Poems, Series 1

VIII.

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VIII.

A wounded deer leaps highest,

I've heard the hunter tell;

'T is but the ecstasy of death,

And then the brake is still.

The smitten rock that gushes,

The trampled steel that springs;

A cheek is always redder

Just where the hectic stings!

Mirth is the mail of anguish,

In which it cautions arm,

Lest anybody spy the blood

And "You're hurt" exclaim!

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Summary

Preface.

Prelude

I. Life

I. Success.

II.

III. Rouge et Noir.

IV. Rouge Gagne.

V.

VI.

VII. Almost!

VIII.

IX.

X. In a Library.

XI.

XII.

XIII. Exclusion.

XIV. The Secret.

XV. The Lonely House.

XVI.

XVII. Dawn.

XVIII. The Book of Martyrs.

XIX. The Mystery of Pain.

XX.

XXI. A Book.

XXII.

XXIII. Unreturning.

XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

II. Love

I. Mine.

II. Bequest.

III.

IV. Suspense.

V. Surrender.

VI.

VII. With a Flower.

VIII. Proof.

IX.

X. Transplanted.

XI. The Outlet.

XII. In Vain.

XIII. Renunciation.

XIV. Love's Baptism.

XV. Resurrection.

XVI. Apocalypse.

XVII. The Wife.

XVIII. Apotheosis.

III. Nature

I.

II. May-Flower.

III. Why?

IV.

V.

VI. A Service of Song.

VII.

VIII. Summer's Armies.

IX. The Grass.

X.

XI. Summer Shower.

XII. Psalm of the Day.

XIII. The Sea of Sunset.

XIV. Purple Clover.

XV. The Bee.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX. Two Worlds.

XXI. The Mountain.

XXII. A Day.

XXIII.

XXIV. The Wind.

XXV. Death and Life.

XXVI.

XXVII. Indian Summer.

XXVIII. Autumn.

XXIX. Beclouded.

XXX. The Hemlock.

XXXI.

IV. Time and Eternity

I.

II. Too Late.

III. Astra Castra.

IV.

V.

VI. From the Chrysalis.

VII. Setting Sail.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI. "Troubled About Many Things."

XII. Real.

XIII. The Funeral.

XIV.

XV.

XVI. Refuge.

XVII.

XVIII. Playmates.

XIX.

XX.

XXI. The First Lesson.

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIV.

XXV. Dying.

XXVI.

XXVII. The Chariot.

XXVIII.

XXIX. Resurgam.

XXX.

XXXI.

XXXII.

XXXIII. Along the Potomac.

XXXIV.

XXXV. Emancipation.

XXXVI. Lost.

XXXVII.

XXXVIII.

XXXIX.

XL.

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