The rhyme and reason of country life
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THE FOREST
The Rhyme and Reason
COUNTRY LIFE.
With Illustrations from Drawings by C. E. Dopler. Engraved by J. W. Orr.
New York:
G. P. PUTNAM & CO.,
1855.
THE AUTHOR OF “RURAL HOURS,”
ETC., ETC.
——“The boundless store
Unknown
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Preface.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
THE FLOWER AND THE LEAF.
TO THE BEES.
ON A BEE’S NEST.
THE BEE.
MANAGEMENT OF BEES.
FROM SHAKSPEARE.
THE DRONE.
MEMORY OF THE BEE.
THE DEATH OF THE BEE.
SONNET.
THE RETURN OF SPRING IN GREECE.
SPRING.
DESCRIPTION OF SPRING.
SPRING.
ON SPRING.
SONNET ON SPRING.
SPRING, AT EASTER.
THE AIRS OF SPRING.
RETURN OF SPRING.
ODE TO SPRING.
THE FLOWER.
ODE.
TO SPRING.
TO SPRING.
SPRING.
ODE.
THE AWAKENING YEAR.
SPRING SCENE.
SPRING.
MORNING MELODIES.
MORNING WALK.
HYMN.
MORNING.
SPRING MORNING IN ITALY.
UP, AMARYLLIS!
THE MORNING WALK.
DANISH MORNING SONG.
SUMMER MORNING SONG.
THE NOTE OF THE NIGHTINGALE.
SONNET.
THE NIGHTINGALE.
ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE.
THE NIGHTINGALE.
THE NIGHTINGALE.
THE MOTHER BIRD.
THE MOTHER NIGHTINGALE.
THE NIGHTINGALE.
NEST OF THE NIGHTINGALE.
THE NIGHTINGALE.
THE LARK.
FROM THE “COMPLETE ANGLER.”
TO THE SKYLARK.
A LARK SINGING IN A RAINBOW.
THE SKYLARK.
THE MOORS OF JUTLAND.
THE RISING OF THE LARK.
THE LARK.
LARK.
LINES.
MAY MORNING.
EMILIA ON MAY DAY.
SALUTATION OF MAIA.
SONG
MAY.
SONG.
MAY.
ON A RURAL IMAGE OF PAN.
PASTORAL SCENE FROM “THE ARCADIA.”
FROM THE “FAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS.”
THE SHEPHERD’S LIFE.
THE SHEPHERD’S ADDRESS TO HIS MUSE.
SHEARING TIME.
A FAYRE AND HAPPY MILK-MAID.
SHEEP-PASTURES.
THE SPINNER’S SONG.
SONG FOR THE SPINNING-WHEEL.
WURTHA.
TO MEADOWS.
FRENCH SONG.
FLOWERS.
SPRING-FLOWERS.
ARRANGEMENTS OF A BOUQUET.
HEART’S-EASE.
THE GARLAND.
TO PRIMROSES
TO THE NARCISSUS.
ECHO.
THE ROSE.
ANCIENT SERVIAN SONG.
TO BLOSSOMS.
CHILDREN’S POSIES.
LOVE’S WREATH.
TO DAFFODILS.
THE LILY.
WILD FLOWERS.
TO THE SWEET-BRIER.
THE WILD HONEYSUCKLE.
WILD FLOWERS.
BEAU AND THE LILY.
FLOWERS.
ALPINE FLOWERS.
TO THE BRAMBLE FLOWER.
THE PAINTED CUP.
THE WREATH OF GRASSES.
DIVINATION.
GRASS.
DAFFODILS.
GRONGAR HILL.
LETTER ON CERTAIN TREES.
A SKETCH.
AN ENGLISH PEASANT’S COTTAGE.
RUTH.
SIMPLE PLEASURES.
FROM “THE COMPLETE ANGLER.”
THE MILK-MAID’S SONG.
THE MILK-MAID’S MOTHER’S ANSWER.
THE SOLITARY REAPER.
THE HUSBANDMAN.
THE GARDEN.
OF GARDENS.
A GARDEN.
THE GARDEN OF ALCINOUS.
THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
OF GARDENS.
GARDENING.
FLOWERS AND ART.
CHINESE GARDENING.
EMPLOYMENT.
THE GARDEN.
THE GARDENER.
LINES.
SAXON SONG OF SUMMER.
LINES
THE SUMMER MONTHS.
VIRTUE.
FROM THE “HOLY DYING.”
SIMILE.
THE SUN
THE SUN
DELIGHT IN GOD.
NOON.
SUMMER DREAM.
SUMMER.
PORTUGUESE CANZONET.
FROM “EVANGELINE.”
SONG.
A GROVE.
OF THE SEMINARY, AND OF TRANSPLANTING.
WINDSOR FOREST.
FAIRLOP.
AN OLD OAK.
YARDLEY OAK.
THE GROANING ELM OF BADESLEY.
YEW-TREES.
LINES.
LIME-TREES.
THE BIRCH-TREE.
THE HEMLOCK-TREE.
THE OAK.
ON AN ANCIENT OAK.
WOOD NOTES.
A PINE-FOREST.
A WOOD IN WINTER.
“LEAVES HAVE THEIR TIME TO FALL.”
SONNET.
LINES
FLIGHT OF CRANES.
THE SWALLOW AND THE GRASSHOPPER.
THE SAME
SONG OF THE SWALLOW.
SWALLOWS.
LINES
THE BLACK COCK.
TO THE MOCKING-BIRD.
THE BOB-O-LINKUM.
THE OWL.
EXTRACT.
THE PATTICHAP’S NEST.
A THOUGHT.
THE BIRDS OF PASSAGE.
THE DOVE.
THE DYING SWAN.
THE TWA CORBIES.
THE RED-BREAST IN SEPTEMBER.
MUIOPOTMOS;
ON A LOCUST.
TO THE CICADA.
THE GRASSHOPPER.
INSECTS.
FLOWERS AND INSECTS.
THE DRAGON-FLY.
TO AN INSECT.
THE GRASSHOPPER.
THE STREAMS.
THE THAMES.
RIVER AND SONG.
ODE TO LEVEN-WATER.
SONG.
THE RIVULET.
THE STREAM OF THE ROCK.
A RIVER.
LIFE COMPARED TO A STREAM.
ON THE BRONZE IMAGE OF A FROG.
LITTLE STREAMS.
FROGS.
THE RIVULETS.
LINES.
THE WAY-SIDE SPRING.
GULLS.
THE FOUNTAIN.
ELVES.
HYNDE ETIN.
THE FAIRY QUEEN.
THE MERRY PRANKS OF ROBIN GOOD-FELLOW.
SLAVIC.
COTTAGE FAIRY.
FAIRIES IN THE HIGHLANDS.
OF BEAUTY.
FRAGMENT.
THE MEMORY OF A WALK.
A BOWER.
MIST OF THE MOUNTAIN-TOP.
EMBLEM.
SONG.
TO A MOUNTAIN-DAISY,
MOSSGIEL.
THE FOREST-LEAVES IN AUTUMN.
BOHEMIAN
LANDSCAPE AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS.
THE OPENING YEAR.
ON OBSERVING A BLOSSOM
FEBRUARY.
MARCH.
APRIL.
APRIL.
ODE TO FIRST OF APRIL.
APRIL.
MAY.
JUNE.
JULY.
AUGUST.
AUGUST.
SEPTEMBER.
OCTOBER.
NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER IN ENGLAND.
SONNET.
SONG.
THE SCHOOLMISTRESS.
THE HAMLET.
THE NOSEGAY.
THE WELL OF ST. KEYNE.
LOSEL’S FARM.
GIPSIES.
A STERILE FIELD.
THE ENGLISH COMMON.
LINES
LINES
TO AUTUMN NEAR HER DEPARTURE.
AUTUMN.
ODE
SONG.
AUTUMN SCENE IN ENGLAND.
INDIAN SUMMER.
AN AUTUMN LANDSCAPE.
AUTUMN WOODS.
A WISH.
A COUNTRY LIFE.
OF BUILDING.
OF BUILDING.
THE WISH.
A THANKSGIVING FOR HIS HOUSE.
THE STRANGER ON THE SILL.
THE INVITATION.
ICELANDIC LINES.
DOMESTIC PEACE.
ANCIENT HUNTING SONG.
HOUNDS.
DEER LEAP.
THE HARE.
A HUNTER’S MATIN.
A SPORTSMAN OF OLDEN TIME.
SONNET.
SONNET.
LINES.
ODE.
LETTER OF SIR THOMAS MORE TO HIS WIFE.
PEASANT PAVO.
COUNTRY LIFE.
SCENE IN AN AMERICAN FOREST.
SONG.
SONG.
BLESSINGS OF A COUNTRY LIFE.
PLAGUES OF A COUNTRY LIFE.
A STORM IN AUTUMN.
TO THE RAINBOW.
THE WINDY NIGHT.
A SHOWER.
TO THE RAINBOW.
THE HURRICANE.
THE RAINBOW.
THE STORY OF AARON THE BEGGAR.
ELEGY.
THE COUNTRY LASSE.
HARVEST SONG.
SONG.
SERVIAN.
LINES.
THE BALADE OF THE SHEPHARDE.
SONG.
SONG OF COLMA
SONG.
LINES.
LETTER OF ST. BASIL, DESCRIBING HIS HERMITAGE.
A VISION.
III.
THE CAMPAGNA OF ROME.
THE WAVE OF LIFE.
MUTABILITY.
WINTER.
A WINTER SCENE.
WINTER SONG.
HOLLY SONG.
AN OLD-FASHIONED HOLLY HEDGE.
CHRISTMAS CAROL.
THE SEASONS.
A WINTER SONG.
THE THRUSH.
SONNET.
SPRING AND WINTER.
WOODS IN WINTER.
WINTER.
FRAGMENT FROM THE GREEK OF ARISTOTLE.
THE CREATION OF THE EARTH.
EARTH.
THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES.
LINES.
AN ITALIAN NOON.
ITALIAN SONG.
A FARM SCENE IN PORTUGAL.
FROM “THE LUSIAD.”
PARADISE.
NATURE TEACHING IMMORTALITY.
THE MOON.
LINES
TO CYNTHIA.
TO NIGHT.
NIGHT.
TO THE MOON.
MOONLIGHT.
ELEGY.
NIGHT SONG.
PROGRESS OF EVENING.
NIGHT.
EVENING.
SPRING EVENING.
SONG.
SONG.
LIFE.
ON HOPE.
SONNET.
TWILIGHT.
