The Rhyme and Reason of Country Life

About this eBook

Compiler

Cooper, Susan Fenimore, 1813-1894

Title

The rhyme and reason of country life : or, Selections from fields old and new

Original Publication

New York: G. P. Putnam & Co., 1854.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Poetry -- Collections

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 74555

Release Date

October 10, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE Rhyme and Reason OF COUNTRY LIFE: OR, SELECTIONS FROM Fields Old and New.
2. 2.Preface.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
5. 5.I. The Flower and the Leaf. — THE FLOWER AND THE LEAF.
6. 6.II. The Bee. — TO THE BEES. — ON A BEE’S NEST. — THE BEE. — MANAGEMENT OF BEES. — FROM SHAKSPEARE. — THE DRONE. — MEMORY OF THE BEE. — THE DEATH OF THE BEE. — SONNET.
7. 7.III. Spring. — THE RETURN OF SPRING IN GREECE. — SPRING. — DESCRIPTION OF SPRING. — SPRING. — ON SPRING. — SONNET ON SPRING. — SPRING, AT EASTER. — THE AIRS OF SPRING. — RETURN OF SPRING. — ODE TO SPRING. — THE FLOWER. — ODE. — TO SPRING. — TO SPRING. — SPRING. — ODE. — THE AWAKENING YEAR. — SPRING SCENE. — SPRING.
8. 8.IV. Morning. — MORNING MELODIES. — MORNING WALK. — HYMN. — MORNING. — SPRING MORNING IN ITALY. — UP, AMARYLLIS! — THE MORNING WALK. — DANISH MORNING SONG. — SUMMER MORNING SONG.
9. 9.V. Lark and Nightingale. — THE NOTE OF THE NIGHTINGALE. — SONNET. — THE NIGHTINGALE. — ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE. — THE NIGHTINGALE. — THE NIGHTINGALE. — THE MOTHER BIRD. — THE MOTHER NIGHTINGALE. — THE NIGHTINGALE. — NEST OF THE NIGHTINGALE. — THE NIGHTINGALE. — THE LARK. — FROM THE “COMPLETE ANGLER.” — TO THE SKYLARK. — A LARK SINGING IN A RAINBOW. — THE SKYLARK. — THE MOORS OF JUTLAND. — THE RISING OF THE LARK. — THE LARK. — LARK. — LINES.
10. 10.VI. May. — MAY MORNING. — EMILIA ON MAY DAY. — SALUTATION OF MAIA. — SONG — MAY. — SONG. — MAY.
11. 11.VII. The Flock. — ON A RURAL IMAGE OF PAN. — PASTORAL SCENE FROM “THE ARCADIA.” — FROM THE “FAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS.” — THE SHEPHERD’S LIFE. — THE SHEPHERD’S ADDRESS TO HIS MUSE. — PHILLIDA AND CORYDON. [9] — SHEARING TIME. — A FAYRE AND HAPPY MILK-MAID. — SHEEP-PASTURES. — THE SPINNER’S SONG. — SONG FOR THE SPINNING-WHEEL. — WURTHA. — TO MEADOWS. — FRENCH SONG.
12. 12.VIII. The Garland. — FLOWERS. — SPRING-FLOWERS. — ARRANGEMENTS OF A BOUQUET. — HEART’S-EASE. — THE GARLAND. — TO PRIMROSES — TO THE NARCISSUS. — ECHO. — THE ROSE. — ANCIENT SERVIAN SONG. — TO BLOSSOMS. — CHILDREN’S POSIES. — LOVE’S WREATH. — TO DAFFODILS. — THE LILY. — WILD FLOWERS. — TO THE SWEET-BRIER. — THE WILD HONEYSUCKLE. — WILD FLOWERS. — BEAU AND THE LILY. — FLOWERS. — ALPINE FLOWERS. — TO THE BRAMBLE FLOWER. — THE PAINTED CUP. — THE WREATH OF GRASSES. — DIVINATION. — GRASS. — DAFFODILS.
13. 13.IX. Medley. — GRONGAR HILL. — LETTER ON CERTAIN TREES. — A SKETCH. — AN ENGLISH PEASANT’S COTTAGE. — RUTH. — SIMPLE PLEASURES. — FROM “THE COMPLETE ANGLER.” — THE MILK-MAID’S SONG. — THE MILK-MAID’S MOTHER’S ANSWER. — THE SOLITARY REAPER. — THE HUSBANDMAN.
14. 14.X. The Garden. — THE GARDEN. — OF GARDENS. — A GARDEN. — THE GARDEN OF ALCINOUS. — THE GARDEN OF EDEN. — OF GARDENS. — GARDENING. — FLOWERS AND ART. — CHINESE GARDENING. — EMPLOYMENT. — THE GARDEN. — THE GARDENER. — LINES.
15. 15.XI. Summer. — SAXON SONG OF SUMMER. — LINES — THE SUMMER MONTHS. — VIRTUE. — FROM THE “HOLY DYING.” — SIMILE. — THE SUN — THE SUN — DELIGHT IN GOD. — NOON. — SUMMER DREAM. — SUMMER. — PORTUGUESE CANZONET.
16. 16.XII. The Forest. — FROM “EVANGELINE.” — SONG. — A GROVE. — OF THE SEMINARY, AND OF TRANSPLANTING. — WINDSOR FOREST. — FAIRLOP. — AN OLD OAK. — YARDLEY OAK. — THE GROANING ELM OF BADESLEY. — YEW-TREES. — LINES. — LIME-TREES. — THE BIRCH-TREE. — THE HEMLOCK-TREE. — THE OAK. — ON AN ANCIENT OAK. — WOOD NOTES. — A PINE-FOREST. — A WOOD IN WINTER. — “LEAVES HAVE THEIR TIME TO FALL.” — SONNET.
17. 17.XIII. Birds. — LINES — FLIGHT OF CRANES. — THE SWALLOW AND THE GRASSHOPPER. — THE SAME — SONG OF THE SWALLOW. — SWALLOWS. — LINES — THE BLACK COCK. — TO THE MOCKING-BIRD. — THE BOB-O-LINKUM. — THE OWL. — EXTRACT. — THE PATTICHAP’S NEST. — A THOUGHT. — THE BIRDS OF PASSAGE. — THE DOVE. — THE DYING SWAN. — THE TWA CORBIES. — THE RED-BREAST IN SEPTEMBER.
18. 18.XIV. The Butterfly. — MUIOPOTMOS; — ON A LOCUST. — TO THE CICADA. — THE GRASSHOPPER. — INSECTS. — FLOWERS AND INSECTS. — THE DRAGON-FLY. — TO AN INSECT. — THE GRASSHOPPER.
19. 19.XV. The Streams. — THE STREAMS. — THE THAMES. — RIVER AND SONG. — ODE TO LEVEN-WATER. — SONG. — THE RIVULET. — THE STREAM OF THE ROCK. — A RIVER. — LIFE COMPARED TO A STREAM. — ON THE BRONZE IMAGE OF A FROG. — LITTLE STREAMS. — FROGS. — THE RIVULETS. — LINES. — THE WAY-SIDE SPRING. — GULLS. — THE FOUNTAIN.
20. 20.XVI. Fairies. — ELVES. — HYNDE ETIN. — THE FAIRY QUEEN. — THE MERRY PRANKS OF ROBIN GOOD-FELLOW. — SLAVIC. — COTTAGE FAIRY. — FAIRIES IN THE HIGHLANDS.
21. 21.XVII. Medley. — OF BEAUTY. — FRAGMENT. — THE MEMORY OF A WALK. — A BOWER. — MIST OF THE MOUNTAIN-TOP. — EMBLEM. — SONG. — TO A MOUNTAIN-DAISY, — MOSSGIEL. — THE FOREST-LEAVES IN AUTUMN. — BOHEMIAN — LANDSCAPE AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS.
22. 22.XVIII. THE CALENDAR. — THE OPENING YEAR. — JANUARY. — ON OBSERVING A BLOSSOM — FEBRUARY. — MARCH. — APRIL. — APRIL. — ODE TO FIRST OF APRIL. — APRIL. — MAY. — JUNE. — JULY. — AUGUST. — AUGUST. — SEPTEMBER. — OCTOBER. — NOVEMBER. — NOVEMBER. — NOVEMBER IN ENGLAND. — SONNET. — SONG. — I. — II.
23. 23.XIX. The Schoolmistress. — THE SCHOOLMISTRESS. — THE HAMLET. — THE NOSEGAY. — THE WELL OF ST. KEYNE. — LOSEL’S FARM.
24. 24.GIPSIES. — A STERILE FIELD. — THE ENGLISH COMMON. — LINES — LINES
25. 25.XX. Autumn. — TO AUTUMN NEAR HER DEPARTURE. — AUTUMN. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — ODE — SONG. — AUTUMN SCENE IN ENGLAND. — INDIAN SUMMER. — AN AUTUMN LANDSCAPE. — AUTUMN WOODS.
26. 26.XXI. Medley. — A WISH. — A COUNTRY LIFE. — OF BUILDING. — OF BUILDING. — THE WISH. — A THANKSGIVING FOR HIS HOUSE. — THE STRANGER ON THE SILL. — THE INVITATION. — ICELANDIC LINES. — DOMESTIC PEACE.
27. 27.XXII. THE HUNT. — ANCIENT HUNTING SONG. — HOUNDS. — DEER LEAP. — THE HARE. — A HUNTER’S MATIN. — A SPORTSMAN OF OLDEN TIME. — SONNET. — SONNET. — LINES.
28. 28.XXIII. Medley. — ODE. — LETTER OF SIR THOMAS MORE TO HIS WIFE. — PEASANT PAVO. — COUNTRY LIFE. — SCENE IN AN AMERICAN FOREST. — SONG. — SONG. — BLESSINGS OF A COUNTRY LIFE. — PLAGUES OF A COUNTRY LIFE.
29. 29.XXIV. Wind and Cloud — A STORM IN AUTUMN. — TO THE RAINBOW. — THE WINDY NIGHT. — A SHOWER. — TO THE RAINBOW. — THE HURRICANE. — THE RAINBOW.
30. 30.XXV. Medley. — THE STORY OF AARON THE BEGGAR. — ELEGY. — TAKE THY OLD CLOAKE ABOUT THEE. [14] — THE COUNTRY LASSE. — HARVEST SONG. — SONG. — SERVIAN. — LINES. — THE BALADE OF THE SHEPHARDE.
31. 31.XXVI. Medley. — SONG. — SONG OF COLMA — SONG. — LINES. — LETTER OF ST. BASIL, DESCRIBING HIS HERMITAGE. — A VISION. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — THE CAMPAGNA OF ROME. — THE WAVE OF LIFE. — MUTABILITY.
32. 32.XXVII. Winter. — WINTER. — A WINTER SCENE. — WINTER SONG. — HOLLY SONG. — AN OLD-FASHIONED HOLLY HEDGE. — CHRISTMAS CAROL. — I. — II. — THE SEASONS. — A WINTER SONG. — THE THRUSH. — SONNET. — SPRING AND WINTER. — WOODS IN WINTER. — WINTER.
33. 33.XXVIII. Medley. — FRAGMENT FROM THE GREEK OF ARISTOTLE. — THE CREATION OF THE EARTH. — EARTH. — THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES. — LINES. — AN ITALIAN NOON. — ITALIAN SONG. — A FARM SCENE IN PORTUGAL. — FROM “THE LUSIAD.” — PARADISE. — NATURE TEACHING IMMORTALITY.
34. 34.XXIX. Evening and Night. — THE MOON. — LINES — TO CYNTHIA. — TO NIGHT. — NIGHT. — TO THE MOON. — MOONLIGHT. — ELEGY. — NIGHT SONG. — PROGRESS OF EVENING. — NIGHT. — EVENING. — SPRING EVENING. — SONG. — SONG. — LIFE. — ON HOPE. — SONNET. — TWILIGHT.

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