m iilii mm iiiiiili mm 1 11 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 0DD03nH747 -»• <•: ,♦ # ^^. •0^ * °o ** *^ She -m. lEAR ^ Wg?l> -A (£)ennyson n EQoch Ardeo an TxvwT.vi^-j-n . CV-i-k^ J Avv-vvw^tvrn J J_aT-vw-v*t2_ iiyson i/; if t _.'l3ook -^- And be thy heart a fortress to malntaio j The day against the moment, and the year , Against the day." With 12 colored Illurtrcx-tionc. BOSTON DeWolfe. Fiske 8d love are strengtb. AYLMER'S FIELD 19th 20th 21st 22d 23d 24th 42 JUNE A courage to endure and to obey; A bate of gossip, parlance and sway. ISABEL. I cull from every faith and race the best And bravest soul for counsellor aod friend. AKBAR'S DREAM. 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 43 JUNE From the woods Came voices of the well-contented doves. The lark could scarce get out bis notes for joy, But shooK his song together as he oear'd His happy home, the ground. THE QAROENER'S DAUQHTER. 44 Maud. JULY What wonder If in noble heat Those roen tbine arms withstood, Re-taught the lesson thou hadst taught. And in thy spirit with thee fought — Who sprang from Qoble blood ! ENQLANO AND AMERICA IN 1783. 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 46 JULY Life is not ao idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, Aod heated hot with burning fears, Aod dipped in baths of hissiog tears, And battered witb the shocks of doom To shape and use. in memoriam. Tth 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 47 JULY Nature, so far as io her lies, Imitates God, and turns her face To every land beneath tb© skies. Counts QOthiog that she roeets with base, But lives and loves in every place. ON A MOURNER. 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 48 JULY Were there notbing else For which to praise the heavens but only love. That only love were cause enough for praise. THE QAROENER'S OAUQHTER. O happy he. and fit to live, On whom a haopy home has power To make him trust his life, and give His fealty to the happy hour. THE WANDERER 1 9th 20th 21st 22d 23 d 24th 49 JULY Self reverence, self kQOWledge, self control, These tbfee alone lead life to sovereign power. CENONE. Great deeds cannot die; They with the sun and moon reoew their light Forever, blessiog those that looK on tbem. THE PRINCESS. 25th 26th 2Tth 28th 29th 30th 50 JULY When sumroer's hourly-mellowing change May breathe, witb many roses sweet. Upon the thousand waves of wheat That ripple 'rouQd the lonely graoge. IN MEMORIAM. 31st 51 AUGUST Ah yet, though all the world forsake, Though fortune clip my wings, 1 will not cramp my heart, nor take Half-views of roen and things. WILL WATERPROOF'S LYRICAL MONOLOGUE. All in the blue unclouded weather. THE LADY OF SHALLOTT, 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 53 AUGUST Ring out the grief that saps the mind, For those tbat here we see qo nnore; Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Ring in redress to all mankind. IN MEMOHIAM. 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 54 AUGUST Live pure, speak right, rigiit wrong, follow the King- Else, wherefore born ? qareth and lynette. Tbou dost ever brood above Tbe silence of all beafts, uQutteroble Love. LOVE. 13th 14th 15th 16th 17 th 18th 55 AUGUST Flower in the craooied wall, I pluck you out of the craonies, — Hold you here, root and all, in my hand. Little flower,— but if 1 could understand What you are, root and all, and all io all, I should know what God and man is. FLOWER IN THE CRANNIED WALL 19th 20th 21st 22d 23d 24th 56 AUGUST The Peak is high and flush'd At his higbest with sunrise fire: The Peak is higb aod the stars are high. And tbe thought oT a man is higher. THE VOICE ANO THE PEAK. 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 57 AUGUST Tbe soul of the woods bath stricken thro' roy blood. The love of freedom, the desire of God, The hope of larger life hereafter. the foresters. A second voice was at rT)ine ear, A little whisper silver clear, A rourmur, "Be of better cheer." THE TWO VOICES. 31st Tb- May Queen. SEPTEMBER flutunjn laying here and there A fairy finger on the leaves. in memoriam. Over! the sweet suromer closes, find oever a flow/er at the close: Over and gone with the roses, find winter again and the snows. 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th ^ 60 SEPTEMBER Tth 8th 9th 10th Ith 12th Blessings on tbe falling out That all the more eodears, Wben we Fail out with those we love Ar)d kiss again with tears! the princess So many worlds, so much to do. So- little done, such things to be! IN MEMORIAM. 61 S E PT EMBER Love of God and men And noble deeds, the flower of all tbe world. VIVIEN. To me is given Such hope, I know not fear; 1 yearo to breathe the airs of heaveo That often roeet me bere. SIR QAUAHAD. 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 62 SEPTEMBER lo that hour From out my sulleo heart a power Bi-oke, like the rainbow from the shower, To feel altho' my tongue can prove, That every cloud that spreads above And veiletb love, itself is love. • THE TWO VOICES. 19th 20th 21st 22d 23d 24th 63 SEPTEMBER It Is the little rift within the lute, That by and by will make the music mute, And ever wideoing slowly silence all. VIVIEN. Autumn with a Qoise of rooks That gather io the waning woods. IN MEMORIAM. 25th 26th 2Tth 28th 29th 30th 64 SEPTEMBER And the bee buzzed up in the cold. When the flower was withered and old: "Have you still any honey rny dear?" She said, "it's the fall of the year, But come, come ! '* " Mum ! " And the bee buzzed off in the cold. THE FORESTERS. 65 OCTOBER Calm and still light on yon great plain That sweeps with all its autumo bowers, And crowded farms and lesseniog towers, To mingle with the bounding n)air). in memohiam. Manners are not idle, but the fruit Of loyal nature, aod of noble mind. 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 67 OCTOBER For tho' from out our bourne of Tiroe and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face, When I have crossed the bar. CROSSING THE BAR. 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 66 OCTOB ER Tbrougb the faded leaf The cbestnut pattering to the ground. IN UEMORIAM. O well for hiri) whose will is strong! He suffers but he will oot suffer long! He suffers but he canoot suffer wrong. 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th OCTOBER If thou wouldst hear the nameless aod wilt dive Into the temple cave of thine own self. There, brooding by the central altar, tbou May'st. haply learn the Nameless hath a voice, By which tbou wilt abide if thou be wise. THE ANCIENT S« 19th 20th 21st 22d 23d 24th 70 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th OCTOBER Live thy Life Young and old, Like yon oak, Brighit in spring Living gold. 71 OCTOB ER Summer rich Then; and then AutumQ-c banged, Soberer-hued, Gold again. 3!st 72 NO VEM BER Wearing tba wbite flower of a blameless life. Before a thousand peeriQg littleoesses. DEDICATION OF THE IDYLLS OF THE KItJQ. The Chill November dawns and dewy glooming downs, The gentle sbower, the smell of dying leaves. And the low moan of leaden-color'd seas. ENOCH AROEN. 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 74 \ NOV EMBER Let the sweet heaveos endure, Not close and darken above me. Before 1 am quite, quite sure That there is ooe to love me. MAUD. The woods are hush'd, their music is no more, The leaf is dead. the last tournament. Tth 8.th 9th lOth 11th 12th 75 NOVEMBER They tell me that the world is hard, and harsh of n)ind ; But cao it be so hard, so harsh, as those that sbouid be kiQd ? That matters oot: let come wbat will: at last the eod is sure, And every heart that loves with truth is equal to endure. the flight. 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 76 NOVEM BE R On the higb, naked tree tbe robin piped Disconsolate, and thro' the drippiog haze The dead weight of the dead leaf bore it down ; Thicker the drizzle grew, deeper the gloorr). ENOOM ARDEN 19th 20th V 21st 22d 23d 24th 77 NOVEMBER All precious things, discover'd late, To those that seek thero issue fortb; For love in sequal works with fate. And draws the veil from hidden worth. THE DAY DREAM 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 78 NO VEM B ER Nay, the world, the world, All ear and eye. wit+) such a stupid heart To interpret ear and eye, and such a tongue To blare its own interpretatioo- 79 -^ / '^|i^ ^M DECEM B ER Men, my brothers, meo ar)d workers, ever reapiog something new : That Vv'bich they have done but earnest of the things which tbey shall do LOCKSLEY HALL. 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 81 DEC EMBER O summer leaf, isn't time as brief? But this is the time of hollies, And my heart, my heart is an evergreen ; 1 hate the spites and follies. ON A SPITEFUL LETTER. 7th 8th 9th lOth 11th 12th ■ 82 DECEM BER O well for him that finds a friend. Or makes a frieod where'er he coroe, And loves the world from end to end. THE WANDERER. There's oot a flower on the hills: the frost is on the pane. the queen of may. 13th 14th 15th I6th 17th 18th 83 DECEMBER Full knee-deep lies the wioter snow, (qnd the winter winds are wearily sighing: Toll ye the church-bell sad and slow, flnd tread softly and speak low, For the old year lies a-dying ! THE DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR. 19th 20th 2Ist 22d 23d 24th 84 DECEMBER The lime draws near tbe birth of Christ : The mooo is hid, the night is still; Tbe Christmas bells from hill to hill (Answer each otber in the mist. Rise, happy morn, rise, holy rooro, Draw fortb tbQ cheerful day from night : O Father, touch the east, ar)d ligbt The light that sbone wheo Hope was born. IN MEMORIAM. 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 85 D ECEM B ER Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky. The flying cloud, the frosty light; The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. IN MEMORIAM. 3lst 86 SUNSET and eveQiQg star, f\r)d oQe clear call for me! find roay t^ere be qo rooaning of tbe bar, When i put out to sea, But such a tide as movlog seeros asleep. Too full for sound and foari). WheQ that wh)icb drew from out t^e boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight OQd eveniog bell, find after that tl^e dark! And may t^ere be qo sadness of farewell Wh)en I err)bark ; For tho' frori) out our bourQe of Time and Place Tb)e flood n)ay bear me far, 1 hope to see my Pilot face to face When 1 have crost the bar. CROSSING THE BAR. 87 NOTES I muse on joy that will not cease, Pure spaces clothed in living beards, Pure lilies of eternal peace, Whose odours haunt my drear^s. SIR QAL/ LbifC; 88 NOTES Otbers' follies teach us not, Nor much their wisdom teaches; And roost, of sterling worth, is wbat Our own experience preaches. WILL WATERPROOF. NOTES Gently comes the world to those Tbat are cast in gentle roold. How dull it is to pause, to mak^e aroend. To rust unburnish'd, not to sbiOQ in use' As tho' to breathe were life 90 NOTES Beat, bappy stars, timiog with things belosA/, Beat with my beart roore biest than heart can tell. Blest, but for some darK undercurrent woe That seems to draw— but it sball not be so : Let all be well, be well. mauo. 91 NOTES The whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chaios about the feet of God. MORTE DARTHUR Live a life of truest breath Aod teach true life to fight with mortal wrongs. 9S NOTES Love took up the glass of Time, and turned it in his glowing hands; Every moment ligbtly shaken, ran itself in goldeo sands. LOCKSI.EY HALL. 93 NOTES Henceforth, wherever thou may'st roam, My blessing like a line of light. Is on the waters day and oight, And like a beacon guards tbee horoe. IN MEMORIAM. 94 NOTES Old age hath yet his honor and his toil; Death closes all ■ but somethiog ere the eod. Some worK of noble QOte, may yet be done. ULYSSES. Pray Heaven for a human heart. 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