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Lays of Ancient Virginia

by James Avis Bartley

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  1. 1Dedication — Prefatory Letter to the Public
  2. 2Pocahontas
  3. 3A Song
  4. 4Elfindale
  5. 5Of a Skylark
  6. 6The Princess of Peru
  7. 7The Holy Lady
  8. 8Time and Eternity
  9. 9Yemen
  10. 10Lilly: A Poem
  11. 11Adieu to Emory
  12. 12Virginia
  13. 13Watoga
  14. 14Napoleon
  15. 15Stanzas
  16. 16The Lover
  17. 17The Angels of Earth
  18. 18Australia; or, the New Golden Age
  19. 19The Prophecy of Columbia
  20. 20Love
  21. 21The Lovers
  22. 22Song
  23. 23Hours With Nature
  24. 24Yorktown
  25. 25Poet’s Enchanted Life
  26. 26Sunset
  27. 27Imagination
  28. 28Milly
  29. 29The Wintry Days
  30. 30Spring
  31. 31An Incident
  32. 32The Letter
  33. 33The Lost Pleiad
  34. 34The Sleeper
  35. 35Dwelling in Heaven
  36. 36The Face I See in Dreams
  37. 37To Eloquence
  38. 38Near Yonder Banks at Even
  39. 39An Hymn
  40. 40To P.S. White
  41. 41Montpelier, Orange County, Va
  42. 42The Heavenly Flower
  43. 43Lilly May
  44. 44To Eleanor
  45. 45The Vow of Love
  46. 46Disappointment
  47. 47The Dream of Love
  48. 48Sabbath
  49. 49The Thunder Storm
  50. 50The Life-Land
  51. 51To Miss ——
  52. 52The Wife to the Absent Husband
  53. 53Oh, Blue-Eyed Maid, I Sigh for Thee
  54. 54To Mary
  55. 55Though Thou Wast Passing Fair
  56. 56The Lady’s Soliloquy
  57. 57Love Without Hope
  58. 58To Mary
  59. 59Written in an Album
  60. 60The Dead Eagle
  61. 61Lament
  62. 62Oh, Love! The Dew Lies on the Flower
  63. 63Red Rose
  64. 64Ellen
  65. 65The Sabbath Worshipper
  66. 66To ——
  67. 67Where Is Our Brother?
  68. 68Star of Rest
  69. 69Melancholy
  70. 70For Mary
  71. 71Lines
  72. 72The Flowers
  73. 73The Enchanted Realm of Joy
  74. 74To Miss M.T.R.
  75. 75Beneath Those Stars of Summer
  76. 76To Fannie
  77. 77A Stroll Down Quality Row
  78. 78There Is a God
  79. 79To the Beloved
  80. 80To Lora Gordon Boon
  81. 81Monticello
  82. 82To Marian
  83. 83The Spirit of Poesy
  84. 84The Water
  85. 85Blannerhassett’s Island
  86. 86To Bettie
  87. 87Epitaph for an Infant — The Millennium
  88. 88To a Poet’s Wife
  89. 89Lilly Lane
  90. 90A Song of the Olden Time
  91. 91Farewell to Albemarle
  92. 92She Would Have It So
  93. 93To Fannie
  94. 94On Hearing That My Love Was Angry
  95. 95To a Poet
  96. 96The Child’s Prayer
  97. 97Criticus
  98. 98To Mary
  99. 99Song of the Converted Heathen
  100. 100Sin of the Choral Singer
  101. 101A Portrait
  102. 102Hallowed Ground
  103. 103To Spring
  104. 104On Hearing That My Love Was Proud
  105. 105To Lizzie
  106. 106Monticello
  107. 107You Told Me That You Loved Me
  108. 108The Song of the Slain at the Battle of Ticonderoga
  109. 109To My Copy of Shakspeare Which Had Been Lost
  110. 110I Love Thee
  111. 111On ——
  112. 112Serenade
  113. 113The Old Mill Wheel
  114. 114Serenade
  115. 115Virginia Home of Honor
  116. 116Hymn to the Father
  117. 117O Birdie! Speak to Me
  118. 118To One
  119. 119The Wanderer
  120. 120To Bettie
  121. 121Baby Song
  122. 122My Old Virginia Home
  123. 123Take Those Pledges Back
  124. 124Song — Undying Affection
  125. 125Freedom’s Home
  126. 126Native Mountains
  127. 127The Train Is Coming
  128. 128Lines
  129. 129Love Song
  130. 130Parting Song
  131. 131The Song of May
  132. 132To My Lyre
  133. 133You Ask Why I Am Lonely Now
  134. 134Old Homestead
  135. 135Love Song
  136. 136Susie
  137. 137Lines on Parting With ——
  138. 138Blue-Eyed Ella
  139. 139Acrostic
  140. 140To the Muse. L’Envoi

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