Poems

by Robert Bridges

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CONTENTS

FROM FIRST SERIES PUBLISHED 1873
1	Clear and gentle stream	page [1]
2	Dear lady when thou frownest	[4]
3	Poor withered rose and dry	[5]
4	I found to-day out walking	[7]
FROM SECOND SERIES PUBLISHED 1879
5	Will Love again awake	[8]
6	Whither, O splendid ship	[10]
7	I saw the Virgin-mother clad in green	[12]
8	I know not how I came	[14]
9	There is a hill	[17]
10	Again with pleasant green	[21]
11	Behold! the radiant Spring	[25]
12	I have loved flowers that fade	[29]
13	Wherefore to-night so full of care	[30]
FROM THIRD SERIES PUBLISHED 1880
14	Thou didst delight my eyes	[32]
15	When men were all asleep	[33]
16	I stand on the cliff	[35]
17	Perfect little body	[37]
FOURTH SERIES, 1882. NOT PUBLISHED BEFORE
18	Joy, sweetest lifeborn joy	[39]
19	O my vague desires (from Prometheus)	[42]
20	The full moon from her cloudless skies	[43]
21	I praise the tender flower	[44]
22	Awake my heart to be loved	[45]
23	Who that hath ever shot a shaft	[46]
24	O youth whose hope is high	[52]

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ELEGY

Clear and gentle stream,

Known and loved so long,

That hast heard the song