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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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TO THE HOLY VIRGIN.

Mother of Him who made us! first of mothers!
Who heard'st the glorious angel bid thee “Hail!”
Mother of Him who call'd mankind His brothers,
Although His dying rent the Temple's veil,
And utter darkness told He was divine;
A few brief scriptures show us more of thee,
Than all these after-times of pageantry,
The marble statue, and the jewell'd shrine;
The passionate acclaim of many lands
Has drown'd thine own sweet voice, that ever spake
Of the Lord's handmaid; now they bid thee take
His place, and wrong thee with adoring hands;
But oh! we know thee best, when seen alone,
Far in the Past, with Jesus and with John!
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