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The poetical works of John Nicholson

... Carefully edited from the original editions, with additional notes and a sketch of his life and writings. By W. G. Hird

Nicholson, John (1790-1843)

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AIREDALE IN ANCIENT TIMES.

THE LYRE OF EBOR.

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ELWOOD AND ELVINA.

GENIUS AND INTEMPERANCE.

THE DRUNKARD'S RETRIBUTION.

THE FALL OF BELSHAZZAR.

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Lyrical and Descriptive Poems.

AIREDALE'S BEAUTIES.

BINGLEY'S BEAUTIES.

EVENING IN APRIL.

MORNING IN MAY.

MARY OF MARLEY.

THE MAID OF LOWDORE.

LINES ON AN OLD OAK TREE,

ON VISITING A WORKHOUSE.

THE MALT-KILN FIRE.

A PLACE OF RURAL RETIREMENT.

THE VALE OF ILKLEY.

THE HUNTERS' DIRGE.

FEMALE CONSTANCY.

THE FAITHFUL WIFE.

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Moral and Religious Poems.

ALAS! WHERE ARE THEY?

THE CONSECRATION OF ST PAUL'S CHURCH, SHIPLEY.

ON THE NEW CHURCH AT WILSDEN.

RETURN OF THE SWALLOW.

ASCENT OF MR GREEN'S BALLOON,

PSALM XVIII. PARAPHRASED

PSALM CXIV. PARAPHRASED.

PSALM CXLVIII. PARAPHRASED.

SOLEMN REFLECTIONS.

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THE ABSENT LOVER.

THE DYING LOVER.

LOVE ON THE HEATH.

LOVE SANS REASON.

I WILL LOVE THEE, MARY!

MARY, I WILL THINK OF YOU.

TRUE AFFECTION.

THE DESERTED MAID.

A CALM SUMMER'S NIGHT.

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Miscellaneous Poems.

THE COMMERCE OF BRADFORD.

LOW MOOR IRON WORKS.

APPEAL OF THE SPANISH REFUGEES.

ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF LORD BYRON.

LINES SPOKEN AT THE ANNIVERSARY MEETING AT LEEDS, TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY OF BURNS, 1826.

ON THE DEATH OF THE POET'S CHILD IN LONDON.

ON RETURNING FROM LONDON.

WAKENING OF THE POET'S HARP.

FROM A MOTHER TO HER DAUGHTER IN LONDON.

LINES WRITTEN IN SICKNESS.

IMPROMPTU ON A LANDLORD.

LINES TO A FRIEND.

LINES ON “LONG TOM,” BRAMHAM PARK.

WRITTEN AT TONG HALL,

ON THE DEATH OF LADY RICKITTS.

THE DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY.

SONG. (WRITTEN FOR A WOUNDED SEAMAN, WHO FOUGHT AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR.)

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MUSICAL FESTIVAL AT YORK, 1825.

SPORTS OF THE FIELD.

ENGLAND'S LAMENT FOR THE LOSS OF HER CONSTITUTION.

OWEN'S NEW MORAL WORLD.

ON THE DEATH OF THOMAS COOPER, ESQ.,

ON A YOUNG LADY, DROWNED IN THE STRID.

THE POET'S SICKBED.

TO THE CRITICS.

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Inspired by drink, who can be silent long?
The poachers could not, but began their song