The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell

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Title: The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell
Author: James Lowell
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THE COMPLETE POETICAL?WORKS OF?JAMES RUSSELL?LOWELL
Cabinet Edition
BOSTON AND NEW YORK?HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY?THE RIVERSIDE PRESS, CAMBRIDGE
M DCCCC II
PUBLISHERS' NOTE
Mr. Lowell, the year before he died, edited a definitive edition of his works, known as the Riverside edition. Subsequently, his literary executor, Mr. C.E. Norton, issued a final posthumous collection, and the Cambridge edition followed, including all the poems in the Riverside edition, and the poems edited by Mr. Norton. The present Cabinet edition contains all the poems in the Cambridge edition. It is made from new plates, and for the convenience of the student the longer poems have their lines numbered, and indexes of titles and first lines are added.
Autumn, 1899.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EARLIER POEMS.
THRENODIA?THE SIRENS?IRENé?SERENADE?WITH A PRESSED FLOWER?THE BEGGAR?MY LOVE?SUMMER STORM?LOVE?TO PERDITA, SINGING?THE MOON?REMEMBERED MUSIC?SONG. TO M.L.?ALLEGRA?THE FOUNTAIN?ODE?THE FATHERLAND?THE FORLORN?MIDNIGHT?A PRAYER?THE HERITAGE?THE ROSE: A BALLAD?SONG, 'VIOLET! SWEET VIOLET!'?ROSALINE?A REQUIEM?A PARABLE?SONG, 'O MOONLIGHT DEEP AND TENDER'
SONNETS.
I. TO A.C.L.?II. 'WHAT WERE I, LOVE, IF I WERE STRIPPED OF THEE?'?III. 'I WOULD NOT HAVE THIS PERFECT LOVE OF OURS'?IV. 'FOR THIS TRUE NOBLENESS I SEEK IN VAIN'?V. TO THE SPIRIT OF KEATS?VI. 'GREAT TRUTHS ARE PORTIONS OF THE SOUL OF MAN'?VII. 'I ASK NOT FOR THOSE THOUGHTS, THAT SUDDEN LEAP'?VIII. TO M.W., ON HER BIRTHDAY?IX. 'MY LOVE, I HAVE NO FEAR THAT THOU SHOULDST DIE'?X. 'I CANNOT THINK THAT THOU SHOULDST PASS AWAY'?XI. 'THERE NEVER YET WAS FLOWER FAIR IN VAIN'?XII. SUB PONDERE CRESCIT?XIII. 'BELOVED, IN THE NOISY CITY HERE'?XIV. ON READING WORDSWORTH'S SONNETS IN DEFENCE OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT XV. THE SAME CONTINUED.?XVI. THE SAME CONTINUED.?XVII. THE SAME CONTINUED.?XVIII. THE SAME CONTINUED.?XIX. THE SAME CONCLUDED.?XX. TO M.O.S.?XXI. 'OUR LOVE IS NOT A FADING, EARTHLY FLOWER'?XXII. IN ABSENCE?XXIII. WENDELL PHILLIPS?XXIV. THE STREET?XXV. 'I GRIEVE NOT THAT RIPE KNOWLEDGE TAKES AWAY'?XXVI. TO J.R. GIDDINGS?XXVII. 'I THOUGHT OUR LOVE AT FULL, BUT I DID ERR'?L'ENVOI
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
A LEGEND OF BRITTANY?PROMETHEUS?THE SHEPHERD OF KING ADMETUS?THE TOKEN?AN INCIDENT IN A RAILROAD CAR?RHOECUS?THE FALCON?TRIAL?A GLANCE BEHIMD THE CURTAIN?A CHIPPEWA LEGEND?STANZAS ON FREEDOM?COLUMBUS?AN INCIDENT OF THE FIRE AT HAMBURG?THE SOWER?HUNGER AND COLD?THE LANDLORD?TO A PINE-TREE?SI DESCENDERO IN INFERNUM, ADES?TO THE PAST?TO THE FUTURE?HEBE?THE SEARCH?THE PRESENT CRISIS?AN INDIAN-SUMMER REVERIE?THE GROWTH OF THE LEGEND?A CONTRAST?EXTREME UNCTION?THE OAK?AMBROSE?ABOVE AND BELOW?THE CAPTIVE?THE BIRCH-TREE?AN INTERVIEW WITH MILES STANDISH?ON THE CAPTURE OF FUGITIVE SLAVES NEAR WASHINGTON?TO THE DANDELION?THE GHOST-SEER?STUDIES FOR TWO HEADS?ON A PORTRAIT OF DANTE BY GIOTTO?ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND'S CHILD?EURYDICE?SHE CAME AND WENT?THE CHANGELING?THE PIONEER?LONGING?ODE TO FRANCE. February, 1848?ANTI-APIS?A PARABLE?ODE WRITTEN FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE COCHITUATE WATER INTO THE CITY OF BOSTON?LINES SUGGESTED BY THE GRAVES OF TWO ENGLISH SOLDIERS ON CONCORD BATTLE-GROUND?TO----?FREEDOM?BIBLIOLATRES?BEAVER BROOK
MEMORIAL VERSES.
KOSSUTH?TO LAMARTINE. 1848?TO JOHN GORHAM PALFREY?TO W.L. GARRISON?ON THE DEATH OF CHARLES TURNER TORREY?ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF DR. CHANNING?TO THE MEMORY OF HOOD
THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL?LETTER FROM BOSTON. December, 1846?A FABLE FOR CRITICS?THE UNHAPPY LOT OF MR. KNOTT?FRAGMENTS OF AN UNFINISHED POEM?AN ORIENTAL APOLOGUE?THE BIGLOW PAPERS.
FIRST SERIES.
NOTICES OF AN INDEPENDENT PRESS?NOTE TO TITLE-PAGE?INTRODUCTION?NO. I. A LETTER FROM MR. EZEKIEL BIGLOW OF JAALAM TO THE HON. JOSEPH T. BUCKINGHAM?NO. II. A LETTER FROM MR. HOSEA BIGLOW TO THE HON. J.T.?BUCKINGHAM?NO. III. WHAT MR. ROBINSON THINKS?NO. IV. REMARKS OF INCREASE D. O'PHACE, ESQ.?NO. V. THE DEBATE IN THE SENNIT?NO. VI. THE PIOUS EDITOR'S CREED?NO. VII. A LETTER FROM A CANDIDATE IN THE PRESIDENCY IN ANSWER TO SUTTIN QUESTIONS PROPOSED BY Mr. HOSEA BIGLOW?NO. VIII. A SECOND LETTER FROM B. SAWIN, ESQ.?NO. IX. A THIRD LETTER FROM B. SAWIN, ESQ.
SECOND SERIES.
THE COURTIN'?NO. I. BIRDOFREDUM SAWIN ESQ., TO MR. HOSEA BIGLOW?NO. II. MASON AND SLIDELL: A YANKEE IDYLL
JONATHAN TO JOHN?NO. III. BIRDOFREDUM SAWIN, ESQ., TO MR. HOSEA BIGLOW?NO. IV. A MESSAGE OF JEFF DAVIS IN SECRET SESSION?NO. V. SPEECH OF HONOURABLE PRESERVED DOE IN SECRET CAUCUS NO. VI. SUNTHIN' IN THE PASTORAL LINE?NO. VII. LATEST VIEWS OF MR. BIGLOW?NO. VIII. KETTELOPOTOMACHIA?NO. IX. SOME MEMORIALS OF THE LATE REVEREND H. WILBUR?NO. X. MR. HOSEA BIGLOW TO THE EDITOR OF THE ATLANTIC