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SONGS OF THREE CENTURIES.

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Truth hath decreed her joyous resurrec- There are who for thy last, long sleep Shall sleep as sweetly nevermore, Shall weep because thou canst not weep, And grieve that all thy griefs are o'er.

She shall arise, she must.

For can it be that wickedness hath power
To undermine or topple down the tower
Of virtue's edifice?

Sad thrift of love! the loving breast
On which the aching head was thrown,

And yet that vice

Should be allowed on sacred ground to Gave up the weary head to rest,
But kept the aching for its own.

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A rock of adamant?

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EPITAPH.

FAREWELL! since never more for thee

The sun comes up our eastern skies, Less bright henceforth shall sunshine be To some fond hearts and saddened eyes.

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FREDERICK TENNYSON.

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And through gray clouds give laws unto | A little while-and lo! the charm is the realm,

Curse good and great, but worship their own wit,

And roar of fights, and fairs, and junket-
ings,

Corn, colts, and curs the while the
Blackbird sings.

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heard;

A youth, whose life has been all summer, steals

Forth from the noisy guests around the board,

Creeps by her softly; at her footstool
kneels ;

And, when she pauses, murmurs tender
Into her fond ear-
things

while the Blackbird

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Down by the brook he bends his steps, | Two golden stars, like tokens from the and through

blest,

Strike on his dim orbs from the setting

A lowly wicket; and at last he stands Awful beside the bed of one who grew From boyhood with him,—who with lifted hands

And eyes seems listening to far welcomings

And sweeter music-than the Blackbird sings.

sun;

His sinking hands seem pointing to the west;

He smiles as though he said, "Thy will be done!"

His eyes, they see not those illuminings;
His ears, they hear not - what the
Blackbird sings.

INDEX OF
OF FIRST LINES.

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Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase !) 144
Above the pines the moon was slowly drift-
ing

A calm and lovely paradise.

A chieftain, to the Highlands bound

A cloud lay cradled near the setting sun..

A face that should content me wondrous
well......

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230

A floating, a floating..
A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by .... 103
Again, how can she but immortal be..
A happy bit hame this auld world would be
Ah! County Guy, the hour is nigh..
Alas, 't is true, I have gone here and there
A light is out in Italy

All before us lies the way

All powers of the sea and air.

All the rivers run into the sea.

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146 Begone dull care....

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A weary lot is thine, fair maid..
A wet sheet and a flowing sea

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Beat on, proud billows; Boreas, blow.
Beautiful Evelyn Hope is dead!

Beneath an Indian palin a girl
Beneath the moonlight and the snow
Better trust all and be deceived
Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Blue gulf all around us.....

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woven.....

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282
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Could ye come back to me, Douglas, Doug-
las ...
244 Creep into thy narrow bed..

Bonny Kilmeny gaed up the glen
Bonny Tibbie Inglis!
Break, break, break...

Bright image of the early years

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144

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Busk ye, busk ye, my bonny bonny bride.
By Nebo's lonely mountain.

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By the flow of the inland river............ 323

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Calm me, my God, and keep me calm...... 247
Calm on the listening ear of night
Can angel spirits need repose..
Clear, placid Leman! thy contrasted lake. 126
Close beside the meeting waters
Close his eyes; his work is done!
Come into the garden, Maud..

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Come live with me, and be my love..

4

Come, see the Dolphin's anchor forged; 't is
at a white heat now....

170

Come, Sleep, O Sleep, the certain knot of
peace..

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Comes something down with eventide.. 238
Come to me, dearest, I'm lonely without
thee....

330

Come with a smile, when come thou must. 313
Condemned to hope's delusive mine.......
Consider the sea's listless chime

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Cooper, whose name is with his country's

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30 How many days with mute adieu..
How near to good is what is fair!.

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How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of
youth

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How sweet it was to breathe that cooler
air

87

How sweet it were, if without feeble fright 144
How sweet the harmonies of alternoon! 340
How vainly men themselves amaze

34

God makes sech nights, all white an' still.
God moves in a mysterious way..

God of the earth's extended plains!
God sets some souls in shade, alone.
Go forth in life, O friend! not seeking love
Go, soul, the body's guest..
Grandmother's mother;
her age,
Grow old along with me!....

I

guess..

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Had I a heart for falsehood framed
Hail, beauteous stranger of the grove!....
Hail to thee, blithe spirit...

Hark! hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings
Hast thou a charm to stay the morning

star......

Have you heard of the wonderful one-hoss
shay..

Heap on more wood! - the wind is chill..
Hear the sledges with the bells..
Heigh-ho! daisies and buttercups!...
He is gone on the mountain

He kept his honesty and truth

He meets, by heavenly chance express....
Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow.
Her hands are cold; her face is white....
He said, "O brother, where's the use of
climbing?"

He's gane, he 's gane! he 's frae us torn..
He sleeps not here; in hope and prayer.
He's now upon the spectre's back.
He that loves a rosy cheek.....

He that of such a height hath built his
mind...

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my childhood...

Howe'er the wheels of Time go round
How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean..
How happy is he born and taught.

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night.....

How are thy servants blest, O Lord!..
How beautiful it was, that one bright day.
How dear to this heart are the scenes of

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Hie upon Hielands....

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High hopes that burned like stars sublime
High walls and huge the body may confine 168
His echoing axe the settler swung
Hither thou com'st. The busy wind all

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I am content, I do not care.

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I am old and blind!

237

I climb the hill: from end to end.

196

I, country-born an' bred, know where to
find...

I do confess thou 'rt smooth and fair..

I do not own an inch of land..

I dwell in grace's courts..

If all the world and love were young.

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If aught of oaten stop or pastoral song.......

I feel a newer life in every gale

211

If he had come in the early dawn..

I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness
alone...

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If love were what the rose is..

I found a fellow-worker when I deemed I
toiled alone...

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If stores of dry and learned lore we gain
If thou wert by my side, my love.

.. 136

If with light head erect I sing

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236

I have been out to-day in field and wood.. 256
I have fancied sometimes, the old I ethel-
bent beam....

304

I have had playmates, I have had compan-

ions...

120

I hear it often in the dark

307

I knew a Princess: she was old..

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I know not how to comfort thee

I know not if or dark or bright

I know not that the men of old..

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I know not what shall befall me...

I like a church, I like a cowl....

I never loved ambitiously to climb.
In lowly dale, fast by a river's side
In summer, when the days were long..
In the still air the music lies unheard.
In the summer twilight..

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I loved him not; and yet, now he is gone. 137
I loved to hear the war-horn cry

168

I love to wander through the woodlands
hoary

In this sad hour, so still, so late
Into a city street

In winter, when the rain rained cauld.
I plucked the harebells as I went....

I said to Sorrow's awful storm...

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I'm sitting on the stile, Mary

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I'm wearin' awa', Jean....

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In Athens, when all learning centred there 326
In a valley, centuries ago.

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I say to thee, do thou repeat..

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sought thee round about, O thou my God 26

Is there a whim-inspired fool.

Is this a fast, to keep.

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It chanceth once to every soul.

It fell about the Martinmas

It fell about the Martinmas time..

I saw a man, by some accounted wise..

I saw two clouds at morning

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I thought of thee, my partner and my guide 103
It is a place where poets crowned may feel
the heart's decaying.........

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It is done!....

13 It is not growing like a tree.........

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