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THE CHILDREN'S HOUR

AND OTHER POEMS

WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

AND NOTES

CONTENTS.

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

THE CHILDREN'S HOUR

THE WINDMILL

MAIDEN AND WEATHERCOCK

DECORATION DAY

HYMN OF THE MORAVIAN Nuns OF BETHLEHEM

THE PHANTOM SHIP

PEGASUS IN POUND

THE SERMON OF ST. FRANCIS

WALTER VON DER VOGELWEID

SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT

VICTOR GALBRAITH

THE ROPEWALK

SANTA FILOMENA

THE THREE KINGS

THE CASTLE BY THE SEA .

THE SKELETON IN ARMOR

THE FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY OF AGASSIZ

MAIDENHOOD

EXCELSIOR

THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH .

FROM MY ARM-CHAIR

Song: “STAY, STAY AT HOME, MY HEART”

THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS

THE BELLS OF LYNN

THE TIDE RISES, THE TIDE FALLS

THE OPEN WINDOW

RESIGNATION

A DAY OF SUNSHINE

DAYLIGHT AND MOONLIGHT

TWILIGHT

DAYBREAK

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