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The Poetical Works of Robert Anderson

Anderson, R. (1770-1833)

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I.

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THE ROSE OF CORBYE,

1.

CANTO THE FIRST.

2.

CANTO THE SECOND.

THE DYING HARPER.

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CONNOR, A FRAGMENT,

1.

CANTO THE FIRST.

CANTO THE SECOND.

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FAIR MARGARET'S BOWER.

1.

CANTO THE FIRST.

2.

CANTO THE SECOND.

3.

CANTO THE THIRD.

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1.

ENIGMA THE FIRST.

2.

ENIGMA THE SECOND.

3.

ENIGMA THE THIRD.

4.

ENIGMA THE FOURTH.

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1.

EPISTLE THE FIRST.

2.

EPISTLE THE SECOND.

3.

EPISTLE THE THIRD.

4.

EPISTLE THE FOURTH.

5.

EPISTLE THE FIFTH.

6.

EPISTLE THE SIXTH.

7.

EPISTLE THE SEVENTH.

8.

EPISTLE THE EIGHTH.

9.

EPISTLE THE NINTH.

10.

EPISTLE THE TENTH.

11.

EPISTLE THE ELEVENTH.

12.

EPISTLE THE TWELFTH.

13.

EPISTLE THE THIRTEENTH.

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II.

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STANZAS ON VISITING A MOTHER'S GRAVE.

INSCRIPTION WRITTEN AT CORBY CASTLE,

MAN WAS NOT MADE TO MOURN.

MIDNIGHT REFLECTIONS.

LOUISA, A BALLAD.

ODE TO POVERTY.

INSCRIPTION FOR AN OAK SEAT

STANZAS WRITTEN IN AUTUMN, 1799.

THE AUTHOR'S WILL.

SCENE FROM THE MUSICAL FARCE OF “THE BEGGAR GIRL.”

ODE TO FORTUNE.

ROBESPIERE'S LAMENT.

LINES ON SEEING A BOY TORTURE AN INSECT.

DECEMBER, A FRAGMENT.

FRAGMENT, WRITTEN EXTEMPORE.

A LESSON TO YOUTH.

LINES TO A REDBREAST.

THE POOR PRUDE.

EPITAPH ON DAVID BIGGER, ESQ.

EPITAPH ON THE FATHER OF A FRIEND.

EPITAPH ON MARIA OF THE COTTAGE.

EPITAPH ON AKEL BULBEE,

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WRITTEN ON THE AUTHOR'S BIRTH-DAY

TO WILLIAM COWPER, ESQ.

TO MARIA OF THE COTTAGE.

TO MARIA OF THE COTTAGE.

TO MRS. HOWARD, OF CORBY CASTLE,

MARY'S ABSENCE.

TO MRS. CHARLOTTE SMITH.

TO EVENING.

ADDRESSED TO THE INFANT SON OF GAELUS,

TO THE RIVER EDEN.

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CUMBERLAND BALLADS.

NICHOL THE NEWSMONGER.

THE IMPATIENT LASSIE.

THE BLECKELL MURRY-NEET.

THE VILLAGE GANG.

CANNY CUMMERLAN.

THE FELLOWS ROUN TORKIN.

BORROWDALE JWOHNNY.

THE CODBECK WEDDIN.

THE ILL-GIEN WEYFE, AN OWRE TRUE PICTURE O' MONIE.

THE LASSES OF CAREL.

THE DAYS THAT ARE GEANE.

THE WIDOW'S WAIL.

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LUCY GRAY, OF ALLENDALE.

THE MOUNTAIN BOY.

THE FARMER'S WELCOME HOME.

THE OUTCAST MOTHER.

BRITONS, UNITED, THE WORLD MAY DEFY.

THE EVENING WALK.

THE CAPTURE OF THE CHESAPEAKE.

NEGRO AFFECTION.

THE DEATH OF CRAZY JANE.

THE HERO OF THE NILE.

TEDDY M‘FANE.

BEGGAR WILLY'S LAMENT.

JINGLE THE GLASSES.

THE SHIP-WRECKED SEA-BOY.

BRITANNIA'S CALL.

THE LOVER'S TRIAL.

THE ROSE OF THE VALLEY.

WILL O' THE GLEN.

THE COTTAGE GIRL.

THE KIRK-YARD YEW.

THE LAND WE LIVE IN.

THE CASTLE BUILDER.

FAREWELL TO GILSLAND.

HODGE AND THE SQUIRE.

THE VALE OF TEARS.

THE CAPTAIN'S LADY.

THE AUTHOR ON HIMSELF.

THE FAIR-HAIR'D MAID.

ADDRESSED TO MR. WM. BELL, OF GILSLAND, W. M. AND THE BRETHREN OF ST. MICHAEL'S LODGE, BRAMPTON.

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TO EVENING.

Hail, sober Eve! to meditation dear;
Pure the delight, these well-known scenes to rove;
The joys this placid bosom now can prove,
Not yon proud city's wealth from me could tear:
The warbler's last note twitters thro' the grove,
And Caldew's murmurs gently strike the ear.
O, were my Mary, virtuous fair but here,
Now smiling April woos the month of love!
Then rapt in pleasure, we would fondly stray;
Nature, chaste love, by turns should be our theme;
And oft as Luna lent a silv'ry ray,
On Mary's charms to gaze my soul away,
Methinks were Heav'n, compar'd with Poet's dream:
Then grant me, fate, a while this luxury supreme!