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Charles William Wallace. Spider-webs in Verse: A Collection of Lyrics for Leisure Moments, Spun at Idle Hours
Spider-webs in Verse: A Collection of Lyrics for Leisure Moments, Spun at Idle Hours
Table of Contents
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
Symbols and Notes
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
