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Sonnets, Lyrics and Translations

By the Rev. Charles Turner [i.e. Charles Tennyson]
Turner, Charles Tennyson (1808-1879)
 
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SONNETS.
 
LITTLE SOPHY BY THE SEASIDE.
 
THE BUTTERFLY AND THE ROSE.
 
NAUSICAA.
 
THE DYING SCULPTOR.
 
FREE GREECE.
 
THE SEASIDE,
 
THE BARMOUTH SEA-BRIDGE.
 
ON A CHILD'S EYES.
 
LITTLE NORA;
 
OUR MARY AND THE CHILD-MUMMY.
 
CALLED FROM BED;
 
EMMELINE.
 
A BLUSH AT FAREWELL.
 
THE HYDRAULIC RAM;
 
ON THE MONUMENT OF THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH STUART IN NEWPORT CHURCH, ISLE OF WIGHT.
 
THE SICK ORPHAN;
 
THE MISSING BRIDE.
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THE FIR GROVE,
 
THE FIR GROVE Continued
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ENGLAND'S HONOUR.
 
ENGLAND'S HONOUR Continued
 
ENGLAND'S HONOUR Continued
 
ARMS OLD AND NEW.
 
THE BOMB AND THE ORGAN.
 
TO A FRENCH POET AND REFUGEE.
 
THE ASCENT OF SNOWDON.
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THE CATTLE TRAIN.
 
THE CATTLE TRAIN Continued
 
THE ARTIST ON PENMAENMAWR.
 
CADER IDRIS AT SUNSET.
 
THE OLD HILLS'-MAN AND HIS TRUCK.
 
WELSH LUCY,
 
THE LITTLE HEIR OF SHAME.
 
THE HARVEST MOON.
 
OLD RURALITIES.
 
TO A RED-WHEAT FIELD.
 
TO A SCARECROW, OR MALKIN, LEFT LONG AFTER HARVEST.
 
THE WILLOW;
 
THE OLD FOX-HUNTER.
 
TO THE GOSSAMER-LIGHT.
 
ON FINDING A SMALL FLY CRUSHED IN A BOOK.
 
THE EAGLE AND THE SONNET.
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GOUT AND WINGS.
 
GOUT AND WINGS Continued
 
A COLONY OF NIGHTINGALES.
 
THE SPARROW AND THE DEW-DROP.
 
TO A CUCKOO IN A HIGHWAY HEDGE.
 
THE SWAN AND THE PEACOCK.
 
MY TIMEPIECE.
 
OUR NEW CHURCH.
 
OUR NEW CHURCH CLOCK.
 
TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON.
 
THE AFTERNOTE OF THE HOUR.
 
AFTER THE SCHOOL-FEAST.
 
THE MURDER OF BISHOP PATTESON.
 
THE PASTOR'S PRAYER.
 
TO THE HOLY VIRGIN.
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THE PALM-WILLOW.
 
THE PALM-WILLOW. Continued
 
TO MY SISTER MARY.
 
LOVE OF HOME.
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SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ONE ON WHOM THE DEATH OF AN EXCELLENT WOMAN HAS FORCED THE CONVICTION OF A FUTURE STATE.
 
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A PERVERSE LOVER.
 
A MOURNING LOVER.
 
TO THE NIGHTINGALE.
 
ON SOME HUMMING-BIRDS IN A GLASS CASE.
 
THE PRISONER.
 
THE “CANNON FEVER.”
 
THE EARTHQUAKE.
 
TO A YOUNG KING.
 
GREECE: AN ASPIRATION.
 
DEATH AND ITS ANTIDOTE.
 
SCIENCE AND FAITH.
 
TO ---
 
THE PORTRAIT PAINTER.
 
TO ---
 
THE TRAVELLER AND HIS WIFE'S RINGLET.
 
THE ALTAR, AS CONNECTED WITH MARRIAGE.
 
A BRIDAL FAREWELL.
 
WRITTEN FOR THE MADINGLEY SCHOOL, ON THE ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE OF WALES AT THE MANOR HOUSE, IN 1861.
 
A LEGEND FROM DE LAMARTINE'S TRAVELS IN THE EAST, VERSIFIED.
 
AN INCIDENT ON THE DEE.
 
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
 
A FATHER TO HIS SICK CHILD ASLEEP.
 
BY A DEATH-BED.

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12

EMMELINE.

She grows apace, thy darling Emmeline!
Her heart, erewhile but two feet from the ground,
Beats at a higher level, in the line
Of many archers, pressing daily round;
She doffs aside the aim of Jones and Brown;
But, though a surer arrow has been set
By a young marksman from the neighbouring town,
It lingers on the string,—he speaks not yet.
When two love well, events must onward move;
She feels a winning hand is on the bow,
And, if he asks, she will not answer “No;”
And Emmeline to him is life's sole mark,
He knows she loves him, and she knows his love;
Speed, gentle shaft! thou aim'st not in the dark!
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