Table of Contents
Early Lyrics
Dedication: To Tracy......................................................................................................9Transience....................................................................................................................9Lines: The Sun Spread Its Balmy Subsistence..................................................................10The Cowhand..............................................................................................................10The Rape of Issus.........................................................................................................11 A Lamentation.............................................................................................................12On Returning to Northland...........................................................................................12Ode on a Fruitless Elk Hunt..........................................................................................13The Poet.....................................................................................................................15To ___.......................................................................................................................16 We Weep for You, America..........................................................................................17Land of the Free...........................................................................................................18To C___.....................................................................................................................19To Rebekah.................................................................................................................19To Nikki.....................................................................................................................20To Nikki: On Hearing Her Sing “Danny Boy”.................................................................20To Seth.......................................................................................................................21Ode on a Crystalline Lake.............................................................................................22Innocence Lost............................................................................................................23Dance of the Fairies.....................................................................................................25Fragment: World of a Dream.........................................................................................27The Castaway..............................................................................................................27Maid Maleen................................................................................................................29
Portraits from Scripture
The Preacher...............................................................................................................39Ruth...........................................................................................................................39David..........................................................................................................................40Elijah..........................................................................................................................42Rahab.........................................................................................................................45The Crossing of the Sea................................................................................................46 Jesus Welcoming Home a Martyr...................................................................................47 A Millennial Hymn.......................................................................................................48Search Me and Know Me...............................................................................................49Search Me and Know Me (II).........................................................................................50 All For His Great Praise................................................................................................50Our Great High Priest..................................................................................................51I Will Praise You..........................................................................................................52
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