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Songs of the Silent World, and Other Poems - Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Songs of the Silent World, and Other Poems
Published by Good Press, 2022
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EAN 4064066159757
Table of Contents
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
I.
SONGS OF THE SILENT WORLD.
AFTERWARD.
RELEASED.
THE ROOM'S WIDTH.
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS APART.
THE ANGEL JOY.
STRONGER THAN DEATH
II.
VITTORIA.
NEW NEIGHBORS.
BY THE HEARTH.
TOLD IN CONFIDENCE.
WHAT THE VIOLINS SAID.
WON.
SPENT.
PARTED.
AN APRIL GUST.
THE ANSWER.
THORNS.
THE INDIAN GIRL.
SEALED.
GUINEVERE.
SUNG TO A FRIEND.
INCOMPLETION.
RAFE'S CHASM.
GALATEA.
PART OF THE PRICE.
EURYDICE.
ELAINE AND ELAINE.
III.
THE POET AND THE POEM.
OVERTASKED.
STRANDED.
GLOUCESTER HARBOR.
THE TERRIBLE TEST.
MY DREAMS ARE OF THE SEA.
SONG.
AN INTERPRETATION.
THE SPHINX.[ ]
VICTURÆ SALUTAMUS.[ ]
THE ERMINE.
UNQUENCHED.[ ]
THE KING'S IMAGE.
IV.
AT THE PARTY.
A JEWISH LEGEND.
V.
THE SONGS OF SEVENTY YEARS.
BIRTHDAY VERSES.
A TRIBUTE.
TO O. W. H.
WHOSE SHALL THE WELCOME BE?
EXEAT.
GEORGE ELIOT.[ ]
HER JURY.
VI.
A PRAYER.
AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
HYMN.
ANSWERED.
WESTWARD.
THREE FRIENDS.
A NEW FRIEND.
AN ETCHING.
TO MY FATHER.
THE GATES BETWEEN.
A PRAYER.
Writings of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
I.
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Afterward
Released
The Room's Width
The First Christmas Apart
The Angel Joy
Absent!
The Unseen Comrades
Stronger than Death
II.
Table of Contents
Vittoria
New Neighbors
By the Hearth
Told in Confidence
What the Violins Said
Won
Spent
Parted
An April Gust
The Answer
Thorns
The Indian Girl
Sealed
Guinevere
Sung to a Friend
Incompletion
Rafe's Chasm
Galatea
Part of the Price
Eurydice
Elaine and Elaine
III.
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The Poet and the Poem
Overtasked
Stranded
Gloucester Harbor
The Terrible Test
My Dreams are of the Sea
Song
An Interpretation
The Sphinx
Victuræ Salutamus
The Ermine
Unquenched
The King's Image
IV.
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At the Party
A Jewish Legend
V.
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The Songs of Seventy Years
Birthday Verses
A Tribute
To O. W. H.
Whose shall the Welcome be?
Exeat
George Eliot
Her Jury
VI.
Table of Contents
A Prayer. (Matins.)
An Acknowledgment
Hymn
Answered
Westward
Three Friends
A New Friend
An Etching
To my Father
The Gates Between
A Prayer. (Vespers.)
I.
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SONGS OF THE SILENT WORLD.
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AFTERWARD.
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There is no vacant chair. The loving meet—
A group unbroken—smitten, who knows how?
One sitteth silent only, in his usual seat;
We gave him once that freedom. Why not now?
Perhaps he is too weary, and needs rest;
He needed it too often, nor could we
Bestow. God gave it, knowing how to do so best.
Which of us would disturb him? Let him be.
There is no vacant chair. If he will take
The mood to listen mutely, be it done.
By his least mood we crossed, for which the heart must ache,
Plead not nor question! Let him have this one.
Death is a mood of life. It is no whim
By which life's Giver mocks a broken heart.
Death is life's reticence. Still audible to Him,
The hushed voice, happy, speaketh on, apart.
There is no vacant chair. To love is still
To have. Nearer to memory than to eye,
And dearer yet to anguish than to comfort, will
We hold him by our love, that shall not die.
For while it doth not, thus he cannot. Try!
Who can put out the motion or the smile?
The old ways of being noble all with him laid by?
Because we love, he is. Then trust awhile.
RELEASED.
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Oh, joy of the dying!
At last thou art mine.
And leaping to meet thee,
Impatient to greet thee,
A rapid and rapturous, sensitive, fine