Shamus O'Brien _Le Fanu._ 113 Ships, My _Wilcox._ 117 Soldier's Reprieve, The _Robbins._ 118 Song, The _Scott._ 123 Stirrup Cup, The _Hay._ 124 Swan-song, The _Brooks._ 125 Sweet Afton _Burns._ 129 Violet's Blue _Henry._ 130 Waterfowl, To a _Bryant._ 132 Wedding Gown, The _Pierce._ 133 When the Snow Sifts Through _Gillilan._ 137 Wild Flower, To a _Thompson._ 138 Zoroaster, The Fate of _Crawford._ 139 II SOLEMN, REVERENTIAL, SUBLIME Centennial Hymn _Whittier._ 144 Chambered Nautilus, The _Holmes._ 145 Crossing the Bar _Tennyson._ 146 Destruction of Sennacherib, The _Byron._ 147 Each and All _Emerson._ 148 Laus Deo! _Whittier._ 149 Pilgrim Fathers, The _Hemans._ 151 Present Crisis, The _Lowell._ 152 Recessional, The _Kipling._ 155 Sacredness of Work, The _Carlyle._ 156 What's Hallowed Ground? _Campbell._ 157 III PATRIOTIC, HEROIC, ORATORICAL The Seven Great Orators of the World 159 I. Demosthenes Encroachments of Philip, The 159 II. Cicero Oration against Antony 162 III. Chrysostom Undue Lamentations over the Dead 165 On Applauding Preachers 167 IV. Bossuet On the Death of the Prince of Conde 169 V. Chatham I. War with America 171 II. Attempt to Subjugate America 173 VI. Burke I. Impeachment of Hastings 175 II. Conciliation with America 178 III. English Privileges in America 182 VII. Webster I. Bunker Hill Monument 185 II. Revolutionary Patriots 188 III. Character of Washington 191 Six Great Triumphs in the History of American Oratory 193 I. Henry Call to Arms, The 193 II. Hamilton Coercion of Delinquent States 196 III. Webster