The Poetical Works of Reginald Heber

Heber, Reginald (1783-1826)

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PALESTINE:

EUROPE:

THE PASSAGE OF THE RED SEA.

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FRAGMENT OF A POEM ON THE WORLD BEFORE THE FLOOD.

FRAGMENTS OF THE MASQUE OF GWENDOLEN.

II.

III.

IV.

TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR ROWLAND HILL, K.B.

LINES SPOKEN IN THE THEATRE, OXFORD, ON LORD GRENVILLE'S INSTALLATION AS CHANCELLOR.

EPITAPH ON A YOUNG NAVAL OFFICER,

FRAGMENT ON ALCHEMY.

IMITATION OF A SONG,

HONOUR ITS OWN REWARD.

TRANSLATION OF A FRAGMENT OF A DANISH SONG.

TRANSLATION OF AN INSCRIPTION ON A MONUMENT,

VERSIFICATION OF THE SPEECH OF GEOORGIN TO BEYUN, (FROM THE SHAH NAMEH.)

FROM THE MOALLAKAH OF HARETH.

THE BOKE OF THE PURPLE FAUCON.

Icy commence le Romaunt du Grand Roye Pantagruelle.

Ycy commence le II Chant du Bon Roy Pantagruelle.

A FRAGMENT.

TRANSLATION OF AN ODE OF KLOPSTOCK'S.

SONG TO A SCOTCH AIR.

THE RISING OF THE SUN.

ON HEAVENLY AND EARTHLY HOPE.

PARODY OF LISTON'S “BEAUTIFUL MAID.”

TRANSLATION OF AN INSCRIPTION RECENTLY DISCOVERED IN SAMOS.

THE OUTWARD-BOUND SHIP.

BOW-MEETING SONG.

TO CHAUNCEY HARE TOWNSHEND,

BOW-MEETING SONG.

ON CROSSING THE RANGE OF HIGH LAND BETWEEN STONE AND MARKET DRAYTON, JAN. 4, 1820.

BALLAD.

SYMPATHY.

LINES WRITTEN TO A MARCH COMPOSED IN IMITATION OF A MILITARY BAND.

THE WELL OF OBLIVION.

THE ORACLE.

TO A WELCH AIR, “CODIAD YR HYDOD.”

THE GROUND SWELL.

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN.

BOW-MEETING SONG.

FROM THE GULISTAN.

IMITATION OF AN ODE BY KOODRUT.

TRANSLATION OF A SONNET, BY THE LATE NAWAB OF OUDE, ASUF UD DOWLA.

LINES ADDRESSED TO MRS. HEBER.

AN EVENING WALK IN BENGAL.

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TRANSLATION OF A SONNET, BY THE LATE NAWAB OF OUDE, ASUF UD DOWLA.

In those eyes that glisten as in pity for my pain,
Are they gems, or only dew drops? Can they, will they long remain?

Why the strength of tyrant beauty thus, with seeming ruth, restrain?
Better breathe my last before thee, than in lingering grief remain.

To yon planet, Fate has given every month to wax and wane;
And—thy world of blushing brightness,—can it, will it long remain?

Asuf! why in mournful numbers, of thine absence thus complain,
Chance had joined us, chance has parted!—nought on earth can long remain.

In the world may'st thou, beloved! live exempt from grief and pain.
On my lips the breath is fleeting—can it, will it long remain?

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TRANSLATION OF A SONNET, BY THE LATE NAWAB OF OUDE, ASUF UD DOWLA.