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Poems

By John Moultrie. New ed
Moultrie, John (1799-1874)

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[VOLUME I]
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PART I.
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POEMS OF YOUTH AND EARLY MANHOOD.
  
MY BROTHER'S GRAVE.
  
TO ------
  
THE HALL OF MY FATHERS.
  
GODIVA, — A TALE.
  
MAIMOUNE,—A POEM.
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DAY DREAMS.
  
NO. I. TO ------
  
NO. II.
  
SONG TO THE SPRING BREEZE.
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OCCASIONAL POEMS.
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 I. 
SONNET I. TO POESY.
 II. 
SONNET II. TO ------, ON HER VOYAGE TO INDIA.
 III. 
SONNET III.
 IV. 
SONNET IV. TO A LADY, WITH A POEM BY A FRIEND.
 V. 
SONNET V.
 VI. 
SONNET VI. TO ADINE.
 VII. 
SONNET VII. ON SEEING THE SAME LADY.
 VIII. 
SONNET VIII. TO THE SAME.
 IX. 
SONNET IX.
 X. 
SONNET X.
 XI. 
SONNET XI. SCOTCH QUADRILLES.
 XII. 
SONNET XII.
 XIII. 
SONNET XIII.
 XIV. 
SONNET XIV.
  
THE LAY OF THE LOVELY.
  
THE MANIAC.
  
TO HELEN.
  
SONG.
  
TO MARY.
  
“FORGET THEE?”
  
EPITAPH IN WINDSOR CHURCH-YARD.
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METRICAL ROMANCES.
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THE WITCH OF THE NORTH.
  
INTRODUCTORY SONNET.
  
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SIR LAUNFAL.
  
INTRODUCTORY STANZAS
  
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PART II.
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POEMS OF RIPER YEARS.
  
SONNET.
  
EPITHALAMIUM.
  
OUR FIRST SORROW.
  
THE THREE SONS.
  
EPITAPH
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SONNETS.
  
SONNET I.
  
SONNET II.
  
SONNET III.
  
SONNET IV.
  
SONNET V.
  
SONNET VI.
  
SONNET VII.
  
SONNET VIII.
  
SONNET IX. TO THE REV. DR. ARNOLD.
  
SONNET X. TO THE SAME.
  
SONNET XI.
  
SONNET XII. TO WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED.
  
SONNET XIII.
  
SONNET XIV. TO THE SAME.
  
SONNET XV.
  
SONNET XVI.
  
SONNET XVII.
  
SONNET XVIII. TO THE ANONYMOUS EDITOR OF COLERIDGE'S LETTERS AND CONVERSATIONS.
  
SONNET XIX.
  
SONNET XX.
  
SONNET XXI.
  
SONNET XXII.
  
SONNET XXIII.
  
SONNET XXIV. TO MY INFANT CHILD.
  
SONNET XXV. TO BAPTIST NOEL.
  
SONNET XXVI. TO THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY.
  
SONNET XXVII. TO A LADY OF RANK.
  
SONNET XXVIII.
  
SONNET XXIX. TO THE REV. DR. CHALMERS.
  
SONNET XXX. TO THE SAME.
  
SONNET XXXI. TO THE SAME.
  
SONNET XXXII. ON REVISITING LUDLOW CASTLE, JULY, 1836.
  
SONNET XXXIII.
  
SONNET XXXIV.
  
TO HENRY ALFORD,
  
COME WITH US.
  
MIDSUMMER MUSINGS.
  
LOVE'S MAY DAY.
  
LOVE IN ABSENCE.
  
AN APOLOGY FOR TACITURNITY.
  
TO MARGARET IN HEAVEN.
  
STANZAS
  
DIRGE,
  
FAREWELL TO HERNE BAY.
  
STANZAS.
  
TO MARION.
  
TO SYLVIA.
  
ELEGIAC STANZAS.
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FAMILIAR EPISTLES.
  
NO. I. TO A FEMALE FRIEND.
  
NO. II. TO THE REV. DERWENT COLERIDGE.
  
LINES
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THE DREAM OF LIFE.
 I. 
BOOK I. CHILDHOOD.
 II. 
BOOK II. BOYHOOD.
 III. 
BOOK III. YOUTH.
 IV. 
BOOK IV. MANHOOD.
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[VOLUME II]
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PART I.
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LAYS OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH.
  
FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT.
  
SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT.
  
THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT.
  
FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT.
  
CHRISTMAS DAY.
  
ST. STEPHEN'S DAY.
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ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST'S DAY.
  
FROM THE GOSPEL.
  
THE INNOCENTS' DAY.
  
THE SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS DAY.
  
THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST.
  
THE EPIPHANY.
  
FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.
  
SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.
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THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.
  
FROM THE EPISTLE.
  
FROM THE GOSPEL.
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FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.
  
FROM THE EPISTLE.
  
FROM THE GOSPEL.
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FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.
  
FROM THE EPISTLE.
  
FROM THE GOSPEL.
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SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.
  
FROM THE EPISTLE.
  
FROM THE GOSPEL.
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SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY.
  
FROM THE EPISTLE.
  
FROM THE GOSPEL.
  
SONNET.
  
SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY.
  
QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY.
  
ASH WEDNESDAY.
  
HYMN FOR EASTER EVE.
  
PROTESTANT HYMN TO THE VIRGIN.
  
SUNDAY IN THE MOUNTAINS.
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OCCASIONAL POEMS.
  
STANZAS. WRITTEN IN THE ISLE OF ARRAN.
  
INSCRIPTION FOR A BUST
  
HYMN
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SONNET I. NEW YEAR'S DAY.
  
SONNET II.
  
SONNET III.
  
SONNET IV. WRITTEN IN THE HIGHLANDS.
  
SONNET V. LOCH RANZA.
  
SONNET VI. TO MY INFANT DAUGHTER.
  
SONNET VII. TO MY YOUNGEST CHILD.
  
SONNET VIII.
  
SONNET IX.
  
SONNET X. TO THE AUTHORESS OF “I WATCH'D THE HEAVENS.”
  
STANZAS.
  
LAMENT FOR THE DOON.
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LAYS OF THE PARISH.
  
EUTHANASIA.
  
THE SONG OF THE KETTLE.
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ALTARS, HEARTHS, AND GRAVES.
  
ALICE GAY'S BRIDAL.
  
THE SONG OF THE CHURCH-BUILDERS.
  
PENTECOSTAL ODE. 1852.
  
ENGLAND'S MISSION.
  
THE BLACK FENCE.
  
SAINT MARY, THE VIRGIN AND THE WIFE.
  
SUNSET IN ARRAN.
  
FAREWELL TO ARRAN.
  
PERSICOS ODI.
  
THREE TIMES NINE.
  
MUCH ADO ABOUT LITTLE.
  
THE KING'S QUARTERS.
  
STANZAS AT THE STATION.
  
ANTICIPATION AND EXPERIENCE.
  
LOVERS AT LOGGERHEADS.
  
THE WORLD WELL LOST.
  
A WORD TO THE WEDDED.
  
HESPEROTHEN.
  
VIOLETS.
  
SONNET.
  
SONNET.
  
SONNET.
  
SONNET.
  
SONNET.
  
SONNET.
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THE THREE MINSTRELS.
  
PROLOGUE.
  
THE FIRST MINSTREL.
  
THE SECOND MINSTREL.
  
THE THIRD MINSTREL.
  
EPILOGUE.
  
MUSÆ ETONENSES.
  
A HERTFORDSHIRE LEGEND.
  
THE KNELL OF THE NAMELESS.
  
THE POET'S DAUGHTER.
  
AN EMIGRANT'S DIRGE.
  
EASTER DIRGE FOR THE DYING.
  
SONNET.
  
SONNET.
  
SONNET.
  
SONNET.
  
SONNET.
  
SONNET.
  
THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
  
THE RESTING-PLACES.
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LAST VERSES.
  
TO A LADY.
  
SONNET.
  
TO AUGUSTUS M. SWIFT: NEW YORK.
  
SONNET.

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SONNET VII. TO MY YOUNGEST CHILD.

I would not have it said that thou alone,
My latest-born, hast been unsung by me,
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Of six whom I have dandled on my knee,
Some among whom have, many a year, outgrown
Parental dandling:—therefore, for thine own,
Take now this sonnet,—though perchance to thee,
But little versed in lore of A, B, C,
'Twill seem a mystery better left unknown.
Right glad am I that thou art thus devoid
Of erudition;—that thy tender age
Hath been in healthier toil, till now, employ'd
Than poring o'er some spelling-book's dull page;—
That thou, a poet's daughter, hast enjoy'd
Life's early dawn unpent in schoolroom cage.
1843.
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