Complete Poetical Works

I. NATIONAL - JOHN BURNS OF GETTYSBURG

    "HOW ARE YOU, SANITARY?"

    BATTLE BUNNY - (MALVERN HILL, 1864)

    THE REVEILLE -

    OUR PRIVILEGE

    RELIEVING GUARD - THOMAS STARR KING.  OBIIT MARCH 4, 1864

    THE GODDESS - CONTRIBUTED TO THE FAIR FOR THE LADIES` PATRIOTIC FUND OF THE PACIFIC

    ON A PEN OF THOMAS STARR KING -

    A SECOND REVIEW OF THE GRAND ARMY

    THE COPPERHEAD - (1864)

    A SANITARY MESSAGE -

    THE OLD MAJOR EXPLAINS - (RE-UNION, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, 12TH MAY, 1871)

    CALIFORNIA`S GREETING TO SEWARD - (1869)

    THE AGED STRANGER - AN INCIDENT OF THE WAR

    THE IDYL OF BATTLE HOLLOW - (WAR OF THE REBELLION, 1884)

    CALDWELL OF SPRINGFIELD - (NEW JERSEY, 1780)

    POEM - DELIVERED ON THE FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF CALIFORNIA`S ADMISSION INTO THE UNION, SEPTEMBER 9, 1864

    MISS BLANCHE SAYS -

    AN ARCTIC VISION

    ST. THOMAS - (A GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY, 1868)

    OFF SCARBOROUGH - (SEPTEMBER, 1779)

    CADET GREY - CANTO I

        CANTO II

        CANTO III

II. SPANISH IDYLS AND LEGENDS - THE MIRACLE OF PADRE JUNIPERO -

    THE WONDERFUL SPRING OF SAN JOAQUIN

    THE ANGELUS - (HEARD AT THE MISSION DOLORES, 1868)

    CONCEPCION DE ARGUELLO - (PRESIDIO DE SAN FRANCISCO, 1800)

    "FOR THE KING" - (NORTHERN MEXICO, 1640)

    RAMON - (REFUGIO MINE, NORTHERN MEXICO)

    DON DIEGO OF THE SOUTH - (REFECTORY, MISSION SAN GABRIEL, 1869)

    AT THE HACIENDA -

    FRIAR PEDRO`S RIDE

    IN THE MISSION GARDEN - (1865)

    THE LOST GALLEON -

III. IN DIALECT - "JIM"

    CHIQUITA

    DOW`S FLAT - (1856)

    IN THE TUNNEL -

    "CICELY" - (ALKALI STATION)

    PENELOPE - (SIMPSON`S BAR, 1858)

    PLAIN LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES - (TABLE MOUNTAIN, 1870)

    THE SOCIETY UPON THE STANISLAUS -

    LUKE - (IN THE COLORADO PARK, 1873)

    "THE BABES IN THE WOODS" - (BIG PINE FLAT, 1871)

    THE LATEST CHINESE OUTRAGE -

    TRUTHFUL JAMES TO THE EDITOR - (YREKA, 1873)

    AN IDYL OF THE ROAD - (SIERRAS, 1876)

    THOMPSON OF ANGELS -

    THE HAWK`S NEST - (SIERRAS)

    HER LETTER -

    HIS ANSWER TO "HER LETTER" - (REPORTED BY TRUTHFUL JAMES)

    "THE RETURN OF BELISARIUS" - (MUD FLAT, 1860)

    FURTHER LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES - (NYE`S FORD, STANISLAUS, 1870)

    AFTER THE ACCIDENT - (MOUTH OF THE SHAFT)

    THE GHOST THAT JIM SAW -

    "SEVENTY-NINE" - (MR. INTERVIEWER INTERVIEWED)

    THE STAGE-DRIVER`S STORY -

    A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE - REPORTED BY TRUTHFUL JAMES

    THE THOUGHT-READER OF ANGELS

    THE SPELLING BEE AT ANGELS - (REPORTED BY TRUTHFUL JAMES)

    ARTEMIS IN SIERRA -

    JACK OF THE TULES - (SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA)

IV.  MISCELLANEOUS - A GREYPORT LEGEND - (1797)

    A NEWPORT ROMANCE -

    SAN FRANCISCO - (FROM THE SEA)

    THE MOUNTAIN HEART`S-EASE -

    GRIZZLY.

    MADRONO

    COYOTE

    TO A SEA-BIRD - (SANTA CRUZ, 1869)

    WHAT THE CHIMNEY SANG -

    DICKENS IN CAMP

    "TWENTY YEARS"

    FATE

    GRANDMOTHER TENTERDEN - (MASSACHUSETTS SHORE, 1800)

    GUILD`S SIGNAL -

    ASPIRING MISS DE LAINE - (A CHEMICAL NARRATIVE)

    A LEGEND OF COLOGNE -

    THE TALE OF A PONY

    ON A CONE OF THE BIG TREES - (SEQUOIA GIGANTEA)

    LONE MOUNTAIN - (CEMETERY, SAN FRANCISCO)

    ALNASCHAR -

    THE TWO SHIPS

    ADDRESS - (OPENING OF THE CALIFORNIA THEATRE, SAN FRANCISCO, JANUARY 19, 1870)

    DOLLY VARDEN -

    TELEMACHUS VERSUS MENTOR

    WHAT THE WOLF REALLY SAID TO LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD

    HALF AN HOUR BEFORE SUPPER

    WHAT THE BULLET SANG

    THE OLD CAMP-FIRE

    THE STATION-MASTER OF LONE PRAIRIE

    THE MISSION BELLS OF MONTEREY

    "CROTALUS" - (RATTLESNAKE BAR, SIERRAS)

    ON WILLIAM FRANCIS BARTLETT - DEAD AT PITTSFIELD, MASS., 1876

    THE BIRDS OF CIRENCESTER -

    LINES TO A PORTRAIT, BY A SUPERIOR PERSON

    HER LAST LETTER - BEING A REPLY TO "HIS ANSWER"

V. PARODIES - BEFORE THE CURTAIN -

    TO THE PLIOCENE SKULL - (A GEOLOGICAL ADDRESS)

    THE BALLAD OF MR. COOKE - (LEGEND OF THE CLIFF HOUSE, SAN FRANCISCO)

    THE BALLAD OF THE EMEU -

    MRS. JUDGE JENKINS - (BEING THE ONLY GENUINE SEQUEL TO "MAUD MULLER"

    A GEOLOGICAL MADRIGAL -

    AVITOR - (AN AERIAL RETROSPECT)

    THE WILLOWS - (AFTER EDGAR ALLAN POE)

    NORTH BEACH - (AFTER SPENSER)

    THE LOST TAILS OF MILETUS -

    THE RITUALIST - (BY A COMMUNICANT OF "ST. JAMES`S")

    A MORAL VINDICATOR -

    CALIFORNIA MADRIGAL - (ON THE APPROACH OF SPRING)

    WHAT THE ENGINES SAID - (OPENING OF THE PACIFIC RAILROAD)

    THE LEGENDS OF THE RHINE -

SONGS WITHOUT SENSE - FOR THE PARLOR AND PIANO

    ON THE LANDING - (AN IDYL OF THE BALUSTERS)

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