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Cleopatra Embarking on the Cydnus, T. K. Hervey.

Cleopatra at Actium,

T. K. Hervey.

Charge of the Light Brigade, Alfred Tennyson.

The Lotus-Eaters,

Alfred Tennyson.

Pericles and Aspasia,

George Croly.

Song of the Greek Poet,

Lord Byron.

Greece,

Lord Byron.

The Snows on Parnassus,

Lord Byron.

Marco Bozzaris,

Fitz Greene Halleck.

Ode on a Grecian Urn,

John Keats.

Mother and Poet,

Nuremberg,

Henry W. Longfellow.

Bingen on the Rhine,

Mrs. Caroline Nurton.

The Lore-Lei,

Heinrich Heine.

How they brought the good news from Ghent to Aix,

Robert Browning

Ivry, ·

Thomas B. Macaulay.

Moncontour.-A Song of the Huguenots,

Thomas B. Macaulay.

Burial of Sir John Moore,

Charles Wolfe.

Boadicea,

William Cowper.

Lochiel's Warning,

Thomas Campbell.

Lord Ullin's Daughter,

Thomas Campbell.

The Sands o’ Dee,

Charles Kingsley.

On the Death of George the Third, Horace Smith.

Ye Mariners of England,

Thomas Campbell.

The Two Voices,

William Wordsworth.

An Ode,

Sir William Fones.

While History's Muse,

Thomas Moore.

Oh! Blame not the Bard,

Thomas Moore.

Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, Mrs. Felicia Hemans.

Lines on Leaving Europe, Nathaniel P. Willis.

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The Arsenal at Springfield, Henry W. Longfellow. 93

The Battle Autumn (1862), John G. Whittier.

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How Sleep the Brave ?

Williain Collins.

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Freedom's Battle,

Lord Byron.

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The Lost Leader,

Robert Browning 97

Love,

Samuel T. Coleridge.

A Health,

Edward C. Pinkney.

Ruth,

Thomas Hood.

My Love,

James R. Lowell.

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The Beating of my Heart, Richard Monckton Milnes. 105

Lines to an Indian Air,

Percy Bysshe Shelley. 106

To a Carrier Pigeon,

James G. Percival.

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Love.--(Songs of Seven),

Fean Ingelow. 108

As to the distant Moon,

Anne C. Lynch. 109

Absence,

Frances Anne Kemble. 109

From the Epipsychidion, Percy Bysshe Shelley. 110

Come into the Garden, Maud, Alfred Tennyson. III

The Welcome,

Thomas Davis, 113

Come to me, Dearest,

Joseph Brennan.

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A Love Letter,

Owen Meredith. 116

Sonnet,

Frances Anne Kemble. 118

Lines Written in an Album,

Lord Byron. 118

Langley Lane,

Robert Buchanan. 119

A Song of the Camp,

Bayard Taylor. 121

In Italy,

Bayard Taylor. 123

Zara's Ear-Rings,

Anonymous. 124

On the Cliff,

Edwin R. Johnson. 125

Jamie's on the Stormy Sea,

Anonymous. 127

Go, Forget Me,

Charles Wolfe. 128

Jeanie Morrison,

William Motherwell. 129

Catarina to Camoens,

Elizabeth B. Browning. 132

Lücksley Hall,

Alfred Tennyson. 137

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Maud Muller,

John G. Whittier. 148

Knight Toggenburg,

Schiller. 152

Stanzas,

Lord Byron. 155

Evelyn Hope, .

Robert Browning. 157

Highland Mary,

Robert Burns. 159

When first I met thee,

Thomas Moore. 160

The Specter Boat,

Thomas Campbell. 162

The Bridge of Sighs,

Thomas Hood. 163

Song,

Sir Walter Scott. 167

Giving in Marriage.-(Songs of Seven), Jean Ingelow. 168

My Bird,

Emily C. Judson. 169

Philip, my King,

Dinah Muria Mulock. 170

The Children's Hour, . Henry W. Longfellow. 171

Angel Charlie,

Emily C. Judson. 172

Song of Pitcairn's Island, William C. Bryant. 174

If Thou wert by my side,

Bishop Heber. 176

The Soldier's Dream,

Thomas Campbell. 177

Stanzas to Augusta,

Lord Byron. 178

Après,

Anonymous. 180

Farewell to his Wife,

Lord Byron. 181

Watching,

Emily C. Judson. 183

My Angel Guide,

Emily C. Judson. 185

Old Folks,

Anonymous. 186

The Last Leaf,

Oliver W. Holmes. 187

What the End shall be,

Anonymous. 189

Affliction one Day,

Horace Smith.

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Lines on a Skeleton,

Anonymous. 192

Youth, that pursuest, Richard Monckton Milnes. 193

Maidenhood,

Henry W. Longfellow. 194

She was a Phantom of Delight, William Wordsworth. 196

Lucy,

William Wordsworth.

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At the Window,

Richard Realf. 199

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Maud and Madge,

Nora Perry.

Time's Changes,

William Mackworth Praed. 203

Daughters of Toil,

Evangeline M. Johnson. 205

The Convict Ship,

Thomas K. Hervey. 206

When from the Heart,

Lord Byron. 208

The Long-Ago,

Richard Monckton Milnes. 208

Sunken Treasures,

Bayard Taylor. 210

Oft, in the Stilly Night,

Thomas Moore.

How Many now are Dead to Me,

John G. C. Brainard. 213

“Break, Break, Break,”

Alfred Tennyson. 214

Too Late,

Fitz Hugh Ludlow. 214

Longing,

James R. Lowell. 216

Each and All,

Ralph W. Emerson. 217

Qua Cursum Ventus,

Arthur Hugh Clough. 219

Divided,

Jean Ingelow. 220

To-day and To-morrow,

Gerald Massey. 224

The Present,

Adelaide A. Proctor. 226

Is it Come ?

Frances Browne. 227

A Song for the New Year (1867), Edwin R. Johnson. 228

A Psalm of Life,

Henry W. Longfellow. 230

Know Thyself,

Samuel T. Coleridge. 231

The Day's Ration,

Ralph W. Emerson. 231

Extract,

Samuel T. Coleridge. 232

Sun and Shadow,

Oliver W. Holmes. 233

Retribution,

Henry W. Longfellow and

James R. Lowell. 234

The Two Oceans,

Anonymous. 235

The River,

Anonymous. 236

Sun and Shade, .

Frederick W. Faber. 236

Night and Death,

Blanco White. 236

Light and Color,

Schiller. 237

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To-night,

Percy Bysshe Shelley. 237

From the Persian,

Sir William Fones. 238

To Sleep,

Anonymous. 238

Charade.--(Campbell), William Mackworth Praed. 239

The Two Armies,

Oliver W. Holmes. 240

Ode,

William Wordsworth. 241

The Hermit,

James Beattie. 248

The first Voices of Paradise, Hartley Coleridge. 249

The Bells,

Edgar A. Poe. 250

The Raven,

Edgar A. Poe. 253

My Thirty-sixth Year,

Lord Byron. 258

Losses,

Frances Browne. 259

The Good Great Man,

Samuel T. Coleridge. 261

On his Blindness,

John Milton. 261

To Cyriack Skinner,

John Milton. 262

Virtue,

George Herbert. 262

Lycidas,

John Milton. 263

Henry Kirk White,

Lord Byron. 268

Hymn to Adversity, .

Thomas Gray. 269

Resignation,

Henry W. Longfellow. 270

My Child,

John Pierpont. 272

The Alpine Shepherd,

Maria Lowell. 274

Only a Curl,

Elisabeth B. Browning. 276

Spinning of the Shroud, .

Mrs. Ogilvie. 278

The Hour of Death, .

Mrs. Felicia Hemans. 280

Where is He?

Henry Neele. 282

The Death-bed,

Thomas Hood. 283

Elegy written in a Country Churchyard,

Thomas Gray. 283

On the Receipt of my Mother's Picture,

William Cowper. 288

Cowper's Grave,

Elizabeth B. Browning 291