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MY THEME,

Of me and of my theme think what thou wilt:

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CONTINUED,

’Tis true the wisdom that my mind exacts

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ON THE DANGER OF WAR,

Avert, High Wisdom, never vainly wooed,

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TO CARDINAL MANNING,

I, wakeful for the skylark voice in men,

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TO COLONEL CHARLES,

An English heart, my commandant,

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TO CHILDREN: FOR TYRANTS,

Strike not thy dog with a stick!

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Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth

THE WOODS OF WESTERMAIN,

Enter these enchanted woods,

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A BALLAD OF PAST MERIDIAN,

Last night returning from my twilight walk

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THE DAY OF THE DAUGHTER OF HADES,

He who has looked upon Earth

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THE LARK ASCENDING,

He rises and begins to round,

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PHOEBUS WITH ADMETUS,

When by Zeus relenting the mandate was revoked,

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MELAMPUS,

With love exceeding a simple love of the things

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LOVE IN THE VALLEY,

Under yonder beech-tree single on the greensward,

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THE THREE SINGERS TO YOUNG BLOOD,

Carols nature, counsel men,

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THE ORCHARD AND THE HEATH,

I chanced upon an early walk to spy

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EARTH AND MAN,

On her great venture, Man,

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A BALLAD OF FAIR LADIES IN REVOLT,

See the sweet women, friend, that lean beneath

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Ballads and poems of Tragic Life

THE TWO MASKS,

Melpomene among her livid people,

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ARCHDUCHESS ANNE,

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I.

In middle age an evil thing

 

II.

Archduchess Anne sat carved in frost

 

III.

Old Kraken read a missive penned

 

THE SONG OF THEODOLINDA,

Queen Theodolind has built

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A PREACHING FROM A SPANISH BALLAD,

Ladies who in chains of wedlock