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Poems

by T. Westwood
Westwood, T. (1814?-1888)

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[dedication]
  
THE DEATH OF THE FIRST-BORN.
  
CREATION'S HYMN OF PRAISE.
  
INVOCATION.
  
STANZAS ADDRESSED TO A LADY WHO AFFECTED A DISLIKE FOR POETRY.
  
THE LONELY HEART.
  
THE VOICE OF WINTER,
  
MAN'S DESTINY.
  
THE PRAYER OF THE CAPTIVE.
  
LIFE AND ETERNITY.
  
THE SISTER'S FAREWELL.
  
THE MINSTREL'S LAMENT.
  
SONNET.
  
FRAGMENT.
  
INTRODUCTION TO AN ALBUM.
  
WOMAN.
  
SONNET.
  
COME, OH COME!
  
THE SPANISH KNIGHT'S FAREWELL.
  
LINES SUGGESTED BY A PORTRAIT.
  
SONNET.
  
AWAY, MAIDEN, AWAY!
  
THE UNION OF PAINTING WITH POETRY.
  
SONNET.
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PENSEES.
  
THE SUFFERINGS OF THE GOOD.
  
FAIRY GRATITUDE.
  
ETERNITY DEFINED
  
A SIMILE.
  
PARALLELS.
  
[The infinite sands upon the ocean shore—]
  
THE TWO THRONES.
  
HOPE AND TRUTH.
  
LIGHT THE REVELATION OF DEITY.
  
THE RARE MIRROR.
  
TIME.
  
ANGELS' TEARS.
  
SING, LADY, SING!
  
DREAMS.
  
EPIGRAM FROM THE FRENCH OF PIRON.
  
THE VICTOR'S DIRGE.
  
AN EXPOSTULATION TO SUMMER ON HER PREMATURE DEPARTURE.
  
THE CALL TO ARMS.
  
THEMES OF SADNESS.
  
LINES TO A FRIEND.
  
TIME.
  
NATURE'S EVIDENCE.
  
THE EXILE'S SORROW.
  
SONNET.
  
DIRGE.
  
THE OFFERING.
  
MUSIC.
  
LINES TO ---
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THOUGHTS ON FLOWERS.
  
[Flowers are the lov'd of all]
  
[Look at yon lily, how without a blush]
  
[The snowdrop is the herald of the flowers]
  
[Wild flowers, that in the wood's deep solitudes]
  
[Here is the violet, the fragrant type]
  
[Trust not to outward seeming; health doth oft]
  
[I saw a flower in a pathless wood]
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SONGS.
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(1) “ONE HOUR WITH THEE.”
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(2) “FORGET ME, OH FORGET ME.
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(3) “HOW SHALL I WOO THEE?”
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(4) WISHES.
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(5) “FAR AWAY, FAR AWAY.”
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(6) THE TRYSTING HOUR.
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(7) NORMANDY.
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(8) “THOU ART GOING.”
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(9) THE ROSE.
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(10) “AWAY TO THE GREENWOOD.”
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(11) SONG OF THE ROSE.
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(12) NIGHT SONG OF THE SHIP.
  
THE RETURN OF THE SWISS CRUSADERS.
  
SONNET.
  
FRAGMENT.
  
SONNET.
  
CUPID AND THE BEE.
  
INVOCATION.
  
THE EXILE'S FAREWELL.
  
EPITAPH FROM THE FRENCH OF PIRON.
  
LINES SUGGESTED BY A DRAWING OF TURNBERRY CASTLE.
  
PAST AND PRESENT.
  
BATTLE PRAYER.
  
A SONG OF SPRING.
  
LAST WORDS.
  
TO ---
  
STANZAS.
  
“I MAY NOT LINGER HERE.”
  
TO MARGARET.
  
PRAYER.
  
THE EMIGRANT'S BRIDE.
  
SONG OF TRIUMPH.

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(3)
“HOW SHALL I WOO THEE?”

How shall I woo thee?
Shall I tell how much I love?
Shall I vow to love for ever?
Will fond prayers your pity move?
Will you yield to Truth's endeavour?
Will that subdue thee?
Or must Hope still sigh in vain,
Still be crush'd by cold Disdain!
How shall I woo thee?
Shall I strive to win love's smile,
By the aid of wit's invention?
Will rich gifts your heart beguile,
Bend your pride to condescension?
Will they subdue thee?
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No! then Hope still sighs in vain,
Still is crush'd by cold Disdain!
How shall I woo thee?
If you knew how changing years,
Guiltless of all change have found me,
Then perchance these torturing fears
And sad doubts might cease to wound me.
That might subdue thee;
Hope might no more sigh in vain,
Nor be crush'd by cold Disdain!
How shall I woo thee?
I have no o'ermastering spell,
Apathy's cold chain to sever,
No strong charm—I can but tell
That my peace is gone for ever,
If nought subdue thee;
Oh, bid Hope resume its reign,—
Let Love triumph o'er Disdain.
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