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  TO ROSE

  THE FOUNTAIN

  THE ROSE

  DREAMS

  I AM NOT YOURS

  PIERROT’S SONG

  NIGHT IN ARIZONA

  DUSK IN WAR TIME

  SPRING IN WAR TIME

  WHILE I MAY

  DEBT

  FROM THE NORTH

  THE LIGHTS OF NEW YORK

  SEA LONGING

  THE RIVER

  LEAVES

  THE ANSWER

  OVER THE ROOFS

  A CRY

  CHANCE

  IMMORTAL

  AFTER DEATH

  TESTAMENT

  GIFTS

  FROM THE SEA

  VIGNETTES OVERSEAS

  SAPPHO

  Love Songs, 1917

  To E.

  Barter

  Twilight

  Night Song at Amalfi

  The Look

  A Winter Night

  A Cry

  Gifts

  But Not to Me

  Song at Capri

  Child, Child

  Love Me

  Pierrot

  Wild Asters

  The Song for Colin

  Four Winds

  Debt

  Faults

  Buried Love

  The Fountain

  I Shall Not Care

  After Parting

  A Prayer

  Spring Night

  May Wind

  Tides

  After Love

  New Love and Old

  The Kiss

  Swans

  The River

  November

  Spring Rain

  The Ghost

  Summer Night, Riverside

  The frail white stars moved slowly over the sky.

  Jewels

  Interlude: Songs out of Sorrow

  I. Spirit’s House

  II. Mastery

  III. Lessons

  IV. Wisdom

  V. In a Burying Ground

  VI. Wood Song

  VII. Refuge

  Dew

  To-night

  Ebb Tide

  I Would Live in Your Love

  Because

  The Tree of Song

  The Giver

  April Song

  The Wanderer

  The Years

  Enough

  Come

  Joy

  Riches

  Dusk in War Time

  Peace

  Moods

  Houses of Dreams

  Lights

  I Am Not Yours

  Doubt

  The Wind

  Morning

  Other Men

  Embers

  Message

  The Lamp

  A November Night

  Flame and Shadow, 1920

  Blue Squills

  Stars

  What Do I Care?

  Meadowlarks

  Driftwood

  I Have Loved Hours at Sea

  August Moonrise

  Places

  Old Tunes

  Only in Sleep

  Redbirds

  Sunset: St. Louis

  The Coin

  The Voice

  Day and Night

  Compensation

  I Remembered

  Oh You Are Coming

  The Return

  Gray Eyes

  The Net

  The Mystery

  Open Windows

  The New Moon

  Eight O’Clock

  Lost Things

  Pain

  The Broken Field

  The Unseen

  A Prayer

  Spring Torrents

  I Know the Stars

  Understanding

  Nightfall

  It Is Not a Word

  My Heart Is Heavy

  The Nights Remember

  Let It Be Forgotten

  May Day

  Since There Is No Escape

  The Dreams of My Heart

  A Little While

  The Garden

  The Wine

  In a Cuban Garden

  If I Must Go

  In Spring, Santa Barbara

  White Fog

  Arcturus

  Moonlight

  Morning Song

  Gray Fog

  Bells

  Lovely Chance

  There Will Come Soft Rains. (War Time)

  In a Garden

  Nahant

  Winter Stars

  A Boy

  Winter Dusk

  The Unchanging

  June Night

  Like Barley Bending

  Oh Day of Fire and Sun

  I Thought of You

  On the Dunes

  Spray

  If Death Is Kind

  Thoughts

  Faces

  Evening: New York

  Snowfall

  The Silent Battle

  The Sanctuary

  At Sea

  Dust

  The Long Hill

  Summer Storm

  In the End

  It Will Not Change

  Change

  Water Lilies

  Did You Never Know?

  The Treasure

  The Storm

  The Tree

  At Midnight

  Song Making

  Alone

  Red Maples

  Debtor

  The Wind in the Hemlock

  Dark of the Moon, 1926

  ON THE SUSSEX DOWNS

  AUGUST NIGHT

  TWO MINDS

  WORDS FOR AN OLD AIR

  MOUNTAIN WATER

  AT TINTAGIL

  THERE WILL BE STARS

  AUTUMN

  SEPTEMBER DAY

  FONTAINE BLEAU

  LATE OCTOBER

  BEAUTIFUL, PROUD SEA

  LAND’S END

  SAND DRIFT

  BLUE STARGRASS

  LOW TIDE

  EFFIGY OF A NUN

  THOSE WHO LOVE

  EPITAPH

  APPRAISAL

  THE WISE WOMAN

  SHE WHO COULD BIND YOU

  TWILIGHT

  FULL MOON

  THE FOUNTAIN

  CLEAR EVENING

  NOT BY THE SEA

  MIDSUMMER NIGHT

  THE CRYSTAL GAZER

  THE SOLITARY

  DAY’S ENDING

  A REPLY

  LEISURE

  I SHALL LIVE TO BE OLD

  WISDOM

  THE OLD ENEMY

  WINTER SUN

  A DECEMBER DAY

  FEBRUARY TWILIGHT

  I HAVE SEEN THE SPRING

  WIND ELEGY

  IN THE WOOD

  AUTUMN DUSK

  ARCTURUS IN AUTUMN

  I COULD SNATCH A DAY

  AN END

  FOREKNOWN

  WINTER

  WINTER NIGHT SONG

  NEVER AGAIN

  THE TUNE

  THE BELOVED

  WHEN I AM NOT WITH YOU

  ON A MARCH DAY

  LET IT BE YOU

  THE FLIGHT

  Stars To-night, 1930

  NIGHT

  LATE OCTOBER

  THE FALLING STAR

  THE SPICEBUSH IN MARCH

  CALM MORNING AT SEA

  TO ARCTURUS RETURNING

  A JUNE DAY

  RHYME OF NOVEMBER STARS

  I STOOD UPON A STAR

  WINTER NOON

  Strange Victory, 1933

  MOON’S ENDING

  WISDOM

  AUTUMN ON THE BEACHES

  ADVICE TO A GIRL

  EVEN TO-DAY

  TRUCE

  STRANGE VICTORY

  SECRET TREASURE

  LAST PRELUDE

  IN A DARKENING GARDEN

  TO M.

  ASHES

  IN MEMORY OF VACHEL LINDSAY

  GRACE BEFORE SLEEP

  ALL THAT WAS MORTAL

  TO THE SEA
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  RETURN TO A COUNTRY HOUSE

  SINCE DEATH BRUSHED PAST ME

  TO A CHILD WATCHING THE GULLS

  LINES

  THERE WILL BE REST

  List of Poems in Alphabetical Order

  Please note: to retain the original structure of poetry collections, some poems appear more than once in the table.

  A-D E-H I-L M-O P-S T-V W-Z

  A BALLAD OF TWO KNIGHTS

  A BOY

  A CRY

  A CRY

  A DECEMBER DAY

  A FANTASY

  A JUNE DAY

  A LITTLE WHILE

  A MAIDEN

  A MINUET OF MOZART’S

  A NOVEMBER NIGHT

  A PRAYER

  A PRAYER

  A PRAYER

  A REPLY

  A SONG OF THE PRINCESS

  A SONG TO ELEONORA DUSE IN “FRANCESCA DA RIMINI”

  A WINTER BLUEJAY

  A WINTER NIGHT

  A WINTER NIGHT

  ADVICE TO A GIRL

  AFTER DEATH

  AFTER LOVE

  AFTER LOVE

  AFTER PARTING

  AFTER PARTING

  ALCHEMY

  ALL THAT WAS MORTAL

  ALONE

  AN END

  ANADYOMENE

  APPRAISAL

  APRIL

  APRIL SONG

  APRIL SONG

  ARCTURUS

  ARCTURUS IN AUTUMN

  ASHES

  AT MIDNIGHT

  AT NIGHT

  AT NIGHT

  AT SEA

  AT TINTAGIL

  AUGUST MOONRISE

  AUGUST NIGHT

  AUTUMN

  AUTUMN DUSK

  AUTUMN ON THE BEACHES

  BARTER

  BEATRICE

  BEAUTIFUL, PROUD SEA

  BECAUSE

  BELLS

  BLUE SQUILLS

  BLUE STARGRASS

  BROADWAY

  BURIED LOVE

  BURIED LOVE

  BUT NOT TO ME

  BUT NOT TO ME

  BUT WHAT IF I HEARD MY FIRST LOVE CALLING ME ONCE MORE?

  BY THE SEA

  CALM MORNING AT SEA

  CENTRAL PARK AT DUSK

  CHANCE

  CHANGE

  CHILD, CHILD

  CHRISTMAS CAROL

  CITY VIGNETTES

  CLEAR EVENING

  COME

  COME

  COMPENSATION

  CONEY ISLAND

  CROWNED

  DAY AND NIGHT

  DAY’S ENDING

  DEAD LOVE

  DEBT

  DEBT

  DEBTOR

  DEEP IN THE NIGHT

  DESERT POOLS

  DEW

  DEW

  DID YOU NEVER KNOW?

  DOCTORS

  DOORYARD ROSES

  DOUBT

  DREAM SONG

  DREAMS

  DRIFTWOOD

  DUSK IN AUTUMN

  DUSK IN JUNE

  DUSK IN WAR TIME

  DUSK IN WAR TIME

  DUST

  EBB TIDE

  EFFIGY OF A NUN

  EIGHT O’CLOCK

  EMBERS

  ENOUGH

  ENOUGH

  EPITAPH

  ERINNA

  EVEN TO-DAY

  EVENING: NEW YORK

  FACES

  FAULTS

  FAULTS

  FEAR

  FEBRUARY

  FEBRUARY TWILIGHT

  FONTAINE BLEAU

  FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF JOHN KEATS’ DEATH

  FOREKNOWN

  FOUR WINDS

  FOUR WINDS

  FROM THE NORTH

  FROM THE SEA

  FROM THE WOOLWORTH TOWER

  FULL MOON

  GALAHAD IN THE CASTLE OF THE MAIDENS

  GIFTS

  GIFTS

  GRACE BEFORE SLEEP

  GRAMERCY PARK

  GRAY EYES

  GRAY FOG

  GUENEVERE

  HELEN OF TROY

  HIDDEN LOVE

  HOUSES OF DREAMS

  I AM NOT YOURS

  I AM NOT YOURS

  I COULD SNATCH A DAY

  I HAVE LOVED HOURS AT SEA

  I HAVE SEEN THE SPRING

  I KNOW THE STARS

  I LOVE YOU

  I REMEMBERED

  I SHALL LIVE TO BE OLD

  I SHALL NOT CARE

  I SHALL NOT CARE

  I STOOD UPON A STAR

  I THOUGHT OF YOU

  I WOULD LIVE IN YOUR LOVE

  I WOULD LIVE IN YOUR LOVE

  I. SPIRIT’S HOUSE

  IF DEATH IS KIND

  IF I MUST GO

  II. MASTERY

  III. LESSONS

  IMMORTAL

  IN A CUBAN GARDEN

  IN A DARKENING GARDEN

  IN A GARDEN

  IN A RAILROAD STATION

  IN A RESTAURANT

  IN A SUBWAY STATION

  IN DAVID’S “CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES”

  IN MEMORIAM F. O. S.

  IN MEMORY OF VACHEL LINDSAY

  IN SPRING, SANTA BARBARA

  IN THE CARPENTER’S SHOP

  IN THE END

  IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM

  IN THE TRAIN

  IN THE WOOD

  INDIAN SUMMER

  INTERLUDE: SONGS OUT OF SORROW

  IT IS NOT A WORD

  IT WILL NOT CHANGE

  IV. WISDOM

  JEWELS

  JOY

  JOY

  JUNE NIGHT

  LAND’S END

  LAST PRELUDE

  LATE OCTOBER

  LATE OCTOBER

  LEAVES

  LEISURE

  LESS THAN THE CLOUD TO THE WIND

  LET IT BE FORGOTTEN

  LET IT BE YOU

  LIGHTS

  LIKE BARLEY BENDING

  LINES

  LONGING

  LOST THINGS

  LOVE AND DEATH

  LOVE IN AUTUMN

  LOVE ME

  LOVE ME

  LOVE-FREE

  LOVELY CHANCE

  LOW TIDE

  MADEIRA FROM THE SEA

  MARIANNA ALCOFORANDO

  MAY

  MAY DAY

  MAY DAY

  MAY NIGHT

  MAY WIND

  MEADOWLARKS

  MESSAGE

  MIDSUMMER NIGHT

  MOODS

  MOODS

  MOON’S ENDING

  MOONLIGHT

  MORNING

  MORNING

  MORNING SONG

  MOUNTAIN WATER

  MY HEART IS HEAVY

  NAHANT

  NEVER AGAIN

  NEW LOVE AND OLD

  NEW LOVE AND OLD

  NEW YEAR’S DAWN — BROADWAY

  NIGHT

  NIGHT IN ARIZONA

  NIGHT SONG AT AMALFI

  NIGHTFALL

  NOT BY THE SEA

  NOVEMBER

  NOVEMBER

  OH DAY OF FIRE AND SUN

  OH YOU ARE COMING

  OLD TUNES

  ON A MARCH DAY

  ON THE DEATH OF SWINBURNE

  ON THE DUNES

  ON THE SUSSEX DOWNS

  ONLY IN SLEEP

  OPEN WINDOWS

  OTHER MEN

  OVER THE ROOFS

  PAIN

  PARIS IN SPRING

  PEACE

  PEACE

  PIERROT

  PIERROT

  PIERROT’S SONG

  PITY

  PLACES

  RED MAPLES

  REDBIRDS

  RETURN TO A COUNTRY HOUSE

  RHYME OF NOVEMBER STARS

  RICHES

  RISPETTO

  RIVERS TO THE SEA

  ROSES AND RUE

  ROUNDEL

  SAND DRIFT

  SAPPHO

  SAPPHO

  SEA LON
GING

  SECRET TREASURE

  SEPTEMBER DAY

  SHE WHO COULD BIND YOU

  SILENCE

  SINCE DEATH BRUSHED PAST ME

  SINCE THERE IS NO ESCAPE

  SNOW SONG

  SNOWFALL

  SONG

  SONG

  SONG

  SONG

  SONG

  SONG AT CAPRI

  SONG MAKING

  SONNET

  SONNETS AND LYRICS

  SOUL’S BIRTH

  SPRAY

  SPRING

  SPRING IN WAR TIME

  SPRING NIGHT

  SPRING NIGHT

  SPRING RAIN

  SPRING TORRENTS

  STARS

  STRANGE VICTORY

  SUMMER NIGHT, RIVERSIDE

  SUMMER NIGHT, RIVERSIDE

  SUMMER STORM

  SUNSET: ST. LOUIS

  SWALLOW FLIGHT

  SWANS

  SWANS

  TESTAMENT

  THE ANSWER

  THE BELOVED

  THE BLIND

  THE BROKEN FIELD

  THE CARPENTER’S SON

  THE CLOUD

  THE COIN

  THE CRYSTAL GAZER

  THE DREAMS OF MY HEART

  THE FAERY FOREST

  THE FALLING STAR

  THE FLIGHT

  THE FLIGHT

  THE FOUNTAIN

  THE FOUNTAIN

  THE FOUNTAIN

  THE FRAIL WHITE STARS MOVED SLOWLY OVER THE SKY.

  THE GARDEN

  THE GHOST

  THE GIFT

  THE GIVER

  THE HEART’S HOUSE

  THE HOUSE OF DREAMS

  THE INDIA WHARF

  THE KISS

  THE KISS

  THE KISS

  THE LAMP

  THE LIGHTED WINDOW

  THE LIGHTS OF NEW YORK

  THE LONG HILL

  THE LOOK

  THE LOOK

  THE LOVE THAT GOES A-BEGGING

  THE MEETING

  THE METROPOLITAN TOWER

  THE MOTHER OF A POET

  THE MYSTERY

  THE NET

  THE NEW MOON

  THE NIGHTS REMEMBER

  THE OLD ENEMY

  THE OLD MAID

  THE POOR HOUSE

  THE PRAYER

  THE PRINCESS IN THE TOWER

  THE RETURN

  THE RETURN

  THE RIVER

  THE RIVER

  THE ROSE

  THE ROSE AND THE BEE

  THE SANCTUARY

  THE SEA WIND

  THE SHRINE

  THE SILENT BATTLE

  THE SOLITARY

  THE SONG FOR COLIN

  THE SONG FOR COLIN

  THE SONG MAKER

  THE SPICEBUSH IN MARCH

  THE STAR

  THE STORM

  THE TREASURE

  THE TREE

  THE TREE OF SONG

  THE TUNE

  THE UNCHANGING

  THE UNSEEN

  THE VOICE

  THE WANDERER

  THE WANDERER

  THE WAYFARER

  THE WIND

  THE WIND

  THE WIND IN THE HEMLOCK

  THE WINE

  THE WISE WOMAN

  THE YEARS

  THE YEARS

  THERE WILL BE REST

  THERE WILL BE STARS

  THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS. (WAR TIME)

  THOSE WHO LOVE

  THOUGHTS

  THOUGHTS

  TIDES

  TO A CASTILIAN SONG

  TO A CHILD WATCHING THE GULLS

  TO A PICTURE OF ELEONORA DUSE

  TO A PICTURE OF ELEONORA DUSE AS “FRANCESCA DA RIMINI”

  TO A PICTURE OF ELEONORA DUSE IN “THE DEAD CITY

  TO A PICTURE OF ELEONORA DUSE IN “THE DEAD CITY

  TO A PICTURE OF ELEONORA DUSE WITH THE GREEK FIRE IN “FRANCESCA DA RIMINI”

  TO AN AEOLIAN HARP

  TO ARCTURUS RETURNING

  TO CLEIS

  TO DICK, ON HIS SIXTH BIRTHDAY

  TO DUSE

  TO E.