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The Home Book of Verse, Volume 3

by Burton Egbert Stevenson

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Author
Stevenson, Burton Egbert, 1872-1962
Title
The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3
Credits
Produced by Dennis Schreiner, and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Children's poetry
Category
Text
eBook-No.
2621
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2621
Release Date
May 1, 2001
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, VOLUME 3
  2. 2.INDEXES TO ALL FOUR VOLUMES
  3. 3.Contents — PART III — POEMS OF NATURE
  4. 4.MOTHER NATURE
  5. 5.THE BOOK OF THE WORLD
  6. 6.NATURE
  7. 7.COMPENSATION
  8. 8.THE LAST HOUR
  9. 9.NATURE
  10. 10.SONG OF NATURE
  11. 11."GREAT NATURE IS AN ARMY GAY"
  12. 12.TO MOTHER NATURE
  13. 13.QUIET WORK
  14. 14.NATURE
  15. 15."AS AN OLD MERCER"
  16. 16.GOOD COMPANY
  17. 17."HERE IS THE PLACE WHERE LOVELINESS KEEPS HOUSE"
  18. 18.GOD'S WORLD
  19. 19.WILD HONEY
  20. 20.PATMOS
  21. 21.DAWN AND DARK
  22. 22.SONG
  23. 23.HYMN OF APOLLO
  24. 24.PRELUDE
  25. 25.DAWN ON THE HEADLAND
  26. 26.THE MIRACLE OF THE DAWN
  27. 27.DAWN-ANGELS
  28. 28.MUSIC OF THE DAWN
  29. 29.SUNRISE ON MANSFIELD MOUNTAIN
  30. 30.ODE TO EVENING
  31. 31."IT IS A BEAUTEOUS EVENING, CALM AND FREE"
  32. 32.GLOAMING
  33. 33.EVENING MELODY
  34. 34."IN THE COOL OF THE EVENING"
  35. 35.TWILIGHT
  36. 36.TWILIGHT AT SEA
  37. 37."THIS IS MY HOUR"
  38. 38.SONG TO THE EVENING STAR
  39. 39.THE EVENING CLOUD
  40. 40.SONG: TO CYNTHIA
  41. 41.MY STAR
  42. 42.NIGHT
  43. 43.TO NIGHT
  44. 44.TO NIGHT
  45. 45.NIGHT
  46. 46.NIGHT
  47. 47.HE MADE THE NIGHT
  48. 48.HYMN TO THE NIGHT
  49. 49.NIGHT'S MARDI GRAS
  50. 50.DAWN AND DARK
  51. 51.DAWN
  52. 52.A WOOD SONG
  53. 53.THE CHANGING YEAR
  54. 54.A SONG FOR THE SEASONS
  55. 55.A SONG OF THE SEASONS
  56. 56.TURN O' THE YEAR
  57. 57.THE WAKING YEAR
  58. 58.SONG
  59. 59.EARLY SPRING
  60. 60.LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING
  61. 61.IN EARLY SPRING
  62. 62.SPRING
  63. 63.A STARLING'S SPRING RONDEL
  64. 64."WHEN DAFFODILS BEGIN TO PEER"
  65. 65.SPRING
  66. 66."THE SPRING RETURNS"
  67. 67."WHEN THE HOUNDS OF SPRING"
  68. 68.SONG
  69. 69.TO SPRING
  70. 70.AN ODE ON THE SPRING
  71. 71.SPRING
  72. 72.THE MEADOWS IN SPRING
  73. 73.THE SPRING
  74. 74."WHEN SPRING COMES BACK TO ENGLAND"
  75. 75.NEW LIFE
  76. 76."OVER THE WINTRY THRESHOLD"
  77. 77.MARCH
  78. 78.SONG IN MARCH
  79. 79.MARCH
  80. 80.WRITTEN IN MARCH
  81. 81.THE PASSING OF MARCH
  82. 82.HOME THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD
  83. 83.SONG
  84. 84.AN APRIL ADORATION
  85. 85.SWEET WILD APRIL
  86. 86.SPINNING IN APRIL
  87. 87.SONG: ON MAY MORNING
  88. 88.A MAY BURDEN
  89. 89.CORINNA'S GOING A-MAYING
  90. 90."SISTER, AWAKE!"
  91. 91.MAY
  92. 92.MAY
  93. 93.A SPRING LILT
  94. 94.SUMMER LONGINGS
  95. 95.MIDSUMMER
  96. 96.A MIDSUMMER SONG
  97. 97.JUNE
  98. 98.JUNE
  99. 99.HARVEST
  100. 100.SCYTHE SONG
  101. 101.SEPTEMBER
  102. 102.INDIAN SUMMER
  103. 103.PREVISION
  104. 104.A SONG OF EARLY AUTUMN
  105. 105.TO AUTUMN
  106. 106.ODE TO AUTUMN
  107. 107.ODE TO THE WEST WIND
  108. 108.AUTUMN: A DIRGE
  109. 109.AUTUMN
  110. 110."WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN"
  111. 111.KORE
  112. 112.OLD OCTOBER
  113. 113.NOVEMBER
  114. 114.NOVEMBER
  115. 115.STORM FEAR
  116. 116.WINTER: A DIRGE
  117. 117.OLD WINTER
  118. 118.THE FROST
  119. 119.THE FROSTED PANE
  120. 120.THE FROST SPIRIT
  121. 121.SNOW
  122. 122.TO A SNOW-FLAKE
  123. 123.THE SNOW-SHOWER
  124. 124.MIDWINTER
  125. 125.A GLEE FOR WINTER
  126. 126.THE DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR
  127. 127.DIRGE FOR THE YEAR
  128. 128.WOOD AND FIELD AND RUNNING BROOK
  129. 129.WALDEINSAMKEIT
  130. 130.I DO NOT COUNT THE HOURS I SPEND
  131. 131."WHEN IN THE WOODS I WANDER ALL ALONE"
  132. 132.OUT IN THE FIELDS
  133. 133.ASPECTS OF THE PINES
  134. 134.UNDER THE LEAVES
  135. 135."ON WENLOCK EDGE"
  136. 136."WHAT DO WE PLANT?"
  137. 137.THE TREE
  138. 138.THE BRAVE OLD OAK
  139. 139."THE GIRT WOAK TREE THAT'S IN THE DELL"
  140. 140.TO THE WILLOW-TREE
  141. 141.ENCHANTMENT
  142. 142.TREES
  143. 143.THE HOLLY-TREE
  144. 144.THE PINE
  145. 145."WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE"
  146. 146.THE BEECH TREE'S PETITION
  147. 147.THE POPLAR FIELD
  148. 148.THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE-TREE
  149. 149.OF AN ORCHARD
  150. 150.AN ORCHARD AT AVIGNON
  151. 151.THE TIDE RIVER
  152. 152.THE BROOK'S SONG
  153. 153.ARETHUSA
  154. 154.THE CATARACT OF LODORE
  155. 155.SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE
  156. 156."FLOW GENTLY, SWEET AFTON"
  157. 157.CANADIAN BOAT-SONG
  158. 158.THE MARSHES OF GLYNN
  159. 159.THE TROSACHS
  160. 160.HYMN
  161. 161.THE PEAKS
  162. 162.KINCHINJUNGA
  163. 163.THE HILLS
  164. 164.HEMLOCK MOUNTAIN
  165. 165.SUNRISE ON RYDAL WATER
  166. 166.THE DESERTED PASTURE
  167. 167.TO MEADOWS
  168. 168.THE CLOUD
  169. 169.APRIL RAIN
  170. 170.SUMMER INVOCATION
  171. 171.APRIL RAIN
  172. 172.TO THE RAINBOW
  173. 173.GREEN THINGS GROWING
  174. 174.MY GARDEN
  175. 175.THE GARDEN
  176. 176.A GARDEN
  177. 177.A GARDEN SONG
  178. 178."IN GREEN OLD GARDENS"
  179. 179.A BENEDICTINE GARDEN
  180. 180.AN AUTUMN GARDEN
  181. 181.UNGUARDED
  182. 182.THE DESERTED GARDEN
  183. 183.A FORSAKEN GARDEN
  184. 184.GREEN THINGS GROWING
  185. 185.A CHANTED CALENDAR
  186. 186.FLOWERS
  187. 187.FLOWERS
  188. 188.A CONTEMPLATION UPON FLOWERS
  189. 189.ALMOND BLOSSOM
  190. 190.WHITE AZALEAS
  191. 191.BUTTERCUPS
  192. 192.THE BROOM FLOWER
  193. 193.THE SMALL CELANDINE
  194. 194.TO THE SMALL CELANDINE
  195. 195.FOUR-LEAF CLOVER
  196. 196.SWEET CLOVER
  197. 197."I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD"
  198. 198.TO DAFFODILS
  199. 199.TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY
  200. 200.A FIELD FLOWER
  201. 201.TO DAISIES, NOT TO SHUT SO SOON
  202. 202.DAISIES
  203. 203.TO THE DAISY
  204. 204.TO DAISIES
  205. 205.TO THE DANDELION
  206. 206.DANDELION
  207. 207.THE DANDELIONS
  208. 208.TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN
  209. 209.GOLDENROD
  210. 210.LESSONS FROM THE GORSE
  211. 211.THE VOICE OF THE GRASS
  212. 212.A SONG THE GRASS SINGS
  213. 213.THE WILD HONEYSUCKLE
  214. 214.THE IVY GREEN
  215. 215.YELLOW JESSAMINE
  216. 216.KNAP WEED
  217. 217.MOLY
  218. 218.THE MORNING-GLORY
  219. 219.THE MOUNTAIN HEART'S-EASE
  220. 220.THE PRIMROSE
  221. 221.TO PRIMROSES FILLED WITH MORNING DEW
  222. 222.TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE
  223. 223.THE RHODORA
  224. 224.THE ROSE
  225. 225.WILD ROSES
  226. 226.THE ROSE OF MAY
  227. 227.A ROSE
  228. 228.THE SHAMROCK
  229. 229.TO VIOLETS
  230. 230.THE VIOLET
  231. 231.TO A WOOD-VIOLET
  232. 232.THE VIOLET AND THE ROSE
  233. 233.TO A WIND-FLOWER
  234. 234.TO BLOSSOMS
  235. 235."TIS THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER"
  236. 236.THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS
  237. 237.GOD'S CREATURES
  238. 238.ONCE ON A TIME
  239. 239.TO A MOUSE
  240. 240.THE GRASSHOPPER
  241. 241.ON THE GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET
  242. 242.TO THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE CRICKET
  243. 243.THE CRICKET
  244. 244.TO A CRICKET
  245. 245.TO AN INSECT
  246. 246.THE SNAIL
  247. 247.THE HOUSEKEEPER
  248. 248.THE HUMBLE-BEE
  249. 249.TO A BUTTERFLY
  250. 250.ODE TO A BUTTERFLY
  251. 251.THE BUTTERFLY
  252. 252.FIREFLIES
  253. 253.THE BLOOD HORSE
  254. 254.BIRDS
  255. 255.BIRDS
  256. 256.SEA-BIRDS
  257. 257.THE LITTLE BEACH-BIRD
  258. 258.THE BLACKBIRD
  259. 259.THE BLACKBIRD
  260. 260.THE BLACKBIRD
  261. 261.THE BLACKBIRD
  262. 262.ROBERT OF LINCOLN
  263. 263.THE O'LINCON FAMILY
  264. 264.THE BOBOLINK
  265. 265.MY CATBIRD
  266. 266.THE HERALD CRANE
  267. 267.THE CROW
  268. 268.TO THE CUCKOO
  269. 269.THE CUCKOO
  270. 270.TO THE CUCKOO
  271. 271.THE EAGLE
  272. 272.THE HAWKBIT
  273. 273.THE HERON
  274. 274.THE JACKDAW
  275. 275.THE GREEN LINNET
  276. 276.TO THE MAN-OF-WAR-BIRD
  277. 277.THE MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT
  278. 278.LAMENT OF A MOCKING-BIRD
  279. 279."O NIGHTINGALE! THOU SURELY ART"
  280. 280.PHILOMEL
  281. 281.PHILOMELA
  282. 282.ON A NIGHTINGALE IN APRIL
  283. 283.TO THE NIGHTINGALE
  284. 284.THE NIGHTINGALE
  285. 285.TO THE NIGHTINGALE
  286. 286.PHILOMELA
  287. 287.ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE
  288. 288.SONG
  289. 289.BIRD SONG
  290. 290.THE SONG THE ORIOLE SINGS
  291. 291.TO AN ORIOLE
  292. 292.SONG: THE OWL
  293. 293.SWEET SUFFOLK OWL
  294. 294.THE PEWEE
  295. 295.ROBIN REDBREAST
  296. 296.ROBIN REDBREAST
  297. 297.THE SANDPIPER
  298. 298.THE SEA-MEW
  299. 299.TO A SKYLARK
  300. 300.TO A SKYLARK
  301. 301.THE SKYLARK
  302. 302.THE SKYLARK
  303. 303.TO A SKYLARK
  304. 304.THE STORMY PETREL
  305. 305.THE FIRST SWALLOW
  306. 306.TO A SWALLOW BUILDING UNDER OUR EAVES
  307. 307.CHIMNEY SWALLOWS
  308. 308.ITYLUS
  309. 309.THE THROSTLE
  310. 310.OVERFLOW
  311. 311.JOY-MONTH
  312. 312.MY THRUSH
  313. 313."BLOW SOFTLY, THRUSH"
  314. 314.THE BLACK VULTURE
  315. 315.WILD GEESE
  316. 316.TO A WATERFOWL
  317. 317.THE WOOD-DOVE'S NOTE
  318. 318.THE SEA
  319. 319.SONG FOR ALL SEAS, ALL SHIPS
  320. 320.STANZAS
  321. 321.THE SEA
  322. 322.ON THE SEA
  323. 323."WITH SHIPS THE SEA WAS SPRINKLED"
  324. 324.A SONG OF DESIRE
  325. 325.THE PINES AND THE SEA
  326. 326.SEA FEVER
  327. 327.HASTINGS MILL
  328. 328."A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA"
  329. 329.THE SEA
  330. 330.SAILOR'S SONG
  331. 331."A LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE"
  332. 332.TACKING SHIP OFF SHORE
  333. 333.IN OUR BOAT
  334. 334.POOR JACK
  335. 335."ROCKED IN THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP"
  336. 336.OUTWARD
  337. 337.A PASSER-BY
  338. 338.OFF RIVIERE DU LOUP
  339. 339.CHRISTMAS AT SEA
  340. 340.THE PORT O' HEART'S DESIRE
  341. 341.ON THE QUAY
  342. 342.THE FORGING OF THE ANCHOR
  343. 343.DRIFTING
  344. 344."HOW'S MY BOY?"
  345. 345.THE LONG WRITE SEAM
  346. 346.STORM SONG
  347. 347.THE MARINER'S DREAM
  348. 348.THE INCHCAPE ROCK
  349. 349.THE SEA
  350. 350.THE SANDS OF DEE
  351. 351.THE THREE FISHERS
  352. 352.BALLAD
  353. 353.THE NORTHERN STAR
  354. 354.THE FISHER'S WIDOW
  355. 355.CALLER HERRIN'
  356. 356.HANNAH BINDING SHOES
  357. 357.THE SAILOR
  358. 358.THE BURIAL OF THE DANE
  359. 359.TOM BOWLING
  360. 360.MESSMATES
  361. 361.THE LAST BUCCANEER
  362. 362.THE LAST BUCCANEER
  363. 363.THE LEADSMAN'S SONG
  364. 364.HOMEWARD BOUND
  365. 365.THE SIMPLE LIFE
  366. 366.THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE
  367. 367.A WISH
  368. 368.ODE ON SOLITUDE
  369. 369."THRICE HAPPY HE"
  370. 370."UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE"
  371. 371.CORIDON'S SONG
  372. 372.THE OLD SQUIRE
  373. 373.INSCRIPTION IN A HERMITAGE
  374. 374.THE RETIREMENT
  375. 375.THE COUNTRY FAITH
  376. 376.TRULY GREAT
  377. 377.EARLY MORNING AT BARGIS
  378. 378.THE CUP
  379. 379.A STRIP OF BLUE
  380. 380.AN ODE TO MASTER ANTHONY STAFFORD
  381. 381."THE MIDGES DANCE ABOON THE BURN"
  382. 382.THE PLOW
  383. 383.THE USEFUL PLOW
  384. 384."TO ONE WHO HAS BEEN LONG IN CITY PENT"
  385. 385.THE QUIET LIFE
  386. 386.THE WISH
  387. 387.EXPOSTULATION AND REPLY
  388. 388.THE TABLES TURNED
  389. 389.SIMPLE NATURE
  390. 390."I FEAR NO POWER A WOMAN WIELDS"
  391. 391.A RUNNABLE STAG
  392. 392.HUNTING-SONG
  393. 393."A-HUNTING WE WILL GO"
  394. 394.THE ANGLER'S INVITATION
  395. 395.THE ANGLER'S WISH
  396. 396.THE ANGLER
  397. 397.WANDERLUST
  398. 398.TO JANE: THE INVITATION
  399. 399."MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS"
  400. 400."AFAR IN THE DESERT"
  401. 401.SPRING SONG IN THE CITY
  402. 402.IN CITY STREETS
  403. 403.THE VAGABOND
  404. 404.IN THE HIGHLANDS
  405. 405.THE SONG MY PADDLE SINGS
  406. 406.THE GIPSY TRAIL
  407. 407.WANDERLUST
  408. 408.THE FOOTPATH WAY
  409. 409.A MAINE TRAIL
  410. 410.AFOOT
  411. 411.FROM ROMANY TO ROME
  412. 412.THE TOIL OF THE TRAIL
  413. 413.DO YOU FEAR THE WIND?
  414. 414.THE KING'S HIGHWAY
  415. 415.THE FORBIDDEN LURE
  416. 416.THE WANDER-LOVERS
  417. 417.THE SEA GIPSY
  418. 418.A VAGABOND SONG
  419. 419.SPRING SONG
  420. 420.THE MENDICANTS
  421. 421.THE JOYS OF THE ROAD
  422. 422.THE SONG OF THE FOREST RANGER
  423. 423.A DROVER
  424. 424.BALLAD OF LOW-LIE-DOWN
  425. 425.THE GOOD INN
  426. 426.NIGHT FOR ADVENTURES
  427. 427.SONG
  428. 428.THE VOORTREKKER
  429. 429.THE LONG TRAIL — THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, INDEX TO ALL FOUR VOLUMES
  430. 430.ALPHABETICAL INDEX
  431. 431.Contents — THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, VOLUME 2 — THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, VOLUME 3 — THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, VOLUME 4 — THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE, ALPHABETICAL INDEX
  432. 432.Contents

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