POEMSBY JULIA C. R. DORR

POEMS

BY

JULIA C. R. DORR

COMPLETE EDITION

NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

MDCCCXCII

Copyright, 1879, 1885, 1892, by CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY NEW YORK

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TO S. M. D.

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CONTENTS

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EARLIER POEMS

THE THREE SHIPS

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MAUD AND MADGE

A MOTHER’S QUESTION

OVER THE WALL

OUTGROWN

A SONG FOR TWO

A PICTURE

HYMN TO LIFE

THE CHIMNEY SWALLOW

HEIRSHIP

HILDA, SPINNING

HEREAFTER

WITHOUT AND WITHIN

VASHTI’S SCROLL

WHAT MY FRIEND SAID TO ME

HYMN FOR THE DEDICATION OF A CEMETERY

YESTERDAY AND TO-DAY

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LYRIC FOR THE DEDICATION OF A MUSIC-HALL

WHAT I LOST

ONCE!

CATHARINE

THE NAME

UNDER THE PALM-TREES

NIGHT AND MORNING

I.

II.

AGNES

“INTO THY HANDS”

IDLE WORDS

I.

II.

III.

IV.

THE SPARROW TO THE SKYLARK

THE BELL OF ST. PAUL’S

“The great bell of St. Paul’s, which only sounds when the King is dead.”

DECEMBER 26, 1910 A BALLAD OF MAJOR ANDERSON

FROM BATON ROUGE

IN THE WILDERNESS May 6, 1864

CHARLEY OF MALVERN HILL

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SUPPLICAMUS 1864

THE LAST OF SIX

THE DRUMMER BOY’S BURIAL

1865

OUR FLAGS AT THE CAPITOL

MY MOCKING-BIRD

COMING HOME

WAKENING EARLY

BLEST Dec. 1865

HELEN

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“PRO PATRIA”

THE DEAD CENTURY

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

THE RIVER OTTERA FRAGMENT

PAST AND PRESENT(Driftwood)

VERMONT(WRITTEN FOR THE VERMONT CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, AT BENNINGTON, AUGUST 15, 1877.)

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

GETTYSBURG1863-1889

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

“NO MORE THE THUNDER OF CANNON”

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GRANTAugust 8, 1885

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FRIAR ANSELMO AND OTHER POEMS

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FRIAR ANSELMO

THE KING’S ROSEBUD

SOMEWHERE

PERADVENTURE

RENA(A LEGEND OF BRUSSELS)

I.

II.

III.

A SECRET

THIS DAY

“CHRISTUS!”

THE KISS

WHAT SHE THOUGHT

WHAT NEED?

TWO

UNANSWERED

THE CLAY TO THE ROSE

AT THE LAST

TO THE “BOUQUET CLUB”

EVENTIDE

MY LOVERS

THE LEGEND OF THE ORGAN-BUILDER

BUTTERFLY AND BABY BLUE

KING IVAN’S OATH

AT DAWN

IN MEMORIAM

[Cyrus M. and Mary Ripley Fisher, lost on steamship Atlantic, April 1, 1873.]

WEAVING THE WEB

THE “CHRISTUS” OF THE PASSION PLAY OF OBERAMMERGAU

RABBI BENAIAH

A CHILD’S THOUGHT

“GOD KNOWS”

THE MOUNTAIN ROAD

ENTERING IN

A FLOWER FOR THE DEAD

THOU KNOWEST

WINTER

FIVE

UNSOLVED

QUIETNESS

THE DIFFERENCE

MY BIRTHDAY

A RED ROSE

TWENTY-ONE

SINGING IN THE DARK

THOMAS MOORE May 28, 1779-1879

A LAST WORD

SONNETS

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THE SONNET

I. TO A CRITIC

II. TO A POET

AT REST

TOO WIDE!

MERCÉDÈS(June 27, 1878)

GRASS-GROWN

TO ZÜLMA

I.

II.

SLEEP

IN KING’S CHAPEL(Boston, November 3, 1878)

TO-DAY

F. A. F.

DAY AND NIGHT

I.

II.

THY NAME

RESURGAMUS

AT THE TOMB

THREE DAYS

I.

II.

III.

DARKNESS

SILENCE

SANCTIFIED

A MESSAGE

WHEN LESSER LOVES

GEORGE ELIOT

KNOWING

A THOUGHT(SUGGESTED BY READING“A MIRACLE IN STONE”)

TO-MORROW

I.

II.

“O EARTH! ART THOU NOT WEARY?”

ALEXANDER

THE PLACE“I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU”

I.

II.

III.

TO A GODDESS

O. W. H.(August 29, 1809.)

GIFTS FOR THE KING(H. W. L., February 27th)

RECOGNITION(H. W. L.)

I.

II.

SHAKESPEARE(April 23, 1664-1889)

TO E. C. S.WITH A ROSE FROM CONWAY CASTLE

A CHRISTMAS SONNET

POVERTY

SURPRISES

I.

II.

C. H. R.(LOST OFF HAI-MUN IN THE CHINA SEA)

A NEW BEATITUDEL. G. W.

COMPENSATION

I.

II.

QUESTIONINGS

REMEMBRANCE

IN THE HIGH TOWER

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AFTERNOON SONGS

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FOUR-O’CLOCKS

A DREAM OF SONGS UNSUNG

QUESTIONING A ROSE

THE FALLOW FIELD

OUT AND IN

HER FLOWERS

THREE LADDIES

SUMMER, 1882R. W. E.

THORNLESS ROSES

TREASURE-SHIPS

CHOOSING

NOT MINE

THE CHAMBER OF SILENCE

THREE ROSES

FOUR LETTERS(INSCRIBED TO OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES)

[In an old almanac of the year 1809, against the date August 29th, there is this record, “Son b.” The sand that was thrown upon the fresh ink seventy years ago can still be seen upon the page.]

VALDEMAR

JUBILATE!

EASTER LILIES

“O WIND THAT BLOWS OUT OF THE WEST”

A SUMMER SONG

THE URN

THE PARSON’S DAUGHTER

MARCH FOURTH1881-1882

ROY

THE PAINTER’S PRAYER“NEC ME PRÆTERMITTAS, DOMINE!”

(An incident in the painting of Holman Hunt’s “Light of the World.”)

FROM EXILEParis, September 3, 1879

(A Mother speaks)

A MOTHER-SONG

EASTER MORNING

SEALED ORDERS

AN ANNIVERSARY

MARTHA

THE HOUR

THE CLOSED GATE

CONTENT

MY WONDERLAND

THE GUEST

AN OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN

DISCONTENT

I.

(The Brier Rose speaks.)

II.

(The Garden Rose speaks.)

THE DOVES AT MENDON

A LATE ROSE

PERIWINKLE

AFTERNOON

THE LADY OF THE PROWBERMUDA, MAY, 1883

THOU AND I

LATER POEMS

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THE LEGEND OF THE BABOUSHKAA CHRISTMAS BALLAD

DAYBREAKAN EASTER POEM

THE APPLE-TREE

THE COMFORTER

SANTA CLAUS

THE ARMORER’S ERRANDA BALLAD OF 1775

FORESHADOWINGS

WON

BAPTISM OF FIRE

AT THE FEAST“And the Lord of the Castle is Time.”

OVER AND OVER

A LISTENING BIRD

THE FIRST FIRE

MIDNIGHT CHIMES

MY LADY SLEEP

THE KING’S TOUCH

“BY DIVERS PATHS”

THE BLIND BIRD’S NEST

“The nest of the blind bird is built by God.”—Turkish Proverb.

TWO PATHS

ST. JOHN’S EVE

A LITTLE SONG

THE PRINCES’ CHAMBER

WONDERLAND

IN A GALLERY(ANTWERP, 1891)

IN MARBLE PRAYER(CANTERBURY, 1891)

NOCTURNE

COME WHAT MAY

NUREMBERG

A MATER DOLOROSA

AFTER LONG WAITING

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