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Poems by Three Friends

[by J. H. Wiffen]

Wiffen, Jeremiah Holmes (1792-1836)

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TO THOMAS CAMPBELL, Esq.

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POEMS, ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS.

HYMN TO THE DEITY.

AN ORPHAN GIRL'S REFLECTIONS.

ODE TO MEDITATION.

I MPROMPTU TO MARIANNE.

ADDRESS TO THE SUN:

HYMN FOR AN ORPHAN.

THE BALM FOR EVERY WOUND.

INSCRIPTION IN AN ARBOUR.

IMITATED FROM OSSIAN.

HORACE, BOOK I. ODE I.

THE BARD OF YARROW;

LINES, ADDRESSED TO ---.

CONTEMPLATIVE STANZAS.

GOD UNSEARCHABLE.

OSSIAN'S ADDRESS TO CONGAL.

HORACE, BOOK I. ODE IV.

FAREWELL TO THE MAID OF MALLWYDD.

THE HIGHLANDER.

DESCRIPTION OF A STORMY NIGHT.

HORACE, BOOK I. ODE XIV.

LINES, TO A FRIEND IN SICKNESS.

IMITATED FROM OSSIAN.

EPISTLE TO WALTER SCOTT, ESQ.

DESCRIPTION OF A BATTLE.

THE TULIP AND THE ROSE.

PSALM VIII. PARAPHRASED.

OSSIAN'S ADDRESS TO THE SUN IMITATED.

ODE ON HUMAN LIFE.

HORACE, BOOK II. ODE III.

LINES WRITTEN IN A LADY'S ALBUM.

ODE FROM OSSIAN.

DESCRIPTIVE SONNET,

IMITATED FROM OSSIAN.

LINES WRITTEN ON LEAVING ---.

THE JOY OF GRIEF.

THE HARP OF LOVE.

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The attribution of this poem is questionable.

MPROMPTU TO MARIANNE.

I ask not why the starting tear
Stands trembling in your eye;
I ask not why, when I am near,
You heave the frequent sigh;
For all too well, dear Girl, I know,
The source from whence thy sorrows flow.

This beating heart of mine will tell,
These faltering lips will prove,
Whilst murmuring out a long farewell
To her I fondly love,
That all too well, dear Girl, I know,
The source from whence thy sorrows flow.