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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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'Tis sweet to hear the soothing chime,
And, by thanksgiving, measure time,
When hard-wrought poverty awhile
Upheaves the bending back to smile;
When servants hail, with boundless glee,
The sweets of love and liberty.