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By Felicia Dorothea Browne [i.e. Hemans]

Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Browne (1793-1835)

WRITTEN IN NORTH WALES.

WRITTEN ON THE SEA-SHORE.

MORNING.

ON THE DEATH OF MY DEAR SISTER ELIZA.

PITY;

ON THE 16TH DECEMBER, BEING AS FINE AS MAY-DAY.

TO FANCY.

THE SPARTAN MOTHER AND HER SON.

THE REIGN OF DECEMBER.

TO HOPE.

TO FRIENDSHIP.

THE RETURN OF THE MARINERS.

THE LILY OF THE VALE.

INVOCATION TO THE FAIRIES.

LIBERTY.

HYMN.

TO A BEAUTIFUL VINE AND A ROSE-BUSH.

ODE TO THE EVENING STAR.

TO MY BROTHER AND SISTER, IN THE COUNTRY.

FLORA TO CLAUDE, ON HIS PLUCKING A ROSE.

THE DREAM OF JOY.

Song.

THE BEE.

INSCRIPTION FOR A COTTAGE.

SONG.

HYMN.

SONG OF ZEPHYRUS.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF LORD NELSON.

HOLIDAY HOURS.

SONNET TO THE MUSE OF PITY.

THE SONG OF A SERAPH.

THE MINSTREL TO HIS HARP.

ON MY MOTHER's BIRTH-DAY.

TO E. B. ON HER BIRTH-DAY.

TO MY AUNT, ON HER BIRTH-DAY.

TO THE MOONLIGHT HOUR.

TO MY ELDEST BROTHER,

TO PATRIOTISM.

TO MY YOUNGER BROTHER,

SONNET.

TO AUTUMN.

THE PETITION OF THE REDBREAST.

INSCRIPTION FOR A HERMITAGE.

THE WREATH OF SPRING.

SONNET TO A DYING EXOTIC

THE VALE OF CLWYD.

SEA PIECE, BY MOONLIGHT.

A TRIBUTE TO THE GENIUS OF ROBERT BURNS.

THE VERNAL SHOWER.

EVENING, ON THE SEA SHORE.

SONG OF A WOOD NYMPH.

THE SCENES OF CONWAY.

LINES, FOR MY MOTHER'S BIRTH-DAY.

LINES, INSCRIBED TO MRS. WYNNE,

SONG,

THE FAREWELL.

PART OF THE 104TH PSALM, PARAPHRASED.

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ON MY MOTHER's BIRTH-DAY.

IN AFFLICTION.

Ah! withering sorrow wilt thou come,
And steal the roses of to-day,
Nor leave one lonely sweet to bloom,
And cheer us in this mournful May.

Oh! yes, one blossom yet shall smile,
And filial childhood shall expand,
Maternal anguish to beguile,
And crown the wish affection plann'd.

Then ah! tho' withering sorrow come,
And steal the early birth-day rose;
Let hope reserve one sweet to bloom,
“Tho' thorns its dewy leaves enclose.”