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Hiawatha's Fishing
Hiawatha's Fishing
Forth upon the Gitche Gumee,
On the shining Big-Sea-Water,
With his fishing-line of cedar,
Of the twisted bark of ceda…
Hiawatha's Lamentation
Hiawatha's Lamentation
In those days the Evil Spirits,
All the Manitos of mischief,
Fearing Hiawatha's wisdom,
And his love for Chibiabos…
Hiawatha's Departure
Hiawatha's Departure
By the shore of Gitche Gumee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
At the doorway of his wigwam,
In the pleasant Summer mor…
Hiawatha And The Pearl-Feather
Hiawatha And The Pearl-Feather
On the shores of Gitche Gumee,
Of the shining Big-Sea-Water,
Stood Nokomis, the old woman,
Pointing with h…
Hermes Trismegistus
Hermes Trismegistus
Still through Egypt's desert places
Flows the lordly Nile,
From its banks the great stone faces
Gaze with patient smi…
Haunted Houses. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)
Haunted Houses. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)
All houses wherein men have lived and died
Are haunted houses. Through the open doors
The ha…
Garfield
Garfield
'E venni dal martirio a questa pace.'
These words the poet heard in Paradise,
Uttered by one who, bravely dying here,
Good Part, That Shall Not Be Taken Away, The
Good Part, That Shall Not Be Taken Away, The
She dwells by Great Kenhawa's side,
In valleys green and cool;
And all her hope and all her …
Frithiof's Temptation. (From The Swedish)
Frithiof's Temptation. (From The Swedish)
Spring is coming, birds are twittering, forests leaf, and smiles the sun,
And the loosened torrents downward, s…
Friar Lubin. (From The French)
Friar Lubin. (From The French)
To gallop off to town post-haste,
So oft, the times I cannot tell;
To do vile deed, nor feel disgraced,--
F…
Flowers-De-Luce: Noël
Flowers-De-Luce: Noël
Quand les astres de Noël
Brillaient, palpitaient au ciel,
Six gaillards, et chacun ivre,
Chantaient gaiment dans le…
Forsaken. (From The German)
Forsaken. (From The German)
Something the heart must have to cherish,
Must love and joy and sorrow learn,
Something with passion clasp, or perish…
Flower-De-Luce: To-Morrow
Flower-De-Luce: To-Morrow
'Tis late at night, and in the realm of sleep
My little lambs are folded like the flocks;
From room to room I hear the …
Flower-De-Luce: The Bridge Of Cloud
Flower-De-Luce: The Bridge Of Cloud
Burn, O evening hearth, and waken
Pleasant visions, as of old!
Though the house by winds be shaken,
S…
Flower-De-Luce: Palingenesis
Flower-De-Luce: Palingenesis
I lay upon the headland-height, and listened
To the incessant sobbing of the sea
In caverns under me,
And wa…
Flower-De-Luce: Hawthorne
Flower-De-Luce: Hawthorne
How beautiful it was, that one bright day
In the long week of rain!
Though all its splendor could not chase away
…
Flower-De-Luce: Divina Commedia
Flower-De-Luce: Divina Commedia
I.
Oft have I seen at some cathedral door
A laborer, pausing in the dust and heat,
Lay down his burden, a…
Fire. (Sonnet II.)
Fire. (Sonnet II.)
Not without fire can any workman mould
The iron to his preconceived design,
Nor can the artist without fire refine
And…
Evening Star, The
Evening Star, The
Lo! in the painted oriel of the West,
Whose panes the sunken sun incarnadines,
Like a fair lady at her casement…
Famine, The
Famine, The
Oh the long and dreary Winter!
Oh the cold and cruel Winter!
Ever thicker, thicker, thicker
Froze the ice on lake and river, …
Evangeline: Part The Second. III.
Evangeline: Part The Second. III.
NEAR to the bank of the river, o'ershadowed by oaks, from whose branches
Garlands of Spanish moss and of mystic mistlet…
Evangeline: Part The Second. V.
Evangeline: Part The Second. V.
IN that delightful land, which is washed by the Delaware's waters,
Guarding in sylvan shades the name of Penn the apostle…
Evangeline: Part The First. IV.
Evangeline: Part The First. IV.
PLEASANTLY rose next morn the sun on the village of Grand-Pré.
Pleasantly gleamed in the soft, sweet air the Basin of Min…
Evangeline: Part The Second. I.
Evangeline: Part The Second. I.
MANY a weary year had passed since the burning of Grand-Pré,
When on the falling tide the freighted vessels departed,