THE HARVARD CLASSICS The Five-Foot Shelf of Books The Lady of Shalott By ./. W. Water house, R.A: THE HARVARD CLASSICS EDITED BY CHARLES W. ELIOT, LL.D. English Poetry IN THREE VOLUMES VOLUME III From Tennyson to Whitman With Introductions and Notes Volume 42 P. F. Collier & Son Corporation NEW YORK Copyright, 1910 BY P. F. COLLIER & SON Copyright, 1870 BY FIELDS, OSGOOD & Co. Copyright, 1898 BY BRET HARTE Copyright, 1882 BY DAVID MCKAY Copyright, 1884, 1891 BY MARY D. LANIER Published by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS Copyright, 1883 BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Copyright, 1889 BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Copyright, 1893 BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Copyright, 1865, 1868 BY LONGMANS, GREEN & COMPANY Copyright, 1891 BY CASSELL & COMPANY Copyright, 1896 BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS MANUFACTURED IN U. S. A. CONTENTS ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON PA°* THE LADY OF SHALOTT 9*>7 SWEET AND LOW 972 TEARS, IDLE TEARS 972 BLOW, BUGLE, BLOW 973 HOME THEY BROUGHT HER WARRIOR DEAD 973 Now SLEEPS THE CRIMSON PETAL 974 O SWALLOW, SWALLOW 974 BREAK, BREAK, BREAK < • • 975 IN THE VALLEY OF CAUTERETZ 976 VIVIEN'S SONG 97^ ENID'S SONG 976 ULYSSES 977 LOCKSLEY HALL 979 MORTE D'ARTHUR 9^6 THE LOTOS-EATERS 993 You ASK ME, WHY 998 LOVE THOU THY LAND 999 SIR GALAHAD 1002 THE HIGHER PANTHEISM 1004 FLOWER IN THE CRANNIED WALL 1005 WAGES 1005 THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE 1005 THE REVENGE 1007 RIZPAH 1011 To VIRGIL 1014 MAUD 1015 CROSSING THE BAR 1057 RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES, LORD HOUGHTON SONNET 1057 WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY THE END OF THE PLAY 1058 CHARLES KINGSLEY AIRLY BEACON 1060 THE SANDS OF DEE 1061 959 960 CONTENTS CHARLES KINGSLEY (Continued) YOUNG AND OLD 1062 ODE TO THE NORTH-EAST WIND 1002 J. WILSON (?) THE CANADIAN BOAT SONG 1064 ROBERT BROWNING PROSPICE I0^5 'How THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX' [16—] 1066 THE LOST LEADER 1067 HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD 1068 HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM THE SEA 1069 PARTING AT MORNING 1069 THE LOST MISTRESS 1069 THE LAST RIDE TOGETHER 1070 PIPPA'S SONG 1073 YOU'LL LOVE ME YET 1073 MY LAST DUCHESS 1074 THE BISHOP ORDERS HIS TOMB AT SAINT PRAXED'S CHURCH . 1075 EVELYN HOPE 1078 A TOCCATA OF GALUPPI'S 1080 MEMORABILIA 1082 THE PATRIOT 1082 A GRAMMARIAN'S FUNERAL 1083 ANDREA DEL SARTO 1087 ONE WORD MORE 1094 ABT VOGLER ..." 1100 RABBI BEN EZRA 1103 NEVER THE TIME AND THE PLACE 1108 DEDICATION OF THE RING AND THE BOOK 1109 EPILOGUE 1109 EMILY BRONTE LAST LINES 1110 THE OLD STOIC 1111 ROBERT STEPHEN HAWKER AND SHALL TRELAWNY DIE? nil COVENTRY PATMORE DEPARTURE 1112 CONTENTS 961 WILLIAM (JOHNSON) CORY PAGE HERACLITUS 1113 MIMNERMUS IN CHURCH 1114 SYDNEY DOBELL THE BALLAD OF KEITH OF RAVELSTON 1114 WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE FAIRIES " 16 GEORGE MAC DONALD THAT HOLY THING 1118 BABY 1118 EDWARD, EARL OF LYTTON THE LAST WISH 1119 ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH SAY NOT THE STRUGGLE NAUGHT AVAILETH 1119 THE STREAM OF LIFE 1120 IN A LONDON SQUARE 1121 QUA CURSUM VENTUS 1121 WHERE LIES THE LAND 1122 MATTHEW ARNOLD THE FORSAKEN MERMAN 1123 THE SONG OF CALLICLES 1126 To MARGUERITE 1128 REQUIESCAT 1129 SHAKESPEARE 1129 RUGBY CHAPEL 1130 MEMORIAL VERSES 1135 DOVER BEACH 1137 THE BETTER PART 1138 WORLDLY PLACE XI39 THE LAST WORD 1139 GEORGE MEREDITH LOVE IN THE VALLEY 1140 ALEXANDER SMITH BARBARA 1146 CHARLES DICKENS THE IVY GREEN 1147 962 CONTENTS THOMAS EDWARD BROWN PAGE MY GARDEN 1148 JAMES THOMSON (B. V.) GIFTS "49 DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE BLESSED DAMOZEL n 49 THE KING'S TRAGEDY n 53 LOVESIGHT 1178 HEART'S HOPE "78 GENIUS IN BEAUTY 1179 SILENT NOON "79 LOVE-SWEETNESS n 80 HEART'S COMPASS 1180 HER GIFTS 1181 CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI SONG 1181 REMEMBER 1182 UP-HILL 1182 IN THE ROUND TOWER AT JHANSI 1183 WILLIAM MORRIS THE DEFENCE OF GUENEVERE 1183 PROLOGUE OF THE EARTHLY PARADISE 1193 THE NYMPH'S SONG TO HYLAS 1194 THE DAY IS COMING 1195 THE DAYS THAT WERE 1197 JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY A WHITE ROSE 1198 ARTHUR WILLIAM EDGAR O'SHAUGHNESSY ODE 1198 ROBERT WILLIAMS BUCHANAN LIZ 1199 ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE CHORUS FROM ATALANTA' 1199 ITYLUS 1201 THE GARDEN OF PROSERPINE 1203 CONTENTS 963 ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE (Continued) PAGE A MATCH I205 A FORSAKEN GARDEN I207 WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY MARGARITA SORORI I209 INVICTUS 1210 ENGLAND, MY ENGLAND • • • 1210 ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON IN THE HIGHLANDS *212 THE CELESTIAL SURGEON 1212 REQUIEM I2I3 WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THANATOPSIS I2I3 ROBERT OF LINCOLN 1215 SONG OF MARION'S MEN 1217 JUNE 1219 THE PAST . 1221 To A WATERFOWL 1222 THE DEATH OF LINCOLN 1223 EDGAR ALLAN POE LENORE !224 THE HAUNTED PALACE 1225 To HELEN 1226 THE RAVEN 1227 ULALUME 1230 THE BELLS 1233 To MY MOTHER 1236 FOR ANNIE 1236 ANNABEL LEE 1239 THE CONQUEROR WORM 1240 RALPH WALDO EMERSON GOOD-BYE 1241 THE APOLOGY 1242 BRAHMA 1243 DAYS 1243 GIVE ALL TO LOVE 1244 CONCORD HYMN 1245 THE HUMBLE-BEE 1246 THE PROBLEM 1247 WOODNOTES 1249 BOSTON HYMN 1261 964 CONTENTS HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW PAGE A PSALM OF LIFE 1264 THE LIGHT OF STARS 1265 HYMN TO THE NIGHT 1267 FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS 1267 THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS 1269 THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH 1271 SERENADE 1273 THE RAINY DAY . 1273 THE DAY IS DONE 1274 THE BRIDGE 1275 RESIGNATION 1277 CHILDREN 1279 THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP 1280 MY LOST YOUTH 1290 THE FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY OF AGASSIZ 1293 THE CHILDREN'S HOUR 1294 PAUL REVERE'S RIDE 1295 KILLED AT THE FORD 1299 EVANGELINE 1300 JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE ETERNAL GOODNESS 1338 RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE 1341 MASSACHUSETTS TO VIRGINIA 1344 BARCLAY OF URY 1347 MAUD MULLER 1351 THE BAREFOOT BOY 1355 SKIPPER IRESON'S RIDE 1357 THE PIPES AT LUCKNOW 1360 BARBARA FRIETCHIE 1362 OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS 1365 OLD IRONSIDES 1366 THE LAST LEAF 1366 CONTENTMENT 1368 JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE PRESENT CRISIS 1370 THE PIOUS EDITOR'S CREED 1373 THE COURTIN' 1376 ODE RECITED AT THE HARVARD COMMEMORATION 1379 CONTENTS 965 SIDNEY LANIER PAGE THE MARSHES OF GLYNN 139° THE REVENGE OF HAMISH 1393 How LOVE LOOKED FOR HELL 1398 BRET HARTE THE REVEILLE 1401 WALT WHITMAN ONE'S-SELF I SING 1402 BEAT! BEAT! DRUMS! 1402 VIGIL STRANGE I KEPT ON THE FIELD ONE NIGHT .... 1403 PIONEERS! O PIONEERS! 1404 ETHIOPIA SALUTING THE COLORS 1407 THE WOUND-DRESSER 1408 GIVE ME THE SPLENDID SILENT SUN 1410 O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! 1412 WHEN LILACS LAST IN THE DOORYARD BLOOM'D 1412 PRAYER OF COLUMBUS 1420 THE LAST INVOCATION 1422 ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON [/S09-/S92] THE LADY OF SHALOTT PART I N either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of rye, O That clothe the wold and meet the sky; And thro' the field the road runs by To many-tower'd Camelot; And up and down the people go, Gazing where the lilies blow Round an island there below, The island of Shalott. Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk and shiver Thro' the wave that runs for ever By the island in the river Flowing down to Camelot. Four gray walls, and four gray towers, Overlook a space of flowers, And the silent isle imbowers The Lady of Shalott. By the margin, willow-veil'd, Slide the heavy barges trail'd By slow horses; and unhail'd The shallop flitteth silken-sail'd Skimming down to Camelot: But who hath seen her wave her hand? Or at the casement seen her stand ? Or is she known in all the land, The Lady of Shalott? 967 ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON Only reapers, reaping early In among the bearded barley, Hear a song that echoes cheerly From the river winding clearly, Down to tower'd Camelot: And by the moon the reaper weary, Piling sheaves in uplands airy, Listening, whispers ' "Tis the fairy Lady of Shalott.' PART II There she weaves by night and day A magic web with colours gay. She has heard a whisper say, A curse is on her if she stay To look down to Camelot. She knows not what the curse may be, And so she weaveth steadily, And little other care hath she, The Lady of Shalott. And moving thro' a mirror clear That hangs before her all the year, Shadows of the world appear. There she sees the highway near Winding down to Camelot: There the river eddy whirls, And there the surly village-churls, And the red cloaks of market girls, Pass onward from Shalott. Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, An abbot on an ambling pad, Sometimes a curly shepherd-lad, Or long-hair'd page in crimson clad, Goes by to tower'd Camelot: And sometimes thro' the mirror blue The knights come riding two and two: She hath no loyal knight and true, The Lady of Shalott. ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON But in her web she still delights To weave the mirror's magic sights, For often thro' the silent nights A funeral, with plumes and lights, And music, went to Camelot: Or when the moon was overhead, Came two young lovers lately wed; 'I am half sick of shadows,' said The Lady of Shalott. PART III A bow-shot from her bower-eaves, He rode between the barley-sheaves, The sun came dazzling thro' the leaves, And flamed upon the brazen greaves Of bold Sir Lancelot. A red-cross knight for ever kneel'd To a lady in his shield, That sparkled on the yellow field, Beside remote Shalott. The gemmy bridle glitter'd free, Like to some branch of stars we see Hung in the golden Galaxy.