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Poems

By John Moultrie. New ed

Moultrie, John (1799-1874)

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POEMS OF YOUTH AND EARLY MANHOOD.

MY BROTHER'S GRAVE.

THE HALL OF MY FATHERS.

GODIVA, — A TALE.

MAIMOUNE,—A POEM.

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NO. I. TO ------

SONG TO THE SPRING BREEZE.

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OCCASIONAL POEMS.

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I.

SONNET I. TO POESY.

II.

SONNET II. TO ------, ON HER VOYAGE TO INDIA.

III.

IV.

SONNET IV. TO A LADY, WITH A POEM BY A FRIEND.

V.

VI.

SONNET VI. TO ADINE.

VII.

SONNET VII. ON SEEING THE SAME LADY.

VIII.

SONNET VIII. TO THE SAME.

IX.

X.

XI.

SONNET XI. SCOTCH QUADRILLES.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

THE LAY OF THE LOVELY.

“FORGET THEE?”

EPITAPH IN WINDSOR CHURCH-YARD.

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METRICAL ROMANCES.

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THE WITCH OF THE NORTH.

INTRODUCTORY SONNET.

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INTRODUCTORY STANZAS

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II.

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POEMS OF RIPER YEARS.

OUR FIRST SORROW.

THE THREE SONS.

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SONNET IX. TO THE REV. DR. ARNOLD.

SONNET X. TO THE SAME.

SONNET XII. TO WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED.

SONNET XIV. TO THE SAME.

SONNET XVIII. TO THE ANONYMOUS EDITOR OF COLERIDGE'S LETTERS AND CONVERSATIONS.

SONNET XXIV. TO MY INFANT CHILD.

SONNET XXV. TO BAPTIST NOEL.

SONNET XXVI. TO THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY.

SONNET XXVII. TO A LADY OF RANK.

SONNET XXIX. TO THE REV. DR. CHALMERS.

SONNET XXX. TO THE SAME.

SONNET XXXI. TO THE SAME.

SONNET XXXII. ON REVISITING LUDLOW CASTLE, JULY, 1836.

TO HENRY ALFORD,

MIDSUMMER MUSINGS.

LOVE'S MAY DAY.

LOVE IN ABSENCE.

AN APOLOGY FOR TACITURNITY.

TO MARGARET IN HEAVEN.

FAREWELL TO HERNE BAY.

ELEGIAC STANZAS.

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FAMILIAR EPISTLES.

NO. I. TO A FEMALE FRIEND.

NO. II. TO THE REV. DERWENT COLERIDGE.

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THE DREAM OF LIFE.

I.

BOOK I. CHILDHOOD.

II.

BOOK II. BOYHOOD.

III.

BOOK III. YOUTH.

IV.

BOOK IV. MANHOOD.

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LAYS OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH.

FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

ST. STEPHEN'S DAY.

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ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST'S DAY.

FROM THE GOSPEL.

THE INNOCENTS' DAY.

THE SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS DAY.

THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST.

FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.

SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.

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THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.

FROM THE EPISTLE.

FROM THE GOSPEL.

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FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.

FROM THE EPISTLE.

FROM THE GOSPEL.

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FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.

FROM THE EPISTLE.

FROM THE GOSPEL.

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SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.

FROM THE EPISTLE.

FROM THE GOSPEL.

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SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY.

FROM THE EPISTLE.

FROM THE GOSPEL.

SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY.

QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY.

HYMN FOR EASTER EVE.

PROTESTANT HYMN TO THE VIRGIN.

SUNDAY IN THE MOUNTAINS.

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OCCASIONAL POEMS.

STANZAS. WRITTEN IN THE ISLE OF ARRAN.

INSCRIPTION FOR A BUST

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SONNET I. NEW YEAR'S DAY.

SONNET IV. WRITTEN IN THE HIGHLANDS.

SONNET V. LOCH RANZA.

SONNET VI. TO MY INFANT DAUGHTER.

SONNET VII. TO MY YOUNGEST CHILD.

SONNET X. TO THE AUTHORESS OF “I WATCH'D THE HEAVENS.”

LAMENT FOR THE DOON.

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LAYS OF THE PARISH.

THE SONG OF THE KETTLE.

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ALTARS, HEARTHS, AND GRAVES.

ALICE GAY'S BRIDAL.

THE SONG OF THE CHURCH-BUILDERS.

PENTECOSTAL ODE. 1852.

ENGLAND'S MISSION.

THE BLACK FENCE.

SAINT MARY, THE VIRGIN AND THE WIFE.

SUNSET IN ARRAN.

FAREWELL TO ARRAN.

THREE TIMES NINE.

MUCH ADO ABOUT LITTLE.

THE KING'S QUARTERS.

STANZAS AT THE STATION.

ANTICIPATION AND EXPERIENCE.

LOVERS AT LOGGERHEADS.

THE WORLD WELL LOST.

A WORD TO THE WEDDED.

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THE THREE MINSTRELS.

THE FIRST MINSTREL.

THE SECOND MINSTREL.

THE THIRD MINSTREL.

MUSÆ ETONENSES.

A HERTFORDSHIRE LEGEND.

THE KNELL OF THE NAMELESS.

THE POET'S DAUGHTER.

AN EMIGRANT'S DIRGE.

EASTER DIRGE FOR THE DYING.

SONNET.

THE SHADOW OF DEATH.

THE RESTING-PLACES.

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TO AUGUSTUS M. SWIFT: NEW YORK.

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SONNET.

[Mysterious, sure, as mighty, is the spell]

Mysterious, sure, as mighty, is the spell
In which doth Beauty man's proud spirit bind,
Disguising the false heart, the abject mind,
The soul which doth against all good rebel,
Like some foul grub encased in gorgeous shell;
Such contrast in conjunction still we find
Between the souls and bodies of our kind,
Since Adam from his primal glory fell:
But when the saintly soul, enshrined within,
Doth the fair body grace and glorify,
And that most complex fascination win
At once the outward and the inward eye,—
We feel that Beauty, here usurp'd by sin,
Is one with Good by final destiny.