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The works of Mrs. Hemans

With a memoir of her life, by her sister. In seven volumes

Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Browne (1793-1835)

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I.

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ENGLAND AND SPAIN; AND WALLACE'S INVOCATION TO BRUCE.

ENGLAND AND SPAIN;

WALLACE'S INVOCATION TO BRUCE.

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II.

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TALES AND HISTORIC SCENES

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THE ABENCERRAGE.

I.

II.

III.

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THE WIDOW OF CRESCENTIUS.

I.

II.

THE LAST BANQUET OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.

ALARIC IN ITALY.

THE WIFE OF ASDRUBAL.

HELIODORUS IN THE TEMPLE.

NIGHT-SCENE IN GENOA.

THE TROUBADOUR, AND RICHARD CŒUR DE LION.

THE TROUBADOUR'S SONG.

THE DEATH OF CONRADIN.

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THE RESTORATION OF THE WORKS OF ART TO ITALY.

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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

LINES WRITTEN IN A HERMITAGE ON THE SEASHORE.

DIRGE OF A CHILD.

TO THE MEMORY OF GENERAL SIR E---D P---K---M.

TO THE MEMORY OF SIR H---Y E---LL---S.

THE AGED INDIAN.

EVENING AMONGST THE ALPS.

DIRGE OF THE HIGHLAND CHIEF IN “WAVERLEY.”

THE CRUSADERS' WAR-SONG.

THE DEATH OF CLANRONALD.

THE HERO'S DEATH.

STANZAS ON THE LATE NATIONAL CALAMITY, THE DEATH OF THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE.

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III.

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A TALE OF THE SECRET TRIBUNAL.

I.

II.

SUPERSTITION AND REVELATION,

THE CARAVAN IN THE DESERTS.

MARIUS AMONGST THE RUINS OF CARTHAGE.

SONG. FOUNDED ON AN ARABIAN ANECDOTE.

THE CROSS OF THE SOUTH.

THE SLEEPER OF MARATHON.

TO MISS F. A. L. ON HER BIRTHDAY.

WRITTEN IN THE FIRST LEAF OF THE ALBUM OF THE SAME.

TO THE SAME—ON THE DEATH OF HER MOTHER.

FROM THE ITALIAN OF GARCILASSO DE LA VEGA.

FROM THE ITALIAN OF SANNAZARO.

STANZAS TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE THE THIRD.

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A TALE OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.

THE BARD'S FAREWELL.

BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST.

THE LAST CONSTANTINE.

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I.—THE STORM OF DELPHI.

II.—THE BOWL OF LIBERTY.

III.—THE VOICE OF SCIO.

IV.—THE SPARTANS' MARCH.

V.—THE URN AND SWORD.

VI.—THE MYRTLE BOUGH.

THE FUNERAL GENIUS; AN ANCIENT STATUE.

THE TOMBS OF PLATÆA.

THE VIEW FROM CASTRI.

THE FESTAL HOUR.

SONG OF THE BATTLE OF MORGARTEN.

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SEBASTIAN OF PORTUGAL.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

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THE SIEGE OF VALENCIA.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

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VI.

THE CID'S BATTLE SONG.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

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IV.

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THE FOREST SANCTUARY.

2.

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LAYS OF MANY LANDS.

MOORISH BRIDAL SONG.

THE BIRD'S RELEASE.

THE SWORD OF THE TOMB.

VALKYRIUR SONG.

THE CAVERN OF THE THREE TELLS.

SWISS SONG, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF AN ANCIENT BATTLE.

THE MESSENGER BIRD.

ANSWER TO THE MESSENGER BIRD.

THE STRANGER IN LOUISIANA.

THE ISLE OF FOUNTS.

THE BENDED BOW.

HE NEVER SMILED AGAIN.

CŒUR DE LION AT THE BIER OF HIS FATHER.

THE VASSAL'S LAMENT FOR THE FALLEN TREE.

THE WILD HUNTSMAN.

THE SHADE OF THESEUS.

ANCIENT GREEK SONG OF EXILE.

GREEK FUNERAL CHANT, OR MYRIOLOGUE.

THE PARTING SONG.

THE SULIOTE MOTHER.

THE FAREWELL TO THE DEAD.

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MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.

THE TREASURES OF THE DEEP.

THE CRUSADER'S RETURN.

THE CONQUEROR'S SLEEP.

OUR LADY'S WELL.

THE PARTING OF SUMMER.

THE SONGS OF OUR FATHERS.

THE WORLD IN THE OPEN AIR.

KINDRED HEARTS.

THE TRAVELLER AT THE SOURCE OF THE NILE.

THE DIAL OF FLOWERS.

OUR DAILY PATHS.

THE CROSS IN THE WILDERNESS.

THE HEBREW MOTHER.

EVENING PRAYER, AT A GIRLS' SCHOOL.

THE HOUR OF DEATH.

THE LOST PLEIAD.

THE CLIFFS OF DOVER.

THE GRAVES OF MARTYRS.

THE HOUR OF PRAYER.

THE VOICE OF HOME TO THE PRODIGAL.

THE BREEZE FROM SHORE.

THE DYING IMPROVISATORE.

MUSIC OF YESTERDAY.

THE FORSAKEN HEARTH.

THE WINGS OF THE DOVE.

PSYCHE BORNE BY ZEPHYRS TO THE ISLAND OF PLEASURE.

THE BOON OF MEMORY.

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WELSH MELODIES.

INTRODUCTORY STANZAS. THE HARP OF WALES.

DRUID CHORUS ON THE LANDING OF THE ROMANS.

THE GREEN ISLES OF OCEAN.

THE SEA-SONG OF GAFRAN.

THE HIRLAS HORN.

THE HALL OF CYNDDYLAN.

THE LAMENT OF LLYWARCH HEN.

GRUFYDD'S FEAST.

THE CAMBRIAN IN AMERICA.

THE MONARCHY OF BRITAIN.

TALIESIN'S PROPHECY.

OWEN GLYNDWR'S WAR SONG.

PRINCE MADOC'S FAREWELL.

CASWALLON'S TRIUMPH.

THE MOUNTAIN-FIRES.

CHANT OF THE BARDS BEFORE THEIR MASSACRE BY EDWARD I.

THE DYING BARD'S PROPHECY.

THE ROCK OF CADER IDRIS.

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HYMNS FOR CHILDHOOD.

INTRODUCTORY VERSES.

THE THUNDER-STORM.

THE NIGHTINGALE.

THE NORTHERN SPRING.

PARAPHRASE OF PSALM CXLVIII.

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MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.

I GO, SWEET FRIENDS!

TO ONE OF THE AUTHOR'S CHILDREN ON HIS BIRTHDAY.

ON A SIMILAR OCCASION.

CHRIST STILLING THE TEMPEST.

EPITAPH OVER THE GRAVE OF TWO BROTHERS, A CHILD AND A YOUTH.

MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION.

THE SOUND OF THE SEA.

THE CHILD AND DOVE.

SCENE IN A DALECARLIAN MINE.

ENGLISH SOLDIER'S SONG OF MEMORY.

HAUNTED GROUND.

THE CHILD OF THE FORESTS.

STANZAS TO THE MEMORY OF * * *.

THE VAUDOIS VALLEYS.

SONG OF THE SPANISH WANDERER.

TROUBADOUR SONG.

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SONGS OF THE CID.

THE CID'S DEPARTURE INTO EXILE.

THE CID'S DEATHBED.

THE CID'S FUNERAL PROCESSION.

THE CID'S RISING.

ON A FLOWER FROM THE FIELD OF GRÜTLI.

ON A LEAF FROM THE TOMB OF VIRGIL.

THE CHIEFTAIN'S SON.

ENGLAND'S DEAD.

THE MEETING OF THE BARDS.

THE VOICE OF SPRING.

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RECORDS OF WOMAN.

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ARABELLA STUART.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

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THE BRIDE OF THE GREEK ISLE.

I.

II.

III.

THE SWITZER'S WIFE.

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PROPERZIA ROSSI.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

GERTRUDE; OR, FIDELITY TILL DEATH.

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THE INDIAN CITY.

I.

II.

III.

THE PEASANT GIRL OF THE RHONE.

INDIAN WOMAN'S DEATH-SONG.

JOAN OF ARC IN RHEIMS.

THE AMERICAN FOREST GIRL.

THE QUEEN OF PRUSSIA'S TOMB.

THE MEMORIAL PILLAR.

THE GRAVE OF A POETESS.

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MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.

THE HOMES OF ENGLAND.

THE SICILIAN CAPTIVE.

CAROLAN'S PROPHECY.

THE LADY OF THE CASTLE.

THE MOURNER FOR THE BARMECIDES.

THE SPANISH CHAPEL.

THE KAISER'S FEAST.

TASSO AND HIS SISTER.

ULLA, OR THE ADJURATION.

A MONARCH'S DEATHBED.

TO THE MEMORY OF HEBER.

THE ADOPTED CHILD.

KÖRNER AND HIS SISTER.

THE DEATH-DAY OF KÖRNER.

AN HOUR OF ROMANCE.

A VOYAGER'S DREAM OF LAND.

THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS IN NEW ENGLAND.

THE SPIRIT'S MYSTERIES.

THE CHILD'S LAST SLEEP.

BREATHINGS OF SPRING.

THE ILLUMINATED CITY.

THE SPELLS OF HOME.

ROMAN GIRL'S SONG.

THE DISTANT SHIP.

THE BIRDS OF PASSAGE.

THE GRAVES OF A HOUSEHOLD.

MOZART'S REQUIEM.

THE IMAGE IN LAVA.

CHRISTMAS CAROL.

A FATHER READING THE BIBLE.

THE MEETING OF THE BROTHERS.

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SONGS OF THE AFFECTIONS;

A SPIRIT'S RETURN.

THE LADY OF PROVENCE.

THE CORONATION OF INEZ DE CASTRO.

ITALIAN GIRL'S HYMN TO THE VIRGIN.

TO A DEPARTED SPIRIT.

THE CHAMOIS HUNTER'S LOVE.

THE INDIAN WITH HIS DEAD CHILD.

SONG OF EMIGRATION.

THE KING OF ARRAGON'S LAMENT FOR HIS BROTHER.

THE VAUDOIS' WIFE.

THE GUERILLA LEADER'S VOW.

THEKLA AT HER LOVER'S GRAVE.

THE SISTERS OF SCIO.

BERNARDO DEL CARPIO.

THE TOMB OF MADAME LANGHANS.

THE EXILE'S DIRGE.

THE DREAMING CHILD.

THE CHARMED PICTURE.

THE MESSAGE TO THE DEAD.

THE SOLDIER'S DEATHBED.

THE IMAGE IN THE HEART.

THE LAND OF DREAMS.

WOMAN ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE.

THE DESERTED HOUSE.

THE STRANGER'S HEART.

TO A REMEMBERED PICTURE.

THE FOUNTAIN OF OBLIVION.

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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

THE BRIDAL DAY.

THE ANCESTRAL SONG.

THE MAGIC GLASS.

CORINNE AT THE CAPITOL.

THE SONG OF NIGHT.

THE STORM-PAINTER IN HIS DUNGEON.

THE TWO VOICES.

THE PARTING SHIP.

THE LAST TREE OF THE FOREST.

THE VOICE OF THE WIND.

THE VIGIL OF ARMS.

THE HEART OF BRUCE IN MELROSE ABBEY.

NATURE'S FAREWELL.

THE BEINGS OF THE MIND.

THE LYRE'S LAMENT.

TASSO'S CORONATION.

THE BETTER LAND.

THE WOUNDED EAGLE.

SADNESS AND MIRTH.

THE NIGHTINGALE'S DEATH-SONG.

THE REQUIEM OF GENIUS.

TRIUMPHANT MUSIC.

THE SEA-BIRD FLYING INLAND.

THE MIRROR IN THE DESERTED HALL.

TO THE DAUGHTER OF BERNARD BARTON,

THE STAR OF THE MINE.

WASHINGTON'S STATUE.

A THOUGHT OF HOME AT SEA.

TO THE MEMORY OF A SISTER-IN-LAW.

HYMN BY THE SICKBED OF A MOTHER.

WHERE IS THE SEA?

TO MY OWN PORTRAIT.

THOUGHT FROM AN ITALIAN POET.

DEATH AND THE WARRIOR.

SONG FOR AIR BY HUMMEL.

TO THE MEMORY OF LORD CHARLES MURRAY,

THE BROKEN CHAIN.

THE SHADOW OF A FLOWER.

LINES TO A BUTTERFLY RESTING ON A SKULL

THE BELL AT SEA.

THE SUBTERRANEAN STREAM.

THE SILENT MULTITUDE.

THE ANTIQUE SEPULCHRE.

EVENING SONG OF THE TYROLESE PEASANTS.

THE MEMORY OF THE DEAD.

HE WALK'D WITH GOD.

THE ROD OF AARON.

THE VOICE OF GOD.

THE FOUNTAIN OF MARAH.

THE PENITENT'S OFFERING.

THE SCULPTURED CHILDREN,

WOMAN AND FAME.

A THOUGHT OF THE FUTURE.

THE VOICE OF MUSIC.

THE ANGEL'S GREETING.

A FAREWELL TO WALES.

IMPROMPTU LINES,

A PARTING SONG.

WE RETURN NO MORE!

TO A WANDERING FEMALE SINGER.

THE CHILD'S FIRST GRIEF.

TO THE NEW-BORN.

THE DEATH-SONG OF ALCESTIS.

THE HOME OF LOVE.

BOOKS AND FLOWERS.

FOR A PICTURE OF ST CECILIA ATTENDED BY ANGELS.

THE BRIGAND LEADER AND HIS WIFE.

THE CHILD'S RETURN FROM THE WOODLANDS.

THE FAITH OF LOVE.

THE SISTER'S DREAM.

A FAREWELL TO ABBOTSFORD.

O'CONNOR'S CHILD.

THE PRAYER FOR LIFE.

THE WELCOME TO DEATH.

LINES WRITTEN FOR THE ALBUM AT ROSANNA.

THE VOICE OF THE WAVES.

THE HAUNTED HOUSE.

THE SHEPHERD-POET OF THE ALPS.

TO THE MOUNTAIN WINDS.

THE PROCESSION.

THE BROKEN LUTE.

THE BURIAL IN THE DESERT.

TO A PICTURE OF THE MADONNA.

A THOUGHT OF THE ROSE.

DREAMS OF HEAVEN.

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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

WRITTEN AFTER VISITING A TOMB,

TO GIULIO REGONDI,

THE FREED BIRD.

MARGUERITE OF FRANCE.

THE FLOWER OF THE DESERT.

TROUBADOUR SONG.

THE HUGUENOT'S FAREWELL.

THE ENGLISH BOY.

ANTIQUE GREEK LAMENT.

TO THE BLUE ANEMONE.

THE SONG OF PENITENCE.

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NATIONAL LYRICS.

THE THEMES OF SONG.

RHINE SONG OF THE GERMAN SOLDIERS AFTER VICTORY.

A SONG OF DELOS.

ANCIENT GREEK CHANT OF VICTORY.

THE FALL OF D'ASSAS.

THE BURIAL OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR,

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LYRICS, AND SONGS FOR MUSIC.

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SONGS OF A GUARDIAN SPIRIT.

I.—NEAR THEE, STILL NEAR THEE!

II.—OH! DROOP THOU NOT.

THE LAST SONG OF SAPPHO.

A SONG OF THE ROSE.

NIGHT-BLOWING FLOWERS.

THE WANDERER AND THE NIGHT-FLOWERS.

THE MUFFLED DRUM.

THE SWAN AND THE SKYLARK.

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SONGS OF SPAIN.

I.—ANCIENT BATTLE SONG.

II.—THE ZEGRI MAID.

III.—THE RIO VERDE SONG.

IV.—SEEK BY THE SILVERY DARRO.

V.—SPANISH EVENING HYMN.

VI.—BIRD, THAT ART SINGING ON EBRO'S SIDE.

VII.—MOORISH GATHERING SONG.

VIII.—THE SONG OF MINA'S SOLDIERS.

IX.—MOTHER, OH! SING ME TO REST.

X.—THERE ARE SOUNDS IN THE DARK RONCESVALLES.

THE CURFEW-SONG OF ENGLAND.

THE CALL TO BATTLE.

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SONGS FOR SUMMER HOURS.

I.—AND I TOO IN ARCADIA.

II.—THE WANDERING WIND.

III.—YE ARE NOT MISS'D, FAIR FLOWERS.

IV.—WILLOW SONG.

V.—LEAVE ME NOT YET.

VI.—THE ORANGE BOUGH.

VII.—THE STREAM SET FREE.

VIII.—THE SUMMER'S CALL.

IX.—OH! SKYLARK, FOR THY WING.

GENIUS SINGING TO LOVE.

MUSIC AT A DEATHBED.

MARSHAL SCHWERIN'S GRAVE.

THE FALLEN LIME-TREE.

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SONGS OF CAPTIVITY.

I.—THE BROTHER'S DIRGE.

II.—THE ALPINE HORN.

III.—O YE VOICES.

IV.—I DREAM OF ALL THINGS FREE.

V.—FAR O'ER THE SEA.

VI.—THE INVOCATION.

VII.—THE SONG OF HOPE.

THE BIRD AT SEA.

THE DYING GIRL AND FLOWERS.

THE MUSIC OF ST PATRICK'S.

KEENE, OR LAMENT OF AN IRISH MOTHER OVER HER SON.

THE LYRE AND FLOWER.

SISTER! SINCE I MET THEE LAST.

THE LONELY BIRD.

PILGRIM'S SONG TO THE EVENING STAR.

THE MEETING OF THE SHIPS.

FAIR HELEN OF KIRCONNEL.

MUSIC FROM SHORE.

LOOK ON ME WITH THY CLOUDLESS EYES.

IF THOU HAST CRUSH'D A FLOWER.

BRIGHTLY HAST THOU FLED.

THE BED OF HEATH.

WHAT WOKE THE BURIED SOUND.

OH! IF THOU WILT NOT GIVE THINE HEART.

LOOK ON ME THUS NO MORE.

SING TO ME, GONDOLIER!

O'ER THE FAR BLUE MOUNTAINS.

O THOU BREEZE OF SPRING!

COME TO ME, DREAMS OF HEAVEN.

LET HER DEPART.

HOW CAN THAT LOVE SO DEEP, SO LONE.

THE BROKEN FLOWER.

I WOULD WE HAD NOT MET AGAIN.

FAIRIES' RECALL.

THE ROCK BESIDE THE SEA.

O YE VOICES GONE.

BY A MOUNTAIN STREAM AT REST.

IS THERE SOME SPIRIT SIGHING.

THE NAME OF ENGLAND.

COME TO ME, GENTLE SLEEP.

THE LEAGUE OF THE ALPS; OR, THE MEETING ON THE FIELD OF GRUTLI.

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SCENES AND HYMNS OF LIFE; WITH OTHER RELIGIOUS POEMS.

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THE ENGLISH MARTYRS; A SCENE OF THE DAYS OF QUEEN MARY.

Scene in a Prison.

II.

FLOWERS AND MUSIC IN A ROOM OF SICKNESS.

CATHEDRAL HYMN.

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WOOD WALK AND HYMN.

PRAYER OF THE LONELY STUDENT.

THE TRAVELLER'S EVENING SONG.

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BURIAL OF AN EMIGRANT'S CHILD IN THE FORESTS.

THE FUNERAL HYMN.

EASTER-DAY IN A MOUNTAIN CHURCHYARD.

THE CHILD READING THE BIBLE.

A POET'S DYING HYMN.

THE FUNERAL DAY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.

THE PRAYER IN THE WILDERNESS.

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PRISONERS' EVENING SERVICE.

PRISONERS' EVENING HYMN.

HYMN OF THE VAUDOIS MOUNTAINEERS IN TIMES OF PERSECUTION.

THE INDIAN'S REVENGE.

PRAYER AT SEA AFTER VICTORY.

EVENING SONG OF THE WEARY.

THE DAY OF FLOWERS.

HYMN OF THE TRAVELLER'S HOUSEHOLD ON HIS RETURN,

A PRAYER OF AFFECTION.

THE PAINTER'S LAST WORK.

MOTHER'S LITANY BY THE SICKBED OF A CHILD.

NIGHT HYMN AT SEA.

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FEMALE CHARACTERS OF SCRIPTURE.

I.—INVOCATION.

II.—INVOCATION CONTINUED.

III.—THE SONG OF MIRIAM.

V.—THE VIGIL OF RIZPAH.

VI.—THE REPLY OF THE SHUNAMITE WOMAN.

VII.—THE ANNUNCIATION.

VIII.—THE SONG OF THE VIRGIN.

IX.—THE PENITENT ANOINTING CHRIST'S FEET.

X.—MARY AT THE FEET OF CHRIST.

XI.—THE SISTERS OF BETHANY AFTER THE

XII.—THE MEMORIAL OF MARY.

XIII.—THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM AT THE CROSS.

XIV.—MARY MAGDALENE AT THE SEPULCHRE.

XV.—MARY MAGDALENE BEARING TIDINGS OF THE RESURRECTION.

THE TWO MONUMENTS.

THE COTTAGE GIRL.

THE BATTLE-FIELD.

A PENITENT'S RETURN.

A THOUGHT OF PARADISE.

ON A PICTURE OF CHRIST BEARING THE CROSS,

COMMUNINGS WITH THOUGHT.

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SONNETS, DEVOTIONAL AND MEMORIAL.

I.—THE SACRED HARP.

II.—TO A FAMILY BIBLE.

III.—REPOSE OF A HOLY FAMILY.

IV.—PICTURE OF THE INFANT CHRIST WITH FLOWERS.

V.—ON A REMEMBERED PICTURE OF CHRIST.

VI.—THE CHILDREN WHOM JESUS BLESSED.

VII.—MOUNTAIN SANCTUARIES.

VIII.—THE LILIES OF THE FIELD.

IX.—THE BIRDS OF THE AIR.

X.—THE RAISING OF THE WIDOW'S SON.

XI.—THE OLIVE-TREE.

XII.—THE DARKNESS OF THE CRUCIFIXION.

XIII.—PLACES OF WORSHIP.

XIV.—OLD CHURCH IN AN ENGLISH PARK.

XV.—A CHURCH IN NORTH WALES.

XVI.—LOUISE SCHEPLER.

XVII.—TO THE SAME.

THE WATER-LILY.

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RECORDS OF THE SPRING OF 1834.

I.—A VERNAL THOUGHT.

II.—TO THE SKY.

III.—ON RECORDS OF IMMATURE GENIUS.

IV.—ON WATCHING THE FLIGHT OF A SKY-LARK.

V.—A THOUGHT OF THE SEA.

VI.—DISTANT SOUND OF THE SEA AT EVENING.

VII.—THE RIVER CLWYD IN NORTH WALES.

VIII.—ORCHARD BLOSSOMS.

IX.—TO A DISTANT SCENE.

X.—A REMEMBRANCE OF GRASMERE.

XI.—THOUGHTS CONNECTED WITH TREES.

XII.—THE SAME.

XIII.—ON READING PAUL AND VIRGINIA IN CHILDHOOD.

XIV.—A THOUGHT AT SUNSET.

XV.—IMAGES OF PATRIARCHAL LIFE.

XVI.—ATTRACTION OF THE EAST.

XVII.—TO AN AGED FRIEND.

XVIII.—FOLIAGE.

XIX.—A PRAYER.

XX.—PRAYER CONTINUED.

XXI.—MEMORIAL OF A CONVERSATION.

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RECORDS OF THE AUTUMN OF 1834.

I.—THE RETURN TO POETRY.

II.—TO SILVIO PELLICO, ON READING HIS “PRIGIONE.”

III.—TO THE SAME, RELEASED.

IV.—ON A SCENE IN THE DARGLE.

V.—ON READING COLERIDGE'S EPITAPH.

VI.—ON THE DATURA ARBOREA.

VII.—DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE.

VIII.—HOPE OF FUTURE COMMUNION WITH NATURE.

IX.—DREAMS OF THE DEAD.

X.—THE POETRY OF THE PSALMS.

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DESPONDENCY AND ASPIRATION.

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THOUGHTS DURING SICKNESS.

I.—INTELLECTUAL POWERS.

II.—SICKNESS LIKE NIGHT.

III.—ON RETZSCH'S DESIGN OF THE ANGEL OF DEATH.

IV.—REMEMBRANCE OF NATURE.

V.—FLIGHT OF THE SPIRIT.

VII.—RECOVERY.

SABBATH SONNET.

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ON MY MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY.

ADDRESS TO THE DEITY.

SONNET TO MY MOTHER.

TO MY YOUNGER BROTHER.

TO MY ELDEST BROTHER

THE SILVER LOCKS.

THE RUIN AND ITS FLOWERS.

CHRISTMAS CAROL.

THE DOMESTIC AFFECTIONS.

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MUSIC AT A DEATHBED.

“Music! why thy power employ
Only for the sons of joy?
Only for the smiling guests
At natal, or at nuptial feasts?
Rather thy lenient numbers pour
On those whom secret griefs devour;
And with some softly-whisper'd air
Smooth the brow of dumb despair!”
Warton from Euripides.

Bring music! stir the brooding air
With an ethereal breath!
Bring sounds, my struggling soul to bear
Up from the couch of death!

A voice, a flute, a dreamy lay,
Such as the southern breeze
Might waft, at golden fall of day,
O'er blue transparent seas!

Oh no! not such! that lingering spell
Would lure me back to life,
When my wean'd heart hath said farewell,
And pass'd the gates of strife.

Let not a sigh of human love
Blend with the song its tone!
Let no disturbing echo move
One that must die alone!

But pour a solemn-breathing strain
Fill'd with the soul of prayer;

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Let a life's conflict, fear, and pain,
And trembling hope be there.

Deeper, yet deeper! in my thought
Lies more prevailing sound,
A harmony intensely fraught
With pleading more profound:

A passion unto music given,
A sweet, yet piercing cry:
A breaking heart's appeal to Heaven,
A bright faith's victory!

Deeper! Oh! may no richer power
Be in those notes enshrined?
Can all, which crowds on earth's last hour,
No fuller language find?

Away! and hush the feeble song,
And let the chord be still'd!
Far in another land erelong
My dream shall be fulfill'd.