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Poems by William Stanley Roscoe

Roscoe, William Stanley (1782-1843)

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TO THE RIVER BRATHAY,

THE SPIRIT OF O'DONAGHOE.

Νησοις δ'εν μακαρων σε φασιν ειναι.

SONNET TO A LADY,

SONNET TO MY MOTHER,

TO A LADY,

Εν μυρτου κλαδι το ξιφος φορησω.

TO AN ÆOLIAN HARP IN WINTER.

ON THE LAST REGIMENT OF POLISH PATRIOTS BEING ORDERED BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO SERVE IN THE ISLAND OF ST. DOMINGO.

DEO OPTIMO MAXIMO.

SONNET TO MY FATHER.

LINES WRITTEN ON THE SUMMIT OF HELVELLYN, IN JULY, 1804.

LINES WRITTEN IN THE WOODS OF RYDAL HALL, WESTMORLAND, IN THE SUMMER OF 1804.

SONNET TO MRS. HENRY TIGHE,

LINES WRITTEN IN PASSING THROUGH VALE CRUCIS IN OCTOBER, 1806.

WRITTEN ON A SUNDAY IN AUTUMN.

THE BARD'S LAMENT FOR LLYWELYN.

SONNET TO THE HARVEST MOON.

ON THE DEATH OF DR. WILLIAM DICKSON,

SONG OF THE FALLEN STUART.

ON THE DEATH OF AN INFANT BOY.

EPITAPH ON A LADY,

THE PRISONER OF WAR.

TO A FAVORITE MYRTLE,

THE BIRTH OF WOMAN.

TO A DESERTED COUNTRY SEAT.

FRAGMENTS OF A POEM ENTITLED “THE CONTEMPLATIVE DAY,”

FROM THE MESSIAH OF KLOPSTOCK.

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TO A LADY,

WITH A LATE ROSE.

Sweet rose! untimely is thy bloom,
And wasted all thy fine perfume,
For winter's icy breath will come,
And blight thy crimson blossom!
Then, Harriet, pluck it from its stem
With all its buds, a blushing gem,
And for their sweetness shelter them
Upon thy beauteous bosom.