'WHAT WERE I, LOVE, IF I WERE
STRIPPED
OF THEE?
James Russell Lowell
The present Cabinet edition
contains all the poems in the Cambridge edition. It is made from new
plates, and for the convenience of the student the longer poems have
their lines numbered, and indexes of titles and first lines are added.
_Autumn, 1899_.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EARLIER POEMS.
THRENODIA
THE SIRENS
IRENE
SERENADE
WITH A PRESSED FLOWER
THE BEGGAR
MY LOVE
SUMMER STORM
LOVE
TO PERDITA, SINGING
THE MOON
REMEMBERED MUSIC
SONG. TO M. L.
ALLEGRA
THE FOUNTAIN
ODE
THE FATHERLAND
THE FORLORN
MIDNIGHT
A PRAYER
THE HERITAGE
THE ROSE: A BALLAD
SONG, 'VIOLET! SWEET VIOLET! '
ROSALINE
A REQUIEM
A PARABLE
SONG, 'O MOONLIGHT DEEP AND TENDER'
SONNETS.
I. TO A. C. L.
II.
'WHAT WERE I, LOVE, IF I WERE STRIPPED OF THEE? '
III. 'I WOULD NOT HAVE THIS PERFECT LOVE OF OURS'
IV. 'FOR THIS TRUE NOBLENESS I SEEK IN VAIN'
V. TO THE SPIRIT OF KEATS
VI. 'GREAT TRUTHS ARE PORTIONS OF THE SOUL OF MAN'
VII. 'I ASK NOT FOR THOSE THOUGHTS, THAT SUDDEN LEAP'
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'
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
XV.
contains all the poems in the Cambridge edition. It is made from new
plates, and for the convenience of the student the longer poems have
their lines numbered, and indexes of titles and first lines are added.
_Autumn, 1899_.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EARLIER POEMS.
THRENODIA
THE SIRENS
IRENE
SERENADE
WITH A PRESSED FLOWER
THE BEGGAR
MY LOVE
SUMMER STORM
LOVE
TO PERDITA, SINGING
THE MOON
REMEMBERED MUSIC
SONG. TO M. L.
ALLEGRA
THE FOUNTAIN
ODE
THE FATHERLAND
THE FORLORN
MIDNIGHT
A PRAYER
THE HERITAGE
THE ROSE: A BALLAD
SONG, 'VIOLET! SWEET VIOLET! '
ROSALINE
A REQUIEM
A PARABLE
SONG, 'O MOONLIGHT DEEP AND TENDER'
SONNETS.
I. TO A. C. L.
II.
'WHAT WERE I, LOVE, IF I WERE STRIPPED OF THEE? '
III. 'I WOULD NOT HAVE THIS PERFECT LOVE OF OURS'
IV. 'FOR THIS TRUE NOBLENESS I SEEK IN VAIN'
V. TO THE SPIRIT OF KEATS
VI. 'GREAT TRUTHS ARE PORTIONS OF THE SOUL OF MAN'
VII. 'I ASK NOT FOR THOSE THOUGHTS, THAT SUDDEN LEAP'
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'
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
XV.
