaneous thrill 50. The friends that are, and friends that were, 380. The groves were God's first temples, 12. The hound was cuffed, the hound was kicked, The innocent, sweet Day is dead, 611. The land, that, from the rule of kings, 352. The lights are out, and gone are all the guests, The little gate was reached at last, 461. The lords of life, the lords of life, 77. The piping of our slender, peaceful reeds, 378. The prairie-grass dividing, its special odor breath- The proudest now is but my peer, 285. are some qualities-some incorporate There are truths you Americans need to be told, There came a youth upon the earth, 412. There comes Emerson first, whose rich words, There comes Poe, with his raven, like Barnaby There is a quiet spirit in these woods, 102. There is Bryant, as quiet, as cool, and as digni- There is Hawthorne, with genius so shrinking There is Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to There is no flock, however watched and tended, 149. There is no great and no small, 73. There is Whittier, whose swelling and vehement There's Holmes, who is matchless among you for There was a child went forth every day, 532. There was a young man in Boston town, 360. The rounded world is fair to see, 77. These are the gardens of the Desert, these, 18. The shades of night were falling fast, 112. The shadows round the inland sea, 281. The Sphinx is drowsy, 71. The Star of Fame shines down upon the river, The stars of Night contain the glittering Day, 611. The storm and peril overpast, 348. The subtle power in perfume found, 351. The sun athwart the cloud thought it no sin, 91. The sun set, but set not his hope, 92. The sun that brief December day, 315. The tide rises, the tide falls, 256. The time has been that these wild solitudes, 5. The works of human artifice soon tire, 104. The young Endymion sleeps Endymion's sleep, They put their finger on their lip, 96. This ancient silver bowl of mine, it tells of good This is our place of meeting; opposite, 399. This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, 368. This is your month, the month of 'perfect days,' This shining moment is an edifice, 91. Though love repine, and reason chafe, 95. Thou Mother with thy equal brood, 598. Thou shouldst have sung the swan-song for the Thou that from the heavens art, 149. Thou, too, hast left us. While with heads bowed Thou unrelenting Past! 15. Thou wast all that to me, love, 45. Thou wast the fairest of all man-made things, 530 Thou wouldst be loved?- then let thy heart, 46. Three Silences there are: the first of speech, 238. "T is like stirring living embers when, at eighty, "Tis midnight: through my troubled dream, 381. To clothe the fiery thought, 94. To heal his heart of long-time pain, 626. To range, deep-wrapt, along a heavenly height, 627. To the God of all sure mercies let my blessing To those who died for her on land and sea, 524. True Brahmin, in the morning meadows wet, 94. Tuscan, that wanderest through the realms of 'T was a vision of childhood that came with its 'T was on the famous trotting-ground, 392. Two angels, one of Life and one of Death, 157. Unbar the door, since thou the Opener art, 95. Vex not the Muse with idle prayers, 407. Warm and still is the summer night, 251. We are what we are made; each following day, We count the broken lyres that rest, 373. What care I, so they stand the same, 86. When beechen buds begin to swell, 2. When breezes are soft and skies are fair, 4. 246. When I think of my beloved, 188. When legislators keep the law, 368. Where is this patriarch you are kindly greeting? 397. Whether is better, the gift or the donor? 67. White swan of cities, slumbering in thy nest, 253. Who are you dusky woman, so ancient hardly hu- Who cometh over the hills, 509. Who of all statesmen is his country's pride, 362. With a glory of winter sunshine, 350. With snow-white veil and garments as of flame, Word over all, beautiful as the sky, 586. Words pass as wind, but where great deeds were Would you hear of an old-time sea-fight? 542. Yes, faith is a goodly anchor, 463. Yes, sometimes to the sorrow-stricken, 92. 561. You shall not be overbold, 96. Youth, large, lusty, loving-youth full of grace. INDEX OF TITLES Aboard at a ship's helm (Whitman), 586. After a Lecture on Wordsworth (Holmes), 363. After the Burial (Lowell), 463. Agassiz, The Fiftieth Birthday of (Longfellow), 211. Agassiz, The Prayer of (Whittier), 342. Al Aaraaf, Song from (Poe), 39. All Here (Holmes), 384. America singing, I hear (Whitman), 560. Annie, For (Poe), 55. Annie and Rhoda, see The Sisters (Whittier), 339. Antiquity of Freedom, The (Bryant), 20. Apology, The (Emerson), 62. April (Whittier), 284. Arisen at Last (Whittier), 291. Arrow and the Song, The (Longfellow), 120. Arsenal at Springfield, The (Longfellow), 114. As a strong Bird on Pinions free, see Thou Mother As I lay with my head in your lap camerado Assurances (Whitman), 553. As the Greek's Signal Flame (Whitman), 607. Astræa (Whittier), 285. At a Meeting of Friends (Holmes), 375. At Eventide (Whittier), 347. At the Burns Centennial (Lowell), 467. Autocrat, Our (Whittier), 347. Ballad of the French Fleet, A (Longfellow), 254. Barclay of Ury (Whittier), 275. Base of all Metaphysics, The (Whitman), 589. Beach at Night, On the (Whitman), 590. Beleaguered City, The (Longfellow), 106. Belfry of Bruges, The: Carillon (Longfellow), 118. Bells of San Blas, The (Longfellow), 258. Bibliolatres (Lowell), 458. Biglow Papers, The: First Series (Lowell), 430. Birds of Killingworth, The (Longfellow), 235. Courtin', The (Lowell), 472. Burial of the Minnisink (Longfellow), 103. Burns, see Incident in a Railroad Car (Lowell), Burns, Robert (Longfellow), 256. Burns Centennial, At the (Lowell), 467. Burns Centennial Celebration, For the (Holmes), Burns Club, For the Meeting of the (Holmes), 367. By the Bivouac's Fitful Flame (Whitman), 572. Cable Hymn, The (Whittier), 301. 560. Captain! my Captain! (Whitman), 581. Carillon, The Belfry of Bruges: (Longfellow), 118. Cassandra Southwick (Whittier), 267. Centennial Ode, see Ode for the Fourth of July Certain Civilian, To a (Whitman), 579. Channing (W. H.), Ode inscribed to (Emerson), Charles Eliot Norton, To (Lowell), 500. Children (Longfellow), 150. Children's Hour, The (Longfellow), 232. Child's Reminiscence, A, see Out of the cradle Churchyard at Tarrytown, In the (Longfellow), 252. City in the Sea, The (Poe), 42. Clear Midnight, A (Whitman), 606. Clock on the Stairs, The Old (Longfellow), 120. Columbus (Lowell), 418. Columbus, Prayer of (Whitman), 601. Come up from the fields, father (Whitman), 573. Commonplace, The (Whitman), 608. Concord Bridge, Ode read at the One Hundredth Concord Hymn (Emerson), 63. Concord Ode (Emerson), 88. Conductor Bradley (Whittier), 340. Conqueror Worm, The (Poe), 47. Copyright, International (Lowell), 524. Courtship of Miles Standish, The (Longfellow), 213. Cradle endlessly rocking, Out of the (Whitman), Crossing Brooklyn Ferry (Whitman), 553. Curfew, After the (Holmes), 404. Dandelion, To the (Lowell), 417. Daniel Webster, Birthday of (Holmes), 366. Darest Thou now O Soul (Whitman), 595. Day is Done, The (Longfellow), 115. Day's Ration, The (Emerson), 85. Deacon's Masterpiece, The (Holmes), 369. Dead House, The (Lowell), 466. Dead Ship of Harpswell, The (Whittier), 324. Death of Lincoln, The (Bryant), 31. Death of Queen Mercedes (Lowell), 522. Dirge (Emerson), quoted, 62 note, and 665. Dorothy Q. (Holmes), 386. Dream-Land (Poe), 48. Dream within a Dream, A (Poe), 41. Dying Words of Stonewall Jackson, The (Lanier), 611. Each and all (Emerson), 61. Ellen, Lines to (Emerson), 59. Ellen at the South, To (Emerson), 59. Elmwood, The Herons of (Longfellow), 251. Ember Picture, An (Lowell), 498. Enchanter, The (Emerson), 96. Endymion (Longfellow), 111. Endymion (Lowell), 524. English Friend, To an (Holmes), 365. Entrance to a Wood, Inscription for the (Bryant), 3. Envoi: The Poet and his Songs (Longfellow), 257. Epilogue to the Breakfast-Table Series (Holmes), Eros (Emerson), 96. Eternal Goodness, The (Whittier), 314. Ethiopia saluting the Colors (Whitman), 589. Evangeline (Longfellow), 121. Evening, see Summer by the Lakeside (Whittier), |