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Poems original and translated

By John Herman Merivale ... A new and corrected edition with some additional pieces
Merivale, John Herman (1779-1844)

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VOL. I
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VOL. II
  
ORLANDO IN RONCESVALLES,
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IMITATIONS AND PARODIES.
  
SONG.—“COULD A MAN BE SECURE.”
  
FROM THE LAY OF A TROUBADOUR.
  
SONG.—“SINCE FIRST I SAW YOUR FACE.”
  
CHARADE.
  
THE ROADMAKERS:
  
ADDITIONAL STANZAS FOR 1836.
  
SONG.—“THERE'S NOUGHT BUT CARE ON EVERY HAN'.”
  
BALLAD—IN IMITATION OF DR. WATTS.
  
THE ROAD TO GLORY.
  
A NEW SONG UPON WHIG AND TORY.
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SACRED AND SCRIPTURAL.
  
PROVERBS, CHAP. I. v. 20–31.
  
ECCLESIASTICUS, CHAP. I.
  
WISDOM OF SOLOMON, CHAP. II.
  
[Great Universal Father—Thou]
  
[Father of mercies, God of might]
  
[Almighty God! before Thy Throne]
  
[Thou Great First cause of life and light]
  
“EVIL, BE THOU MY GOOD.”
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OCCASIONAL VERSES.
  
EPITAPH.
  
ANOTHER EPITAPH.
  
TO A SON ENTERING COLLEGE.
  
FROM AN UNPUBLISHED POEM.
  
ODE ON THE DELIVERANCE OF EUROPE. 1814.
  
FOR THE GENERAL FAST. 1832.
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SONNETS. 1834–5.
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SONNET I.
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SONNET II.
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SONNET III.
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SONNET IV.
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A CHRONICLE OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND,
  
PROLOGUE.
  
INVASION OF JULIUS CÆSAR. BEF. CHR. 55.
  
SECOND CENTURY.
  
THIRD CENTURY.
  
FOURTH CENTURY.
  
FIFTH CENTURY.
  
SIXTH CENTURY.
  
SEVENTH CENTURY.
  
EIGHTH CENTURY.
  
NINTH CENTURY.
  
THE HEPTARCHY UNITED.
  
TENTH CENTURY.
  
ELEVENTH CENTURY.
  
THE NORMAN CONQUEST.
  
TWELFTH CENTURY.
  
THIRTEENTH CENTURY.
  
FOURTEENTH CENTURY.
  
FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
  
SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
  
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
  
EPILOGUE.

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PROVERBS, CHAP. I. v. 20–31.

Wisdom aloud proclaimeth. In the street
Her voice is heard aloud—
In the chief place, where men assembled meet;
And to the listening crowd
Thus from betwixt the expanded gates gives warning:
“How long, ye fools, will ye
Embrace simplicity?—
How long, ye scorners, take delight in scorning?
Turn ye at my reproof.
Behold! for your behoof
On you my inmost spirit I will outpour,
And spread from shore to shore.
Because I call'd, and ye refused—because
My hand I stretchéd forth, and no man heeded—
But ye have set at naught my counsell'd laws,
And spurn'd the lore that from my lips proceeded;
I too will laugh for that ye inly bleed;
I too will mock when fear, as desolation,
Cometh upon you, and with whirlwind speed
Swift devastation.
Then shall they call on me, and I refuse;
Shall seek me early, but they shall not find;
For that they hated knowledge, nor did choose
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The fear of the Lord their God to keep in mind.
They would none of my counsel; they despised
All my reproof; so may they freely reap
That they have sown; and, what they have devised,
Be theirs to keep!”
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