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The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed

With a Memoir by the Rev. Derwent Coleridge. Fourth Edition. In Two Volumes
Praed, Winthrop Mackworth (1802-1839)

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VOL. I
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VOL. II.
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POEMS OF LIFE AND MANNERS.
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POEMS OF LIFE AND MANNERS.
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POEMS WRITTEN IN EARLY YOUTH.
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PRIZE POEMS, TRANSLATIONS, AND EPIGRAMS.
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SONGS.
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CHARADES AND ENIGMAS.

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SHADOWS OF SADNESS.

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Shadows of sadness
Come o'er thy young bride;
They cloud all her giadness,
They calm all her pride;
A bright home I leave, love;
From dear friends I fly;
In bliss I must grieve, love;
In bliss let me sigh!

II

On the green bowers
That echoed my song,—
On all the glad flowers
I cherished so long,—
On yon merry brook, love,
In light gushing by,
I look my last look, love;
For these let me sigh!
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III

There my gay brother
Less joyous is grown;
And there my fond mother
Sits pensive and lone;
Roam—rest where I will, love,
Beneath a fair sky,
They'll sigh for me still, love;—
For them let me sigh!

IV

Though I forget not
The name I bear now,
And though I regret not
The ring or the vow,
A cloud's on my heart, love,
A tear's in mine eye;
Most dear as thou art, love,
To-day let me sigh!
December 16, 1836.
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