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Among the Millet and Other Poems

Archibald Lampman · 1888

Original text in English.

The first collection by an Ottawa post office clerk who headed for the fields and rivers of the Ottawa Valley whenever he could.

Poetry · 72 parts · about 23 000 words · about 1 h 41 of reading

Contents

1. Ouverture1 min

I. POEMS

1. AMONG THE MILLET1 min
2. APRIL3 min
3. AN OCTOBER SUNSET1 min
4. THE FROGS2 min
5. AN IMPRESSION1 min
6. SPRING ON THE RIVER1 min
7. WHY DO YE CALL THE POET LONELY1 min
8. HEAT1 min
9. AMONG THE TIMOTHY3 min
10. FREEDOM2 min
11. MORNING ON THE LIÈVRES1 min
12. IN OCTOBER1 min
13. LAMENT OF THE WINDS1 min
14. BALLADE OF SUMMER'S SLEEP1 min
15. WINTER2 min
16. WINTER HUES RECALLED3 min
17. STORM3 min
18. MIDNIGHT1 min
19. SONG OF THE STREAM-DROPS1 min
20. BETWEEN THE RAPIDS3 min
21. NEW YEAR'S EVE1 min
22. UNREST1 min
23. SONG1 min
24. ONE DAY1 min
25. SLEEP1 min
26. THREE FLOWER PETALS1 min
27. PASSION1 min
28. A BALLADE OF WAITING1 min
29. BEFORE SLEEP2 min
30. A SONG1 min
31. WHAT DO POETS WANT WITH GOLD?1 min
32. THE KING'S SABBATH1 min
33. THE LITTLE HANDMAIDEN2 min
34. ABU MIDJAN2 min
35. THE WEAVER1 min
36. THE THREE PILGRIMS4 min
37. THE COMING OF WINTER1 min
38. EASTER EVE5 min
39. THE ORGANIST3 min
40. THE MONK14 min
41. THE CHILD'S MUSIC LESSON2 min
42. AN ATHENIAN REVERIE14 min

II. SONNETS

1. LOVE-DOUBT1 min
2. PERFECT LOVE1 min
3. LOVE-WONDER1 min
4. COMFORT1 min
5. DESPONDENCY1 min
6. OUTLOOK1 min
7. GENTLENESS1 min
8. A PRAYER1 min
9. MUSIC1 min
10. KNOWLEDGE1 min
11. SIGHT1 min
12. AN OLD LESSON FROM THE FIELDS1 min
13. WINTER-THOUGHT1 min
14. DEEDS1 min
15. ASPIRATION1 min
16. THE POETS1 min
17. THE TRUTH1 min
18. THE MARTYRS1 min
19. A NIGHT OF STORM1 min
20. THE RAILWAY STATION1 min
21. A FORECAST1 min
22. IN NOVEMBER1 min
23. THE CITY1 min
24. MIDSUMMER NIGHT1 min
25. THE LOONS1 min
26. MARCH1 min
27. SOLITUDE1 min
28. AUTUMN MAPLES1 min
29. THE DOG1 min

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