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The Poetical Works of Sydney Dobell

With Introductory Notice and Memoir by John Nichol

Dobell, Sydney (1824-1874)

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A MUSING ON A VICTORY.

ISABEL.

TO A CATHEDRAL TOWER, ON THE EVENING OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF WATERLOO.

CRAZED.

THE SNOWDROP IN THE SNOW.

CAVALRY CHARGE AT BALACLAVA.

POLAND. ITALY. HUNGARY.

GOOD-NIGHT IN WAR-TIME.

ENGLAND IN TIME OF WAR.

DESOLATE.

THE MARKET-WIFE'S SONG.

THE LITTLE GIRL'S SONG.

A HEALTH TO THE QUEEN.

WOE IS ME.

THE YOUNG MAN'S SONG.

DEAD-MAID'S-POOL.

THE SAILOR'S RETURN.

THE WIDOW'S LULLABY.

THE GABERLUNZIE'S WALK.

LIBERTY TO M. LE DIPLOMATE.

AN EVENING DREAM.

IN WAR-TIME

A SHOWER IN WAR-TIME.

‘HE LOVES AND HE RIDES AWAY.’

THE CAPTAIN'S WIFE.

GRASS FROM THE BATTLE-FIELD.

‘WHEN THE RAIN IS ON THE ROOF.’

THE BOTANIST'S VISION.

THE ORPHAN'S SONG.

TOMMY'S DEAD.

‘SHE TOUCHES A SAD STRING OF SOFT RECALL.’

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VOL. II.

BALDER. PART THE FIRST.

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LATER MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

THE MAGYAR'S NEW-YEAR-EVE.

THE YOUTH OF ENGLAND TO GARIBALDI'S LEGION.

LOVE.

AN AUTUMN MOOD.

SONNETS AND OTHER SHORT POEMS.

TWO EPIGRAMS.

I. ON A PORTRAIT PRESENTED TO J. Y. SIMPSON, M.D. (AFTERWARDS SIR JAMES SIMPSON).

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II. ON THE DEATH OF EDWARD FORBES.

ON A RECENTLY FINISHED STATUE.

THE CONVALESCENT TO HER PHYSICIAN.

SAMUEL BROWN.

TO PROFESSOR AND MRS. J. S. BLACKIE.

TO THE AUTHORESS OF ‘AURORA LEIGH.’

TO MRS. J. S. BLACKIE.

DEDICATORY.

SISTER TO SISTER,

ON THE DEATH OF MRS. BROWNING.

TWO SONNETS ON THE DEATH OF PRINCE ALBERT.

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TO 1862.

TO TÖCHTERCHEN, ON HER BIRTHDAY.

TO THE SAME.

TO A FRIEND IN BEREAVEMENT.

AT THE GRAVE OF A SPANISH FRIEND.

TO AN AMERICAN EMBASSY.

ON READING A DICTATED LETTER.

UNDER ESPECIAL BLESSINGS.

ON RECEIVING A BOOK FROM ‘X. H.’

TO JAMES Y. SIMPSON.

ON RECEIVING A BOOK FROM DANTE ROSSETTI.

THREE SONNETS ON LOVE AND BEAUTY.

I. TO A PROMESSA SPOSA.

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II. TO THE SAME.

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III. TO A FAIR WOMAN, UNSATISFIED WITH WOMAN'S WORK.

TO THE TIBER.

[Where are you, Poets, that a Hero dies]

ENGLAND'S DAY:

FRAGMENTS.

THE OLIVE.

SONG OF A MAD GIRL, WHOSE LOVER HAS DIED AT SEA.

FRAGMENT OF A SLEEP-SONG.

BALLAD.

LORD ROBERT.

FRAGMENT OF BALLAD.

FRAGMENTS OF POEMS FOUND SINCE THE WRITER'S DEATH.

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Happy eve, happy eve!
But the mavis singing in the eve,
Singeth for the silence of the eve.

Happy flower, happy flower,
But the golden secret of the flower,
Hidden honey sweeter than the flower.

Happy moon, happy moon,
But the loving moonlight of the moon,
Tender wonder fairer than the moon.

Little child, little child,
As the evening mavis unto me,
As the twilight mavis unto me.

Little child, little child,
As the hidden honey unto me,
As the golden honey unto me.

Little child, little child,
As the wondrous moonlight unto me,
As the better moonlight unto me.