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Sonnets Round the Coast

by H. D. Rawnsley
Rawnsley, H. D. (1851-1920)
  
[dedication]

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BOOK I. SONNETS OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT AND SOUTH COAST.
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BOOK II. SONNETS OF THE CORNISH COASTS.
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BOOK III. SONNETS OF THE BRISTOL CHANNEL.
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BOOK IV. SONNETS OF THE WELSH COAST.
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BOOK V. SONNETS OF THE LANCASHIRE AND CUMBERLAND COASTS.
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BOOK VI. SONNETS OF THE NORTH-EAST COAST.
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BOOK VII.
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Part I SONNETS OF THE YORKSHIRE COAST—SALTBURN.
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Part II. SONNETS OF THE YORKSHIRE COAST-RUNSWICK BAY.
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Part III. SONNETS OF THE YORKSHIRE COAST—WHITBY.
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I. THE SORROW OF THE SEA.
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II. WHITBY.
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III. SAINT HILDA.
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IV. BY THE ESK AT WHITBY.
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V. A CONTRAST: WHITBY.
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VI. A MEMORY OF CAEDMON, WHITBY.
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VII. SUNRISE AT WHITBY.
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VIII. A SUNSET AT WHITBY.
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IX. WHITBY ABBEY.
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X. WHITBY ABBEY.
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XI. AFTER THE HERRINGS, WHITBY.
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XII. HERRINGS FINE!
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XIII. IN THE UPPER HARBOUR, WHITBY.
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XIV. THE BELL BUOY AT THE HARBOUR MOUTH, WHITBY.
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XV. ON THE HARBOUR PIER, WHITBY.
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XVI. LIGHTS ON WHITBY CHURCH STAIRS.
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XVII. SAINT HILDA'S LIGHTS.
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XVIII. SUNSET LIGHTS ON THE WINDOWS OF SAINT MARY'S CHURCH, WHITBY.
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XIX. THE SIX O'CLOCK BELL, WHITBY.
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XX. THE JET WORKER.
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XXI. THE WHITBY BELLS.
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XXII. SERVICE IN THE OLD PARISH CHURCH, WHITBY.
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XXIII. DROWNED BY THE UPSETTING OF THE LIFE-BOAT, OCTOBER 6, 1841.
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XXIV. FAREWELL TO WHITBY.
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XXV. THE PENNY HEDGE.
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XXVI. THE BEGGAR'S BRIDGE, GLAISDALE.
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XXVII. ON A MOORLAND RAILWAY.
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XXVIII. PICKERING MOOR,
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XXIX. LILLA CROSS.
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XXX. GOATHLAND.
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XXXI. IN GLAISDALE WOOD.
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Part iv. SONNETS OF THE YORKSHIRE COAST—SCARBOROUGH.
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BOOK VIII. SONNETS OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE COAST.

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XXIV. FAREWELL TO WHITBY.

Farewell! the silver dazzle of the tide,
That to the Esk such life and beauty brings;
The gleaming harbour towers, the glancing wings
Of boats that down the slopes of ocean glide,
Or hang in air, phantasmal, glorified.
Farewell! the blue roof smoke that curls and clings,
The solemn Abbey's overshadowings,
And o'er the town, the dead men side by side.
Farewell! If I should never see thee more,
If not again the pivot bridge of chance
Should swing above the stream of severing days,
Yet still in heart I lounge along the quays,
Mix in the market, learn the fishers' lore,
And grasp hands round from Shetland to Penzance.
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