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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
William C Spengemann; Jessica F Roberts |
| ISBN: | 0140435875 9780140435870 |
| OCLC Number: | 1020242995 |
| Notes: | Ed. By W.C. Spengemann with J.F. Roberts. Penguin, 1996. |
| Contents: | INTRODUCTIONSUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READINGA NOTE ON THE TEXTSJOEL BARLOW (1754-1812)from The Columbiad: Book the EighthWILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT (1794-1978)ThanatopsisTo a WaterfowlMutationHymn to the North StarTo a MosquitoA Meditation on Rhode Island CoalThe PrairiesThe Crowded StreetNot YetThe PoetThe Death of LincolnRALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882)Each and AllThe Humble-BeeThe Snow-StormGraceBlightMotto to "The Poet"The World-SoulMithridatesHamatreyaOde, Inscribed to W.H. ChanningMerlin IMotto to "Nature"DaysThe Chartist's ComplaintTwo RiversMotto to "Illusions"TerminusHENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807-1882)Mezzo CamminThe WarningThe Day Is DoneDanteSand of the Desert in an Hour-GlassThe Fire of Drift-WoodThe Jewish Cemetery at NewportThe RopewalkThe Golden Mile-Stonefrom Hiawatha: The White Man's FootSnow-FlakesThe Legend of Rabbi Ben LeviThe Rhyme of Sir ChristopherJOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (1807-1892)The Cities of the PlainThe FarewellOfficial PietyThe HaschishSkipper Ireson's RideThe Palm-TreeBrown of OssawatomieA Word for the HourBarbara Frietchiefrom Tent on the Beach: [The Dreamer]OverruledEDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849)DreamsSonnet: To ScienceRomanceA Dream within a DreamThe City in the SeaTo One in ParadiseSilenceThe SleeperThe Conqueror WormDreamlandStanzasThe RavenA ValentineUlalumeAnnabel LeeEldoradoOLIVER WENDELL HOLMES (1809-1894)Old IronsidesOur LimitationsLatter-Day WarningsThe Chambered NautilusIris, Her BookPrologueTartarusJONES VERY (1813-1880)The New BirthThe SonThe WordThe SpiritThe SerpentThe RobeThe Winter RainThe CrossThe MountainThe PromiseThe Birds of PassageThe SilentThe Indian's RetortSlaveryThe First Atlantic TelegraphThe Slowness of Belief in a Spiritual WorldForevermoreHENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817-1862)Sic VitaBrother Where Dost Thou DwellOn Ponkawtasset, Since, We Took Our WayLow-Anchored CloudWoof of the Sun, Ethereal GauzeMy Life Has Been the Poem I Would Have WritInspirationFor Though the Eaves Were RabbetedPray to What Earth Does This Sweet Cold BelongA Winter and Spring SceneJAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (1819-1891)A Contrastfrom A Fable for Criticsfrom The Biglow Papers: The Pious Editor's CreedThe Darkened MindSonnet: On Being Asked for an Autograph in VeniceThe BossIn a Copy of Omar KhayyamScience and PoetryWALT WHITMAN (1819-1892)Song of MyselfCrossing Brooklyn FerryOut of the Cradle Endlessly RockingI Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak GrowingCavalry Crossing a FordBeat! Beat! Drums!As I Lay with My Head in Your Lap CameradoYears of the ModernWhen Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'dA Noiseless Patient SpiderPassage to IndiaPrayer of ColumbusTo a Locomotive in WinterHERMAN MELVILLE (1819-1891)Immolatedfrom Battle-PiecesThe PortentMisgivingsThe March into VirginiaThe TemeraireA Utilitarian View of the Monitor's FightStonewall Jackson: Mortally Wounded at ChancellorsvilleStonewall Jackson: Ascribed to a VirginianThe House-TopThe College ColonelThe MartyrThe ApparitionIrisfrom Clarelfrom Part I, canto xiii: The ArchPart II, canto vii: Guide and Guardfrom Part II, canto xxiii: By the Jordanfrom Part III, canto xx: Afterwardfrom Part III, canto xxix: Rolfe and the Palmfrom Part IV, canto iii: The IslandPart IV, canto xxxi: DirgePart IV, canto xxxiv: Via CrucisPart IV, canto xxxv: Epiloguefrom John Marr and Other SailorsTom DeadlightThe Aeolian HarpThe Maldive SharkThe BergThe Enviable IslesPebblesfrom TimoleonAfter the Pleasure PartyThe Night-MarchArtHerba SantaIn a Bye-CanalThe Attic LandscapeThe ParthenonIn the Desertfrom Weeds and Wildings, Chiefly; with a Rose or TwoThe Little Good FellowsThe ChipmunkTime's BetrayalRosary BeadsMiscellaneous PoemsThe Rusty ManCamoensFruit and Flower PainterIn Shards the Sylvan Vases LieTo --PontoosuceBilly in the DarbiesFREDERICK GODDARD TUCKERMAN (1821-1873)Sonnets: First SeriesInfatuationRhotrudaAs Sometimes in a GroveCoralieThe CricketEMILY DICKINSON (1830-1886)49. I never lost as much but twice95. My nosegays are for Captivies--77. I never hear the word "escape"89. Some things that fly there be--135. Water, is taught by thirst185. "Faith" is a fine invention211. Come slowly--Eden!213. Did the Harebell loose her girdle243. I've known a Heaven, like a Tent-249. Wild Nights--Wild Nights!257. Delight is as the flight--258. There's a certain Slant of light281. 'Tis so appalling--it exhilarates--290. Of Bronze--and Blaze--301. I reason, Earth is short--307. The One who could repeat the Summer day--315. He fumbles at your Soul326. I cannot dance upon my Toes--328. A Bird came down the Walk--338. I know that He exists357. God is a distant--stately Lover--410. The first Day's Night had come--414. 'Twas like a Maelstrom, with a notch435. Much Madness is divinest Sense--448. This was a Poet--It is That501. This World is not Conclusion502. At least--to pray--is left--is left--506. He touched me, so I live to know519. 'Twas warm--at first--like Us--547. I've seen a Dying Eye556. The Brain, within its Groove577. If I may have it, when it's dead599. There is a pain--so utter--606. The Trees like Tassels--hit--and swung-612. It would have starved a Gnat--613. They shut me up in Prose--622. To know just how He suffered--would be dear--629. I watched the Moon around the House632. The Brain--is wider than the Sky--640. I cannot live with You--652. A Prison gets to be a friend--656. The Name--of it--is "Autumn"--657. I dwell in Possibility--670. One need not be a Chamber--to be Haunted--754. My Life had stood--a Loaded Gun--1053. It was a quiet way--1712. A Pit--but Heaven over it--525. I think the Hemlock likes to stand665. Dropped into the Ether Acre--709. Publication--is the Auction771. None can experience stint812. A Light exists in Spring824. The Wind begun to rock the Grass854. Banish Air from Air--915. Faith--is the Pierless Bridge925. Struck, was I, not yet by Lightning--949. Under the Light, yet under959. A loss of something ever felt I--997. Crumbling is not an instant's Act1056. There is a Zone whose even Years1090. I am afraid to own a Body--1128. These are the Nights that Beetles love--1173. The Lightning is a yellow Fork1235. Like Rain it sounded till it curved1247. To pile like Thunder to its close1311. This dirty--little--Heart1331. Wonder--is not precisely Knowing1575. The Bat is dun, with wrinkled Wings--1400. What mystery pervades a well!1433. How brittle are the Piers1445. Death is the supple Suitor1527. Oh give it Motion--deck it sweet1542. Come show thy Durham Breast1551. Those--dying then1670. In Winter in my Room1718. Drowning is not so pitiful1751. There comes an hour when begging stopsSARAH MORGAN BRYAN PIATT (1836-1919)The Palace-BurnerA DoubtThis WorldIn Her PrisonAnswering a ChildNo HelpIn a Queen's DomainIf I Had Made the WorldStone for a StatueArmy of OccupationA Lesson in a PictureA Pique at PartingHer Word of ReproachSad Spring-SongSIDNEY LANIER (1842-1881)Song for "The Jacquerie"NirvanaTo BeethovenTo Richard WagnerThe Revenge of HamishTo Bayard TaylorEDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON (1869-1935)Walt WhitmanJohn EvereldownLuke HavergalThree QuatrainsThe House on the HillAaron StarkSonnetVerlaineRichard CoryCliff KlingenhagenReuben BrightThe TavernOctaves XV, XIX, XXEXPLANATORY NOTES |
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