POEMS

OF

SIDNEY LANIER

EDITED BY HIS WIFE

WITH A MEMORIAL BY WILLIAM HAYES WARD

-“Go, trembling song,
And stay not long; oh stay not long :
Thou’rt only a gray and sober dove,
But thine eye is faith and thy wing is love."

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NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

I. SUNRISE,

(The Independent, December, 1882.)

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II. INDIVIDUALITY,

(The Century Magazine, January, 1882.)

III. SUNSET,

(The Continent, February, 1882.)

IV. THE MARSHES OF GLYNN,

(The Masque of Poets, 1879.)

CLOVER,

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(The Independent, 1876.)

THE WAVING OF THE CORN,

(Harper's Magazine, 1877.)

Á THE SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE,

(Scott's Magazine, 1877.)

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FROM THE FLATS,

(Lippincott's Magazine, 1877.)

THE MOCKING-BIRD,

(The Galaxy, August, 1877.)

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THE REVENGE OF HAMISH,

(Appletons' Magazine, 1878.)

To BAYARD TAYLOR,

(Scribner's Magazine, March, 1879.)

A DEDICATION. To CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN,

(Earliest Collected Poems, by Messrs. J. B. Lippincott

Co., 1876.)

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To CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN,

(Lippincott's Magazine, March, 1876.)

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THE STIRRUP-CUP,

(Scribner's Magazine, 1877.)

A SONG OF ETERNITY IN TIME, .

(The Independent, 1880.)

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OWL AGAINST ROBIN,

(Scribner's Magazine, August, 1880.)

A SONG OF THE FUTURE,

(Scribner's Magazine, 1877-78.)

OPPOSITION,

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(Good Company, 1879-80.)

ROSE-MORALS,

(Lippincott's Magazine, May, 1876.)

CORN,

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(Lippincott's Magazine, February, 1875.)

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THE SYMPHONY,

(Lippincott's Magazine, June, 1875.)

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MY SPRINGS,

(The Century Magazine, October, 1882.)

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IN ABSENCE, .

(Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1875.)

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT,

(Lippincott's Magazine, November, 1876.)

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SPECIAL PLEADING,

(Lippincott's Magazine, January, 1876.)

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THE BEE,

(Lippincott's Magazine, October, 1877.)

THE HARLEQUIN OF DREAMS,

(Lippincott's Magazine, April, 1878.)

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STREET CRIES :

I. REMONSTRANCE,

(The Century Magazine, April, 1883.)

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II. THE SHIP OF EARTH,

(The Round Table.)

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III. How LOVE LOOKED FOR HELL,

(The Century Magazine, March, 1884.)

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IV. TYRANNY,

(The Round Table, February, 1868.)

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V. LIFE AND SONG,

(The Round Table, September, 1868.)

VI. To RICHARD WAGNER,

(The Galaxy, November, 1877.)

VII. A SONG OF LOVE,

(The Century Magazine, January, 1884.)

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