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Poems on various subjects

By R. Anderson

Anderson, R. (1770-1833)

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I.

SONNET I. TO J. C. CURWEN, ESQ. M. P.

II.

SONNET II. TO THE LARK.

III.

SONNET III. TO AN AGED PARENT, ON SEEING HIM SHED TEARS.

IV.

SONNET IV. WRITTEN IN WINTER.

V.

SONNET V. TO A ROSE IN ELIZA'S BOSOM.

VI.

SONNET VI. TO A YOUNG LADY, WITH SOME SONGS IN MANUSCRIPT.

VII.

SONNET VII. EVENING.

VIII.

SONNET VIII. TO JOHN HORNE TOOKE, ESQ.

IX.

SONNET IX. TO THE RIVER EDEN.

X.

SONNET X. TO A REDBREAST, WHICH VISITED THE AUTHOR DAILY FOR SOME MONTHS.

XI.

SONNET XI. TO THE SAME.

XII.

SONNET XII. TO A YOUNG LADY LABOURING UNDER A SEVERE ILLNESS.

XIII.

SONNET XIII. TO A POOR BOY.

XIV.

SONNET XIV. TO ELIZA.

XV.

SONNET XV. TO A PRETENDED FRIEND.

XVI.

SONNET XVI. NIGHT.

XVII.

SONNET XVII. TO THE RIVER CALDEW.

XVIII.

SONNET XVIII. TO MR. ROBERT CARLILE.

XIX.

SONNET XIX. TO ELIZA.

XX.

SONNET XX. WRITTEN IN SPRING.

XXI.

SONNET XXI. TO AN UNFORTUNATE FEMALE.

XXII.

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SONNET VII. EVENING.

Mild Evening's floating breeze perfumes the air,
Whilst blushing Phœbus hastens down the west;
The twitt'ring swallow seeks her peaceful nest,
And home the rustic turns his bleating care.
Now from the drooping violet in the glade
The zephyrs sweet their balmy course pursue;
To distant sloping hills embrown'd in shade
The parting sun now bids a short adieu;
The shepherd's pipe proclaims the sportive dance,
And calls the younker from his daily toil;
Upon the green the village swains advance,
In harmless mirth the moments to beguile.
Hail, rural sweets, that charm the pensive Muse,
As she her contemplative flow'ry path pursues!