THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW.

A NEW EDITION,

ILLUSTRATED WITH UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED DESIGNS,

DRAWN BY JOHN GILBERT,

ENGRAVED BY THE BROTHERS DALZIEL.

LONDON:

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO. FARRINGDON STREET.

M. DCCC, LVII.

A PSALM OF LIFE. What the Heart of the young Man said to the Psalmist

THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS

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HYMN OF THE MORAVIAN NUNS OF BETHLEHEM, AT THE CONSECRATION

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THE GOOD SHEPHERD. From the Spanish of Lope de Vega

TO-MORROW. From the Spanish of Lope de Vega

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THE CELESTIAL PILOT. From Dante. Purgatorio, II.

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THE TERRESTRIAL PARADISE. From Dante. Purgatorio, XXVIII. .

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BEATRICE. From Dante. Purgatorio, XXX. XXXI,

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TRANSLATIONS.

KING CHRISTIAN. A National Song of Denmark. From the Danish of

Johannes Evald .

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THE HAPPIEST LAND. Fragment of a Modern Ballad. From the German

THE WAVE. From the German of Tiedge.

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THE DEAD. From the German of Klopstock.

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THE BIRD AND THE SHIP. From the German of Müller

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WHITHER? From the German of Müller

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BEWARE! From the German

SONG OF THE BELL. From the German

THE CASTLE BY THE SEA. From the German of Uhland

THE BLACK KNIGHT. From the German of Uhland

SONG OF THE SILENT LAND.

L'ENVOI .

BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS.-1842.

PREFACE.

THE SKELETON IN ARMOUR

THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS

THE LUCK OF EDENHALL. From the German of Uhland

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From the German of Salis

THE ELECTED KNIGHT. From the Danish

THE CHILDREN OF THE LORD'S SUPPER. From the Swedish of Bishop

Tegnér ..

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MISCELLANEOUS.

THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH

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ENDYMION

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THE TWO LOCKS OF HAIR. From the German of Pfizer

THE GOOD PART, THAT SHALL NOT BE TAKEN AWAY

THE SLAVE IN THE DISMAL SWAMP

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THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT

THE WITNESSES

THE QUADROON GIRL

THE WARNING

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