II. "WHAT WERE I, LOVE, IF I

STRIPPED OF THEE?"

IV. "FOR THIS TRUE NOBLENESS I SEEK IN

V. TO THE SPIRIT OF KEATS

VI. "GREAT TRUTHS ARE PORTIONS OF THE

SOUL OF MAN'

HOUGHTS,

VII. "I ASK NOT FOR THOSE THOUGHTS, THAT

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'

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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

XVIII. THE SAME CONTINUED

XIX. THE SAME CONCLUDED

XX. TO M. O. S.

XXI. "OUR LOVE IS NOT A FADING, EARTHLY

XXII. IN ABSENCE

XXIII. WENDELL PHILLIPS

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TAKES AWAY"

XXV. "I GRIEVE NOT THAT RIPE KNOWLEDGE

XXVI. TO J. R. GIDDINGS

XXVII. "I THOUGHT OUR LOVE AT FULL, BUT

THE SHEPHERD OF KING ADMETUS

THE TOKEN

AN INCIDENT IN A RAILROAD CAR

RHECUS

THE FALCON

TRIAL

A GLANCE BEHIND THE CURTAIN

A CHIPPEWA LEGEND

STANZAS ON FREEDOM

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AN INTERVIEW WITH MILES STANDISH

ON THE CAPTURE OF FUGITIVE SLAVES NEAR

STUDIES FOR TWO HEADS

ON A PORTRAIT OF DANTE BY GIOTTO

ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND'S CHILD

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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

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ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF DOCTOR CHANNING 293

TO THE MEMORY OF HOOD.

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL IN 1875 Frontispiece From a photograph by Notman

THE CHARLES NEAR LONGFELLOW'S