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The Collected Poems of T. E. Brown

Brown, T. E. (1830-1897)

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I. ASPECTS AND CHARACTERS
  
BRADDAN VICARAGE
  
OLD JOHN
  
CHALSE A KILLEY
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IN THE COACH
 I. 
No. I— Jus' the shy
 II. 
Yes, ma'am! no, ma'am!
 III. 
Conjergal Rights
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Going to meet him
  
A.
  
B.
 V. 
The Pazons
 VI. 
Noah's Ark
  
MATER DOLOROSA
  
THE CHRISTENING
  
PEGGY'S WEDDING
  
THE PEEL LIFE-BOAT
  
CATHERINE KINRADE
  
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN HOM-VEG AND BALLURE'S RIVER
  
GOB-NY-USHTEY
  
FAILAND
  
PORTBURY
  
THE DHOON
  
WASTWATER TO SCAWFELL
  
THE WELL
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ROMAN WOMEN
 I. 
I
 II. 
II
 III. 
III
 IV. 
IV
 V. 
V
 VI. 
VI
 VII. 
VII
 VIII. 
VIII
 IX. 
IX
 X. 
X
 XI. 
XI
 XII. 
XII
 XIII. 
XIII
  
IN MEMORIAM
  
SONG
  
DUNOON
  
THE LAUGH
  
“NE SIT ANCILLÆ”
  
WHITEHAVEN HARBOUR
  
IBANT OBSCURÆ
  
ST. BEE'S HEAD
  
AN OXFORD IDYLL
  
SCARLETT ROCKS
  
LIME STREET
  
HOTWELLS
  
TO K. H.
  
CLIFTON
  
FIVES'-COURT
  
THE LILY-POOL
  
“NOT WILLING TO STAY”
  
ECCLESIASTES
  
INDWELLING
  
SALVE!
  
IN MEMORIAM
  
IN MEMORIAM: A. F.
  
CANTICLE
  
WHITE FOXGLOVE
  
OCTAVES
  
POETS AND POETS
  
OPIFEX
  
IN MEMORIAM: J. MACMEIKIN
  
“GOD IS LOVE”
  
THE INTERCEPTED SALUTE
  
METABOAH
  
JESSIE
  
A WISH
  
DANTE AND ARIOSTO
  
BOCCACCIO
  
TO E. M. O.
  
CAROL
  
M. T. W.
  
THE ORGANIST IN HEAVEN
  
TO E. M. O.
  
A SERMON AT CLEVEDON
  
A FABLE
  
THE PESSIMIST
  
ON THE SINKING OF THE VICTORIA
  
ΧΡΙΣΜΑ
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NARRATIVE
  
PROLOGUE
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FO'C'S'LE YARNS
  
DEDICATION
 I. 
IBETSY LEE
 II. 
II. CHRISTMAS ROSE
 III. 
IIICAPTAIN TOM AND CAPTAIN HUGH
 IV. 
IV TOMMY BIG-EYES
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FO'C'S'LE YARNS
  
DEDICATION
 I. 
ITHE DOCTOR
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II KITTY OF THE SHERRAGH VANE
 I. 
PART I
 II. 
PART II
 III. 
III THE SCHOOLMASTERS
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FO' C'S'LE YARNS
  
PRELUDE
 I. 
I THE MANX WITCH
 II. 
JOB THE WHITE
 III. 
THE INDIAMAN
  
MARY QUAYLE
  
BELLA GORRY
  
ENVOY
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III. LYRICAL
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CLEVEDON VERSES
 I. 
I Hallam's Church, Clevedon
 II. 
II Dora
 III. 
III Secuturus
 IV. 
IV Cui Bono?
 V. 
V Star-steering
 VI. 
VI Per omnia Deus
 VII. 
VII Norton Wood
 VIII. 
VIII The Bristol Channel
 IX. 
IX The Voices of Nature
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LYNTON VERSES
 I. 
I
 II. 
II
 III. 
III
 IV. 
IV Lynton to Porlock
 V. 
V
 VI. 
VI (Symphony)
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THE EMPTY CUP
  
PAIN
  
THE PITCHER
  
SONG
  
VERIS ET FAVONI
  
IN GREMIO
  
EXILE
  
CLIMBING
  
RISUS DEI
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DARTMOOR
  
HOMO LOQVITVR
  
RESPONDET ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΟΣ
  
THE PRAYERS
  
ΠΟΙΗΜΑΤΙΟΝ
  
JUVENTA PERENNIS
  
VESPERS
  
I BENDED UNTO ME
  
IS IT AMAVI OR IS IT AMO?
  
A FRAGMENT
  
TO W. E. HENLEY
  
WHEN LOVE MEETS LOVE
  
BETWEEN OUR FOLDING LIPS
  
EX ORE INFANTIS
  
O GOD TO THEE I YIELD
  
TO G. TRUSTRUM
  
AN AUTUMN TRINKET
  
RECONCILIATION
  
SAD! SAD!
  
IN A FAIR GARDEN
  
THE SCHOONER
  
EUROCLYDON
  
DISGUISES
  
MY GARDEN
  
LAND, HO!
  
PRAESTO
  
EVENSONG
  
ABER STATIONS
  
A MORNING WALK
  
EPISTOLA AD DAKYNS
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NATURE AND ART
 I. 
I
 II. 
II
  
LIFE
  
ALMA MATER
  
TRITON ESURIENS
  
ISRAEL AND HELLAS
  
DREAMS
  
PREPARATION
  
PLANTING
  
OBVIAM
  
SPECULA
  
“SOCIAL SCIENCE”
  
AT THE PLAY

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I BENDED UNTO ME

I bended unto me a bough of May,
That I might see and smell:
It bore it in a sort of way,
It bore it very well.
But, when I let it backward sway,
Then it were hard to tell
With what a toss, with what a swing,
The dainty thing
Resumed its proper level,
And sent me to the devil.
I know it did—you doubt it?
I turned, and saw them whispering about it.
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