II. Too Late 208 III. Separation 208 IV. On the Rhine 209 V. Longing 209 DESPONDENCY 210 SELF-DECEPTION 210 DOVER BEACH 211 GROWING OLD 213 THE PROGRESS OF POESY 214 PIS ALLER 214 THE LAST WORD 215 A NAMELESS EPITAPH 215 EMPEDOCLES ON ETNA 216 BACCHANALIA; OR, THE NEW AGE 254 EPILOGUE TO LESSING’S LAOCOÖN 258 PERSISTENCY OF POETRY 264 A CAUTION TO POETS 264 THE YOUTH OF NATURE 265 THE YOUTH OF MAN 269 PALLADIUM 273 PROGRESS 273 REVOLUTIONS 275 SELF-DEPENDENCE 276 MORALITY 277 A SUMMER NIGHT 278 THE BURIED LIFE 281 LINES WRITTEN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS 284 A WISH 286 THE FUTURE 288 _ELEGIAC POEMS._ THE SCHOLAR-GYPSY 291 THYRSIS 299 MEMORIAL VERSES 307 STANZAS IN MEMORY OF EDWARD QUILLINAN 310 STANZAS FROM CARNAC 311 A SOUTHERN NIGHT 312 HAWORTH CHURCHYARD 317 EPILOGUE 321 RUGBY CHAPEL 321 HEINE’S GRAVE 328 STANZAS FROM THE GRANDE CHARTREUSE 335