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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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THE LEGEND OF THE HAUNTED TREE.

THE LEGEND OF THE DRACHENFELS.

L'ENVOI.

THE BRIDAL OF BELMONT.

THE LEGEND OF THE TEUFEL-HAUS.

THE RED FISHERMAN,

POEMS OF LOVE AND FANCY.

A BALLAD TEACHING HOW POETRY IS BEST PAID FOR.

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

STANZAS WRITTEN IN THE FIRST LEAF OF LILLIAN.

STANZAS WRITTEN IN A COPY OF LILLIAN,

FRAGMENTS OF A DESCRIPTIVE POEM.

LINES WRITTEN ON THE EVE OF A COLLEGE EXAMINATION.

ALEXANDER AND DIOGENES.

ARMINIUS.

REMEMBER ME.

TO THE REV. DERWENT COLERIDGE

MEMORY.

FUIMUS!

LINES SENT IN THANKS FOR A BOTTLE OF VERY FINE OLD BRANDY.

CHILDHOOD AND HIS VISITORS.

CHILDHOOD'S CRITICISM.

BEAUTY AND HER VISITORS.

SIR NICHOLAS AT MARSTON MOOR.

THE COVENANTER'S LAMENT FOR BOTHWELL BRIGG.

STANZAS WRITTEN UNDER A PICTURE OF KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE.

LINES WRITTEN FOR A BLANK PAGE OF “THE KEEPSAKE.”

ANTICIPATION.

STANZAS WRITTEN IN LADY MYRTLE'S “BOCCACCIO.”

LINES WRITTEN IN AN ALBUM, THE GIFT OF QUEEN ADELAIDE TO LADY MAYO.

LINES WRITTEN IN THE SAME,

LINES WRITTEN UNDER A PORTRAIT OF LORD MAYO, DRAWN BY THE QUEEN.

LINES WRITTEN UNDER A VIEW OF BERSTED LODGE, BOOKOR.

LATIN HYMN TO THE VIRGIN.

THE SABBATH.

THE NEWLY-WEDDED.

TO HELEN.

SKETCH OF A YOUNG LADY

SONNET TO R. C. HILDYARD.

SONNET TO B. J. M. P.

TO HELEN

TO HELEN.

SONNET WRITTEN IN THE FIRST LEAF OF LOCKHART'S “LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.”

VERSES WRITTEN IN THE FIRST LEAF OF A CHILD'S BOOK, GIVEN BY ------ TO HER GODSON, AGED FOUR.

TO HELEN

THE HOME OF HIS CHILDHOOD.

TO HELEN

TO HELEN.

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VOL. II.

POEMS OF LIFE AND MANNERS.

THE CONFESSION OF DON CARLOS.

THE BACHELOR.

MARRIAGE.

HOW TO RHYME FOR LOVE.

CHANGING QUARTERS.

REMINISCENCES OF MY YOUTH.

SURLY HALL.

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VALE!

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POEMS OF LIFE AND MANNERS.

EVERY DAY CHARACTERS.

I. THE VICAR.

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II. QUINCE.

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III. THE BELLE OF THE BALL-ROOM.

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IV. MY PARTNER.

PORTRAIT OF A LADY

THE CHILDE'S DESTINY.

JOSEPHINE.

THE CHAUNT OF THE BRAZEN HEAD.

TWENTY-EIGHT AND TWENTY-NINE.

SONG FOR THE FOURTEENTH OF FEBRUARY

APRIL FOOLS.

GOOD NIGHT TO THE SEASON.

ARRIVALS AT A WATERING-PLACE.

THE FANCY BALL.

A LETTER OF ADVICE

THE TALENTED MAN.

LETTERS FROM TEIGNMOUTH.

I. OUR BALL.

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II. PRIVATE THEATRICALS.

SCHOOL AND SCHOOLFELLOWS.

PROLOGUE FOR AN AMATEUR PERFORMANCE OF “THE HONEYMOON.”

POEMS WRITTEN IN EARLY YOUTH.

ON PITY.

ON THE DEPARTURE OF AN OLD HOUSEKEEPER.

VALENTINES.

I. IMITATION OF METASTASIO'S “PARTENZA.”

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LINES ON LEAVING OTTERTON.

FORGET ME NOT.

WOMAN.

MUNITO.

LINES WRITTEN IN THE FIRST LEAF OF VOLTAIRE'S “HISTOIRE DE CHARLES XII.”

TO FLORENCE.

MARIUS AMIDST THE RUINS OF CARTHAGE.

PRIZE POEMS, TRANSLATIONS, AND EPIGRAMS.

AUSTRALASIA.

ATHENS.

THE ASCENT OF ELIJAH.

SONGS.

LORD ROLAND.

YES OR NO.

TELL HIM I LOVE HIM YET.

WHERE IS MISS MYRTLE?

I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER.

SHADOWS OF SADNESS.

CHARADES AND ENIGMAS.

I. HEART-FREE

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II. ENIGMA. THE LETTER A

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VII. ENIGMA. A CHIME OF BELLS

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XX. WINDLASS

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XXVIII.

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XX. WINDLASS

He who can make my First to roll
When not a breath is blowing.
May very slightly turn my Whole
To set a mountain going:

He who can curb my Second's will
When she's inclined for roving,
May turn my Whole more slightly still
To cure the moon of moving!