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The works of Mrs. Hemans

With a memoir of her life, by her sister. In seven volumes
Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Browne (1793-1835)

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VOL. I.
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VOL. II.
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VOL. III.
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VOL. IV.
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VOL. V.
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VOL. VI.
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VOL. VII.
  
[dedication]
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LYRICS, AND SONGS FOR MUSIC.
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SONGS OF A GUARDIAN SPIRIT.
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SONGS OF SPAIN.
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SONGS FOR SUMMER HOURS.
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SONGS OF CAPTIVITY.
  
INTRODUCTION.
  
I.—THE BROTHER'S DIRGE.
  
II.—THE ALPINE HORN.
  
III.—O YE VOICES.
  
IV.—I DREAM OF ALL THINGS FREE.
  
V.—FAR O'ER THE SEA.
  
VI.—THE INVOCATION.
  
VII.—THE SONG OF HOPE.
  
THE BIRD AT SEA.
  
THE DYING GIRL AND FLOWERS.
  
THE IVY-SONG.
  
THE MUSIC OF ST PATRICK'S.
  
KEENE, OR LAMENT OF AN IRISH MOTHER OVER HER SON.
  
FAR AWAY.
  
THE LYRE AND FLOWER.
  
SISTER! SINCE I MET THEE LAST.
  
THE LONELY BIRD.
  
DIRGE AT SEA.
  
PILGRIM'S SONG TO THE EVENING STAR.
  
THE MEETING OF THE SHIPS.
  
COME AWAY.
  
FAIR HELEN OF KIRCONNEL.
  
MUSIC FROM SHORE.
  
LOOK ON ME WITH THY CLOUDLESS EYES.
  
IF THOU HAST CRUSH'D A FLOWER.
  
BRIGHTLY HAST THOU FLED.
  
THE BED OF HEATH.
  
FAIRY SONG.
  
WHAT WOKE THE BURIED SOUND.
  
OH! IF THOU WILT NOT GIVE THINE HEART.
  
LOOK ON ME THUS NO MORE.
  
SING TO ME, GONDOLIER!
  
O'ER THE FAR BLUE MOUNTAINS.
  
O THOU BREEZE OF SPRING!
  
COME TO ME, DREAMS OF HEAVEN.
  
GOOD-NIGHT.
  
LET HER DEPART.
  
HOW CAN THAT LOVE SO DEEP, SO LONE.
  
WATER-LILIES.
  
THE BROKEN FLOWER.
  
I WOULD WE HAD NOT MET AGAIN.
  
FAIRIES' RECALL.
  
THE ROCK BESIDE THE SEA.
  
O YE VOICES GONE.
  
BY A MOUNTAIN STREAM AT REST.
  
IS THERE SOME SPIRIT SIGHING.
  
THE NAME OF ENGLAND.
  
OLD NORWAY.
  
COME TO ME, GENTLE SLEEP.
  
THE LEAGUE OF THE ALPS; OR, THE MEETING ON THE FIELD OF GRUTLI.
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SCENES AND HYMNS OF LIFE; WITH OTHER RELIGIOUS POEMS.
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FEMALE CHARACTERS OF SCRIPTURE.
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SONNETS, DEVOTIONAL AND MEMORIAL.
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RECORDS OF THE SPRING OF 1834.
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RECORDS OF THE AUTUMN OF 1834.
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THOUGHTS DURING SICKNESS.
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JUVENILE POEMS

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V.—FAR O'ER THE SEA.

Where are the vintage songs
Wandering in glee?
Where dance the peasant bands
Joyous and free?
Under a kind blue sky,
Where doth my birthplace lie?
—Far o'er the sea.
Where floats the myrtle-scent
O'er vale and lea,
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When evening calls the dove
Homewards to flee?
Where doth the orange gleam
Soft on my native stream?
—Far o'er the sea!
Where are sweet eyes of love
Watching for me?
Where o'er the cabin roof
Waves the green tree?
Where speaks the vesper-chime
Still of a holy time?
—Far o'er the sea.
Dance on, ye vintage bands,
Fearless and free!
Still fresh and greenly wave,
My father's tree!
Still smile, ye kind blue skies!
Though your son pines and dies
Far o'er the sea!
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