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Lyrics of the heart

With other poems. By Alaric A. Watts. With forty-one engravings on steel
Watts, Alaric Alexander (1797-1864)

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[dedication]
 
TO NINE SISTERS.
 
TEN YEARS AGO.
 
THE PAINTER'S DREAM.
 
MAY-FLOWERS
 
FOR EVER THINE.
 
WE MET WHEN HOPE AND LIFE WERE NEW.
 
THE FIRST-BORN.
 
TO A PORTRAIT.
 
RUTH.
 
HE NEVER SAID HE LOVED ME.
 
THEY ARE NO MORE.
 
GREECE.
 
LEAVES FROM A POET'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
 
MY OWN FIRE-SIDE.
 
A LADY IN A FLORENTINE COSTUME;
 
TO CAROLINE BOWLES.
 
A WITHERED ROSE.
 
KIRKSTALL ABBEY REVISITED.
 
THE SILENT TOAST.
 
THE RETURN FROM INDIA.
 
THE DEATH OF THE FIRST-BORN.
 
THE WHARFE REVISITED.
 
WE PLIGHTED VOWS TOGETHER!
 
THE POET'S HOME.
 
THE SLEEPING CUPID OF GUIDO.
 
THE FISHERMAN'S HYMN TO THE VIRGIN.
 
THE BACHELOR'S DILEMMA.
 
KING PEDRO'S REVENGE.
 
GUARD AGAINST A RAINY DAY.
 
HYMN OF TRIUMPH OVER BABYLON.
 
ON BURNING A PACKET OF LETTERS.
 
A PARAPHRASE.
 
THE TWIN SISTERS.
 
THE ÆOLIAN HARP.
 
RICHMOND HILL.
 
CONSOLATION.
 
THE LAMENT OF BOABDIL EL CHICO;
 
A SKETCH FROM PRIVATE LIFE.
 
LINES WRITTEN BENEATH A PORTRAIT.
 
ÆTNA.
 
TO A CHILD, AFTER AN INTERVAL OF ABSENCE.
 
A REMONSTRANCE.
 
A SCENE FROM FAUST.
 
LOVE AND SPRING.
 
A PORTRAIT FROM REAL LIFE.
 
THE MARTYRS OF ROYAL-LIEU.
 
THE ANNIVERSARY.
 
THE YOUNGLING OF THE FLOCK.
 
EVENING.
 
A WOMAN'S FAREWELL.
 
THE SISTER OF CHARITY.
 
STANZAS
 
YOU ASK ME FOR A PLEDGE, LOVE.
 
MY NATIVE VALE.
 
TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE BARRET.
 
A FAREWELL.
 
SCENES OF MY CHILDHOOD.
 
I THINK OF THEE!
 
THE GREY HAIR.
 
TO A SLEEPING CHILD.
 
THE GIRL AND THE HAWK.
 
THE MELODY OF YOUTH.
 
THE EXILES.
 
LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.
 
THE DEATH OF POMPEY THE GREAT.
 
MUSIC.
 
MORNING.
 
QUEEN VICTORIA AT SPITHEAD.
 
ON THE DEATH OF A YOUNG FRIEND, OF FEVER, AT LAGUIRA.
 
FORGET THEE, NO, NEVER!
 
TO A CHILD BLOWING BUBBLES.
 
A DAY DREAM,
 
MEET ME AT SUNSET.
 
INVOCATION TO THE ECHO OF A SEA-SHELL.
 
THE WEDDING DAY.
 
TO OCTAVIA,
 
WOMAN'S LOVE.
 
THE CLOSING SCENE.
 
ON REVISITING A SCENE OF EARLY LIFE.
 
ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD.
 
EGYPT UNVISITED.
 
THE AVALANCHE.
 
TO POESY.
 
THE HOME OF TALIESSIN.
 
I WILL NEVER LOVE THEE MORE!
 
A LAMENT FOR THE FAIRIES.
 
NAPOLEON'S DREAM.
 
THE LOVE OF POETRY NOT EXTINCT.
 
THE LIGHTHOUSE.
 
RHINE SONG.
 
LINES WRITTEN ON A BLANK PAGE OF THE POEMS OF WORDSWORTH.
 
I'VE ROAMED THE WIDE WORLD OVER.
 
A WOMAN'S LAST SONG.
 
INSCRIPTION.
 
A REMONSTRANCE TO THE POET CAMPBELL,
 
A CHRISTMAS SONG.
 
THOU HAST FLASHED ON MY SIGHT.
 
ENVOY.

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SCENES OF MY CHILDHOOD.

Scenes of my childhood, once more I behold ye,
'Mid the green waving lindens that graced ye of yore;
Friends of my childhood, once more I enfold ye,
What would my gloom-boding spirit have more!
Scenes of my childhood, in sadness I greet ye,
Can your freshness and bloom youth's gay season restore?
Friends of my childhood, in sorrow I meet ye,
For a welcome is wanting can glad me no more!
Scenes of my childhood, the breath of your flowers
Is loaded with memories too painful for bliss;
Friends of my childhood, there's gloom in your bowers,
Oh, where are the bright beaming glances I miss!
Scenes of my childhood, let strangers possess ye;
Can ye witness again what ye witnessed of yore?
Friends of my childhood, in vain ye caress me,
For the kiss that was sweetest, can charm me no more!
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