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Poems

By Edward Quillinan. With a Memoir by William Johnston

Quillinan, Edward (1791-1851)

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WILD-FLOWERS OF WESTMORELAND.

A FLOWER OF FAIRFIELD.

THE HELIOTROPE AND THE SNOWDROP.

THE NIGHT-SCENTED STOCK.

THE BIRCH OF SILVER-HOW.

CHESNUT TREES NEAR BRAGA.

THE CANARY GOLDFINCH.

RYDAL-BECK, WESTMORELAND.

DALEGARTH FORCE.

A MOST RICH AND PERFECTLY DEFINED RAINBOW ON THE OCEAN.

A PARTING BENISON TO THE MEDEA STEAMSHIP.

ON A PORTRAIT BY COMERFORD.

“WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN IN WICKLOW?”

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THE AMERICAN SHIP PAULINA.

I.

HERO-WORSHIP. I.

II.

HERO-WORSHIP. II.

I.

II.

MEDUSA. II.

I.

THE GAULS AT ROME. A.D. 1849. I.

II.

THE GAULS AT ROME. A.D. 1849. II.

III.

THE GAULS AT ROME. A.D. 1849. III.

IV.

THE GAULS AT ROME. A.D. 1849. IV.

I.

FIELD-FOOT CEDAR. I.

II.

FIELD-FOOT CEDAR. II.

III.

FIELD-FOOT CEDAR. III.

I.

II.

FIELD-FOOT. II.

CAVE OF MEDITATION, FIELD-FOOT.

TO ANGUS FLETCHER.

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I.

I. WORDSWORTH'S HOME.

II.

III. “JESUS WEPT.” (St. John xi. 35.)

TO MRS. HARRISON,

TO A YOUNG LADY, WHO RESIDED BETWEEN THE RIVERS LEE AND BRIDE, NEAR CORK.

LINES TO MRS. DUNLOP, FOR ROTHA.

TO MISS ------.

TO MARY, DANCING.

TO A LADY OF SUPERCILIOUS AIR.

LEE PRIORY, IN MAY.

WRITTEN IN THE ALBUM OF EDITH MAY SOUTHEY, WHO FORBADE COMPLIMENT.

IN A LADY'S ALBUM.

IN THE ALBUM OF MARGARET ---

SONG.—AMBLESIDE VALE.

SONG ALTERED FROM MOORE.

LOW WOOD, WINANDERMERE.

NEPTUNE AND MEDUSA.

STANZAS. IN ALLUSION TO SOME WORLDLY ADVICE IN CLEVER VERSE BY A LADY TO HER YOUNGER FRIEND, THE FOLLOWING WAS WRITTEN:—

“HIC JACET MALLEUS SCOTORUM.”

ADDRESS TO A PONY.

ON THE REPORTED VISIT OF QUEEN ADELAIDE TO WORDSWORTH.

MORALS FROM THE STARS.

INTERIOR OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL, AS SEEN BY MOONLIGHT, SEPTEMBER 30, 1841.

VERY UNFINISHED VERSES SUGGESTED BY THE SERRA OF GERÉS.

“N'EVEILLEZ PAS LE CHAT QUI DORT.”

THE ROSE-WREATHED HOUR-GLASS.

THE OLD MAN AND HIS DAUGHTERS.

AGNES OF HOLMGARD.

THE LEGEND OF SAINT MEINRAD.

DIALOGUE BETWEEN A MOOR OF GRANADA AND HIS SPANISH PRISONER.

THE DUKE OF ALBA.

THE GROVES OF ENTRE QUINTAS.

EPITAPH ON COLONEL GEORGE HOLMES, C.B.

EPITAPH ON J. K. E. HOLMES.

FUNERAL OF ROBERT SOUTHEY.

ELEGY ON G. M. B.

ELEGY ON E. W. G. B.

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I.

II.

II. Near Lauffenberg.

III.

III. Near Schaffhausen.

IV.

IV. SOCIETY. BERNE.

V.

VI.

VI. THE LAKE OF LAUWERTZ.

VII.

VIII.

VIII. LAUSANNE.

ELEGY ON THE SAME, WRITTEN TWELVE YEARS LATER.

ELEGY ON A YOUNG LADY WHO DIED AT TORQUAY, FEB. 2, 1833.

TO THE CITY OF FLORENCE.

LINES COMPOSED IN THE ENGLISH BURIAL-GROUND AT OPORTO.

DIALOGUE WITH THE DEPARTING SPIRIT OF A FRIEND'S CHILD.

A DREAM OF DEATH AT SEA.

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MEDUSA. II.

Beautiful Maniac of the locks enchanted,
Whose golden net enslaved the Lord of Ocean!
Is this the end of all his false devotion?
Is this the crown upon thy temples planted
By him whose bosom for thy beauty panted?
Alas! frail Woman yields to soft emotion,
And love beguiles her with some airy notion:
And then the tempter's fatal suit is granted;
And then, away are wing'd the days of gladness
With him who sipp'd the nectar of her breath;
And then succeed the pains of guilt and sadness:
Love's flowery braid becomes a snaky wreath,
And then the serpents hiss her into madness:
Thus pleasure's garland turns a crown of death!