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Oliver Newman

A New-England Tale (Unfinished): With Other Poetical Remains. By the late Robert Southey

Southey, Robert (1774-1843)

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OLIVER NEWMAN: A NEW-ENGLAND TALE.

I.

I. FUNERAL AT SEA.

II.

II. THE VOYAGE.

III.

IV.

IV. THE CAPTIVES RANSOMED.

V.

V. THE PORTRAIT.

VI.

VI. FUTURE PROSPECTS.

VII.

VII. THE INDIAN WAR.

VIII.

VIII. PARTING WORDS.

IX.

IX. JOURNEY THROUGH THE FOREST.

X.

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MISCELLANEOUS POETICAL REMAINS.

FRAGMENTARY THOUGHTS OCCASIONED BY HIS SON'S DEATH.

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SHORT PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE,

Jer. ix. 23–4.

Jer. xlvii. 6, 7.

Lamentations, iii. 44.

Hosea, x. 12, 13.

Daniel, ix. 7, 8, 9. 18.

[But mercies and forgivenesses belong]

[Incline thine ear, and hear]

Nahum, i. 3–8.

Nahum, iii. 15. 17.

1 Kings, viii. 23. 27. 30.

[.... will God indeed]

[.... hear Thou in heaven, thy dwelling-place]

Isaiah, xxv. 1. 4. 7.

[A strength to the weak hast thou been]

[The covering that is cast]

Isaiah, xxvi. 3. 5. 8.

[He bringeth down them that dwell on high]

[In the way of thy judgments]

Isaiah, xxviii. 15. 17. 18.

Isaiah. xxviii. 16.

Isaiah, xxxi. 3.

Isaiah, lvii. 1.

Ezekiel, vii. 5, 6, 7. 12.

Ezekiel, xxii. 7, 8. 14.

LITTLE BOOK, IN GREEN AND GOLD.

LINES WRITTEN IN THE ALBUM OF ROTHA Q.

IMAGINATION AND REALITY.

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Nahum, iii. 15. 17.

There shall the fire devour thee,
The sword shall cut thee off.
Make thyself many as the canker-worm,
As the locusts make thyself many.
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants
Above the stars of heaven!
But the canker-worm spoileth,
Then fleeth away,
And his place is not found.