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Madmoments: or First Verseattempts

By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison

Ellison, Henry

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I.

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MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.

DEDICATION TO THE SPIRIT OF HUMANITY.

WHEREIN ALL MEN MAY BE GREAT.

ON OBTAINING THINGS BY GENTLE MEANS.

ON SEEING ALL THINGS IN THEIR TRUE LIGHT.

HOW TO MAKE THE WORLD PLEASANT.

WEEKDAY WONDERWORKING.

WEEKDAY WONDERS.

TRUE GREATNESS.

ON THE PLANET LUCIFER.

ON FANCYDREAMERS WHO THINK REAL LIFE TOO COMMONPLACE FOR THEM.

TO CLARKSON, ON THE PASSING OF THE SLAVETRADEABOLITIONBILL.

ON BEING MUCH ALONE.

ON SIMPLE ENJOYMENTS.

WORLDGRATITUDE.

SUBMISSION TO PROVIDENCE.

TRUE GREATNESS.

ON OVERSCRUPULOUS VIRTUE.

ALL THINGS A HYMN TO GOD.

TRUE LIFEDEVELOPING.

ON INJURYBEARING.

ON USING IMAGINATION.

POVERTY, WHAT REALLY.

EVIL OF SUSPICIONS.

OVERSHARPSIGHTEDNESS.

SECONDTHOUGHTS ON THE ABOVE

EVENINGTHOUGHT.

OBSERVE ALL THINGS CAREFULLY.

ON A GRAVEBRINKSPORTING CHILD.

AGAINST PRIDE: ADDRESSED TO THE SPIRIT OF HUMANITY.

AN EVENINGSTORM.

HOW TO ENJOY THE WHOLE.

WESTMINSTERABBEY.

THE ALLHALLOWING POWER OF THE HEART.

CHURCHYARDTHOUGHTS.

WHAT MAKES US RICH.

TO COLOGNE CATHEDRAL.

TO THE SPIRIT OF HUMANITY.

ON HEARING AN ELDTIME SONG.

AN UNBRIDLED FANCYBURST, OR PRELUDE TO A DEATHTALE.

ON THE ROADSIDESEATS IN PARTS OF GERMANY.

TO THE GENTIAN.

A NIGHTSTORMSEASCENE!

THE ART OF ENJOYMENT.

A PASSING THOUGHT.

THE HOUR OF HOMEPARTING TOLD BY A CHURCHCLOCK.

ON A FLOWERWORRED STONETABLE.

MONEYSTANDARDS.

ON THE APOLLO BELVEDERE.

ON READING TWO SONNETS ONE WRIT IN YOUTH, AND THE OTHER IN AGE, ON THE SAME SUBJECT.

MAN AND NATURE.

SEASUNSETSCENE.

WEALTHCOVETERS.

SUGGESTED BY THE FIRST FRENCH REVOLUTION.

RAILROADTRAVELLING.

EVENINGTHOUGHTS.

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DRAMATIC SCENES.

1.

2.

SCENE the SECOND.

3.

REVERIES OF NATURE.

THOUGHTS ON MAN, ART AND NATURE

SEASONCHANGES, THEIR SIGNS, AND MORAL.

THOUGHTS ON TRUE AND FALSE AMBITION.

THOUGHTS WRITTEN ON THE LAKE OF GENEVA.

GENIUS A SERIES OF THOUGHTS

THE SPANISH ARMADA,

TO ENGLAND, ON OCCASION OF THE MONEYPANIC, OR THOUGHTS ON NATIONAL MORALITY.

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II.

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MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.

POWER OF IMAGINATION

ON PLEASURESEEKING.

ON SELFISHNESS.

BLESSINGS, HOW EARNED?

THE GREATEST POET.

THE WISEMAN CANNOT BE IMPOVERISHED.

AFTER READING WORDSWORTH'S LAODOMIA.

ON BEING TOLD I COULD NOT LIVE LONG.

TO THE OVERGODLY.

MAN AND NATURE.

WEALTH'S NOTHINGNESS.

FOLLY AND WISDOM.

TO THE ANTINOUS IN THE FLORENCE FINEARTSGALLERY, AN ODE.

ON THE TRUE SOURCES OF BEING.

ON THE NEEDFUL.

ON THE WELLDOERS OF MANKIND.

THE DRYAD'S CURSE.

AN ODE TO THE STATUE OF THE PRIESTESS IN THE FLORENCE SCULPTURECOLLECTION.

THE MISER'S VISION.

GOD IN THE WORLD.

THE ONE TRUE TEMPLE OF GOD.

ON NOT LIVING MERELY IN THE PASSING HOUR.

WE HAVE ALL WE CAN HAVE IF WE PLEASE.

ON NARROW UNBIBLESANCTIONED PRIESTPREJUDICES.

THE SEEMINGBEGGAR.

ON SEEING A GRAVESTONE.

WINTERFIRESIDE.

TRUE VICTORIES.

NATURE AND MAN.

ON NOT HATEING.

THOUGHTS ON PAST YOUTH.

A CHURCHYARDSPORTING CHILD.

SONG TO FREEDOM.

THE MORAL LESSONS TO BE LEARNT FROM NATURE.

ON USING THE PRESENT.

ODE ON A GREEK-VASE.

TO MY FATHERLAND.

REVOLUTIONISTS.

ON THE SPIRIT OF REFLECTIVE HUMANITY.

MAKE NO LIFEPLAN.

ALL GOOD SELFDERIVED.

FAINTHEARTEDNESS.

ON SELFLIMITING.

THE PASSINGBELL.

THE STRANGERSBURIALCORNER.

THE BEST MEANS FOR WORKING OUT GREAT BLESSINGS.

ON FAVOURTAKING.

THE MIND'S ALLSELFSUFFICIENCY.

A MOTHER'S LOVE.

MOONLITCHURCHYARD.

THE VILLAGEGREEN.

FOREIGN CATHEDRALTHOUGHTS.

ASPIRATIONS AFTER THE IMPOSSIBLE.

NECESSARY LINKING OF GOOD WITH GOD.

ON GHIBERTI'S GATES TO THE BAPTISTERY AT FLOBENCE.

THE CHURCHYARD.

OCCASIONS OF GREATNESS.

TRUE STRENGTH WHAT? LATIMER.

ON SELFSEEKINGNESS.

ON WESTMINSTERABBEY.

ON ESTEEMING THE ETERNAL ONLY.

THE NIGHTINGALE.

ON LOWAIMED PEOPLE.

EFFECT OF EVENINGSTILLNESS.

TRUE POSSESSIONTAKING.

EARTHSBENEFACTORS.

THE UNUTTERABLE.

THE MAIDEN AND THE ROSE.

A MAYDAYWALK INTO THE COUNTRY IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.

ON THE ANTINOUS IN THE FLORENCE FINEARTSGALLERY.

CHILDHOODREMINISCENCES.

SUGGESTED BY THE LITTLE STATUE OF LOVE SLEEPING ON A LION, WITH HIS TORCH BESIDE HIM, IN THE UFFIZI GALLERY AT FLORENCE.

WEALTHSNOTHINGNESS IN ITSELF.

EVENINGTHOUGHTS.

ON ILLLUCKBEARING.

ALL GOES WELL WITH US WHEN WE GO WELL.

NOTHING THAT INVOLVES A RIGHT OR A PRINCIPLE UNIMPORTANT.

THE GRAVEHAUNTER.

ON FEELING IMMORTAL.

THE WOODWALK IN THE SOUTH.

VERSEOFFERINGS.

ON IMAGINATIONUSING.

ON HIGHER APPLICATIONS OF MACHINERY

ON MONEYSEEKERS.

REAL GOODS HOW EARNED?

WHAT SHOULD BE MOVEABLE AND WHAT IMMOVEABLE.

ON A FRIEND ASKING IF HE DISTURBED ME WHEN WRITIN.

HOW TO MAKE BEING COMPACT.

THE POET'S LAMP.

ON USING THE PRENENT.

NONE need BE POOR.

TO WONDERSEEKERS.

WORLDWEARINESS.

ON MINGLING WITH LOW NATURES.

THE EVENINGSTAR.

HEAVEN'S VISITATIONS.

ON A LYREBEARING APOLLO.

RHINEFALLS BY SUN-AND-MOONLIGHT.

FREEDOM: ON THE FIRST FRENCH REVOLUTION.

TO AN OLD HOMESONG.

MOUNTAINTORRENT.

AGAINST ABSURD AND UNJUST PREJUDICES.

KIRKSTEAD-ABBEY.

ON A WATERFALL, SEEN FROM A GLENSTREAM, BORN OF THE SAME.

HEARTKNOWLEDGE.

THE FLEETINGNESS OF EARTHLY THINGS.

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THE SIBERIAN EXILE'S TALE.

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THE NIGHTINGALE.

Awake my soul, for 'tis the selfsame Song
That in the pure days of thine Infancy
Called forth the love of Nature with its high
And thrilling accents: can that voice belong
To a mere Bird? or is my fancy wrong
When I would deem some spirit wanders nigh,
Giving a Tongue to thoughts that hidden lie,
Like dewdrops, in the flowers! 'tis a Mirth
So deep, so holy that it can have birth
But in a Breast where Love has harboured long:
Methinks all pleasures mingle with that sound,
That Fancy dreams, or on this Earth are found!
Could I, glad Bird, but learn thy holy Lore
And sing like thee, my now harsh Voice should beat
All strains of minstrelsy, should charm and cheat
Men's Ear's, 'till their dull Hearts grew true once more!