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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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III.

A TALE OF THE SECRET TRIBUNAL.

SUPERSTITION AND REVELATION,

THE CARAVAN IN THE DESERTS.

MARIUS AMONGST THE RUINS OF CARTHAGE.

SONG. FOUNDED ON AN ARABIAN ANECDOTE.

THE CROSS OF THE SOUTH.

THE SLEEPER OF MARATHON.

TO MISS F. A. L. ON HER BIRTHDAY.

WRITTEN IN THE FIRST LEAF OF THE ALBUM OF THE SAME.

TO THE SAME—ON THE DEATH OF HER MOTHER.

FROM THE ITALIAN OF GARCILASSO DE LA VEGA.

FROM THE ITALIAN OF SANNAZARO.

STANZAS TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE THE THIRD.

A TALE OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.

BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST.

THE LAST CONSTANTINE.

THE FUNERAL GENIUS; AN ANCIENT STATUE.

THE TOMBS OF PLATÆA.

THE VIEW FROM CASTRI.

THE FESTAL HOUR.

SONG OF THE BATTLE OF MORGARTEN.

SEBASTIAN OF PORTUGAL.

THE SIEGE OF VALENCIA.

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FAR AWAY.

Far away!—my home is far away,
Where the blue sea laves a mountain shore;
In the woods I hear my brothers play,
'Midst the flowers my sister sings once more.
Far away!

Far away! my dreams are far away,
When at midnight, stars and shadows reign;
“Gentle child,” my mother seems to say,
“Follow me where home shall smile again!”
Far away!

Far away! my hope is far away,
Where love's voice young gladness may restore;

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—O thou dove! now soaring through the day,
Lend me wings to reach that better shore,
Far away!

This, and the five following songs, have been set to music of great merit, by J. Zeugheer Herrmann, and H. F. C., and are published in a set by Mr Power, who has given permission for the appearance of the words in this volume.