Alcyone

by Archibald Lampman

ALCYONE

by
ARCHIBALD LAMPMAN

OTTAWA
JAMES OGILVY
1899

Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty

TO THE MEMORY OF
MY FATHER
HIMSELF A POET
WHO FIRST INSTRUCTED ME
IN THE ART
OF VERSE.

CONTENTS

• [ALCYONE 1]
• [IN MARCH 4]
• [THE CITY OF THE END OF THINGS 5]
• [THE SONG SPARROW 9]
• [INTER VIAS 10]
• [REFUGE 12]
• [APRIL NIGHT 13]
• [PERSONALITY 14]
• [TO MY DAUGHTER 15]
• [CHIONE 17]
• [TO THE CRICKET 24]
• [THE SONG OF PAN 25]
• [THE ISLET AND THE PALM 27]
• [A VISION OF TWILIGHT 28]
• [EVENING 33]
• [THE CLEARER SELF 34]
• [TO THE PROPHETIC SOUL 36]
• [THE LAND OF PALLAS 38]
• [AMONG THE ORCHARDS 49]
• [THE POET'S SONG 50]
• [A THUNDERSTORM 56]
• [THE CITY 57]
• [SAPPHICS 60]
• [VOICES OF EARTH 62]
• [PECCAVI, DOMINE 63]
• [AN ODE TO THE HILLS 66]
• [INDIAN SUMMER 71]
• [GOOD SPEECH 72]
• [THE BETTER DAY 73]
• [WHITE PANSIES 75]
• [WE TOO SHALL SLEEP 77]
• [THE AUTUMN WASTE 78]
• [VIVIA PERPETUA 79]
• [THE MYSTERY OF A YEAR 96]
• [WINTER EVENING 97]
• [WAR 98]
• [THE WOODCUTTER'S HUT 103]
• [AMOR VITÆ 108]
• [WINTER-BREAK 110]

[ALCYONE]

In the silent depth of space,

Immeasurably old, immeasurably far,