The Congo & Other Poems

Episode 1

CONTENTS.

VOICES OF THE NIGHT.

Prelude Hymn to the Night A Psalm of Life The Reaper and the Flowers The Light of Stars Footsteps of Angels Flowers The Beleaguered City Midnight Mass for the Dying Year EARLIER POEMS.

An April Day Autumn Woods in Winter Hymn of the Moravian Nuns of Bethlehem Sunrise on the Hills The Spirit of Poetry Burial of the Minnisink L'Envoi BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS.

The Skeleton in Armor The Wreck of the Hesperus The Village Blacksmith Endymion It is not Always May The Rainy Day God's-Acre To the River Charles Blind Bartimeus The Goblet of Life Maidenhood Excelsior POEMS ON SLAVERY.

To William E.Channing The Slave's Dream The Good Part, that shall not be taken away The Slave in the Dismal Swamp The Slave singing at Midnight The Witnesses The Quadroon Girl The Warning THE SPANISH STUDENT.

THE BELFRY OF BRUGES AND OTHER POEMS.

Carillon The Belfry of Bruges A Gleam of Sunshine The Arsenal at Springfield Nuremberg The Norman Baron Rain In Summer To a Child The Occultation of Orion The Bridge To the Driving Cloud SONGSThe Day Is done Afternoon in February To an Old Danish Song-Book Walter von der Vogelweid Drinking Song The Old Clock on the Stairs The Arrow and the Song SONNETSMezzo Cammin The Evening Star Autumn Dante CurfewEVANGELINE: A TALE OF ACADIE.

THE SEASIDE AND THE FIRESIDE.

Dedication BY THE SEASIDE.

The Building of the Ship Seaweed Chrysaor The Secret of the Sea Twilight Sir Humphrey Gilbert The Lighthouse The Fire of Drift-Wood BY THE FIRESIDE.

Resignation The Builders Sand of the Desert In an Hour-Glass The Open Window King Witlaf's Drinking-Horn Gaspar Becerra Pegasus in Pound Tegner's Drapa Sonnet on Mrs.Kemble's Reading from Shakespeare The Singers Suspiria Hymn for my Brother's OrdinationTHE SONG OF HIAWATHA.

Introduction I.The Peace-Pipe II.The Four Winds III.Hiawatha's Childhood IV.Hiawatha and Madjekeewis V.Hiawatha's Fasting VI.Hiawatha's Friends VII.Hiawatha's Sailing VIII.Hiawatha's Fishing IX.Hiawatha and the Pearl-Feather X.Hiawatha's Wooing XI.Hiawatha's Wedding-Feast XII.The Son of the Evening Star XIII.Blessing the Cornfields XIV.Picture-Writing XV.Hiawatha's Lamentation XVI.Pau-Puk-Keewis XVII.The Hunting of Pau-Puk-Keewis XVIII.The Death of Kwasind XIX.The Ghosts XX.The Famine XXI.The White Man's Foot XXII.Hiawatha's Departure

THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH.

I.Miles Standish II.Love and Friendship III.The Lover's Errand IV.John Alden V.The Sailing of the May flower VI.Priscilla VII.The March of Miles Standish VIII.The Spinning-Wheel IX.The Wedding-DayBIRDS OF PASSAGE.

FLIGHT THE FIRST.

Birds of Passage Prometheus, or the Poet's Forethought Epimetheus, or the Poet's Afterthought The Ladder of St.Augustine The Phantom Ship The Warden of the Cinque Ports Haunted Houses In the Churchyard at Cambridge The Emperor's Bird's-Nest The Two Angels Daylight and Moonlight The Jewish Cemetery at Newport Oliver Basselin Victor Galbraith My Lost Youth The Ropewalk The Golden Mile-Stone Catawba Wine Santa Filomena The Discoverer of the North Cape Daybreak The Fiftieth Birthday of Agassiz Children Sandalphon FLIGHT THE SECOND.

The Children's Hour Enceladus The Cumberland Snow-Flakes A Day of Sunshine Something left Undone WearinessTALES OF A WAYSIDE INN.

Part First Prelude The Wayside Inn The Landlord's Tale Paul Revere's Ride Interlude The Student's Tale The Falcon of Ser Federigo Interlude The Spanish Jew's Tale The Legend of Rabbi Ben Levi Interlude The Sicilian's Tale King Robert of Sicily Interlude The Musician's Tale The Saga of King Olaf I.The Challenge of Thor II.King Olaf's Return III.Thorn of Rimol IV.Queen Sigrid the Haughty V.The Skerry of Shrieks VI.The Wraith of Odin VII.Iron-Beard VIII.Gudrun IX.Thangbrand the Priest X.Raud the Strong XI.Bishop Sigurd at Salten Fiord XII.King Olaf's Christmas XIII.The Building of the Long Serpent XIV.The Crew of the Long Serpent XV.A Little Bird in the Air XVI.Queen Thyri and the Angelica Stalks XVII.King Svend of the Forked Beard XVIII.King Olaf and Earl Sigvald XIX.King Olaf's War-Horns XX.Einar Tamberskelver XXI.King Olaf's Death-drink XXII.The Nun of Nidaros Interlude The Theologian's Tale.

Torquemada Interlude The Poet's Tale The Birds of Killingworth Finale PART SECOND.

Prelude The Sicilian's Tale The Bell of Atri Interlude The Spanish Jew's Tale Kambalu Interlude The Student's Tale The Cobbler of Hagenau Interlude The Musician's Tale The Ballad of Carmilhan Interlude The Poet's Tale Lady Wentworth Interlude The Theologian's Tale The Legend Beautiful Interlude The Student's Second Tale The Baron of St.Castine Finale PART THIRD.

Prelude The Spanish Jew's Tale Azrael Interlude The Poet's Tale Charlemagne Interlude The Student's Tale Emma and Eginhard Interlude The Theologian's Tale Elizabeth Interlude The Sicilian's Tale The Monk of Casa-Maggiore Interlude The Spanish Jew's Second Tale Scanderbeg Interlude The Musician's Tale The Mother's Ghost Interlude The Landlord's Tale The Rhyme of Sir Christopher FinaleFLOWER-DE-LUCE.

Flower-de-Luce Palingenesis The Bridge of Cloud Hawthorne Christmas Bells The Wind over the Chimney The Bells of Lynn Killed at the Ford Giotto's Tower To-morrow Divina Commedia NoelBIRDS OF PASSAGEFLIGHT THE THIRD.

Fata Morgana The Haunted Chamber The Meeting Vox Populi The Castle-Builder Changed The Challenge The Brook and the Wave AftermathTHE MASQUE OF PANDORA.

I.The Workshop of Hephaestus II.Olympus III.Tower of Prometheus on Mount Caucasus IV.The Air V.The House of Epimetheus VI.In the Garden VII.The House of Epimetheus VIII.In the GardenTHE HANGING OF THE CRANEMORITURI SALUTAMUS