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by T. Westwood

Westwood, T. (1814?-1888)

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[dedication]

THE DEATH OF THE FIRST-BORN.

CREATION'S HYMN OF PRAISE.

INVOCATION.

STANZAS ADDRESSED TO A LADY WHO AFFECTED A DISLIKE FOR POETRY.

THE LONELY HEART.

THE VOICE OF WINTER,

MAN'S DESTINY.

THE PRAYER OF THE CAPTIVE.

LIFE AND ETERNITY.

THE SISTER'S FAREWELL.

THE MINSTREL'S LAMENT.

SONNET.

FRAGMENT.

INTRODUCTION TO AN ALBUM.

WOMAN.

SONNET.

COME, OH COME!

THE SPANISH KNIGHT'S FAREWELL.

LINES SUGGESTED BY A PORTRAIT.

SONNET.

AWAY, MAIDEN, AWAY!

THE UNION OF PAINTING WITH POETRY.

SONNET.

PENSEES.

THE SUFFERINGS OF THE GOOD.

[The infinite sands upon the ocean shore—]

THE TWO THRONES.

HOPE AND TRUTH.

LIGHT THE REVELATION OF DEITY.

EPIGRAM FROM THE FRENCH OF PIRON.

THE VICTOR'S DIRGE.

AN EXPOSTULATION TO SUMMER ON HER PREMATURE DEPARTURE.

[Flowers are the lov'd of all]

[Look at yon lily, how without a blush]

[The snowdrop is the herald of the flowers]

[Wild flowers, that in the wood's deep solitudes]

[Here is the violet, the fragrant type]

[Trust not to outward seeming; health doth oft]

[I saw a flower in a pathless wood]

SONGS.

(1) “ONE HOUR WITH THEE.”

(2) “FORGET ME, OH FORGET ME.

(3) “HOW SHALL I WOO THEE?”

(4) WISHES.

(5) “FAR AWAY, FAR AWAY.”

(6) THE TRYSTING HOUR.

(7) NORMANDY.

(8) “THOU ART GOING.”

(9) THE ROSE.

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(10) “AWAY TO THE GREENWOOD.”

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(11) SONG OF THE ROSE.

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(12) NIGHT SONG OF THE SHIP.

THE RETURN OF THE SWISS CRUSADERS.

THE EXILE'S FAREWELL.

EPITAPH FROM THE FRENCH OF PIRON.

LINES SUGGESTED BY A DRAWING OF TURNBERRY CASTLE.

“I MAY NOT LINGER HERE.”

TO MARGARET.

PRAYER.

THE EMIGRANT'S BRIDE.

SONG OF TRIUMPH.

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[Trust not to outward seeming; health doth oft]

Trust not to outward seeming; health doth oft
Assume the mask of sickness, and thou knowest
That when its deepest blushes deck the rose,

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The canker-worm is sometimes found within,
Eating its life away.