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CONTENTS.

• LOVE IN EXILE:—
  • SHE STOOD AGAINST THE ORIENT SUN 3
  • WINDING ALL MY LIFE ABOUT THEE 5
  • I CHARGE YOU, O WINDS OF THE WEST 7
  • THOU WALKEST WITH ME 10
  • *  *I THINK OF THEE IN WATCHES OF THE NIGHT 11
  • I WAS AGAIN BESIDE THEE IN A DREAM 12
  • *  *OUR SOULS HAVE TOUCHED EACH OTHER 14
  • I AM ATHIRST 16
  • I WOULD I WERE THE GLOW‐WORM, THOU THE FLOWER 17
  • *  *THE WOODS SHAKE IN AN AGUE‐FIT 19
  • DOST THOU REMEMBER 21
  • LIKE SOME WILD SLEEPER WHO ALONE AT NIGHT 22
  • O MOON, LARGE GOLDEN SUMMER MOON 23
  • I PLANTED A ROSE TREE IN MY GARDEN 24
  • WHY WILL YOU HAUNT ME UNAWARES 25
  • WHEN YOU WAKE FROM TROUBLED SLUMBERS 26
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  • IN A LONESOME BURIAL‐PLACE 28
  • *  *DEEP IN A YEW‐SEQUESTERED GROVE 30
  • ON LIFE’S LONG ROUND 32
  • AH, YESTERDAY WAS DARK AND DREAR 33
  • I TOOK YOUR FACE IN TO MY DREAMS 34
  • WE MET AS STRANGERS ON LIFE’S LONELY WAY 35
  • YOU MAKE THE SUNSHINE OF MY HEART 36
  • AH, IF YOU KNEW HOW SOON AND LATE 37
  • YOUR LOOKS HAVE TOUCHED MY SOUL WITH BRIGHT 38
  • WHAT MAGIC IS THERE IN THY MIEN 39
  • L’ENVOI 40
• SONGS:—
  • PAUPER POET’S SONG 47
  • SNOW OR SNOWDROPS? 49
  • A SPRING SONG 50
  • “ALL MY HEART IS STIRRING LIGHTLY” 51
  • APRIL RAIN 52
  • APPLE‐BLOSSOM 54
  • THE MUSIC‐LESSON 56
  • “ONCE ON A GOLDEN DAY” 58
  • ROSE D’AMOUR 60
  • ONLY A SMILE 61
  • THE SONGS OF SUMMER 62
  • “YEA, THE ROSES ARE STILL ON FIRE” 63
  • AUTUMN TINTS 64
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  • *  *ON AND ON 66
  • A CHILD’S FANCY 68
  • ON A VIOLA D’AMORE 70
  • BROWN EYES 72
  • MY LADY 73
  • SOMETIMES I WONDER 75
  • MANY WILL LOVE YOU 76
  • A DREAM 77
  • GREEN LEAVES AND SERE 78
  • THE HUNTER’S MOON 79
  • A PARTING 81
  • LASSITUDE 82
  • SEEKING 83
• SONNETS:—
  • CLEAVE THOU THE WAVES 87
  • *  *HOPE 88
  • THE DEAD 89
  • TIME’S SHADOW 90
  • A SYMBOL 91
  • *  *SUFFERING 92
  • ANAΛKH 93
  • SLEEP 94
  • DEAD LOVE 95
  • DESPAIR 96
  • TO MEMORY 97
  • SAVING LOVE 98
  • HAUNTED STREETS 99
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  • MOTHERHOOD 100
  • THE AFTER‐GLOW 101
  • TO THE OBELISK DURING THE GREAT FROST, 1881 102
  • MANCHESTER BY NIGHT 103
  • THE RED SUNSETS, 1883 104
  • THE RED SUNSETS, 1883 105
  • THE SLEEPING BEAUTY 106
  • THE ROBIN REDBREAST 107
  • A WINTER LANDSCAPE 108
  • ON THE LIGHTHOUSE AT ANTIBES 109
  • BEAUTY 110
  • *  *IN THE ST. GOTTHARDT PASS 111
  • CAGNES 112
  • HEART’S‐EASE 113
  • UNTIMELY LOVE 114
  • THE PASSING YEAR 115
  • CHRISTMAS EVE 116
  • *  *THE EVENING OF THE YEAR 117
  • NEW YEAR’S EVE 118
  • NIRVANA 119

* The new poems are marked with a star.