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Art and Fashion

With other sketches, songs and poems. By Charles Swain
Swain, Charles (1801-1874)
  
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ART AND FASHION.
  
REYNOLDS.
  
GAINSBOROUGH.
  
HAYDON.
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LEONARDO DA VINCI.
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Scene II.
  
GIULIO ROMANO.
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SONGS AND POEMS.
  
THE CHAPEL-BELL.
  
ENDURANCE.
  
YEARS TO COME.
  
“NIGHT” AND “MORNING.”
  
THE BEST ESTATE.
  
IN MEMORIAM.
  
THE WANDERER.
  
A DAILY SCENE.
  
THE VICAR'S BLIND DAUGHTER.
  
CRADLE SONG.
  
THE WOODLAND WAY.
  
NOT MY OWN.
  
FREAKS OF FATE.
  
WATCHING AND WAITING.
  
PAN'S DEW-DROP.
  
BE SURE YOU CALL.
  
FALSE AS WATER.
  
LOVERS' WALKS.
  
PLAIN FACES.
  
NEVERMORE.
  
DID YOU KNOW HER?
  
NEVER FOUND.
  
SMALL GIFTS.
  
LYRIC.
  
ROUND THE CORNER.
  
THE BRITISH PRESS.
  
BIRTHDAY LYRIC.
  
CHRIST BLESSING LITTLE CHILDREN.
  
LINES WRITTEN ON THE DEATH OF MISS FLEMING.
  
HELP EACH OTHER.
  
A DAY AGO.
  
GOOD ADVICE.
  
THE MERRY HEART.
  
THE MAGIC GLASS.
  
THE FORTRESS.
  
LINES ON THE DEATH OF SIR JOHN POTTER, M.P., FOUNDER OF THE FREE LIBRARY.
  
OLD FRIENDS AND OLD TIMES.
  
TO THE YOUNG.
  
A HEART FOR EVERY ONE.
  
THANK GOD FOR ALL.
  
THE CROSS OF CHRIST.
  
THE OLD EVENINGS.
  
THE CHARITIES OF LIFE.
  
LITTLE REQUIRED.
  
EVERYBODY'S GIPSY.
  
WHAT'S YOUR OPINION?
  
THE WHEREWITHAL.
  
PASSING AWAY.
  
DEAD, YET UNDIVIDED.
  
THE HOPES GONE BY.
  
FLOWERS.
  
MORN.
  
THE HIDDEN DELL.
  
THE SOUL.
  
AN EARLY VISITOR.
  
BLAME ME NOT.
  
THE DEAD SWAN.
  
THE LOST ONE FOUND.
  
TORQUATO TASSO.
  
ADAM.
  
WAITING FOR THE COUNTESS.
  
YOUTH AND AGE.
  
RIVA DI SAN MARCO.
  
THE ANGEL'S CALL.
  
ALL THINGS FOR GOOD.
  
THE FLOWER SPIRIT.
  
THE SHIP OF HEAVEN.
  
THE EVE OF ST. JOHN.
  
NOT TO-NIGHT.
  
THE TEMPLE.
  
THE HEART.
  
THE CAPTIVE.
  
EARTHLY BEAUTY.
  
DESPONDENCY.
  
FAITHFUL AND FAITHLESS.
  
ANGELS.
  
LOVE THEE?
  
MY LIFE WAS LIKE A FOUNTAIN.
  
THE FALSE ONE.
  
WILL HE COME?
  
THE CAMP IS UP!
  
LITTLE THINGS.
  
SOIL OF ENGLAND.
  
THINKING OF OTHER DAYS.
  
LET NOBODY KNOW.
  
WAIT TILL I PUT ON MY BONNET.
  
THE GARDEN STREAM.
  
THE HAND OF A FRIEND.
  
WIFE OF THE PIRATE.
  
THE DAWN.
  
VOYAGE OF LIFE.
  
THE LONELY HOME.
  
WHICH HOME?
  
THE WORLDLY VOICE.
  
NE'ER WILL I FORSAKE THEE, MOTHER.
  
A LAMENT.
  
FIRST EMOTIONS.
  
THE DOOMED CITY.
  
LOVE UNTOLD.
  
THE SNOW SHIP.
  
THUS NATURE SPEAKS.
  
HYMN TO THE CROSS.
  
GOD HELP THE ORPHAN.
  
LINES ON THE DEATH OF HENRY DRINKWATER BIRCH, AGED SEVEN YEARS.

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THE HAND OF A FRIEND.

Oh! Life's humble dwelling would seem indeed bare,
If the bright rose of Friendship entwined not its door;
And Misery's self would find residence there,
If Friendship's glad voice might inspire it no more!
Then, wherever the star of my destiny shine,—
Whether pleasures await me, or perils attend,—
Whilst one lingering pulse of existence is mine,
Oh, give me the hand and the heart of a Friend!
If sorrow sit dark on our spirit, what sound
Like the footstep of Friendship to chase it afar?
If danger surround us, still safety is found
In the light and the guidance of Friendship's true star.
Then, wherever the light of my destiny shine,—
Whether pleasures await me, or perils attend,—
Whilst one lingering pulse of existence is mine,
Oh, give me the hand and the heart of a Friend!
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