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The Poems of Robert Bloomfield

In Three Volumes

Bloomfield, Robert (1766-1823)

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I.

VOL. I. THE FARMER'S BOY, AND GOOD TIDINGS.

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THE FARMER'S BOY.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

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II.

VOL. II. RURAL TALES, AND WILD FLOWERS.

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RICHARD AND KATE;

WALTER AND JANE;

THE MILLER'S MAID.

THE WIDOW TO HER HOUR-GLASS.

THE FAKENHAM GHOST,

THE FRENCH MARINER.

LINES, OCCASIONED BY A VISIT TO Whittlebury Forest, Northamptonshire,

SONG FOR A HIGHLAND DROVER RETURNING FROM ENGLAND.

A WORD TO TWO YOUNG LADIES.

ON HEARING OF THE TRANSLATION OF PART OF THE FARMER'S BOY INTO LATIN;

SONG. THE SHEPHERD AND HIS DOG ROVER.

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ABNER AND THE WIDOW JONES.

TO MY OLD OAK TABLE.

THE BROKEN CRUTCH.

SHOOTER'S HILL .

MARY'S EVENING SIGH.

A VISIT TO RANELAGH.

THE WOODLAND HALLÓ.

LOVE OF THE COUNTRY.

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III.

VOL. III. BANKS OF WYE, AND MAY-DAY WITH THE MUSES.

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THE BANKS OF WYE.

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I.

GLEANER'S SONG.

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II.

THE MAID OF LANDOGA.

MORRIS OF PERSFIELD.

III.

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IV.

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MAY-DAY WITH THE MUSES.

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THE INVITATION.

THE DRUNKEN FATHER.

THE SHEPHERD'S DREAM:

THE SOLDIER'S HOME.

ROSAMOND'S SONG OF HOPE.

ALFRED AND JENNET.

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The stranger who thus steals one hour
To trace thy walks from bower to bower,
Thy noble cliffs, thy wildwood joys,
Nature's own work that never cloys,
Who, while reflection bids him roam,
Calls not this paradise his home,
Can ne'er, with dull unconscious eye,
Leave them behind without a sigh.
Thy tale of truth then, Sorrow, tell,
Of him who bade this home farewell;
Morris of Persfield.—Hark, the strains!
Hark! 'tis some hoary bard complains!
The decds, the worth, he knew so well,
The force of nature bids him tell.