A drop fell on the apple tree,
       Another on the roof;
       A half a dozen kissed the eaves,
       And made the gables laugh.
       A few went out to help the brook,
       That went to help the sea.
       Myself conjectured, Were they pearls,
       What necklaces could be!
       The dust replaced in hoisted roads,
       The birds jocoser sung;
       The sunshine threw his hat away,
       The orchards spangles hung.
       The breezes brought dejected lutes,
       And bathed them in the glee;
       The East put out a single flag,
       And signed the fete away.

Preface.
Prelude
i. life
   I. Success.
   II.
   III. Rouge et Noir.
   IV. Rouge Gagne.
   V.
   VI.
   VII. Almost!
   VIII.
   IX.
   X. In a Library.
   XI.
   XII.
   XIII. Exclusion.
   XIV. The Secret.
   XV. The Lonely House.
   XVI.
   XVII. Dawn.
   XVIII. The Book of Martyrs.
   XIX. The Mystery of Pain.
   XX.
   XXI. A Book.
   XXII.
   XXIII. Unreturning.
   XXIV.
   XXV.
   XXVI.
ii. love
   I. Mine.
   II. Bequest.
   III.
   IV. Suspense.
   V. Surrender.
   VI.
   VII. With a Flower.
   VIII. Proof.
   IX.
   X. Transplanted.
   XI. The Outlet.
   XII. In Vain.
   XIII. Renunciation.
   XIV. Love's Baptism.
   XV. Resurrection.
   XVI. Apocalypse.
   XVII. The Wife.
   XVIII. Apotheosis.
iii. nature
   I.
   II. May-Flower.
   III. Why?
   IV.
   V.
   VI. A Service of Song.
   VII.
   VIII. Summer's Armies.
   IX. The Grass.
   X.
   XI. Summer Shower.
   XII. Psalm of the Day.
   XIII. The Sea of Sunset.
   XIV. Purple Clover.
   XV. The Bee.
   XVI.
   XVII.
   XVIII.
   XIX.
   XX. Two Worlds.
   XXI. The Mountain.
   XXII. A Day.
   XXIII.
   XXIV. The Wind.
   XXV. Death and Life.
   XXVI.
   XXVII. Indian Summer.
   XXVIII. Autumn.
   XXIX. Beclouded.
   XXX. The Hemlock.
   XXXI.
iv. time and eternity
   I.
   II. Too Late.
   III. Astra Castra.
   IV.
   V.
   VI. From the Chrysalis.
   VII. Setting Sail.
   VIII.
   IX.
   X.
   XI. "Troubled About Many Things."
   XII. Real.
   XIII. The Funeral.
   XIV.
   XV.
   XVI. Refuge.
   XVII.
   XVIII. Playmates.
   XIX.
   XX.
   XXI. The First Lesson.
   XXII.
   XXIII.
   XXIV.
   XXV. Dying.
   XXVI.
   XXVII. The Chariot.
   XXVIII.
   XXIX. Resurgam.
   XXX.
   XXXI.
   XXXII.
   XXXIII. Along the Potomac.
   XXXIV.
   XXXV. Emancipation.
   XXXVI. Lost.
   XXXVII.
   XXXVIII.
   XXXIX.
   XL.