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			 Ed.—I 
			have not transcribed the first two sections of this collection of 
			Jean Ingelow's poems because each already exists in its original 
			published edition elsewhere on this website —  see  
			POEMS, 
			and  THE 
			STORY OF DOOM 
			AND OTHER 
			POEMS. 
			I 
			have numbered stanzas in some of the longer poems or inserted other 
			reference points to ease problems in following long passages of text 
			on the screen.  | 
		 
	 
 
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 THE MONITIONS OF THE UNSEEN, AND 
POEMS OF LOVE AND CHILDHOOD. 
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THE MONITIONS OF THE UNSEEN  | 
			
			 
			
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A BIRTHDAY WALK  | 
			
			 
			
			433.  | 
		 
		
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NOT IN VAIN I WAITED  | 
			
			 
			
			435.  | 
		 
		
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A GLEANING SONG  | 
			
			 
			
			436.  | 
		 
		
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WITH A DIAMOND  | 
			
			 
			
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FANCY  | 
			
			 
			
			
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COMPENSATION   | 
			
			 
			
			438.  | 
		 
		
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LOOKING DOWN   | 
			
			 
			
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MARRIED LOVERS   | 
			
			 
			
			439.  | 
		 
		
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A WINTER SONG   | 
			
			 
			
			441.  | 
		 
		
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BINDING SHEAVES   | 
			
			 
			
			442.  | 
		 
		
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WORK   | 
			
			 
			
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WISHING   | 
			
			 
			
			443.  | 
		 
		
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To ―――  | 
			
			 
			
			444.  | 
		 
		
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ON THE BORDERS OF CANNOCK CHASE   | 
			
			 
			
			444.  | 
		 
		
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THE MARINER'S CAVE   | 
			
			 
			
			445.  | 
		 
		
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A REVERIE   | 
			
			 
			
			454.  | 
		 
		
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DEFTON WOOD   | 
			
			 
			
			456.  | 
		 
		
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THE SNOWDROP MONUMENT         
(IN 
LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL)  | 
			
			 
			
			457.  | 
		 
		
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AN ANCIENT CHESS KING   | 
			
			 
			
			459.  | 
		 
		
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COMFORT IN THE NIGHT   | 
			
			 
			
			460.  | 
		 
		
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THOUGH ALL GREAT DEEDS   | 
			
			 
			
			460.  | 
		 
		
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THE LONG WHITE SEAM   | 
			
			 
			
			461.  | 
		 
		
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AN OLD WIFE'S SONG  | 
			
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COLD AND QUIET   | 
			
			 
			
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A SNOW MOUNTAIN  | 
			
			 
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SLEEP   | 
			
			 
			
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PROMISING   | 
			
			 
			
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LOVE   | 
			
			 
			
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POEMS WRITTEN ON THE DEATHS         OF THREE CHILDREN:  | 
			
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Henry, aged eight years  | 
			
			  467.  | 
		 
		
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Samuel, aged nine years   | 
			
			 
			
			471.  | 
		 
		
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Katie, aged five years  | 
			
			 
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THE TWO MARGARITAS:  | 
			
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I. Margaret by the Mere Side  | 
			
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II. Margaret in the Xebecs   | 
			
			 
			
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THE SHEPHERD LADY  | 
			
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ABOVE THE CLOUDS  | 
			
			  507.  | 
		 
		
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LOVE'S THREAD OF GOLD  | 
			
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FAILURE  | 
			
			  508.  | 
		 
		
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ONE MORNING, OH! SO EARLY  | 
			
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THE DAYS WITHOUT ALLOY  | 
			
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THE-LEAVES OF LION ALOES  | 
			
			  511.  | 
		 
		
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ON THE ROCKS BY ABERDEEN  | 
			
			  511.  | 
		 
		
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FEATHERS AND MOSS  | 
			
			 
			 512.  | 
		 
		
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SWEET IS CHILDHOOD  | 
			
			 
			 512.  | 
		 
		
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THE GYPSY'S SELLING SONG  | 
			
			 
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A WOOING SONG  | 
			
			 
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SLEEP AND TIME  | 
			
			 
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MASTER, QUOTA THE AULD HOUND  | 
			
			 
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LIKE A MAVERICK IN THE LIFT  | 
			
			 
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AT ONE AGAIN  | 
			
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I. Noonday  | 
			
			 
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II. Sunset  | 
			
			 
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III. The Dream  | 
			
			 
			 517.  | 
		 
		
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IV. The Waking  | 
			
			 
			 518.  | 
		 
		
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V. A Song  | 
			
			 
			 518.  | 
		 
		
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VI. Lovers  | 
			
			 
			 519.  | 
		 
		
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VII. Fathers  | 
			
			 
			 520.  | 
		 
	 
 
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