SONG TO THE EVENING STAR
DATUR HORA QUIETI
TO THE MOON
TO SLEEP
THE SOLDIER'S DREAM
A DREAM OF THE UNKNOWN
KUBLA KHAN
THE INNER VISION
THE REALM OF FANCY
WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING
RUTH: OR THE INFLUENCES OF NATURE
WRITTEN AMONG THE EUGANEAN HILLS
ODE TO THE WEST WIND
NATURE AND THE POET
THE POET'S DREAM
GLEN-ALMAIN, THE NARROW GLEN
WITHIN KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE
ODE ON A GRECIAN URN
YOUTH AND AGE
THE TWO APRIL MORNINGS
THE FOUNTAIN
THE RIVER OF LIFE
THE HUMAN SEASONS
A DIRGE
THRENOS
THE TROSACHS
ODE ON INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY FROM RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
INDEX OF WRITERS
INDEX OF FIRST LINES
Richard Clay and Sons, Limited,
THE GOLDEN TREASURY SERIES.
MACMILLAN & CO., Limited , LONDON.
PREFACE
This little Collection differs, it is believed, from others in the attempt made to include in it all the best original Lyrical pieces and Songs in our language (save a very few regretfully omitted on account of length), by writers not living,—and none beside the best. Many familiar verses will hence be met with; many also which should be familiar:—the Editor will regard as his fittest readers those who love Poetry so well, that he can offer them nothing not already known and valued.
The Editor is acquainted with no strict and exhaustive definition of Lyrical Poetry; but he has found the task of practical decision increase in clearness and in facility as he advanced with the work, whilst keeping in view a few simple principles. Lyrical has been here held essentially to imply that each Poem shall