Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Christus: A Mystery

Introitus
Part I: The Divine Tragedy
Part II: The Golden Legend
 CHRISTUS:  A MYSTERY.

        III.
              The Nativity: A Miracle-Play
              Introitus
                  I. Heaven
                 II. Mary at the Well
                III. The Angels of the Seven Planets
                 IV. The Wise Men of the East
                  V. The Flight into Egypt
                 VI. The Slaughter of the Innocents
                VII. Jesus at Play with his Schoolmates
               VIII. The Village School
                 IX. Crowned with Flowers
              Epilogue
         IV.  The Road to Hirschau
              The Convent of Hirschau in the Black Forest
              The Scriptorium
              The Cloisters
              The Chapel
              The Refectory
              The Neighboring Nunnery
          V.  A Covered Bridge at Lucerne
              The Devil's Bridge
              The St. Gothard Pass
              At the Foot of the Alps
              The Inn at Genoa
              At Sea
         VI.  The School of Salerno
              The Farm-house in the Odenwald
              The Castle of Vautsberg on the Rhine
         Epilogue. The Two Recording Angels Ascending
         Second Interlude. Martin Luther

       PART III.  THE NEW ENGLAND TRAGEDIES.
            John Endicott
            Giles Corey of the Salem Farms
            Finale. St. John

  JUDAS MACCABAEUS
            Act I.   The Citadel of Antiochus at Jerusalem
            Act II.  The Dungeons in the Citadel
            Act III. The Battle-field of Beth-Horon
            Act IV.  The Outer Courts of the Temple at Jerusalem
            Act V.   The Mountains of Ecbatana

FRAGMENTS.
        "Neglected record of a mind neglected"
        "O Faithful, indefatigable tides"
        "Soft through the silent air"
        "So from the bosom of darkness"

  MICHAEL ANGELO
        Dedication
        PART FIRST
           I.  Prologue at Ischia
               Monologue : The Last Judgment
          II.  San Silvestro
         III.  Cardinal Ippolito
          IV.  Borgo delle Vergine at Naples
           V.  Vittoria Colonna
        PART SECOND.
           I.  Monologue
          II.  Viterbo
         III.  Michael Angelo and Benvenuto Cellini
          IV.  Fra Sebastiano del Piombo
           V.  Palazzo Belvedere
          VI.  Palazzo Cesarini
        PART THIRD.
           I.  Monologue
          II.  Vigna di Papa Giulio
         III.  Bindo Altoviti
          IV.  In the Coliseum
           V.  Macello de' Corvi
          VI.  Michael Angelo's Studio
         VII.  The Oaks of Monte Luca
        VIII.  The Dead Christ

TRANSLATIONS.
     Prelude
     From the Spanish
       Coplas de Manrique
       Sonnets.
            I. The Good Shepherd
           II. To-morrow
          III. The Native Land
           IV. The Image of God
            V. The Brook
       Ancient Spanish Ballads.
            I. Rio Verde, Rio Verde
           II. Don Nuno, Count of Lara
          III. The peasant leaves his plough afield
       Vida de San Millan
       San Miguel, the Convent
       Song: "She is a maid of artless grace"
       Santa Teresa's Book-Mark
       From the Cancioneros
            I. Eyes so tristful, eyes so tristful
           II. Some day, some day
          III. Come, O death, so silent flying
           IV. Glove of black in white hand bare
      From the Swedish and Danish.
         Passages from Frithiof's Saga
            I. Frithiof's Homestead
           II. A Sledge-Ride on the Ice
          III. Frithiof's Temptation
           IV. Frithiof's Farewell
         The Children of the Lord's Supper
         King Christian
         The Elected Knight
         Childhood
      From the German.
         The Happiest Land
         The Wave
         The Dead
         The Bird and the Ship
         Whither?
         Beware!
         Song of the Bell
         The Castle by the Sea
         The Black Knight
         Song of the Silent Land
         The Luck of Edenhall
         The Two Locks of Hair
         The Hemlock Tree
         Annie of Tharaw
         The Statue over the Cathedral Door
         The Legend of the Crossbill
         The Sea hath its Pearls
         Poetic Aphorisms
         Silent Love
         Blessed are the Dead
         Wanderer's Night-Songs
         Remorse
         Forsaken
         Allah
     From the Anglo-Saxon.
         The Grave
         Beowulf's Expedition to Heort
         The Soul's Complaint against the Body
     From the French
          Song: Hark! Hark!
          Song: "And whither goest thou, gentle sigh"
          The Return of Spring
          Spring
          The Child Asleep
          Death of Archbishop Turpin
          The Blind Girl of Castel-Cuille
          A Christmas Carol
          Consolation
          To Cardinal Richelieu
          The Angel and the Child
          On the Terrace of the Aigalades
          To my Brooklet
          Barreges
          Will ever the dear days come back again?
          At La Chaudeau
          A Quiet Life
          The Wine of Jurancon
          Friar Lubin
          Rondel
          My Secret
    From the Italian.
          The Celestial Pilot
          The Terrestrial Paradise
          Beatrice
          To Italy
          Seven Sonnets and a Canzone
             I.  The Artist
            II.  Fire.
           III.  Youth and Age
            IV.  Old Age
             V.  To Vittoria Colonna
            VI.  To Vittoria Colonna
           VII.  Dante
          VIII.  Canzone
          The Nature of Love
    From the Portuguese.
          Song: If thou art sleeping, maiden
    From Eastern sources.
          The Fugitive
          The Siege of Kazan
          The Boy and the Brook
          To the Stork
    From the Latin.
         Virgils First Eclogue
         Ovid in Exile