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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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Seldom has worship cheer'd my soul
With such invincible control!
It was a bright benignant hour,
The song of praise was full of power;
And, darting from the noon-day sky,
Amidst the tide of harmony,
O'er aisle and pillar glancing strong,
Heav'n's radiant light inspired the song.
The word of peace, that can disarm
Care with its own peculiar charm,
Here flow'd a double stream, to cheer
The Saxon and the Mountaineer,
Of various stock, of various name,
Now join'd in rights, and join'd in fame.

Divine service is performed alternately in English and Welsh. That they still call us Saxons need hardly be mentioned. The army, it appears, is quite as accommodating as the church, for the posting bills for recruits are printed in both languages.