Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth

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INDEX BY AUTHORS

ADDISON, JOSEPH [1672-1719]:
The Spacious Firmament on High, [54].
ALDRICH, THOMAS BAILEY [1836—]:
Maple Leaves, [17];
Before the Rain, [31];
Tiger-Lilies, [71];
A Turkish Legend, [611].
ALEXANDER, CECIL FRANCES [1830-1895]:
The Burial of Moses, [504].
ALLINGHAM, WILLIAM [1824-1889]:
Wild Rose, [70];
The Fairy Folk, [174];
Blowing Bubbles, [195];
Windlass Song, [268];
The Abbot of Inisfalen, [474].
ANDERSON, ALEXANDER [1845—]:
Cuddle Doon, [126].
ARNOLD, EDWIN [1831—]:
Almond Blossom, [69].
ARNOLD, GEORGE [1834-1865]:
Sweet September, [15].
ARNOLD, MATTHEW [1822-1888]:
The Forsaken Merman, [444].
AUSTIN, ALFRED [1835—]:
To America, [347].
AYTOUN, WILLIAM EDMONDSTOUNE [1813-1865]:
The Old Scottish Cavalier, [281].
BALLADS, OLD:
Sir Patrick Spens, [551];
The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington, [555];
King John and the Abbot of Canterbury, [558];
Lord Beichan and Susie Pye, [563];
The Gay Gos-hawk, [569];
Earl Mar's Daughter, [576];
Chevy-Chace, [582];
Hynde Horn, [593];
Glenlogie, [597].
BARING-GOULD, SABINE [1834—]:
The Olive Tree, [619].
BEECHING, HENRY CHARLES [1859—]:
Bicycling Song, [196];
A Boy's Prayer, [626].
BENNETT, HENRY HOLCOMB [1863—]:
The Flag Goes By, [324].
BENNETT, WILLIAM COX [1820-1895]:
Invocation to Rain in Summer, [34];
To a Cricket, [113].
BLAKE, WILLIAM [1757-1828]:
The Tiger, [53].
BOKER, GEORGE HENRY [1823-1890]:
The Black Regiment, [326].
BONAR, HORATIO [1808-1890]:
Be True, [610].
BROOKS, PHILLIPS [1835-1893]:
O Little Town of Bethlehem, [648].
BROWNELL, HENRY HOWARD [1820-1872]:
Abraham Lincoln, [321];
Night Quarters, [329].
BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT [1809-1861]:
Reading (from "Aurora Leigh"), [209];
A Portrait, [231];
Romance of the Swan's Nest, [423].
BROWNING, ROBERT [1812-1889]:
April in England, [8];
How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix, [464];
The Pied Piper of Hamelin, [480];
Hervé Riel, [493];
Incident of the French Camp, [544].
BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN [1794-1878]:
March, [6];
The Planting of the Apple Tree, [59];
To the Fringed Gentian, [72];
The Death of the Flowers, [88];
To a Waterfowl, [105];
The Twenty-second of December, [306].
BUNYAN, JOHN [1628-1688]:
The Shepherd Boy Sings in the Valley of Humiliation, [610];
The Pilgrim, [632].
BURNS, ROBERT [1759-1796]:
To a Mountain Daisy, [73];
Chloe, [238];
O Mally's Meek, Mally's Sweet, [239];
I Love My Jean, [252];
My Nannie's Awa', [253];
My Heart's in the Highlands, [277];
Bannockburn, [539].
BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD [1788-1824]:
Swimming (from "The Two Foscari"), [202];
To the Ocean (from "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage"), [225];
Vision of Belshazzar, [500];
The Night before Waterloo (from "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage"), [540];
The Destruction of Sennacherib, [548].
CAMPBELL, THOMAS [1777-1844]:
Ye Mariners of England, [290];
Lord Ullin's Daughter, [416];
Battle of the Baltic, [511];
Hohenlinden, [542].
CAREW, THOMAS [1589-1639]:
Spring, [7].
CARLYLE, THOMAS [1795-1881]:
To-Day, [602].
CARMAN, BLISS [1861—]:
A Vagabond Song, [201].
CARROLL, LEWIS (REV. CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON)[1832-1890]:
A Song of Love, [122];
The Walrus and the Carpenter, [381].
CARY, ALICE [1820-1871]:
The "Gray Swan," [452].
CLOUGH, ARTHUR HUGH [1819-1861]:
Where Lies the Land? [273].
COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR [1772-1834]:
Kubla Khan, [160];
The Knight's Tomb, [292].
COLLINS, WILLIAM [1720-1756]:
How Sleep the Brave! [292].
COOLIDGE, SUSAN (SARAH C. WOOLSEY) [1845-1905]:
Bind-Weed, [74];
Time to Go, [86].
CORNWALL, BARRY (BRYAN WALLER PROCTER) [1790-1874]:
The Hunter's Song, [223];
The Blood Horse, [225];
The Sea, [258].
COWPER, WILLIAM [1731-1800]:
The Diverting History of John Gilpin, [359];
On the Loss of the Royal George, [535].
CRANCH, CHRISTOPHER PEARSE [1813-1892]:
The Bobolinks, [103].
CUNNINGHAM, ALLAN [1784-1842]:
A Sea-Song, [259];
Loyalty, [276].
DELAND, MARGARET [1857—]:
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night, [637].
DICKINSON, EMILY [1830-1886]:
The Grass, [81];
The Bee, [116];
Chartless, [626].
DOBELL, SYDNEY [1824-1874]:
The Procession of the Flowers, [67];
How's My Boy? [462].
DOBSON, AUSTIN [1840—]:
The Child-Musician, [463].
DOMMETT, ALFRED [1811-1887]:
A Christmas Hymn, [646].
DOUGLAS OF FINGLAND, WILLIAM:
Annie Laurie, [243].
DRAKE, JOSEPH RODMAN [1795-1820]:
The Culprit Fay (Extracts), [168];
The American Flag (Extract), [311].
DRAYTON, MICHAEL [1563-1631]:
A Fine Day, [5];
The Arming of Pigwiggen (from "Nymphidia"), [149];
The Battle of Agincourt, [517].
DRUMMOND, WILLIAM [1585-1649]:
Phyllis, [251];
The Angels, [636].
DRYDEN, JOHN [1631-1700]:
Alexander's Feast (from "The Ode on St. Cecilia's Day"), [158];
Fife and Drum (from "The Ode on St. Cecilia's Day"), [280].
ELIOT, GEORGE [1820-1880]:
I Am Lonely (from "The Spanish Gypsy"), [128];
Brother and Sister, [129].
EMERSON, RALPH WALDO [1803-1882]:
April and May (from "May-Day"), [9];
The Snow Storm, [21];
The Rhodora, [76];
The Humble-Bee, [116];
Concord Hymn, [315];
Ode Sung in the Town Hall, Concord, July 4, 1857, [316];
Forbearance, [603];
Duty, [605].
FANSHAWE, CATHERINE M. [1765-1834]:
A Riddle, [373].
FLETCHER, JOHN [1576-1625]:
Evening Song, [3].
FORD, ROBERT [1846—]:
The Bonniest Bairn in a' the Warl', [125].
FIELD, EUGENE [1850-1895]:
The Three Kings, [644].
FIELDS, JAMES T. [1816-1881]:
Song of the Turtle and Flamingo, [385].
FITZGERALD, EDWARD [1809-1883]:
Old Song, [213].
GAY, JOHN [1688-1732]:
The Council of Horses, [356];
The Lion and the Cub, [378].
GILBERT, WILLIAM SCHWENCK [1836—]:
Captain Reece, [387].
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER [1728-1774]:
The First, Best Country (from "The Traveller"), [275];
Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog, [379].
GRAY, THOMAS [1746-1771]:
On a Favorite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes, [353];
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, [612].
HALLECK, FITZ-GREENE [1790-1867]:
Marco Bozzaris, [545].
HARTE, BRET [1839-1902]:
Jessie, [246];
The Reveille, [288];
A Greyport Legend, [458].
HAY, JOHN [1838—]:
The Enchanted Shirt, [395].
HEBER, REGINALD [1783-1826]:
Providence, [119];
Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning, [661].
H. H. (HELEN HUNT JACKSON) [1831-1885]:
October's Bright Blue Weather, [16];
Down to Sleep, [18];
Coronation, [620].
HEMANS, FELICIA [1749-1835]:
Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, [305];
Hymn for Christmas, [639].
HENLEY, WILLIAM ERNEST [1849-1903]:
Home, [131];
Made in the Hot Weather, [398].
HERBERT, GEORGE [1593-1632]:
The Elixir, [629];
Be Useful, [633].
HERRICK, ROBERT [1591-1674]:
To Daffodils, [78];
Going A-Maying, [197];
The Star Song, [638];
An Ode on the Birth of Our Saviour, [656];
Ceremonies for Christmas, [658].
HIGGINSON, THOMAS WENTWORTH [1823—]:
The Snowing of the Pines, [66].
HOGG, JAMES (THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD) [1772-1835]:
The Skylark, [102].
HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT [1819-1881]:
A Christmas Carol, [635].
"HOLM, SAXE":
A Song of Clover, [76].
HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL [1809-1894]:
Old Ironsides (U. S. S. "Constitution"), [312];
The Chambered Nautilus, [604].
HOOD, THOMAS [1798-1845]:
Ruth, [242];
November, [402].
HOUGHTON, LORD (RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES) [1809-1885]:
Our Mother Tongue, [345].
HOWE, JULIA WARD [1819—]:
Battle-Hymn of the Republic, [331].
HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN [1837—]:
In August, [14].
HOWITT, MARY [1804-1888]:
The Monkey, [401];
Old Christmas, [652].
HOWITT, WILLIAM [1792-1879]:
The Northern Seas, [226].
HUNT, JAMES HENRY LEIGH [1784-1859]:
To the Grasshopper and the Cricket, [115];
Two Heavens, [121];
Captain Sword, [403];
The Glove and the Lions, [460];
Abou Ben Adhem and the Angel, [609].
INGELOW, JEAN [1830-1897]:
Seven Times Two, [411];
The Long White Seam, [413];
The High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire, [438].
JONSON, BEN [1574-1637]:
Hesperus' Song (from "Cynthia's Revels"), [151];
So Sweet Is She (from "The Triumph of Charis"), [251];
The Noble Nature, [603].
KEATS, JOHN [1796-1820]:
Morning, [1];
Minnows, [45];
The Sigh of Silence, [58];
Sweet Peas, [68];
Goldfinches, [107];
On the Grasshopper and Cricket, [114];
On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer, [210];
December, [622].
KINGSLEY, CHARLES [1819-1875]:
Ode to the Northeast Wind, [36];
Clear and Cool (from "The Water-Babies"), [44];
A Myth, [173];
Ballad, [422];
The Sands of Dee, [450];
A Farewell, [625].
KIPLING, RUDYARD [1865—]:
Recessional, [297];
The Dove of Dacca, [472].
LARCOM, LUCY [1826-1893]:
Hannah Binding Shoes, [414].
LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH [1807-1882]:
The Harvest Moon, [27];
Rain in Summer, [32];
A New Household, [121];
Home Song, [138];
The Wreck of the Hesperus, [454];
Life (from the "Psalm of Life"), [601];
The Three Kings, [641].
LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL [1819-1891]:
June Weather (from "The Vision of Sir Launfal"), [11];
A Winter Morning (from "The Vision of Sir Launfal"), [20];
The Brook in Winter (from "The Vision of Sir Launfal"), [42];
To the Dandelion (Extract), [77];
The Fatherland, [298];
Washington (from "Under the Old Elm"), [307];
Stanzas on Freedom, [317];
The Singing Leaves, [407];
Sir Launfal and the Leper (from "The Vision of Sir Launfal"), [606].
LAMB, CHARLES [1775-1834] AND MARY [1765-1847]:
Feigned Courage, [374].
LAMB, CHARLES:
The Housekeeper, [400].
LANG, ANDREW [1844—]:
Scythe Song, [86].
LANIER, SIDNEY [1842-1881]:
Dear Land of All My Love (from "The Centennial Ode," 1876), [301].
MACAULAY, LORD (THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY) [1800-1859]:
The Armada: A Fragment, [524];
Ivry, [530].
MACDONALD, GEORGE [1824—]:
Sir Lark and King Sun: A Parable, [99]
MARKHAM, EDWIN [1852—]:
Lincoln the Great Commoner, [319].
MARLOWE, CHRISTOPHER [1564-1593]:
The Shepherd to His Love, [420].
MARTIN, WILLIAM [1834-1896]:
An Apple Orchard in the Spring, [63].
MARVELL, ANDREW [1621-1678]:
Bermudas, [272].
McMASTER, GUY HUMPHREYS [1829-1887]:
Carmen Bellicosum, [309].
MEREDITH, OWEN (EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON) [1831-1892]:
The White Anemone, [80].
MICKLE, WILLIAM J. [1734-1788]:
The Sailor's Wife, [134].
MILLER, JOAQUIN [1841—]:
Columbus, [301];
Crossing the Plains, [314].
MILNES, RICHARD MONCKTON. See Houghton, Lord.
MILTON, JOHN [1608-1674]:
Evening in Paradise (from "Paradise Lost"), [2];
The Eternal Spring, [5];
Song on May Morning, [10];
The World Beautiful (from "Paradise Lost"), [27];
A Scene in Paradise (from "Paradise Lost"), [52];
L'Allegro (Extracts), [152];
Sabrina Fair (from "Comus"), [157];
On His Blindness, [606].
MITCHELL, WALTER [1826—]:
Tacking Ship Off Shore, [265].
MORE, HANNAH [1745-1853]:
A Riddle, [371].
MOORE, THOMAS [1779-1852]:
The Minstrel-Boy, [278];
The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls, [279].
MORRIS, WILLIAM [1834-1899]:
Minstrels and Maids, [654].
MOTHERWELL, WILLIAM [1797-1835]:
Sing On, Blithe Bird! [93];
The Cavalier's Song, [280].
MULOCK, DINAH MARIA (MRS. CRAIK) [1826-1887]:
Autumn's Processional, [16];
Highland Cattle, [50];
Green Things Growing, [57];
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen, [653].
NOEL, THOMAS [1799-1861]:
Old Winter, [22].
NORTON, CAROLINE ELIZABETH (LADY STIRLING-MAXWELL) [1808-1876]:
The King of Denmark's Ride, [418].
PARSONS, THOMAS WILLIAM [1819-1892]:
Dirge for One Who Fell in Battle, [293].
PEACOCK, THOMAS LOVE [1785-1866]:
The Priest and the Mulberry Tree, [355].
PECK, SAMUEL MINTURN [1854—]:
Autumn's Mirth, [90].
PERCIVAL, JAMES GATES [1795-1856]:
The Coral Grove, [269].
PIERPONT, JOHN [1785-1866]:
Whittling, [220];
Warren's Address, [308].
POE, EDGAR ALLAN [1809-1849]:
The Raven, [182];
The Bells, [189].
POPE, ALEXANDER [1688-1744]:
Descend, Ye Nine (from "Ode on St. Cecilia's Day"), [212].
PRAED, WINTHROP MACKWORTH [1802-1839]:
Charade, [370].
PRIOR, MATTHEW [1664-1721]:
To a Child of Quality, [369].
PROCTER, ADELAIDE ANNE [1826-1864]:
One by One, [629].
PROCTER, BRYAN WALLER. See Cornwall, Barry.
PROCTOR, EDNA DEAN [1838—]:
Columbia's Emblem, [84].
RAMSAY, ALLAN [1713-1784]:
My Peggy (from "The Gentle Shepherd"), [243].
READ, THOMAS BUCHANAN [1822-1872]:
The Windy Night, [39];
Drifting, [262];
Sheridan's Ride, [332].
RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB [1853—]:
The Name of Old Glory (from "Home Folks"), [349].
ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA G. [1830-1894]:
Child's Talk in April, [109];
All Things Wait Upon Thee, [119];
Consider, [628].
ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIEL [1828-1882]:
A Young Fir-Wood, [65].
SARGENT, EPES [1813-1880]:
A Life on the Ocean Wave, [257].
SAXE, JOHN G. [1816-1887]:
Solomon and the Bees, [502].
SCOTT, SIR WALTER [1771-1832]:
Hunting Song, [222];
My Native Land (from "The Lay of the Last Minstrel"), [276];
Border Ballad (from "The Monastery"), [286];
Gathering Song of Donuil Dhu, [287];
Soldier, Rest! (from "The Lady of the Lake"), [296];
Lochinvar (from "Marmion"), [427];
Jock of Hazeldean, [430];
Christmas in England (from "Marmion"), [659].
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM [1564-1616]:
A Morning Song (from "Cymbeline"), [2];
When Icicles Hang by the Wall (from "Love's Labor's Lost"), [19];
Under the Greenwood Tree (from "As You Like It"), [59];
Fairyland (from "Midsummer-Night's Dream"), [145];
Puck and the Fairy (from "Midsummer-Night's Dream"), [145];
Lullaby for Titania (from "Midsummer-Night's Dream"), [146];
Oberon and Titania to the Fairy Train (from "Midsummer-Night's Dream"), [147];
Ariel's Songs (from "The Tempest"), [147];
Orpheus with His Lute (from "King Henry VIII."), [149];
Jog On, Jog On (from "A Winter's Tale"), [200];
Music's Silver Sound (from "Romeo and Juliet"), [210];
The Power of Music (from "The Merchant of Venice"), [211];
Who Is Silvia? (from "The Two Gentlemen of Verona"), [240];
Helena and Hermia (from "A Midsummer-Night's Dream"), [250];
Polonius to Laertes (from "Hamlet"), [618];
The Commonwealth of the Bees (from "King Henry V."), [631];
The Gracious Time (from "Hamlet"), [661].
SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE [1792-1822]:
Daybreak, [1];
Dirge for the Year, [25];
The Cloud, [28];
To a Skylark, [94];
The Magic Car Moved On (from "Queen Mab"), [162];
Arethusa, [165];
A Child of Twelve (from "The Revolt of Islam"), [237].
SHENSTONE, WILLIAM [1714-1763]:
The Shepherd's Home, [112].
SILL, EDWARD ROWLAND [1841-1887]:
Opportunity, [608].
SKELTON, JOHN [1460-1529]:
To Mistress Margaret Hussey, [240].
SOUTHEY, ROBERT [1774-1843]:
Night, [4];
The Cataract of Lodore, [391];
The Inchcape Rock, [468];
The Battle of Blenheim, [522].
SOUTHWELL, ROBERT [1556-1595]:
New Prince, New Pomp, [640].
SPENSER, EDMUND [1552-1599]:
The Seasons (from "The Faerie Queene"), [5];
May, [9];
Summer (from "The Faerie Queene"), [10];
August, [14];
Autumn (from "The Faerie Queene"), [15];
Winter, [19].
SPOFFORD, HARRIET PRESCOTT [1835—]:
A Snowdrop, [69].
SPRAGUE, CHARLES [1791-1875]:
Indians, [313].
STEDMAN, EDMUND CLARENCE [1833—]:
The Flight of the Birds, [111];
Going A-Nutting, [219].
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS [1850-1894]:
The Wind, [35];
A Visit from the Sea, [261].
STODDARD, RICHARD HENRY [1825-1909]:
Abraham Lincoln, [318].
STODDART, THOMAS TOD [1810-1880]:
The Angler's Invitation, [207].
STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE [1819-1895]:
The English Language (Extracts), [346].
SWETT, SUSAN HARTLEY:
July, [13].
SWIFT, JONATHAN [1667-1745]:
A Riddle, [372];
Baucis and Philemon, [375].
SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES [1837-1909]:
Étude Réaliste, [139];
Swimming (from "Tristram of Lyonesse"), [201].
TABB, JOHN B. [1845—]:
The Tax-Gatherer, [114].
TATE, NAHUM [1652-1715]:
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night, [649].
TAYLOR, BAYARD [1825-1878]:
The Song of the Camp, [284];
A Night With a Wolf, [471].
TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD [1809-1892]:
The Brook, [40];
The Eagle (Fragment), [109];
The Merman, [177];
The Mermaid, [178];
Bugle Song (from "The Princess"), [181];
Leolin and Edith (from "Aylmer's Field"), [218];
Olivia (from "The Talking Oak"), [247];
The Shell, [270];
The Lady of Shalott, [431];
The Charge of the Light Brigade, [537].
TENNYSON, FREDERICK [1807-1898]:
The Skylark, [101].
THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE [1811-1863]:
Pocahontas, [303];
The End of the Play (from "Dr. Birch and His Young Friends"), [623].
THAXTER, CELIA [1836-1894]:
The Sandpiper, [107];
Nikolina, [248].
THORNBURY, GEORGE WALTER [1828-1876]:
The Cavalier's Escape, [479].
TROWBRIDGE, JOHN TOWNSEND [1827—]:
Midwinter, [23];
Evening at the Farm, [136].
UNKNOWN:
Mother's Song (West of England Lullaby), [123];
Love Will Find Out the Way (Old English), [133];
When Banners Are Waving, [509];
Christmas Carol (Old English), [650];
Old Christmas Returned (Old Carol), [657].
van DYKE, HENRY [1852—]:
The Angler's Reveille, [203].
VAUGHAN, HENRY [1621-1695]:
Peace, [627].
VERY, JONES [1813-1880]:
The Latter Rain, [35];
The Tree, [65].
WATSON, WILLIAM [1858—]:
Song to April, [7].
WESTWOOD, THOMAS [1850-1888]:
Mine Host of "The Golden Apple," 64;
Little Bell, [234].
WHITMAN, WALT [1819-1892]:
O Captain! My Captain! 323;
Two Veterans, [340].
WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF [1807-1892]:
Snow-Bound (Extracts), [46];
The Corn-Song, [82];
The Barefoot Boy, [214];
Song of the Negro Boatman, [335];
Barbara Frietchie, [337];
The Pipes at Lucknow, [514].
WILDER, JOHN NICHOLS [1814-1858]:
Stand by the Flag, [342].
WOLFE, CHARLES [1791-1823]:
The Burial of Sir John Moore, [295].
WOODBERRY, GEORGE EDWARD [1855—]:
At Gibraltar, [343], 344.
WOODWORTH, SAMUEL:
The Needle, [228].
WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM [1770-1850]:
The Daffodils, [79];
We Are Seven, [141];
Skating (from "The Prelude"), [207];
Lucy, [245];
The Solitary Reaper, [249];
Faith and Freedom, [345];
In a Child's Album, [602].

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