THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW.

A NEW EDITION,

ILLUSTRATED WITH UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED DESIGNS,

DRAWN BY JOHN GILBERT,

ENGRAVED BY THE BROTHERS DALZIEL.

LONDON:

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO. FARRINGDON STREET.

M. DCCC. LVII.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY RICHARD CLAY,

BREAD STREET HILL.

A PSALM OF LIFE. What the Heart of the young Man said to the Psalmist

THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS

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HYMN OF THE MORAVIAN NUNS OF BETHLEHEM, AT THE CONSECRATION

OF PULASKI'S BANNER

SUNRISE ON THE HILLS

THE SPIRIT OF POETRY

BURIAL OF THE MINNISINK

TRANSLATIONS.

COPLAS DE MANRIQUE. From the Spanish

THE GOOD SHEPHERD. From the Spanish of Lope de Vega

TO-MORROW. From the Spanish of Lope de Vega

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THE NATIVE LAND. From the Spanish of Francisco de Aldana

ib.

THE IMAGE OF GOD.

From the Spanish of Francisco de Aldana

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THE BROOK. From the Spanish.

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THE CELESTIAL PILOT. From Dante. Purgatorio, II.

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THE TERRESTRIAL PARADISE. From Dante. Purgatorio, XXVIII. .

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BEATRICE. From Dante. Purgatorio, XXX. XXXI.

TRANSLATIONS.

KING CHRISTIAN. A National Song of Denmark. From the Danish of

Johannes Evald .

THE HAPPIEST LAND. Fragment of a Modern Ballad. From the German

THE WAVE. From the German of Tiedge.

THE DEAD. From the German of Klopstock.

THE BIRD AND THE SHIP. From the German of Müller

WHITHER? From the German of Müller

BEWARE! From the German . .

SONG OF THE BELL. From the German

THE CASTLE BY THE SEA. From the German of Uhland

THE BLACK KNIGHT. From the German of Uhland

SONG OF THE SILENT LAND. From the German of Salis

L'ENVOI

BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS.-1842.

PREFACE.

THE SKELETON IN ARMOUR

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THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS

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THE LUCK OF EDENHALL. From the German of Uhland

THE CHILDREN OF THE LORD'S SUPPER. From the Swedish of Bishop

THE TWO LOCKS OF HAIR. From the German of Pfizer

THE GOOD PART, THAT SHALL NOT BE TAKEN AWAY

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CONTENTS.

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THE BELFRY OF BRUGES, AND OTHER POEMS.-1846.

ANNIE OF THARAW. From the Low German of Simon Dach

THE STATUE OVER THE CATHEDRAL DOOR. From the German of Julius

ib.

THE LEGEND OF THE CROSSBILL. From the German of Julius Mosen

THE SEA HATH ITS PEARLS. From the German of Heinrich Heine

POETIC APHORISMS. From the Sinngedichte of Friedrich Von Logau

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