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The Poetical Works of Eliza Cook

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Cook, Eliza (1818-1889)

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Miscellaneous Poems.

THE OLD ARM-CHAIR.

OH! DEAR TO MEMORY ARE THOSE HOURS.

SONG OF THE RUSHLIGHT.

THE LAND OF MY BIRTH.

THE MOTHER WHO HATH A CHILD AT SEA.

SUMMER'S FAREWELL.

THE GIPSY'S TENT.

HALLOWED BE THY NAME.

THE ENGLISH SHIP BY MOONLIGHT.

THE GALLANT ENGLISH TAR.

BUTTERCUPS AND DAISIES.

THE OLD FARM-GATE.

THE IDIOT-BORN.

THE STAR O' GLENGARY.

THE SONG OF MARION.

THE GIPSY CHILD.

NATURE'S GENTLEMAN.

HANG UP HIS HARP; HE'LL WAKE NO MORE!

THE POET'S WREATH.

THE ENGLISHMAN.

TO A FAVOURITE PONY.

NAE STAR WAS GLINTIN OUT ABOON.

SONG OF THE CARRION CROW.

THE YOUNG MARINERS.

THE HEART THAT'S TRUE.

THIS IS THE HOUR FOR ME.

THERE'S A STAR IN THE WEST.

THE LOVED ONE WAS NOT THERE.

THE PLOUGHSHARE OF OLD ENGLAND.

AWAY FROM THE REVEL.

THE FAIRY OF THE SEA.

OH, NEVER BREATHE A DEAD ONE'S NAME.

THE SAILOR'S GRAVE.

A SONG FOR MERRY HARVEST.

I MISS THEE, MY MOTHER.

“THY KINGDOM COME.”

THE FOREST TREES.

THE KING OF THE WIND.

CHRISTMAS TIDE.

LINES WRITTEN AT MIDNIGHT,

THE FIRST VOYAGE.

THE OLD WATER-MILL.

CHILDREN'S WELCOMING.

THE SACRILEGIOUS GAMESTERS.

SONG OF THE SEA-GULLS.

'TIS WELL TO WAKE THE THEME OF LOVE.

“WINTER IS COMING.”

DINNA FORGET, LOVE.

OUR NATIVE SONG.

LOCH LEVEN'S GENTLE STREAM.

SIR HAROLD THE HUNTER.

ON SEEING A BIRD-CATCHER.

GIVE ME THE LAMA'S FABLED POWER.

THROUGH THE WATERS.

THE STAR OF MY HOME.

SONG OF THE MARINERS.

STANZAS TO THE YOUNG.

A HOME IN THE HEART.

SONG FOR THE NEW YEAR.

THE HOMES OF THE DEAD.

THE KING'S OLD HALL.

THERE'S ONE TO GUARD AND SAVE.

THE FLAG OF THE FREE.

MY JOY, MY HOPES, LET OTHERS SHARE.

THE SLUMBER OF DEATH.

OUR SAILORS AND OUR SHIPS.

CHARLIE O'ROSS, WI' THE SLOE-BLACK EEN.

THE FISHER BOY JOLLILY LIVES.

I THANK THEE, GOD! FOR WEAL AND WOE.

THE SMUGGLER BOY.

BLUE-BELLS IN THE SHADE.

SONG OF THE IMPRISONED BIRD.

THE WILLOW TREE.

THE DREAM IS BROKEN.

SONG OF THE SUN.

A SUMMER SKETCH.

THE WELCOME BACK.

WHILE THE CHRISTMAS LOG IS BURNING.

“THY WILL BE DONE.”

SONG OF OLD TIME.

SONG OF THE GOBLET.

THE CHRISTMAS HOLLY.

LOVE'S FIRST DREAM

THE SURGEON'S KNIFE.

TO THE SPIRIT OF SONG.

GOD SPEED THE PLOUGH.

THE OLD MILL-STREAM.

SONG OF THE RED INDIAN.

'TIS SWEET TO LOVE IN CHILDHOOD.

SONG OF THE WORM.

THE ROOM OF THE HOUSEHOLD.

MY MURRAY PLAID.

SONG OF THE WIND.

A GENTLE HEART.

SONG OF THE DYING OLD MAN TO HIS YOUNG WIFE.

UNDER THE MOON.

THE OLD MAN'S MARVEL.

STANZAS FOR THE SEASON.

SONG OF THE BLIND ONE.

THE BOAT-CLOAK.

THE SABBATH BELL.

THE FISHER-BOAT.

DREAMS OF THE PAST.

SONG OF THE BEGGARS.

SOME CALL THE WORLD A DREARY PLACE.

A THANKSGIVING.

THE SHIP AND THE MAIDEN.

THE GRANDFATHER'S STICK.

SONG OF THE SPIRIT OF GOLD.

RHYMES BY THE ROADSIDE.

THE POOR MAN'S GRAVE.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

SONG OF THE HEMPSEED.

SONG OF THE OSTRICH.

THE ROOK SITS HIGH.

SONG OF THE GREENWOOD FAGOT.

LET NOT THE SEED OF ANGER LIVE.

THE HEART—THE HEART.

TOM TIDLER'S GROUND.

THE PLAYGROUND.

MOURN NOT THE DEAD.

YOUNG KATHLEEN.

STANZAS TO THE MEMORY OF BURNS.

THE POOR IRISH BOY.

SONG OF THE HAYMAKERS.

THE MOOR OF GLENARM.

TROUBLE YOUR HEADS WITH YOUR OWN AFFAIRS.

THE FOREST BRAKE.

THE SUIT OF RUSSET BROWN.

SONG OF THE CITY ARTISAN.

WINTER IS HERE.

THE HAPPY MIND.

GREY-HAIRED DECEMBER.

SONG OF THE SPIRIT OF POVERTY.

THERE WOULD I BE.

SONG OF THE MODERN TIME.

THERE'S A LOVE THAT ONLY LIVES.

SONG OF THE WINTER TREE.

WHEN I WORE RED SHOES.

MOTHER, COME BACK!

SONG OF THE OLD YEAR.

I LAUGHED AT THE STORM.

MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY.

SUMMER IS NIGH.

ON THE DEATH OF A FAVOURITE HOUND.

A HINT TO LOVERS.

SONG OF THE UGLY MAIDEN.

THE TREE OF DEATH.

OLD STORY BOOKS.

SONG OF THE SEA-WEED.

MY OLD STRAW HAT.

THE DOG OF THE ALPS.

THE ENGLISH HOLIDAY.

A RIVER THOUGHT.

A FOREST THOUGHT.

THE BONNIE SCOT.

OH! COME TO THE INGLE-SIDE.

GOD HATH A VOICE.

HERE'S MERRY CHRISTMAS COME AGAIN.

DERBYSHIRE DALES.

THE HARP'S WILD NOTES.

THERE IS NOTHING IN VAIN.

DID GOD SO WILL IT?

THE VILLAGE CHURCH.

LIKE THE EVERGREEN SO SHALL OUR FRIENDSHIP BE.

“LET NOT THE SUN GO DOWN UPON YOUR WRATH.”

LINES WRITTEN FOR THE SHEFFIELD MECHANICS' EXHIBITION, 1846.

“BONNIE, SWEET ROBIN” IS “NAE DEAD AND GANE.”

A SONG FOR THE DOG.

“DON'T YOU REMEMBER?”

MY OLD COMPANIONS.

TO WILLIAM THOM, THE INVERURY POET.

AUTUMN THOUGHTS.

WILT THOU BE TRUE?

CURLS AND COUPLETS.

THE BONNIE, GREEN BOUGH.

“HE THAT IS WITHOUT SIN AMONG YOU, LET HIM FIRST CAST A STONE.”

TIME'S CHANGES.

TO CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN,

LINES AMONG THE LEAVES.

TO ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE.

THE HAPPIEST TIME.

WE'LL SING ANOTHER CHRISTMAS SONG.

A SONG TO “THE PEOPLE” OF ENGLAND.

THE CHARCOAL AND THE DIAMOND.

THE BOATMEN OF THE DOWNS.

“COME UNDER MY PLAIDIE.”

'TIS A WILD NIGHT AT SEA.

THE CHILD'S OFFERING.

WILT THOU BE MINE?

STANZAS, IN THE ORPHAN'S CAUSE.

WHICH DO I LOVE THE BEST?

“WHERE THE WEARY ARE AT REST.”

AN ENGLISH CHRISTMAS HOME.

STANZAS BY THE SEA-SIDE.

FAITH'S GUIDING STAR.

ADDRESS TO THE FREEMASONS.

THE OLD PALACE.

CHRISTMAS SONG OF THE POOR MAN.

THE POET'S HEART.

A SPECIAL PLEADING.

UNDER THE MISTLETOE.

A PATHETIC LAMENT.

IT IS THE SONG MY MOTHER SINGS.

WE ARE APT TO GROW AWEARY.

GREAT HELP WAITS ON LITTLE NEED.

LET US GIVE THANKS.

THE POOR MAN TO HIS SON.

THEY ALL BELONG TO ME.

“POVERTY PARTS GOOD COMPANIE.”

THE DECK OF THE “OUTWARD BOUND.”

THE TRYSTING-PLACE.

WINTER'S WILD FLOWERS.

THE FIREMEN OF THE LAND.

STANZAS TO AN OLD FRIEND.

THE WORSHIP OF NATURE.

WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY.

THE LOVER TO HIS DEPARTING LOVED ONE.

A SONG FOR THE WORKERS.

THE OLD GREEN LANE.

LINES FOR MUSIC.

THE WORLD IS A FAIRY RING.

NEVER HOLD MALICE.

BETTER FED THAN TAUGHT.

FORTUNE AND LOVE.

THE BIRD IN THE STORM.

“EARLY TO BED AND EARLY TO RISE.”

“OUR FATHER.”

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The Song of June.

A SABBATH EVENING SONG.

LIVE AND LET LIVE.

A TEMPERANCE SONG.

THANK GOD FOR SUMMER.

THE LILY AND THE STREAM.

A SONG FOR THE RAGGED SCHOOLS.

HERE'S “CHRISTMAS!”

ON RECEIVING A BUNCH OF HEATHER, GORSE, AND FERN.

“THERE'S A SILVER LINING TO EVERY CLOUD.”

OUR RAMBLES BY THE DOVE.

LINES IN THE TWILIGHT.

LAW AND JUSTICE.

“TURN AGAIN, WHITTINGTON.”

THE GALLOPING STEED.

THE HEART'S CHARITY.

STANZAS WRITTEN ON A SPRING DAY.

THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE.

THE GREEN HILL-SIDE.

A SONG FOR CHRISTMAS EVE.

“WRITE SOON.”

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THE TWO WORSHIPPERS.

LINES SUGGESTED BY THE SONG OF A NIGHTINGALE.

A CHANT FOR CHRISTMAS DAY.

HOUSEHOLD WALLS.

OH! LET US BE HAPPY.

THE CHURCHYARD STILE.

SONG OF THE RED MAN.

MUSICAL MURMURS FROM A SHATTERED STRING.

“A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOR EVER.”

DON'T TELL THE WORLD THAT YOU'RE WAITING FOR ME.

THE LIFE-BOAT IS A GALLANT BARK.

“LOVE ONE ANOTHER.”

SWEET, GREEN LEAVES.

ONCE UPON A TIME.

THE SMUGGLER KING.

“WHERE ARE THEY NOW?”

THE RAISING OF THE MAYPOLE.

I LEAVE THEE FOR AWHILE.

A DOGGREL DITTY.

ODD LINES FOR “ODD FELLOWS.”

A GAY DECEIVER IS HE.

LINES APPENDED TO A BUNCH OF DRIED GRASSES.

THE PIPER'S DAUGHTER.

THE BANNER OF UNION.

SONG OF THE VILLAGE CHURCH BELL.

THE MOTHER TO HER DEAF AND DUMB CHILD.

STANZAS TO MY STARVING KIN IN THE NORTH.

OVER THE DOWNS!

THE ENGLISH GIRL.

WE'LL STAND TO OUR GUNS.

ON SEEING SOME AGRICULTURAL EMIGRANTS EMBARK.

BUILDING ON THE SAND.

“MUST I LEAVE THEE, PARADISE?”

SONG OF THE SAILOR BOY.

SORROWFUL, SUMMER STANZAS.

WHEN THOU WERT NIGH.

WE'LL BE TRUE TO EACH OTHER.

NOT AS I USED TO DO.

BE KIND WHEN YOU CAN.

THE GAME OF LIFE.

THE RED CROSS OF ENGLAND—THE FLAG OF THE BRAVE.

SONG OF THE REJECTED ONE.

THE FAREWELL OF MAY.

“GOD BLESS YOU.”

FREEDOM AND THE RIGHT.

THE “OLD, OLD STORY.”

STANZAS FOR MUSIC.

HURRAH! FOR OUR RIFLEMEN!

IMPROMPTU SONNET

THE FAIRY WISH.

“I WISH THOU WERT NOT GOING.”

A CHEER FOR THE HELPING HAND.

TYPE OF THE POET-ONE

IMPROMPTU STANZAS.

THE MEMORY OF THE LOVED AND LOST.

ON HEARING A WOUNDED BIRD SINGING IN A TREE.

GERMS OF GREATNESS.

EVA'S FAREWELL.

“POOR UNCLE TOM.”

LITTLE TOPSY'S SONG.

THE MOTHER'S LEAP.

ON HEARING AN ÆOLIAN HARP.

“POOR HOOD.”

THE GREEN LEAVES ARE DEAD.

I'LL THINK OF THEE.

SONG OF THE EAGLE.

SIMPLE STANZAS, WRITTEN IN YOUNG SORROW.

“CASTLE LEA.”

GARIBALDI THE TRUE.

TERCENTENARY ODE:

GREY-EYED MABEL.

A HILL-SIDE HOME.

ST. VALENTINE'S DAY.

AN AUTUMN SKETCH.

POOR LITTLE BIRDIE.

THE ONLY DAUGHTER.

“SWEET HOME.”

“COUNTRY WORDS.”

CHRIST CRUCIFIED.

“THREE HUNDRED POUNDS A YEAR.”

“GIRLS AND BOYS COME OUT TO PLAY.”

ON THE DEATH OF RICHARD COBDEN.

FOR A PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM.

“DECEIVED.”

LINES WRITTEN IN THE ALBUM OF MR. ALFRED FORESTER (ALFRED CROWQUILL).

TO THE LATE WILLIAM JERDAN.

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Rhymes for Young Readers.

THE MOUSE AND THE CAKE.

AN EVENING SONG.

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

THE SAILOR BOY'S GOSSIP.

HOW GLAD I SHALL BE WHEN THE CUCKOO IS SINGING.

THE BLIND BOY'S BEEN AT PLAY, MOTHER.

THE DEATH OF MASTER TOMMY ROOK.

THE VIOLET-BOY.

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“Be ye glad, or be ye sad,
Come and list my simple song;
For Poet's dreams, though strange it seems,
Can help the weary heart along.
What are the prayers that Poets say?
Hark, they are told in this merry lay:—
‘May Health be ours where'er we go,
May Reason shut out feud and foe,
May Love abound for high and low,
And God have his own good way.“
—Old Poem.