- 1Prelude
- 2Hymn to the Night
- 3A Psalm of Life
- 4The Reaper and the Flowers
- 5The Light of Stars
- 6Footsteps of Angels
- 7Flowers
- 8The Beleaguered City
- 9Midnight Mass for the Dying Year
- 10Earlier Poems
- 11Autumn
- 12Woods in Winter
- 13Hymn of the Moravian Nuns of Bethlehem
- 14Sunrise on the Hills
- 15The Spirit of Poetry
- 16Burial of the Minnisink
- 17L’ Envoi
- 18Ballads and Other Poems
- 19The Wreck of the Hesperus
- 20The Village Blacksmith
- 21Endymion
- 22It Is Not Always May
- 23The Rainy Day
- 24God’s-Acre
- 25To the River Charles
- 26Blind Bartimeus
- 27The Goblet of Life
- 28Maidenhood
- 29Excelsior
- 30Poems on Slavery
- 31To William E. Channing
- 32The Slave’s Dream
- 33The Good Part That Shall Not Be Taken Away
- 34The Slave in the Dismal Swamp
- 35The Slave Singing at Midnight
- 36The Witnesses
- 37The Quadroon Girl
- 38The Warning
- 39The Spanish Student Dramatis Personae
- 40Act I
- 41Serenade
- 42Act II
- 43Scene III — The Prado. A Long Avenue of Trees Leading to the
- 44Scene IV — Preciosa’s Chamber. She Is Sitting, With a Book in
- 45Scene V — The Count of Lara’s Rooms. Enter the Count
- 46Scene VIII — The Theatre. The Orchestra Plays the Cachucha
- 47Scene XI — Preciosa’s Bedchamber. Midnight. She Is Sleeping in
- 48Act III
- 49Song
- 50Song
- 51The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems
- 52The Belfry of Bruges
- 53A Gleam of Sunshine
- 54The Arsenal at Springfield
- 55Nuremberg
- 56The Norman Baron
- 57Rain in Summer
- 58To a Child
- 59The Occultation of Orion
- 60The Bridge
- 61To the Driving Cloud
- 62Songs
- 63Afternoon in February
- 64To an Old Danish Song-Book
- 65Walter von der Vogelweid
- 66Drinking Song
- 67The Old Clock on the Stairs
- 68The Arrow and the Song
- 69Sonnets
- 70The Evening Star
- 71Autumn
- 72Dante
- 73Curfew
- 74II
- 75Evangeline — A Tale of Acadie
- 76Part the First
- 77II
- 78III
- 79IV
- 80V
- 81Part the Second
- 82II
- 83III
- 84IV
- 85V
- 86The Seaside and the Fireside
- 87By the Seaside
- 88Seaweed
- 89Chrysaor
- 90The Secret of the Sea
- 91Twilight
- 92Sir Humphrey Gilbert
- 93The Lighthouse
- 94The Fire of Drift-Wood
- 95By the Fireside
- 96The Builders
- 97Sand of the Desert in an Hour-Glass
- 98The Open Window
- 99King Witlaf’s Drinking-Horn
- 100Gaspar Becerra
- 101Pegasus in Pound
- 102Tegnér’s Drapa
- 103Sonnet on Mrs. Kemble’s Readings From Shakespeare
- 104The Singers
- 105Suspiria
- 106Hymn for My Brother’s Ordination
- 107The Song of Hiawatha
- 108I — The Peace-Pipe
- 109II — The Four Winds
- 110III — Hiawatha’s Childhood
- 111IV — Hiawatha and Mudjekeewis
- 112V — Hiawatha’s Fasting
- 113VI — Hiawatha’s Friends
- 114VII — Hiawatha’s Sailing
- 115VIII — Hiawatha’s Fishing
- 116IX — Hiawatha and the Pearl-Feather
- 117X — Hiawatha’s Wooing
- 118XI — Hiawatha’s Wedding-Feast
- 119XII — The Son of the Evening Star
- 120XIII — Blessing the Cornfields
- 121XIV — Picture-Writing
- 122XV — Hiawatha’s Lamentation
- 123XVI — Pau-Puk-Keewis
- 124XVII — The Hunting of Pau-Puk-Keewis
- 125XVIII — The Death of Kwasind
- 126XIX — The Ghosts
- 127XX — The Famine
- 128XXI — The White Man’s Foot
- 129XXII — Hiawatha’s Departure
- 130Notes — The Song of Hiawatha
- 131Vocabulary
- 132The Courtship of Miles Standish
- 133II — Love and Friendship
- 134III — The Lover’s Errand
- 135IV — John Alden
- 136V — The Sailing of the Mayflower
- 137VI — Priscilla
- 138VII — The March of Miles Standish
- 139VIII — The Spinning-Wheel
- 140IX — The Wedding-Day
- 141Birds of Passage — Flight the First
- 142Prometheus or the Poet’s Forethought
- 143Epimetheus or the Poet’s Afterthought
- 144The Ladder of St. Augustine
- 145The Phantom Ship
- 146The Warden of the Cinque Ports
- 147Haunted Houses
- 148In the Churchyard at Cambridge
- 149The Emperor’s Bird’s-Nest
- 150The Two Angels
- 151Daylight and Moonlight
- 152The Jewish Cemetery at Newport
- 153Oliver Basselin
- 154Victor Galbraith
- 155My Lost Youth
- 156The Ropewalk
- 157The Golden Mile-Stone
- 158Catawba Wine
- 159Santa Filomena
- 160The Discoverer of the North Cape
- 161Daybreak
- 162The Fiftieth Birthday of Agassiz
- 163Children
- 164Sandalphon
- 165Flight the Second
- 166Enceladus
- 167The Cumberland
- 168Snow-Flakes
- 169A Day of Sunshine
- 170Something Left Undone
- 171Weariness
- 172Tales of a Wayside Inn — Part First — Prelude
- 173The Landlord’s Tale — Paul Revere’s Ride
- 174Interlude
- 175The Student’s Tale — The Falcon of Ser Federigo
- 176Interlude
- 177The Spanish Jew’s Tale — The Legend of Rabbi Ben Levi
- 178Interlude
- 179The Sicilian’s Tale King Robert of Sicily
- 180Interlude
- 181The Musician’s Tale — The Saga of King Olaf
- 182II — King Olaf’s Return
- 183III — Thora of Rimol
- 184IV — Queen Sigrid the Haughty
- 185V — The Skerry of Shrieks
- 186VI — The Wraith of Odin
- 187VII — Iron-Beard
- 188VIII — Gudrun
- 189IX — Thangbrand the Priest
- 190X — Raud the Strong
- 191XI — Bishop Sigurd at Salten Fiord
- 192XII — King Olaf’s Christmas
- 193XIII — The Building of the Long Serpent
- 194XIV — The Crew of the Long Serpent
- 195XV — A Little Bird in the Air
- 196XVI — Queen Thyri and the Angelica Stalks
- 197XVII — King Svend of the Forked Bear
- 198XVIII — King Olaf and Earl Sigvald
- 199XIX — King Olaf’s War-Horns
- 200XX — Einar Tamberskelver
- 201XXI — King Olaf’s Death-drink
- 202XXII — The Nun of Nidaros
- 203Interlude
- 204The Theologian’s Tale Torquemada
- 205Interlude
- 206The Poet’s Tale — The Birds of Killingworth
- 207Finale
- 208Part Second — Prelude
- 209The Sicilian’s Tale — The Bell of Atri
- 210Interlude
- 211The Spanish Jew’s Tale Kambalu
- 212Interlude
- 213The Student’s Tale — The Cobbler of Hagenau
- 214Interlude
- 215The Musician’s Tale — The Ballad of Carmilhan
- 216Interlude
- 217The Poet’s Tale Lady Wentworth
- 218Interlude
- 219The Theologian’s Tale — The Legend Beautiful
- 220Interlude
- 221The Student’s Second Tale — The Baron of St. Castine
- 222Finale
- 223Part Third — Prelude
- 224The Spanish Jew’s Tale Azrael
- 225Interlude
- 226The Poet’s Tale Charlemagne
- 227Interlude
- 228The Student’s Tale — Emma and Eginhard
- 229Interlude
- 230The Theologian’s Tale Elizabeth
- 231Interlude
- 232The Sicilian’s Tale — The Monk of Casal-Maggiore
- 233Interlude
- 234The Spanish Jew’s Second Tale Scanderbeg
- 235Interlude
- 236The Musician’s Tale — The Mother’s Ghost
- 237Interlude
- 238The Landlord’s Tale — The Rhyme of Sir Christopher
- 239Finale
- 240Flower-de-Luce
- 241Palingenesis
- 242The Bridge of Cloud
- 243Hawthorne
- 244Christmas Bells
- 245The Wind Over the Chimney
- 246The Bells of Lynn
- 247Killed at the Ford
- 248Giotto’s Tower
- 249To-Morrow
- 250Divina Commedia
- 251Noël
- 252Birds of Passage
- 253The Haunted Chamber
- 254The Meeting
- 255Vox Populi
- 256The Castle-Builder
- 257Changed
- 258The Challenge
- 259The Brook and the Wave
- 260Aftermath
- 261The Masque of Pandora — I — The Workshop of Hephæstus
- 262Chorus of the Graces
- 263II — Olympus
- 264III — Tower of Prometheus on Mount Caucasus
- 265Chorus of the Fates
- 266IV — The Air
- 267V — The House of Epimetheus
- 268VI — In the Garden
- 269VII — The House of Epimetheus
- 270VIII — In the Garden
- 271The Hanging of the Crane
- 272Morituri Salutamus
- 273A Book of Sonnets
- 274Chaucer
- 275Shakespeare
- 276Milton
- 277Keats
- 278The Galaxy
- 279The Sound of the Sea
- 280A Summer Day by the Sea
- 281The Tides
- 282A Shadow
- 283A Nameless Grave
- 284Sleep
- 285The Old Bridge at Florence
- 286Il Ponte Vecchio di Firenze
- 287Nature
- 288In the Churchyard at Tarrytown
- 289Eliot’s Oak
- 290The Descent of the Muses
- 291Venice
- 292The Poets
- 293Parker Cleaveland
- 294The Harvest Moon
- 295To the River Rhone
- 296The Three Silences of Molinos
- 297The Two Rivers
- 298Boston
- 299St. John’s, Cambridge
- 300Moods
- 301Woodstock Park
- 302The Four Princesses at Wilna
- 303Holidays
- 304Wapentake
- 305The Broken Oar
- 306The Cross of Snow
- 307Birds of Passage
- 308Travels by the Fireside
- 309Cadenabbia
- 310Monte Cassino
- 311Amalfi
- 312The Sermon of St. Francis
- 313Belisarius
- 314Songo River
- 315Keramos
- 316Birds of Passage
- 317A Dutch Picture
- 318Castles in Spain
- 319Vittoria Colonna
- 320The Revenge of Rain-in-the-Face
- 321To the River Yvette
- 322The Emperor’s Glove
- 323A Ballad of the French Fleet
- 324The Leap of Roushan Beg
- 325Haroun Al Raschid
- 326King Trisanku
- 327A Wraith in the Mist
- 328The Three Kings
- 329Song
- 330The White Czar
- 331Delia
- 332Ultima Thule — Dedication
- 333Poems
- 334The Chamber Over the Gate
- 335From My Arm-Chair
- 336Jugurtha
- 337The Iron Pen
- 338Robert Burns
- 339Helen of Tyre
- 340Elegiac
- 341Old St. David’s at Radnor
- 342Folk Songs
- 343Maiden and Weathercock
- 344The Windmill
- 345The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls
- 346Sonnets
- 347The Burial of the Poet
- 348Night
- 349L’Envoi — The Poet and His Songs
- 350In the Harbor
- 351The Poet’s Calendar
- 352Autumn Within
- 353The Four Lakes of Madison
- 354Victor and Vanquished
- 355Moonlight
- 356The Children’s Crusade
- 357Sundown
- 358Chimes
- 359Four by the Clock
- 360Auf Wiedersehen
- 361Elegiac Verse
- 362The City and the Sea
- 363Memories
- 364Hermes Trismegistus
- 365To the Avon
- 366President Garfield
- 367My Books
- 368Mad River
- 369Possibilities
- 370Decoration Day
- 371A Fragment
- 372Loss and Gain
- 373Inscription on the Shanklin Fountain
- 374The Bells of San Blas
- 375Fragments
- 376Christus: A Mystery Introitus
- 377Part One — The Divine Tragedy — The First Passover
- 378II — Mount Quarantania
- 379III — The Marriage in Cana
- 380IV — In the Cornfields
- 381V — Nazareth
- 382VI — The Sea of Galilee
- 383VII — The Demoniac of Gadara
- 384VIII — Talitha Cumi
- 385IX — The Tower of Magdala
- 386X — The House of Simon the Pharisee
- 387The Second Passover
- 388II — Herod’s Banquet-Hall
- 389III — Under the Walls of Machaerus
- 390IV — Nicodemus at Night
- 391V — Blind Bartimeus
- 392VI — Jacob’s Well
- 393VII — The Coasts of Caesarea Philippi
- 394VIII — The Young Ruler
- 395IX — At Bethany
- 396X — Born Blind
- 397XI — Simon Magus and Helen of Tyre
- 398The Third Passover
- 399II — Solomon’s Porch
- 400III — Lord, is it I?
- 401IV — The Garden of Gethsemane
- 402V — The Palace of Caiaphas
- 403VI — Pontius Pilate
- 404VII — Barabbas in Prison
- 405VIII — Ecce Homo
- 406IX — Aceldama
- 407X — The Three Crosses
- 408XI — The Two Maries
- 409XI — The Sea of Galilee
- 410Epilogue — Symbolum Apostolorum
- 411First Interlude — The Abbot Joachim
- 412Part Two — The Golden Legend — The Spire of Strasburg Cathedral
- 413I — The Castle of Vautsberg on the Rhine
- 414Court-Yard of the Castle
- 415II — A Farm in the Odenwald
- 416A Room in the Farm-House
- 417Elsie’s Chamber
- 418The Chamber of Gottlieb and Ursula
- 419A Village Church
- 420A Room in the Farm-House
- 421In the Garden
- 422III — A Street in Strasburg
- 423Square in Front of the Cathedral
- 424In the Cathedral
- 425The Nativity — A Miracle-Play
- 426I — Heaven
- 427II — Mary at the Well
- 428III — The Angels of the Seven Planets, Bearing the Star of Bethlehem
- 429IV — The Wise Men of the East
- 430V — The Flight into Egypt
- 431VI — The Slaughter of the Innocents
- 432VII — Jesus at Play with his Schoolmates
- 433VIII — The Village School
- 434IX — Crowned with Flowers
- 435Epilogue
- 436IV — The Road to Hirschau
- 437The Convent of Hirschau in the Black Forest
- 438The Scriptorium
- 439The Cloisters
- 440The Chapel
- 441The Refectory
- 442The Neighboring Nunnery
- 443V — A Covered Bridge at Lucerne
- 444The Devil’s Bridge
- 445The St. Gothard Pass
- 446At the Foot of the Alps
- 447The Inn at Genoa
- 448At Sea
- 449VI — The School of Salerno
- 450The Farm-house in the Odenwald
- 451The Castle of Vautsberg on the Rhine
- 452Epilogue — The Two Recording Angels Ascending
- 453Second Interlude — Martin Luther
- 454Part Three — The New England Tragedies
- 455Prologue
- 456Act I
- 457Act II
- 458Act III
- 459Act IV
- 460Act V
- 461Giles Corey of the Salem Farms
- 462Prologue
- 463Act I
- 464Act II
- 465Act III
- 466Act IV
- 467Act V
- 468Judas Maccabaeus
- 469Act II — The Dungeons in the Citadel
- 470Act III
- 471Act IV
- 472Act V
- 473Michael Angelo — Dedication
- 474Part First
- 475Monologue: The Last Judgment
- 476II — San Silvestro
- 477III — Cardinal Ippolito
- 478IV — Borgo delle Vergine at Naples
- 479V — Vittoria Colonna
- 480Part Second
- 481II — Viterbo
- 482III — Michael Angelo and Benvenuto Cellini
- 483IV — Fra Sebastiano del Piombo
- 484V — Palazzo Belvedere
- 485VI — Palazzo Cesarini
- 486Part Third
- 487II — Vigna di Papa Giulio
- 488Scene II
- 489III — Bindo Altoviti
- 490IV — In the Coliseum
- 491V — Macello de’ Corvi
- 492VI — Michael Angelo’s Studio
- 493VII — The Oaks of Monte Luca
- 494VIII — The Dead Christ
- 495Translations
- 496From the Spanish — Coplas de Manrique
- 497Sonnets
- 498II — To-morrow
- 499III — The Native Land
- 500IV — The Image of God
- 501V — The Brook
- 502Ancient Spanish Ballads — I
- 503II
- 504III
- 505Vida de San Millan
- 506San Miguel, the Convent
- 507Song
- 508Santa Teresa’s Book-Mark
- 509From the Cancioneros
- 510II — Some day, some day
- 511III — Come, O death, so silent flying
- 512IV — Glove of black in white hand bare
- 513From the Swedish and Danish — I — Frithiof’s Homestead
- 514II — A Sledge-Ride on the Ice
- 515III — Frithiof’s Temptation
- 516IV — Frithiof’s Farewell
- 517The Children of the Lord’s Supper
- 518King Christian
- 519The Elected Knight
- 520Childhood
- 521From the German
- 522The Wave
- 523The Dead
- 524The Bird and the Ship
- 525Whither?
- 526Beware!
- 527Song of the Bell
- 528The Castle by the Sea
- 529The Black Knight
- 530Song of the Silent Land
- 531The Luck of Edenhall
- 532The Two Locks of Hair
- 533The Hemlock Tree
- 534Annie of Tharaw
- 535The Statue Over the Cathedral Door
- 536The Legend of the Crossbill
- 537The Sea Hath Its Pearls
- 538Poetic Aphorisms
- 539Silent Love — Blessed Are the Dead
- 540Wanderer’s Night-Songs
- 541Remorse
- 542Forsaken
- 543Allah
- 544From the Anglo-Saxon
- 545Beowulf’s Expedition to Heort
- 546The Soul’s Complaint Against the Body
- 547From the French
- 548Song
- 549The Return of Spring
- 550Spring
- 551The Child Asleep
- 552Death of Archbishop Turpin
- 553The Blind Girl of Castel Cuille
- 554A Christmas Carol
- 555Consolation
- 556To Cardinal Richelieu
- 557The Angel and the Child
- 558On the Terrace of the Aigalades
- 559To My Brooklet
- 560Barréges
- 561Will Ever the Dear Days Come Back Again?
- 562At La Chaudeau
- 563A Quiet Life
- 564The Wine of Jurançon
- 565Friar Lubin
- 566Rondel
- 567My Secret
- 568From the Italian
- 569The Terrestrial Paradise
- 570Beatrice
- 571To Italy
- 572Seven Sonnets and a Canzone
- 573I — The Artist
- 574II — Fire
- 575III — Youth and Age
- 576IV — Old Age
- 577V — To Vittoria Colonna
- 578VI — To Vittoria Colonna
- 579VII — Dante
- 580VIII — Canzone
- 581The Nature of Love
- 582From the Portuguese Song
- 583From Eastern Sources
- 584The Siege of Kazan
- 585The Boy and the Brook
- 586To the Stork
- 587From the Latin
- 588Ovid in Exile
- 589Tristia, Book III., Elegy XII
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