Spider-webs in Verse

About this eBook

Author

Charles William Wallace

Title

Spider-webs in Verse: A Collection of Lyrics for Leisure Moments, Spun at Idle Hours

Credits

Charlene Taylor, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

Subject

American poetry -- 19th century

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 65564

Release Date

June 8, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.SPIDER-WEBS IN VERSE
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.BY THE WAY. — CONTENTS.
6. 6.SPIDER-WEBS IN VERSE. — A CHORAL OF SUNSET. — THE POET’S PRAYER. — UPS AND DOWNS. — THE OLD BENONI TREE. — A SLUMBER RHAPSODY. — BAREFOOT AFTER THE COWS. — GIFT AND GIVER. — A SORTO’ PLAYED-OUT OL’ BOUQUET. — DOWN TO THE CANDY-MAN’S SHOP. — Return. — LIFE TO LOVE. A Triolet. — COME TO THE SHADOWS. A Pantoum. — SOUL OF MY SOUL. — MINCE PIE. — TEARS AND LAUGHTER. — MIST-WING. — THE COMMON LOT. Choriambic. — ECHO SONG. — THE HAUNTED HOUSE. — SONNETS OF LIFE. — II. — SYMBOLS IN SONNETS OF LIFE. — A MODERN TRAGEDY AVERTED. He ( in despondency ). — She ( faithfully ). — He ( joyously ). — She ( flippantly ). — He ( bitterly and sadly ). — She ( tauntingly ). — He ( in despair ). — She ( in fear, imploringly ). — THE HUMAN HEART. Birth. — Joy on Account of Birth. — Sorrow on Account of Death. — Soul Passes Beyond. — L’Envoy. — THE NIGHTMARE. — “FALSE WOMANKIND!” ON READING A SLUR THAT WAS MADE ON HER BY THE LACK-LOVE GAY, OF QUEEN ANNE’S DAY. — LONELY! TO —— (LONG AGO DEAD.) — I’SE SEEN A LIGHT IN DE SKY. (A PLANTATION MELODY.) — Chorus. — Chorus. — Chorus. — FAMILY OF THE EPHEMERA. — SHUT IN. I. — II. — III. — IV. — SONG OF THE STARS. — I WONDER. — IF SO, PEACE TILL NEXT NEW-YEAR. (A DIRGE.) — MY DEFEAT. — THERE’S A LAUGH. — TO SLEEP. — WHEEL AND SHUTTLE. — THE PRESS OF PENURY. — HALLOWEEN. AN INVITATION SENT TO A LADY, OCT. 31. — LIFE. — BORROWING BRAINS. — SLEEP. — TO A WILD-ROSE BOUQUET. — SONG ON THE SEA. — WOODLAND LAY. — IN THE ANGELS’ KEEP. — THOUGHT. — WHITE-ENTHRONED ABOVE ME. (ON A SMALL WHITE-ROSE BOUQUET PRESENTED BY A LADY AND PLACED IN PALGRAVE’S “GOLDEN TREASURY,” OPPOSITE “THE SLEEPING BEAUTY.”) — THE LONE WAYSIDE WILD ROSE. — TWENTY. — BEAUTIFUL MAY. — DEEP UNTO DEEP. A DOUBLE THRENODY. — A HUMPTY-DUMPTY IDIOTIC CHAP. — GOOD-NIGHT. A SONG OF THE CLOSE OF LIFE. — Infant. — Child. — Youth. — Man. — All. — TO FANCY. — GOOD-NIGHT, MY LOVE. — THROUGH REVERENT EYES. — WHAT IS POETRY? — FORM. — SPIRIT. — MISSION. — USELESS? — A MORTAL. — TO MORPHEUS. — A DREAMY APRIL EVENING IN THE WOODS. — TO THEE ABOVE. — CHORUS. — THE LURLEI. — L’Envoy. — TOUGH MUTTON, PERHAPS. — TO MISS ——. — SHUT YOUR EYES AND GO TO SLEEP. A KYRIELLE. — BROWNING. (BY W. A. BACK, FARMER.) — MADRIGAL. — WORDS AND THOUGHTS. — REX FUGIT. — THE SICKLE OF FLOWERS. — THIS TOUCH OF AN ANGEL’S HAND. — LIFE’S PHILOSOPHY. AN ALLEGORY. — JUST AS USUAL. — A DEPLORATION. — I LOVE YOU, KATE. — THE DEAD MAN’S LIFE. ( That is, practically dead. ) — PITY THE POOR. — LIFE’S LOST SKIFF. WRITTEN ON LAKE MICHIGAN. — Prelude. — Morning. — Noon. — Night. — Finale. — A CLOSE ATTACHMENT. STRANGE STORY OF AMOS QUITO. — THE DEMONIAC. — THE WEATHER FIEND. — WHO KNOWS! — THE DEATH-HOWL. — ON PLUCKING A CROCUS. — Envoy. — GRAVITY—LIFE! (After Browning—several miles after.) — DEATH—LIFE. — HOT?—WELL, RATHER! — A YEAR AGO. — THE SWEETEST OF ALL. — THE LOVER’S COMPLAINT. — BUZZ. — WASHINGTON. 22 Feb. — FREEDOM’S BATTLE SONG. CANTUS FILIIS VETERANORUM. — CHORUS. — ’MONG THE MOUNTAINS OF THE SOUL. — HAL A-HUNTIN’. — WRITE FROM THE HEART. — WHITHER? — OUR ALMA MATER. — FATHER TIME. — THUS LIFE’S TALE. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — Finale. — PART OF THE NEW ENGLAND LAMENT. ON THE KILLING OF SITTING BULL, 1891. — ON KINGSLEY’S “FAREWELL.” — THE TRANSFORMATION. A PSYCHOLOGICAL MYSTERY. — BOY BARDS. TO E. L. H. — THE GREATEST THING ON EARTH. — I. FROM SUN TO SUN. — II. WHAT THE STRIVING? — III. THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH OURS. — IV. HAND AND HEART. — V. COURTING THE CROWD. — VI. IMMORTAL AND GOD-GIVEN. — VII. ASKING HEARTS. — VIII. THE CROWNING GLORY.

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