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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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LOOK ON ME THUS NO MORE.

It is thy pity makes me weep,
My soul was strong before;
Silent, yet strong its griefs to keep
From vainly gushing o'er!
Turn from me, turn those gentle eyes—
In this fond gaze my spirit dies.
Look on me thus no more!
Too late that softness comes to bless,
My heart's glad life is o'er;
It will but break with tenderness,
Which cannot now restore!
The lyre-strings have been jarr'd too long,
Winter hath touch'd the source of song!
Look on me thus no more!
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