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Songs and Poems from 1819 to 1879

By J. R. Planché

Planché, J. R. (1796-1880)

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I.

STANZAS TO A BROKEN LUTE.

STANZAS FOR MUSIC.

TO------, WITH A RING.

TO THOMAS MOORE, ESQ.

VENETIAN MELODY.

LINES ON PASSING THROUGH FRANCE.

VULCAN AND HYMEN.

IRISH MELODY. No. 1.

IRISH MELODY. No. 2.

IRISH MELODY. No. 3.

IRISH MELODY. No. 4.

IRISH MELODY. No. 5.

ON THE DEATH OF MRS. ---

OLD ENGLISH MELODY.

TO J--- H---, ESQ., ON HIS MARRIAGE.

TO MY WIFE AFTER AN ILLNESS.

“THERE WAS A TIME.”

OH! NOT BY THE RIVER.

FROM THE FRENCH.

FROM THE PORTUGUESE OF CACCEORUS.

ASK YE WHERE MY HOME?

SOUVENIR OF MOUNT EDGECUMBE.

ON HEARING A LADY SING “LOVE IS PASSING.”

ON LEAVING PENCARROW.

“POVERTY PARTS GOOD COMPANY.”

THE FLOWERS OF TOWTON FIELD.

PROLOGUE TO THE “FORTY THIEVES.”

PROLOGUE TO “VALENTINE AND ORSON.”

SONG FROM “BABIL AND BIJOU.”

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

“WITH WOMAN AS WITH OTHER GAME.”

“WHEREFORE NOT BEING SAD.”

OH! YE LORDS OF THE CREATION!

LINES ON THE DEATH OF CARL MARIA VON WEBER.

II.

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LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

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FROM “THE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT.”

We may learn to esteem,
To regard, to approve,
Till at last we may dream
That we really do love.
But the beams of the pale wintry moon,
To the summer sun's glorious light,
You may liken, believe me, as soon
As such love at first sight.

In misfortune's dark hour,
Disdained or betrayed,
Love that grows like a flower,
Like a flower will fade.
But the love that lives on to the end,
That can brave both the frost and the blight,
That no wrong from the heart can up-rend,
Was born in that heart at first sight.