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The Poetical Works of John Critchley Prince

Edited by R. A. Douglas Lithgow
Prince, John Critchley (1808-1866)

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IN TWO VOLS.—VOL. I.
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HOURS WITH THE MUSES
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POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1841.
  
THE POET'S SABBATH.
  
WHO ARE THE FREE?
  
MAY.
  
THE POET TO HIS CHILD.
  
A VISION OF THE FUTURE.
  
TO FRANCE.
  
THE MAID OF A MOUNTAIN LAND.
  
THOU ART WOOED AND WON.
  
THE CONTRAST.
  
TO POESY.
  
HOPE.
  
A FATHER'S LAMENT.
  
A CALL TO THE PEOPLE.
  
TO J. B. ROGERSON.
  
CLIFTON GROVE.
  
THE BLIND ENTHUSIAST.
  
A SUMMER'S DAY.
  
DOMESTIC MELODY.
  
LAND AND SEA.
  
EPISTLE TO A BROTHER POET.
  
A SONG OF FREEDOM.
  
SONNET,
  
LINDA.
  
TO HYPATIA.
  
TO QUINTUS HORTENSIUS.
  
A SKETCH AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.
  
THE CAPTIVE'S DREAM.
  
TO SYLVAN.
  
THE PROFLIGATE AWAKENED.
  
TO LILLA, WEEPING.
  
THERE IS BEAUTY.
  
STANZAS,
  
SPRING.
  
A FAREWELL TO POESY.
  
TO THE POLES, AFTER THEIR SUBJUGATION.
  
THE CARRIER TO HIS PONY.
  
THE OAK AND THE SAPLING.
  
WRITTEN IN AFFLICTION.
  
AN APPEAL ON BEHALF OF THE UNEDUCATED.
  
THE CHILD OF SONG.
  
TO B. S.
  
MY COUNTRY AND MY QUEEN.
  
TO JULIUS.
  
THERE'S FALSEHOOD.
  
LINES
  
THE ROSE AND THE NIGHTINGALE.
  
TEMPERANCE SONG.
  
A SICK MAN'S FANCIES.
  
TO A BROTHER POET.
  
TO THE CRICKET.
  
SONG.
  
TO MY FRIEND, JOHN DICKINSON.
  
TO G. R.
  
HYMN TO SPRING.
  
WHAT IS GLORY? WHAT IS FAME?
  
THE VOICE OF THE PRIMROSE.
  
A WINTER'S EVENING.
  
I GO FOR EVERMORE.
  
THE POOR MAN'S APPEAL.
  
TO J. P. WESTHEAD, ESQ.
  
THE SLAVE.
  
A FRAGMENT FOR THE PEOPLE.
  
THE POET AT THE GRAVE OF HIS CHILD.
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LYRICS FOR THE PEOPLE.
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No. I. “LET THE BOISTEROUS BACCHANAL.”
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No. II. “MAN OF TOIL.”
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No. III. “THERE IS BEAUTY ON EARTH.”
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No. IV. “SAD AND SICK UNTO DEATH.”
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No. V. “SONS OF MY MOTHER, ENGLAND.”
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No. VI. “OH! DESPISE NOT MY HARP.”
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No. VII. “LET US DRINK TO THE BARDS.”
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No. VIII. “THE PEN AND THE PRESS.”
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POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1842.
  
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ANTI-CORN-LAW LYRIC.
  
TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE.
  
ON QUITTING NORTH WALES.
  
STANZAS,
  
LINES ON SEEING A PICTURE.
  
TO THE FALL OF THE SWALLOW,
  
SONNET
  
VERSES,
  
AN EVENING SONG.
  
SONG.
  
THE BANKS OF CONWAY.
  
STANZAS
  
THE MOUNTAIN SPRING.
  
THE STUDENT OF NATURE.
  
THE INQUIRY.
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POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1847.
  
THE THREE ANGELS.
  
THE ROBIN.
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DREAMS AND REALITIES.
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Poems Published in 1847
  
THE PEN AND THE SWORD.
  
THE PRESS AND THE CANNON.
  
A WINTER SKETCH FROM OLDERMANN.
  
HYMN TO THE CREATOR.
  
THE QUEEN'S QUESTION; OR, THE RIVAL FLOWERS.
  
A LAY FOR THE PRINTER.
  
A RHYME FOR THE TIME.
  
POETRY IN COMMON THINGS.
  
THE SEASIDE SOJOURN.
  
COME TO MY HOME.
  
A SUMMER'S EVENING SKETCH.
  
THE WANDERER.
  
WAR.
  
WINTER MUSINGS.
  
THE PARTITION OF THE EARTH.
  
THE PATRIOT'S BATTLE PRAYER.
  
ON THE DEATH OF ROBERT SOUTHEY, LATE POET LAUREATE.
  
A FAMILIAR EPISTLE TO MY FRIEND JOHN BALL.
  
THE POWER OF PLEASANT MEMORIES.
  
NEW YEAR'S DAY ASPIRATIONS.
  
TO A YOUNG POETESS.
  
THE WOODLAND WELL.
  
JANUARY.
  
APRIL.
  
JULY.
  
OCTOBER.
  
AUTUMN.
  
NORTH WALES.
  
THE MERCHANT AND THE MOURNER.
  
VINDICATORY STANZAS.
  
CONTRITION.
  
LEONORE.
  
THE POET'S WELCOME.
  
“THE TEMPTATION” AND “THE EXPULSION.”
  
TO THE MEMORY OF A DECEASED FRIEND.
  
ON THE DEATH OF TWO INFANT CHILDREN.
  
SABBATH EVENING THOUGHTS.
  
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IN TWO VOLS.—VOL. II.
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THE POETIC ROSARY.
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POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1850.
  
WELCOME TO SPRING.
  
A SONG FOR MARCH.
  
“THE WEARY OLD YEAR IS NO MORE.”
  
THE HOUSEHOLD JEWELS.
  
THE ROSE OF CAYPHA.
  
BUCKTON CASTLE.
  
KOSSUTH'S PRAYER.
  
FORGIVENESS.
  
THE DESERT AND THE CITY.
  
THE STREAM AND THE VINE.
  
THE WINTER'S WALK.
  
DEATH'S DOINGS.
  
EXTEMPORE LINES.
  
A WISH.
  
JUNE.
  
SPRING.
  
“MY FATHER'S FARM.”
  
ON THE DEATH OF EBENEZER ELLIOTT.
  
AN ARTISAN'S SONG.
  
SPRING.
  
THE SHEPHERD'S DOG.
  
THE WORKMAN'S EVENING SONG.
  
“AS WELCOME AS FLOWERS IN MAY.”
  
CHRISTMAS.
  
A LOVE MELODY.
  
THE GOLDEN LAND OF POESY.
  
THE RESCUE.
  
THE FAIRY'S FUNERAL.
  
A SONG OF THE WOODLANDS.
  
A MAY-DAY WALK.
  
THE SILVER CHAMBER.
  
PLEURS; OR, THE TOWN OF TEARS.
  
ZOANA.
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AUTUMN LEAVES.
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POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1856.
  
A BOOK FOR THE HOME FIRESIDE.
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AUTUMNAL SONNETS.
  
[It seems but yesterday, when merry Spring]
  
[Not yet is autumn desolate and cold]
  
[The varying seasons ever roll, and run]
  
THE CHILD AND THE DEW-DROPS.
  
MERCY.
  
A PLEA FOR WOMAN.
  
HOME.
  
LOOK UP.
  
NOTHING IS LOST.
  
LOVE.
  
THE RETURN OF PEACE.
  
SAINT CHRISTOPHER.
  
THE LOST ONE.
  
NOT BREAD ALONE.
  
THE HOUSEHOLD DARLING.
  
THE DRUMMER'S DEATH-ROLL.
  
TO A BLIND POET.
  
GERALDINE.
  
CHRISTMAS EVE.
  
PRECIOUS TIME.
  
A THOUGHT ON WAR.
  
JUDGE NOT TOO HASTILY.
  
THE HAPPY CHANGE.
  
A VOICE FROM THE FACTORY.
  
HARVEST HYMN.
  
THE ARAB'S SONG.
  
HAPPY OLD AGE.
  
MAY.
  
A SOUL IN SHADOW.
  
THE WASTE OF WAR.
  
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
  
MY FRIENDS OF CHORLEY.
  
A PRAYER FOR PEACE.
  
WHITTLE SPRINGS.
  
HUMAN BROTHERHOOD.
  
BROAD CAST THY SEED.
  
THE “NEW YEAR.”
  
HOPE AND PERSEVERANCE.
  
FORGIVENESS.
  
RANDOM RHYMES.
  
AT MY WIFE'S GRAVE SIDE.
  
THE POSTMAN.
  
THE WORKMAN TO HIS WIFE.
  
THE RETURN OF SPRING.
  
THE SONGS OF THE PEOPLE.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1861.
  
THE COMING OF THE MAY.
  
THE SAVING ANGEL.
  
THE HOLY LAND.
  
SONNET TO WORDSWORTH.
  
THE MARINER OF LIFE.
  
THE BEGGAR BOY.
  
BIRTHDAY SONNET.
  
THE MOUNTAIN TARN.
  
CANZONETTE.
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SPRING SONNETS.
  
[Be glad, my spirit, for the world of snows]
  
[Month of sweet promise! her mixed tears and smiles]
  
SUNSHINE
  
THE PALACE OF ART.
  
THE BENEFACTRESS.
  
NOW AND THEN.
  
WEEDS AND FLOWERS.
  
THE STAR OF THE HOUSEHOLD.
  
THE DARKEST HOUR.
  
A GOOD MAN GONE.
  
FAMILY FEUDS.
  
ONE ANGEL MORE.
  
HOPE AND TRUST.
  
THE YOUNG MARINER.
  
A FAULT CONFESSED.
  
A WIDOWER'S LAMENT.
  
CHRISTMASTIDE.
  
ABJURATION.
  
A PASTORAL.
  
THE SOLDIER OF PROGRESS.
  
SONNET TO A FRIEND.
  
A FLOWER OF THE HOUSEHOLD.
  
AUTUMNAL DAYS.
  
THE SOUL OF THE LAND IS AWAKE.
  
THE LOVER'S CALL.
  
MY BIRTHDAY.
  
ITALY AWAKENED.
  
A NIGHT THOUGHT.
  
THE MOUNTAINS.
  
A WIFE'S EVENING PRAYER.
  
LILLY AND HER NEWFOUNDLAND DOG.
  
CHRISTMAS.
  
SONNET TO THE OLD YEAR.
  
MIDNIGHT IMAGININGS.
  
THE TEMPLE OF NATURE.
  
THE PAUPER'S GRAVE.
  
RETROSPECTION.
  
SUPPLICATION.
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FUGITIVE AND UNPUBLISHED POEMS.
  
TO THE MUSE.
  
THE SPIRIT OF SOUND.
  
THE COUNTRY WEDDING.
  
THE MEETING OF THE WINDS.
  
ADDRESS:
  
FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE.
  
STANZAS FOR THE NEW YEAR.—[1859.]
  
ALICE THE FAIR.
  
PROLOGUE,
  
THE SPIRIT OF CHARITY.
  
STANZAS,
  
PROLOGUE.
  
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Edited by R. A. Douglas Lithgow

John Critchley Prince

1808-1866
Abel Heywood & Son Simpkin, Marshall & Co.
Manchester London
1880
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