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The Legend of Genevieve

with other tales and poems. By Delta [i.e. David Macbeth Moir]

Moir, D. M. (1798-1851)

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LEGEND OF GENEVIEVE.

ELLEN, THE FORSAKEN.

NAPOLEON'S ADDRESS TO THE STATUE OF HIS SON.

THE GREEK TO HIS SWORD.

SPANISH PATRIOTIC ODE.

THE SOLDIER'S GRAVE.

THE RUINED CASTLE.

THE EMIGRANTS' FAREWELL.

TO THE SPIRIT OF KOSCIUSKO.

STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE.

ON ANDREW HOFFER.

LOCHLEVEN CASTLE.

SCENE ON THE GRAMPIANS.

THE MOSSY SEAT.

THE EVENING LANDSCAPE.

BALLAD STANZAS.

STANZAS. ON THIS GREEN BANK, &c.

THE CONFESSION.

SONNET. TO LOVE.

ODE ON THE OLDEN TIME.

THE LEAFLESS TREE.

THE MIDNIGHT REVERIE.

THE SEPTEMBER FOREST.

THE SILENT EVE.

THE MANIAC'S PLAINT.

A MOTHER'S DIRGE OVER HER CHILD.

VERSES TO THE MEMORY OF ROBERT BLOOMFIELD.

THE NOVEMBER GARDEN.

RURAL SECLUSION.

INCH-KEITH BEACON.

EVENING RETROSPECT.

FUTURE PROSPECTS OF THE WORLD.

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But that is past—Ambition's car
Hath fall'n 'mid chance-deciding war,
And I, the reckless charioteer,
A hopeless exile, linger here;—
I, who, amid the battle's tide,
Cover'd with glory, should have died,
And left behind to man and fame
An empty throne, and matchless name!