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Poetical Sketches

With other poems. By Alaric A. Watts. Fourth Edition. Illustrated with engravings from designs by T. Stothard, R. A. and W. Nesfield

Watts, Alaric Alexander (1797-1864)

A SKETCH FROM REAL LIFE.

YEARS OF ANGUISH AND GLOOM HAVE GONE BY.

STANZAS.

TO A POETICAL FRIEND.

LINES WRITTEN BENEATH A PICTURE.

POSTHUMOUS FAME.

A FAREWELL.

STANZAS

FORGET THEE? NO, NEVER!

CYTHNA.

LINES, WRITTEN IN THE ANGEL OF THE WORLD.

AUTUMN.

STANZAS FOR MUSIC.

II.

II. 'TIS EVE ON THE OCEAN.

III.

III. WHILE I UPON THY BOSOM LEAN.

V. SACRED MELODY.

VII.

VII. WHEN SHALL WE MEET AGAIN?

VIII.

VIII. COME, LET US BANISH SORROW.

IX.

IX. AND DOST THOU LOVE THE LYRE.

X. MY RACE IS ALMOST RUN.

XII.

XII. RETOUCH, SWEET FRIEND—RETOUCH THE LUTE.

XIII.

XIII. THE PAINS OF MEMORY.

XIV.

XIV. THE SOUL THAT WAS SHROUDED.

XV.

XV. WHAT NEED OF YEARS—LONG YEARS TO PROVE?

SONNETS.

III.

III. TO ---.

IV.

IV. TO SENSIBILITY.

V. FROM THE PORTUGUESE OF CAMOENS.

VI.

VI. WRITTEN IN A CHURCH-YARD.

VIII.

VIII. ON A DOMESTIC CALAMITY

IX.

IX. TO SUSPENSE.

MIRZALA.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

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VI.

As the mysterious pebbles of Kathay yield their harmonious murmurs, whether wrought upon by the storm-blast or zephyr,—so the soul of Mirzala always responded in melody.