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The poetical works of James Montgomery

collected by himself

Montgomery, James (1771-1854)

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THE WANDERER OF SWITZERLAND:

THE WEST INDIES:

THE WORLD BEFORE THE FLOOD:

THE PELICAN ISLAND:

PRISON AMUSEMENTS:

THOUGHTS ON WHEELS.

THE CLIMBING BOY'S SOLILOQUIES.

SONGS ON THE ABOLITION OF NEGRO SLAVERY IN THE BRITISH COLONIES, August 1. 1834.

Verses to the Memory OF THE LATE RICHARD REYNOLDS, OF BRISTOL.

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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

REMONSTRANCE TO WINTER.

LINES WRITTEN UNDER A DRAWING OF YARDLEY OAK,

“THE JOY OF GRIEF.”

THE BATTLE OF ALEXANDRIA.

VERSES TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE JOSEPH BROWNE, OF LOTHERSDALE,

THE THUNDER-STORM.

ODE TO THE VOLUNTEERS OF BRITAIN

A FIELD FLOWER.

THE COMMON LOT.

THE HARP OF SORROW.

A WALK IN SPRING.

THE SWISS COWHERD'S SONG IN A FOREIGN LAND.

THE OLD MAN'S SONG.

BOLEHILL TREES.

M. S. TO THE MEMORY OF “A FEMALE WHOM SICKNESS HAD RECONCILED TO THE NOTES OF SORROW,”

THE PEAK MOUNTAINS. IN TWO PARTS.

TO ANN AND JANE.

OCCASIONAL ODE.

A DAUGHTER (C. M.) TO HER MOTHER.

ON FINDING THE FEATHERS OF A LINNET

DEPARTED DAYS: A RHAPSODY,

A MOTHER'S LOVE.

THE TIME-PIECE.

STANZAS TO THE MEMORY OF THE REV. THOMAS SPENCER, OF LIVERPOOL,

THE VISIBLE CREATION.

THE CHRISTIAN SOLDIER.

ON THE ROYAL INFANT,

A MIDNIGHT THOUGHT.

THE LITTLE CLOUD.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

THE BRIDAL AND THE BURIAL.

A MOTHER'S LAMENT

THE WIDOW AND THE FATHERLESS.

THE DAISY IN INDIA.

A THEME FOR A POET.

VIA CRUCIS, VIA LUCIS.

GERMAN WAR-SONG.

THE AGES OF MAN.

ASPIRATIONS OF YOUTH.

THE FALLING LEAF.

ON PLANTING A TULIP-ROOT.

INSCRIPTION UNDER THE PICTURE OF AN AGED NEGRO-WOMAN.

THOUGHTS AND IMAGES.

A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD.

TO A FRIEND, WITH A COPY OF THE FOREGOING LUCUBRATION.

A LUCID INTERVAL.

WORMS AND FLOWERS.

SPEED THE PROW.

THE FIXED STARS.

THE GENTIANELLA.

THE SUN-FLOWER.

WINTER-LIGHTNING.

A RECOLLECTION OF MARY F.,

THE CHOLERA MOUNT.

THE TOMBS OF THE FATHERS.

A CRY FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

TO MY FRIEND, GEORGE BENNET, ESQ., OF SHEFFIELD

STANZAS IN MEMORY OF THE REV. JAMES HARVEY,

ONE WARNING MORE.

ON A WATCH-POCKET

ON THE FIRST LEAF OF MISS J.'s ALBUM.

THE BLANK LEAF.

AN INFANT'S ALBUM.

A WEDDING WISH.

MOTTO TO “A POET'S PORTFOLIO.”

THE VALENTINE WREATH.

IN MEMORY OF E. B.,

IN MEMORY OF E. G.

GARDEN THOUGHTS.

TO MR. AND MRS. T., OF YORK:

FAREWELL TO A MISSIONARY.

THE LOT OF THE RIGHTEOUS.

A BENEDICTION FOR A BABY.

“OCCUPY TILL I COME.”

A MESSAGE FROM THE MOON.

THE PURPLE BEECH.

THE GRASSHOPPER.

CORONATION ODE FOR QUEEN VICTORIA.

WESTMINSTER ABBEY,

A BRIDAL BENISON.

TRANSMIGRATIONS.

“A CERTAIN DISCIPLE.”

STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF THE LATE REV. THOMAS RAWSON TAYLOR, OF BRADFORD, IN YORKSHIRE

STANZAS IN MEMORY OF ROWLAND HODGSON, ESQ., OF SHEFFIELD

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THE BRIDAL AND THE BURIAL.

“Blessed is the bride whom the sun shines on;
Blessed is the corpse which the rain rains on.”

I saw thee young and beautiful,
I saw thee rich and gay,
In the first blush of womanhood,
Upon thy wedding-day:
The church-bells rang,
And the little children sang,—
“Flowers, flowers, kiss her feet;
Sweets to the sweet;
The winter's past, the rains are gone;
Blessed is the bride whom the sun shines on.”

I saw thee poor and desolate,
I saw thee fade away,
In brokenhearted widowhood,
Before thy locks were grey;
The death-bell rang,
And the little children sang,—
“Lilies, dress her winding-sheet;
Sweets to the sweet;
The summer's past, the sunshine gone;
Blessed is the corpse which the rain rains on.”

“Blessed is the bride whom the sun shines on;
Blessed is the corpse which the rain rains on.”