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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 3 (of 4) Author: Various Editor: Burton Egbert Stevenson Release Date: November 12, 2009 [EBook #2621] Last Updated: January 8, 2013 Language: English *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HOME BOOK OF VERSE, V3 *** Produced by Dennis Schreiner, and David Widger THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, VOLUME 3 By Various Edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson INDEXES TO ALL FOUR VOLUMES Contents PART III POEMS OF NATURE MOTHER NATURE THE BOOK OF THE WORLD NATURE COMPENSATION THE LAST HOUR NATURE SONG OF NATURE "GREAT NATURE IS AN ARMY GAY" TO MOTHER NATURE QUIET WORK NATURE "AS AN OLD MERCER" GOOD COMPANY "HERE IS THE PLACE WHERE LOVELINESS KEEPS HOUSE" GOD'S WORLD WILD HONEY PATMOS DAWN AND DARK SONG HYMN OF APOLLO PRELUDE DAWN ON THE HEADLAND THE MIRACLE OF THE DAWN DAWN-ANGELS MUSIC OF THE DAWN SUNRISE ON MANSFIELD MOUNTAIN ODE TO EVENING "IT IS A BEAUTEOUS EVENING, CALM AND FREE" GLOAMING EVENING MELODY "IN THE COOL OF THE EVENING" TWILIGHT TWILIGHT AT SEA "THIS IS MY HOUR" SONG TO THE EVENING STAR THE EVENING CLOUD SONG: TO CYNTHIA MY STAR NIGHT TO NIGHT TO NIGHT NIGHT NIGHT HE MADE THE NIGHT HYMN TO THE NIGHT NIGHT'S MARDI GRAS DAWN AND DARK DAWN A WOOD SONG THE CHANGING YEAR A SONG FOR THE SEASONS A SONG OF THE SEASONS TURN O' THE YEAR THE WAKING YEAR SONG EARLY SPRING LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING IN EARLY SPRING SPRING A STARLING'S SPRING RONDEL "WHEN DAFFODILS BEGIN TO PEER" SPRING "THE SPRING RETURNS" "WHEN THE HOUNDS OF SPRING" SONG TO SPRING AN ODE ON THE SPRING SPRING THE MEADOWS IN SPRING THE SPRING "WHEN SPRING COMES BACK TO ENGLAND" NEW LIFE "OVER THE WINTRY THRESHOLD" MARCH SONG IN MARCH MARCH WRITTEN IN MARCH THE PASSING OF MARCH HOME THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD SONG AN APRIL ADORATION SWEET WILD APRIL SPINNING IN APRIL SONG: ON MAY MORNING A MAY BURDEN CORINNA'S GOING A-MAYING "SISTER, AWAKE!" MAY MAY A SPRING LILT SUMMER LONGINGS MIDSUMMER A MIDSUMMER SONG JUNE JUNE HARVEST SCYTHE SONG SEPTEMBER INDIAN SUMMER PREVISION A SONG OF EARLY AUTUMN TO AUTUMN ODE TO AUTUMN ODE TO THE WEST WIND AUTUMN: A DIRGE AUTUMN "WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN" KORE OLD OCTOBER NOVEMBER NOVEMBER STORM FEAR WINTER: A DIRGE OLD WINTER THE FROST THE FROSTED PANE THE FROST SPIRIT SNOW TO A SNOW-FLAKE THE SNOW-SHOWER MIDWINTER A GLEE FOR WINTER THE DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR DIRGE FOR THE YEAR WOOD AND FIELD AND RUNNING BROOK WALDEINSAMKEIT I DO NOT COUNT THE HOURSS I SPEND "WHEN IN THE WOODS I WANDER ALL ALONE" OUT IN THE FIELDS ASPECTS OF THE PINES UNDER THE LEAVES "ON WENLOCK EDGE" "WHAT DO WE PLANT?" THE TREE THE BRAVE OLD OAK "THE GIRT WOAK TREE THAT'S IN THE DELL" TO THE WILLOW-TREE ENCHANTMENT TREES THE HOLLY-TREE THE PINE "WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE" THE BEECH TREE'S PETITION THE POPLAR FIELD THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE-TREE OF AN ORCHARD AN ORCHARD AT AVIGNON THE TIDE RIVER THE BROOK'S SONG ARETHUSA THE CATARACT OF LODORE SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE "FLOW GENTLY, SWEET AFTON" CANADIAN BOAT-SONG THE MARSHES OF GLYNN THE TROSACHS HYMN THE PEAKS KINCHINJUNGA THE HILLS HEMLOCK MOUNTAIN SUNRISE ON RYDAL WATER THE DESERTED PASTURE TO MEADOWS THE CLOUD APRIL RAIN SUMMER INVOCATION APRIL RAIN TO THE RAINBOW GREEN THINGS GROWING MY GARDEN THE GARDEN A GARDEN A GARDEN SONG "IN GREEN OLD GARDENS" A BENEDICTINE GARDEN AN AUTUMN GARDEN UNGUARDED THE DESERTED GARDEN A FORSAKEN GARDEN GREEN THINGS GROWING A CHANTED CALENDAR FLOWERS FLOWERS A CONTEMPLATION UPON FLOWERS ALMOND BLOSSOM WHITE AZALEAS BUTTERCUPS THE BROOM FLOWER THE SMALL CELANDINE TO THE SMALL CELANDINE FOUR-LEAF CLOVER SWEET CLOVER "I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD" TO DAFFODILS TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY A FIELD FLOWER TO DAISIES, NOT TO SHUT SO SOON DAISIES TO THE DAISY TO DAISIES TO THE DANDELION DANDELION THE DANDELIONS TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN GOLDENROD LESSONS FROM THE GORSE THE VOICE OF THE GRASS A SONG THE GRASS SINGS THE WILD HONEYSUCKLE THE IVY GREEN YELLOW JESSAMINE KNAP WEED MOLY THE MORNING-GLORY THE MOUNTAIN HEART'S-EASE THE PRIMROSE TO PRIMROSES FILLED WITH MORNING DEW TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE THE RHODORA THE ROSE WILD ROSES THE ROSE OF MAY A ROSE THE SHAMROCK TO VIOLETS THE VIOLET TO A WOOD-VIOLET THE VIOLET AND THE ROSE TO A WIND-FLOWER TO BLOSSOMS "TIS THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER" THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS GOD'S CREATURES ONCE ON A TIME TO A MOUSE THE GRASSHOPPER ON THE GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET TO THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE CRICKET THE CRICKET TO A CRICKET TO AN INSECT THE SNAIL THE HOUSEKEEPER THE HUMBLE-BEE TO A BUTTERFLY ODE TO A BUTTERFLY THE BUTTERFLY FIREFLIES THE BLOOD HORSE BIRDS BIRDS SEA-BIRDS THE LITTLE BEACH-BIRD THE BLACKBIRD THE BLACKBIRD THE BLACKBIRD THE BLACKBIRD ROBERT OF LINCOLN THE O'LINCON FAMILY THE BOBOLINK MY CATBIRD THE HERALD CRANE THE CROW TO THE CUCKOO THE CUCKOO TO THE CUCKOO THE EAGLE THE HAWKBIT THE HERON THE JACKDAW THE GREEN LINNET TO THE MAN-OF-WAR-BIRD THE MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT LAMENT OF A MOCKING-BIRD "O NIGHTINGALE! THOU SURELY ART" PHILOMEL PHILOMELA ON A NIGHTINGALE IN APRIL TO THE NIGHTINGALE THE NIGHTINGALE TO THE NIGHTINGALE PHILOMELA ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE SONG BIRD SONG THE SONG THE ORIOLE SINGS TO AN ORIOLE SONG: THE OWL SWEET SUFFOLK OWL THE PEWEE ROBIN REDBREAST ROBIN REDBREAST THE SANDPIPER THE SEA-MEW TO A SKYLARK TO A SKYLARK THE SKYLARK THE SKYLARK TO A SKYLARK THE STORMY PETREL THE FIRST SWALLOW TO A SWALLOW BUILDING UNDER OUR EAVES CHIMNEY SWALLOWS ITYLUS THE THROSTLE OVERFLOW JOY-MONTH MY THRUSH "BLOW SOFTLY, THRUSH" THE BLACK VULTURE WILD GEESE TO A WATERFOWL THE WOOD-DOVE'S NOTE THE SEA SONG FOR ALL SEAS, ALL SHIPS STANZAS THE SEA ON THE SEA "WITH SHIPS THE SEA WAS SPRINKLED" A SONG OF DESIRE THE PINES AND THE SEA SEA FEVER HASTINGS MILL "A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA" THE SEA SAILOR'S SONG "A LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE" TACKING SHIP OFF SHORE IN OUR BOAT POOR JACK "ROCKED IN THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP" OUTWARD A PASSER-BY OFF RIVIERE DU LOUP CHRISTMAS AT SEA THE PORT O' HEART'S DESIRE ON THE QUAY THE FORGING OF THE ANCHOR DRIFTING "HOW'S MY BOY?" THE LONG WRITE SEAM STORM SONG THE MARINER'S DREAM THE INCHCAPE ROCK THE SEA THE SANDS OF DEE THE THREE FISHERS BALLAD THE NORTHERN STAR THE FISHER'S WIDOW CALLER HERRIN' HANNAH BINDING SHOES THE SAILOR THE BURIAL OF THE DANE TOM BOWLING MESSMATES THE LAST BUCCANEER THE LAST BUCCANEER THE LEADSMAN'S SONG HOMEWARD BOUND THE SIMPLE LIFE THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE A WISH ODE ON SOLITUDE "THRICE HAPPY HE" "UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE" CORIDON'S SONG THE OLD SQUIRE INSCRIPTION IN A HERMITAGE THE RETIREMENT THE COUNTRY FAITH TRULY GREAT EARLY MORNING AT BARGIS THE CUP A STRIP OF BLUE AN ODE TO MASTER ANTHONY STAFFORD "THE MIDGES DANCE ABOON THE BURN" THE PLOW THE USEFUL PLOW "TO ONE WHO HAS BEEN LONG IN CITY PENT" THE QUIET LIFE THE WISH EXPOSTULATION AND REPLY THE TABLES TURNED SIMPLE NATURE "I FEAR NO POWER A WOMAN WIELDS" A RUNNABLE STAG HUNTING-SONG "A-HUNTING WE WILL GO" THE ANGLER'S INVITATION THE ANGLER'S WISH THE ANGLER WANDERLUST TO JANE: THE INVITATION "MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS" "AFAR IN THE DESERT" SPRING SONG IN THE CITY IN CITY STREETS THE VAGABOND IN THE HIGHLANDS THE SONG MY PADDLE SINGS THE GIPSY TRAIL WANDERLUST THE FOOTPATH WAY A MAINE TRAIL AFOOT FROM ROMANY TO ROME THE TOIL OF THE TRAIL DO YOU FEAR THE WIND? THE KING'S HIGHWAY THE FORBIDDEN LURE THE WANDER-LOVERS THE SEA GIPSY A VAGABOND SONG SPRING SONG THE MENDICANTS THE JOYS OF THE ROAD THE SONG OF THE FOREST RANGER A DROVER BALLAD OF LOW-LIE-DOWN THE GOOD INN NIGHT FOR ADVENTURES SONG THE VOORTREKKER THE LONG TRAIL