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The Legend of Genevieve

with other tales and poems. By Delta [i.e. David Macbeth Moir]
Moir, D. M. (1798-1851)

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LEGEND OF GENEVIEVE.
  
SIR ETHELRID.
  
ELLEN, THE FORSAKEN.
  
MARY'S MOUNT.
  
NAPOLEON'S ADDRESS TO THE STATUE OF HIS SON.
  
THE GREEK TO HIS SWORD.
  
SPANISH PATRIOTIC ODE.
  
THE SOLDIER'S GRAVE.
  
THE RUINED CASTLE.
  
THE EMIGRANTS' FAREWELL.
  
TO THE SPIRIT OF KOSCIUSKO.
  
STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE.
  
ON ANDREW HOFFER.
  
TO HAYDON.
  
LOCHLEVEN CASTLE.
  
SCENE ON THE GRAMPIANS.
  
THE MOSSY SEAT.
  
THE EVENING LANDSCAPE.
  
FEMALE DECAY.
  
EVENTIDE.
  
THE VISION.
  
BALLAD STANZAS.
  
STANZAS. ON THIS GREEN BANK, &c.
  
THE CONFESSION.
  
SONNET. TO LOVE.
  
ODE ON THE OLDEN TIME.
  
THE LEAFLESS TREE.
  
THE MIDNIGHT REVERIE.
  
THE SEPTEMBER FOREST.
  
THE SILENT EVE.
  
THE WILD ROSE.
  
THE MANIAC'S PLAINT.
  
A MOTHER'S DIRGE OVER HER CHILD.
  
VERSES TO THE MEMORY OF ROBERT BLOOMFIELD.
  
THE NOVEMBER GARDEN.
  
THE ARBOUR.
  
SOLITUDE.
  
RURAL SECLUSION.
  
INCH-KEITH BEACON.
  
EVENING RETROSPECT.
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SONNETS.
 I. 
No. I. RAINY MORNING.
 III. 
No. III. DAYS OF YORE.
 IV. 
No. IV. THE SCHOOL BANK.
 V. 
No. V. TO THE EVENING STAR.
 VI. 
No. VI. DECAY OF CHIVALRY.
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BALLADS.
 I. 
No. I. SIR HAROLD.
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No. II. ADELINE.
 III. 
No. III. FALSE FLORENCE.
 IV. 
No. IV. THE BARD'S WISH.
 V. 
No. V. FITZTRAVER'S GRAVE.
 VI. 
No. VI. THE SPECTRE'S VISIT.
  
FUTURE PROSPECTS OF THE WORLD.

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No. V. TO THE EVENING STAR.

Dimly around the shades of evening lower;
The winds are pillow'd, and the waves asleep;
Still are the woods; their shadows, dim and deep,
Rest on the waters; 'tis a solemn hour!
An orange flush pervades the western tent,
Waning to faintness; while, with flag unfurled,
Resplendent Star! in southern firmament,
Thou look'st from Twilight's watch-tower o'er the world.
Thou art serenely beautiful, and peace
Dwells with thee, herald of the star-eyed night.
Often, when daylight's busy murmurs cease,
Amid the dewy fields I take delight
To stray, and when the heaven from cloud is free,
Muse on the past, and fix my gaze on thee!
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