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  • The Man of Songs
    "Thou wanderest in the land of dreams,
    O man of many songs!
    12 lines
  • The Hills
    Behind my father's cottage lies
    A gentle grassy height
    48 lines
  • The Journey
    I.
    Hark, the rain is on my roof!
    132 lines
  • A Meditation Of St. Eligius
    Queen Mary one day Jesus sent
    To fetch some water, legends tell;
    43 lines
  • The Tree's Prayer
    Alas, 'tis cold and dark!
    The wind all night hath sung a wintry tune!
    36 lines
  • A Dead House
    When the clock hath ceased to tick
    Soul-like in the gloomy hall;
    32 lines
  • Were I A Skilful Painter
    Were I a skilful painter,
    My pencil, not my pen,
    40 lines
  • A Mammon-Marriage
    The croak of a raven hoar!
    A dog's howl, kennel-tied!
    30 lines
  • Far and Near
    \The fact which suggested this poem is related by Clarke in his Travels.\
    49 lines
  • The Thorn In The Flesh
    Within my heart a worm had long been hid.
    I knew it not when I went down and chid
    31 lines
  • My Room
    To G.E.M.
    297 lines
  • Sir Lark and King Sun
    "Good morrow, my lord!" in the sky alone
    Sang the lark as the sun ascended his throne.
    42 lines
  • Death and Birth
    'Tis the midnight hour; I heard
    The Abbey-bell give out the word.
    129 lines
  • Love's History
    Love, the baby,
    Crept abroad to pluck a flower:
    28 lines
  • Love's Ordeal
    "Hear'st thou that sound upon the window pane?"
    Said the youth softly, as outstretched he lay
    337 lines
  • Master and Boy
    "WHO is this little one lying,"
    Said Time, "at my garden-gate,
    20 lines
  • The Lost Soul
    Look! look there!
    Send your eyes across the gray
    81 lines
  • After An Old Legend
    The monk was praying in his cell,
    With bowed head praying sore;
    56 lines
  • The Three Horses
    What shall I be?--I will be a knight
    Walled up in armour black,
    192 lines
  • The Early Bird
    A little bird sat on the edge of her nest;
    Her yellow-beaks slept as sound as tops;
    48 lines
  • The Golden Key
    From off the earth the vapours curled,
    Went up to meet their joy;
    64 lines
  • The Owl and The Bell
    \Bing, Bim, Bang, Bome!\
    Sang the Bell to himself in his house at home,
    78 lines
  • Somnium Mystici
    \A Microcosm In Terza Rima\
    680 lines
  • A Song In The Night: A brown bird sang on a blossomy tre
    A brown bird sang on a blossomy tree,
    Sang in the moonshine, merrily,
    23 lines
  • The Sangreal
    \A Part Of The Story Omitted In The Old Romances\
    226 lines
  • The Lark and The Wind
    In the air why such a ringing?
    On the earth why such a droning?
    8 lines
  • The Failing Track
    Where went the feet that hitherto have come?
    Here yawns no gulf to quench the flowing past!
    24 lines
  • Bell Upon Organ
    It's all very well,
    Said the Bell,
    29 lines
  • Tell Me
    "Traveller, what lies over the hill?
    Traveller, tell to me:
    60 lines
  • The Clock of The Universe
    A clock aeonian, steady and tall,
    With its back to creation's flaming wall,
    98 lines
  • Brother Artist
    Brother artist, help me; come!
    Artists are a maimed band:
    52 lines
  • Lycabas
    A name of the Year. Some say the word means \a march of wolves\,
    which wolves, running in single file, are the Months of the Year.
    136 lines
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