The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3
The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This sea that bares her bosom to the moon, The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not.—Great God! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
Of this fair volume which we World do name, If we the sheets and leaves could turn with care, Of him who it corrects, and did it frame, We clear might read the art and wisdom rare; Find out his power which wildest powers doth tame, His providence extending everywhere, His justice which proud rebels doth not spare, In every page, no, period of the same. But silly we, like foolish children, rest Well pleased with colored vellum, leaves of gold, Fair dangling ribbons, leaving what is best, On the great Writer's sense ne'er taking hold; Or, if by chance we stay our minds on aught, It is some picture on the margin wrought.
The bubbling brook doth leap when I come by, Because my feet find measure with its call; The birds know when the friend they love is nigh, For I am known to them, both great and small. The flower that on the lonely hillside grows Expects me there when spring its bloom has given; And many a tree and bush my wanderings knows, And e'en the clouds and silent stars of heaven; For he who with his Maker walks aright, Shall be their lord as Adam was before; His ear shall catch each sound with new delight, Each object wear the dress that then it wore; And he, as when erect in soul he stood, Hear from his Father's lips that all is good.
In that new world toward which our feet are set, Shall we find aught to make our hearts forget Earth's homely joys and her bright hours of bliss? Has heaven a spell divine enough for this? For who the pleasure of the spring shall tell When on the leafless stalk the brown buds swell, When the grass brightens and the days grow long, And little birds break out in rippling song?
Burton Egbert Stevenson
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Edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson
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 HOURS 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
Edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson
Contents
Edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson
Edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson
Edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson
Edited by Burton Egbert Stevenson
Contents