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The poetical works of William Lisle Bowles

... with memoir, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes, by the Rev. George Gilfillan

Bowles, William Lisle (1762-1850)

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THE GRAVE OF THE LAST SAXON;

ST JOHN IN PATMOS.

THE SORROWS OF SWITZERLAND.

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THE VILLAGER'S VERSE-BOOK.

SUMMER'S EVENING.

SPRING—CUCKOO.

HEN AND CHICKENS.

POOR MAN'S GRAVE.

SABBATH MORNING.

THE HOUR-GLASS.

THE BIRD'S NEST.

SATURDAY NIGHT.

THE APRIL SHOWER.

THE ROBIN REDBREAST.

THE BUTTERFLY AND THE BEE.

THE BLIND GRANDFATHER.

THE OLD LABOURER.

THE VILLAGE BELLS.

THE CAGED BIRD.

THE DUTIFUL CHILD

LITTLE MARY'S LINNET.

THE SHEPHERD AND HIS DOG.

THE WITHERED LEAF.

THE GIPSY'S TENT.

MY FATHER'S GRAVE.

THE SWALLOW AND THE RED-BREAST.

THE BLIND MAN OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL.

THE BLIND SOLDIER AND HIS DAUGHTER.

THE LITTLE SWEEP.

THE BLACKSMITH.

HYMN FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE.

THE CHILDREN'S HYMN FOR THEIR PATRONESS.

CHRISTMAS HYMN.

SONG OF THE CID.

POEMS, INEDITED, UNPUBLISHED, ETC.

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CHORUS.

Triumph! the rescued nations cry,
Triumph! ten thousand hearts reply.