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The poetical works of James Montgomery

collected by himself

Montgomery, James (1771-1854)

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THE WANDERER OF SWITZERLAND:

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THE WEST INDIES:

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THE WORLD BEFORE THE FLOOD:

TO THE SPIRIT OF A DEPARTED FRIEND.

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THE WORLD BEFORE THE FLOOD.

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THE PELICAN ISLAND:

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PRISON AMUSEMENTS:

VERSES TO A ROBIN RED-BREAST,

THE CAPTIVE NIGHTINGALE.

ODE TO THE EVENING STAR.

SOLILOQUY OF A WATER-WAGTAIL ON THE WALLS OF YORK CASTLE.

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THE PLEASURES OF IMPRISONMENT.

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EXTRACT FROM CANTO I.

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EXTRACT FROM CANTO II.

A TALE TOO TRUE

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THOUGHTS ON WHEELS.

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No. I. THE COMBAT.

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No. II. THE CAR OF JUGGERNAUT.

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No III. THE INQUISITION.

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No. IV. THE STATE LOTTERY.

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No. V. TO BRITAIN.

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THE CLIMBING BOY'S SOLILOQUIES.

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No. I. THE COMPLAINT.

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No. II. THE DREAM.

III.

No. III. EASTER-MONDAY AT SHEFFIELD.

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FAREWELL TO WAR:

LORD FALKLAND'S DREAM.

THE PATRIOT'S PASS-WORD.

THE VOYAGE OF THE BLIND.

AN EVERY-DAY TALE.

A TALE WITHOUT A NAME.

A SNAKE IN THE GRASS.

THE VIGIL OF ST. MARK.

A DEED OF DARKNESS.

THE CAST-AWAY SHIP.

A NIGHT IN A STAGE-COACH;

THE REIGN OF SPRING.

THE REIGN OF SUMMER.

ABDALLAH AND SABAT.

THE STRANGER AND HIS FRIEND.

THE ADVENTURE OF A STAR.

THE SAND AND THE ROCK.

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THE CHRONICLE OF ANGELS.

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ELIJAH IN THE WILDERNESS.

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“PERILS BY THE HEATHEN.”

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SONGS ON THE ABOLITION OF NEGRO SLAVERY IN THE BRITISH COLONIES, August 1. 1834.

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No. I. THE RAINBOW.

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No. II. THE NEGRO IS FREE.

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No. III. SLAVERY THAT WAS.

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No. IV. SLAVERY THAT IS NOT.

V.

No. V. THE NEGRO'S VIGIL,

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Verses to the Memory OF THE LATE RICHARD REYNOLDS, OF BRISTOL.

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I. THE DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS.

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II. THE MEMORY OF THE JUST.

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III. A GOOD MAN'S MONUMENT.

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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

REMONSTRANCE TO WINTER.

LINES WRITTEN UNDER A DRAWING OF YARDLEY OAK,

“THE JOY OF GRIEF.”

THE BATTLE OF ALEXANDRIA.

VERSES TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE JOSEPH BROWNE, OF LOTHERSDALE,

THE THUNDER-STORM.

ODE TO THE VOLUNTEERS OF BRITAIN

A FIELD FLOWER.

THE COMMON LOT.

THE HARP OF SORROW.

A WALK IN SPRING.

THE SWISS COWHERD'S SONG IN A FOREIGN LAND.

THE OLD MAN'S SONG.

BOLEHILL TREES.

M. S. TO THE MEMORY OF “A FEMALE WHOM SICKNESS HAD RECONCILED TO THE NOTES OF SORROW,”

THE PEAK MOUNTAINS. IN TWO PARTS.

TO ANN AND JANE.

OCCASIONAL ODE.

A DAUGHTER (C. M.) TO HER MOTHER.

ON FINDING THE FEATHERS OF A LINNET

DEPARTED DAYS: A RHAPSODY,

A MOTHER'S LOVE.

THE TIME-PIECE.

STANZAS TO THE MEMORY OF THE REV. THOMAS SPENCER, OF LIVERPOOL,

THE VISIBLE CREATION.

THE CHRISTIAN SOLDIER.

ON THE ROYAL INFANT,

A MIDNIGHT THOUGHT.

THE LITTLE CLOUD.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

THE BRIDAL AND THE BURIAL.

A MOTHER'S LAMENT

THE WIDOW AND THE FATHERLESS.

THE DAISY IN INDIA.

A THEME FOR A POET.

VIA CRUCIS, VIA LUCIS.

GERMAN WAR-SONG.

THE AGES OF MAN.

ASPIRATIONS OF YOUTH.

THE FALLING LEAF.

ON PLANTING A TULIP-ROOT.

INSCRIPTION UNDER THE PICTURE OF AN AGED NEGRO-WOMAN.

THOUGHTS AND IMAGES.

A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD.

TO A FRIEND, WITH A COPY OF THE FOREGOING LUCUBRATION.

A LUCID INTERVAL.

WORMS AND FLOWERS.

SPEED THE PROW.

THE FIXED STARS.

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THE GENTIANELLA.

THE SUN-FLOWER.

WINTER-LIGHTNING.

A RECOLLECTION OF MARY F.,

THE CHOLERA MOUNT.

THE TOMBS OF THE FATHERS.

A CRY FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

TO MY FRIEND, GEORGE BENNET, ESQ., OF SHEFFIELD

STANZAS IN MEMORY OF THE REV. JAMES HARVEY,

ONE WARNING MORE.

ON A WATCH-POCKET

ON THE FIRST LEAF OF MISS J.'s ALBUM.

THE BLANK LEAF.

AN INFANT'S ALBUM.

A WEDDING WISH.

MOTTO TO “A POET'S PORTFOLIO.”

THE VALENTINE WREATH.

IN MEMORY OF E. B.,

IN MEMORY OF E. G.

GARDEN THOUGHTS.

TO MR. AND MRS. T., OF YORK:

FAREWELL TO A MISSIONARY.

THE LOT OF THE RIGHTEOUS.

A BENEDICTION FOR A BABY.

“OCCUPY TILL I COME.”

A MESSAGE FROM THE MOON.

THE PURPLE BEECH.

THE GRASSHOPPER.

CORONATION ODE FOR QUEEN VICTORIA.

WESTMINSTER ABBEY,

A BRIDAL BENISON.

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II.

TRANSMIGRATIONS.

“A CERTAIN DISCIPLE.”

STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF THE LATE REV. THOMAS RAWSON TAYLOR, OF BRADFORD, IN YORKSHIRE

STANZAS IN MEMORY OF ROWLAND HODGSON, ESQ., OF SHEFFIELD

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A WEDDING WISH.

TO MR. AND MRS. H.

A leading light of midnight skies
Appears but one to seamen's eyes,
Yet twain there are,
And each a star,
Perhaps a sun:—
May you, my Friends, reverse the view,
And while on earth you look like Two,
From heaven be seen as One;
Yea, like that graceful symbol, be
A double star of constancy.