The Poems of Felicia Hemans

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Hemans, Mrs., 1793-1835

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Tim Lindell, SF2001, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

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English

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PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

English poetry -- 19th century

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Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 66785

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November 21, 2021

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.POEMS
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.CHRONOLOGY OF MRS HEMANS’ LIFE AND WORKS
6. 6.THE POETICAL WORKS OF MRS HEMANS — JUVENILE POEMS — ON MY MOTHER’S BIRTHDAY. — A PRAYER. — ADDRESS TO THE DEITY. — SHAKSPEARE. — TO MY BROTHER AND SISTER IN THE COUNTRY. — SONNET TO MY MOTHER. — SONNET. — RURAL WALKS. — SONNET. — ENGLAND AND SPAIN; OR, VALOUR AND PATRIOTISM.
7. 7.THE DOMESTIC AFFECTIONS, AND OTHER POEMS. — THE SILVER LOCKS. — TO MY MOTHER. — TO MY YOUNGER BROTHER, — TO MY ELDEST BROTHER. — LINES — THE RUIN AND ITS FLOWERS. — CHRISTMAS CAROL. — CHORUS. — CHORUS. — CHORUS. — THE DOMESTIC AFFECTIONS. — TO MR EDWARDS, THE HARPER OF CONWAY.
8. 8.EPITAPH ON MR W——,
9. 9.EPITAPH — PROLOGUE TO THE POOR GENTLEMAN ,
10. 10.THE RESTORATION OF THE WORKS OF ART TO ITALY.
11. 11.MODERN GREECE. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII. — XIV. — XV. — XVI. — XVII. — XVIII. — XIX. — XX. — XXI. — XXII. — XXIII. — XXIV. — XXV. — XXVI. — XXVII. — XXVIII. — XXIX. — XXX. — XXXI. — XXXII. — XXXIII. — XXXIV. — XXXV. — XXXVI. — XXXVII. — XXXVIII. — XXXIX. — XL. — XLI. — XLII. — XLIII. — XLIV. — XLV. — XLVI. — XLVII. — XLVIII. — XLIX. — L. — LI. — LII. — LIII. — LIV. — LV. — LVI. — LVII. — LVIII. — LIX. — LX. — LXI. — LXII. — LXIII. — LXIV. — LXV. — LXVI. — LXVII. — LXVIII. — LXIX. — LXX. — LXXI. — LXXII. — LXXIII. — LXXIV. — LXXV. — LXXVI. — LXXVII. — LXXVIII. — LXXIX. — LXXX. — LXXXI. — LXXXII. — LXXXIII. — LXXXIV. — LXXXV. — LXXXVI. — LXXXVII. — LXXXVIII. — LXXXIX. — XC. — XCI. — XCII. — XCIII. — XCIV. — XCV. — XCVI. — XCVII. — XCVIII. — XCIX. — C. — CI. — EXTRACTS FROM CONTEMPORARY REVIEWS.
12. 12.TRANSLATIONS FROM CAMOENS, AND OTHER POETS. — SONNET 70. — SONNET 282.
13. 13.PART OF ECLOGUE 15. — SONNET 271. — SONNET 186. — SONNET 108. — SONNET 23. — SONNET 19. — “Que estranho caso de amor!” — SONNET 58. — SONNET 178. — SONNET 80. — SONNET 239. — SONNET 128. — “Polomeu apartamento.” — SONNET 205. — SONNET 133. — SONNET 181. — SONNET 278. — “Mi nueve y dulce querella.” — METASTASIO. — “Dunque si sfoga in pianto.” — “Al furor d’avversa Sorte.” — “Quella onda che ruina.” — “Leggiadra rosa, le cui pure foglie.” — “Che speri, instabil Dea, di sassi e spine.” — “Parlagli d’un periglio.” — “Sprezza il furor del vento.” — “Sol può dir che sia contento.” — “Ah! frenate le piante imbelle!” — VINCENZO DA FILICAJA. — PASTORINI. — LOPE DE VEGA. — FRANCISCO MANUEL. — DELLA CASA. — IL MARCHESE CORNELIO BENTIVOGLIO. — QUEVEDO. — EL CONDE JUAN DE TARSIS. — TORQUATO TASSO. — BERNARDO TASSO. — PETRARCH. — “Se lamentar augelli, o verdi fronde.” — VERSI SPAGNUOLI DI PIETRO BEMBO. — FRANCESCO LORENZINI. — GESNER. — GERMAN SONG. — CHAULIEU. — GARCILASO DE VEGA. — LORENZO DE MEDICI. — PINDEMONTE.
14. 14.MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. — LINES — DIRGE OF A CHILD. — INVOCATION. — TO THE MEMORY OF GENERAL SIR E—D P—K—M. [58] — TO THE MEMORY OF SIR H—Y E—LL—S, — GUERILLA SONG. — THE AGED INDIAN. — EVENING AMONGST THE ALPS. — DIRGE OF THE HIGHLAND CHIEF IN “WAVERLEY.” [59] — THE CRUSADERS’ WAR-SONG. — THE DEATH OF CLANRONALD. — TO THE EYE. — THE HERO’S DEATH. — STANZAS — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII. — XIV. — XV. — XVI. — XVII. — XVIII. — XIX. — XX. — XXI. — EXTRACT FROM QUARTERLY REVIEW.
15. 15.WALLACE’S INVOCATION TO BRUCE. [64]
16. 16.TALES AND HISTORIC SCENES. — THE ABENCERRAGE. — CANTO II. — CANTO III. — THE WIDOW OF CRESCENTIUS. — PART II. — THE LAST BANQUET OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
17. 17.ALARIC IN ITALY. — THE WIFE OF ASDRUBAL. — HELIODORUS IN THE TEMPLE. — NIGHT-SCENE IN GENOA. — THE TROUBADOUR AND RICHARD CŒUR DE LION. — THE TROUBADOUR’S SONG. — THE DEATH OF CONRADIN. — EXTRACTS FROM CONTEMPORARY REVIEWS.
18. 18.THE SCEPTIC. [136] — CRITICAL EXTRACTS FROM REVIEWS.
19. 19.SUPERSTITION AND REVELATION, — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII. — XIV. — XV. — XVI. — XVII. — XVIII. — XIX. — XX. — XXI. — XXII. — XXIII. — XXIV. — XXV. — XXVI. — XXVII. — XXVIII.
20. 20.ITALIAN LITERATURE. [147] — THE BASVIGLIANA OF MONTI. — THE ALCESTIS OF ALFIERI. — ACT I.— Scene II. — IL CONTE DI CARMAGNOLA; — The Battle of Maclodio (or Macalo.) An Ode. — Scene II. — The House of Carmagnola. — Scene IV. — A Prison. — Scene V. — CAIUS GRACCHUS.
21. 21.PATRIOTIC EFFUSIONS OF THE ITALIAN POETS. — VINCENZO DA FILICAJA. — CARLO MARIA MAGGI. — ALESSANDRO MARCHETTI. — ALESSANDRO PEGOLOTTI. — FRANCESCO MARIA DE CONTI. — JEU-D’ESPRIT ON THE WORD “BARB.” — THE FEVER DREAM.
22. 22.DARTMOOR. — A PRIZE POEM.
23. 23.WELSH MELODIES. — THE HARP OF WALES. — DRUID CHORUS ON THE LANDING OF THE ROMANS. — THE GREEN ISLES OF OCEAN. [161] — THE SEA-SONG OF GAFRAN. [162] — THE HIRLAS HORN. — THE HALL OF CYNDDYLAN. — THE LAMENT OF LLYWARCH HEN. — GRUFYDD’S FEAST. — THE CAMBRIAN IN AMERICA. — TALIESIN’S PROPHECY. — OWEN GLYNDWR’S WAR-SONG. — PRINCE MADOC’S FAREWELL. — CASWALLON’S TRIUMPH. — HOWEL’S SONG. — THE MOUNTAIN FIRES. — ERYRI WEN. — CHANT OF THE BARDS BEFORE THEIR MASSACRE BY EDWARD I. [187] — THE DYING BARD’S PROPHECY. [188] — THE FAIR ISLE. [190] — I. — CHORUS. — II. — CHORUS. — THE ROCK OF CADER IDRIS. — THE VESPERS OF PALERMO. — DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. — ACT I. — Scene II. — The Terrace of a Castle. — Scene III. — The Sea-shore.
24. 24.ACT II. — Scene I. — Apartment in a Palace. — Scene II. — A ruined Tower surrounded by woods. — Scene III. — A Chapel, with a monument on which is laid a sword. — Moonlight. — Scene IV. — Entrance of a Cave, surrounded by rocks and forests. A rude Cross seen among the rocks.
25. 25.ACT III. — Scene I. — Apartment in a Palace. — Scene II. — The Sea-shore. — Scene III. —— Gardens of a Palace. — Scene IV. — Room in the Citadel of Palermo. — Scene V. — A Banqueting Hall.—Provençal Nobles assembled.
26. 26.ACT IV. — Scene I. — A Street in Palermo. — Scene II. — A Hermitage surrounded by the Ruins of an Ancient Temple. — Scene III. — Hall of a Public Building.
27. 27.ACT V. — Scene I. — A Prison dimly lighted. — Scene II. — A Street of Palermo. — Scene III. — Prison of Raimond . — Scene IV. — Before the Gates of Palermo. — Scene V. — Part of the Field of Battle. — Scene VI. — Another part of the Field. — Scene VII. — Garden of a Convent. — ANNOTATIONS ON THE “VESPERS OF PALERMO.” — STANZAS TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE THE THIRD.
28. 28.TALES AND HISTORIC SCENES. — THE MAREMMA. — A TALE OF THE SECRET TRIBUNAL. — PART II. — THE CARAVAN IN THE DESERTS. — MARIUS AMONGST THE RUINS OF CARTHAGE. — A TALE OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. — A FRAGMENT. — THE BARD’S FAREWELL. — BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST.
29. 29.THE LAST CONSTANTINE. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII. — XIV. — XV. — XVI. — XVII. — XVIII. — XIX. — XX. — XXI. — XXII. — XXIII. — XXIV. — XXV. — XXVI. — XXVII. — XXVIII. — XXIX. — XXX. — XXXI. — XXXII. — XXXIII. — XXXIV. — XXXV. — XXXVI. — XXXVII. — XXXVIII. — XXXIX. — XL. — XLI. — XLII. — XLIII. — XLIV. — XLV. — XLVI. — XLVII. — XLVIII. — XLIX. — L. — LI. — LII. — LIII. — LIV. — LV. — LVI. — LVII. — LVIII. — LIX. — LX. — LXI. — LXII. — LXIII. — LXIV. — LXV. — LXVI. — LXVII. — LXVIII. — LXIX. — LXX. — LXXI. — LXXII. — LXXIII. — LXXIV. — LXXV. — LXXVI. — LXXVII. — LXXVIII. — LXXIX. — LXXX. — LXXXI. — LXXXII. — LXXXIII. — LXXXIV. — LXXXV. — LXXXVI. — LXXXVII. — LXXXVIII. — LXXXIX. — XC. — XCI. — XCII. — XCIII. — XCIV. — XCV. — XCVI. — XCVII. — XCVIII. — XCIX. — C. — CI. — CII. — CIII. — CIV. — CV. — ANNOTATION ON “THE LAST CONSTANTINE.” — THE LEAGUE OF THE ALPS; — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII. — XIV. — XV. — XVI. — XVII. — XVIII. — XIX. — XX. — XXI. — XXII. — XXIII. — XXIV. — XXV. — XXVI. — XXVII. — XXVIII.
30. 30.SONGS OF THE CID. [236] — THE CID’S DEPARTURE INTO EXILE. — THE CID’S DEATHBED. — THE CID’S FUNERAL PROCESSION. — THE CID’S RISING.
31. 31.GREEK SONGS — THE STORM OF DELPHI. [246] — THE BOWL OF LIBERTY. [247] — THE VOICE OF SCIO. — THE SPARTANS’ MARCH. [249] — THE URN AND SWORD. — THE MYRTLE BOUGH. — MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. — ON A FLOWER FROM THE FIELD OF GRÜTLI. — ON A LEAF FROM THE TOMB OF VIRGIL. — THE CHIEFTAIN’S SON. — A FRAGMENT. — ENGLAND’S DEAD. — THE MEETING OF THE BARDS. — THE VOICE OF SPRING. [256] — ELYSIUM. — THE FUNERAL GENIUS, — THE TOMBS OF PLATÆA. — THE VIEW FROM CASTRI. — THE FESTAL HOUR. — SONG OF THE BATTLE OF MORGARTEN. — ODE ON THE DEFEAT OF KING SEBASTIAN OF PORTUGAL, AND HIS ARMY, IN AFRICA.
32. 32.SEBASTIAN OF PORTUGAL. — DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. — Scene I. The sea-shore near Lisbon. — Scene II. — A Street in Lisbon illuminated. — Scene III. — The Portico of a Palace. — Scene IV. — A Hall within the Palace. — CHORUS.
33. 33.THE SIEGE OF VALENCIA. — DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. — Scene I. — Room in a Palace of Valencia. — Ximena singing to a lute . — BALLAD. — Scene II. — The Aisle of a Gothic Church. — DIRGE, ( heard without .) — Scene III. — A Street in the City. — Scene IV. — A Tent in the Moorish Camp. — Scene V. — The Garden of a Palace in Valencia. — CHANT. — Scene VI. — A Street in Valencia. Several Groups of Citizens and Soldiers, many of them lying on the steps of a church. Arms scattered on the ground around them. — THE CID’S BATTLE-SONG. — Scene VII. — The walls of the city. The plains beneath, with the Moorish Camp and Army. — Scene VIII. — Before the Altar of a Church. — Scene IX. — The walls of the city. — [CRITICAL ANNOTATIONS ON THE “SIEGE OF VALENCIA.”
34. 34.Miscellaneous Poems. — SONG. — ALP-HORN SONG. — THE CROSS OF THE SOUTH. — THE SLEEPER OF MARATHON. — TO MISS F. A. L. ON HER BIRTH-DAY. — WRITTEN ON THE FIRST LEAF OF THE ALBUM OF THE SAME. — TO THE SAME; — FROM THE SPANISH OF GARCILASO DE LA VEGA. — FROM THE ITALIAN OF SANNAZARO. — APPEARANCE OF THE SPIRIT OF THE CAPE TO VASCO DE GAMA. — A DIRGE. — TRANSLATIONS FROM HORACE. — TO VENUS. — TO HIS ATTENDANT. — TO DELIUS. — TO THE FOUNTAIN OF BANDUSIA. — TO FAUNUS.
35. 35.DE CHATILLON; OR, THE CRUSADERS. — DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. — ACT I. — SCENE I. — Before the gates of a city in Palestine. — Scene II. — A Hall of Oriental architecture, opening upon gardens. A fountain in the centre. — Scene III. — A square of the city—a church in the background. — ACT II. — Scene I. — A room in the Citadel. — Scene II. — Garden of a Palace. — Scene III. — Before a gateway within the city. — Scene IV. Before a Church. — ACT III. — Scene II. — A deserted Turkish burying-ground in the city—tombs and stones overthrown—the whole shaded by dark cypress-trees. — Scene III. — A hall in the citadel, hung with arms and banners. — ACT IV.
36. 36.ACT V. — Scene I. — A Hall in the Fortress occupied by De Chatillon’s followers . — Scene II. — A Pavilion in the Camp of Melech. — ANNOTATION ON “DE CHATILLON.”
37. 37.THE FOREST SANCTUARY. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII. — XIV. — XV. — XVI. — XVII. — XVIII. — XIX. — XX. — XXI. — XXII. — XXIII. — XXIV. — XXV. — XXVI. — XXVII. — XXVIII. — XXIX. — XXX. — XXXI. — XXXII. — XXXIII. — XXXIV. — XXXV. — XXXVI. — XXXVII. — XXXVIII. — XXXIX. — XL. — XLI. — XLII. — XLIII. — XLIV. — XLV. — XLVI. — XLVII. — XLVIII. — XLIX. — L. — LI. — LII. — LIII. — LIV. — LV. — LVI. — LVII. — LVIII. — LIX. — LX. — LXI. — LXII. — LXIII. — LXIV. — LXV. — LXVI. — LXVII. — LXVIII. — LXIX. — LXX. — LXXI. — LXXII. — LXXIII. — LXXIV. — LXXV. — LXXVI. — LXXVII. — LXXVIII. — LXXIX. — LXXX. — LXXXI. — LXXXII. — LXXXIII. — LXXXIV. — LXXXV. — LXXXVI. — LXXXVII. — LXXXVIII. — LXXXIX. — XC. — XCI. — XCII. — XCIII. — PART II. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII. — XIV. — XV. — XVI. — XVII. — XVIII. — XIX. — XX. — XXI. — XXII. — XXIII. — XXIV. — XXV. — XXVI. — XXVII. — XXVIII. — XXIX. — XXX. — XXXI. — XXXII. — XXXIII. — XXXIV. — XXXV. — XXXVI. — XXXVII. — XXXVIII. — XXXIX. — XL. — XLI. — XLII. — XLIII. — XLIV. — XLV. — XLVI. — XLVII. — XLVIII. — XLIX. — L. — LI. — LII. — LIII. — LIV. — LV. — LVI. — LVII. — LVIII. — LIX. — LX. — LXI. — LXII. — LXIII. — LXIV. — LXV. — LXVI. — LXVII. — LXVIII. — LXIX. — LXX. — LXXI. — LXXII. — LXXIII. — LXXIV. — LXXV. — LXXVI. — CRITICAL ANNOTATIONS ON “THE FOREST SANCTUARY.”
38. 38.LAYS OF MANY LANDS. — MOORISH BRIDAL-SONG. — THE BIRD’S RELEASE. — THE SWORD OF THE TOMB. — VALKYRIUR SONG. — THE CAVERN OF THE THREE TELLS. — SWISS SONG, — THE MESSENGER BIRD. — [316] ANSWER TO “THE MESSENGER BIRD.” — THE STRANGER IN LOUISIANA. — THE ISLE OF FOUNTS; — THE BENDED BOW. — HE NEVER SMILED AGAIN. — CŒUR-DE-LION AT THE BIER OF HIS FATHER. — THE VASSAL’S LAMENT FOR THE FALLEN TREE. — THE WILD HUNTSMAN. — BRANDENBURG HARVEST-SONG. [320] — THE SHADE OF THESEUS. — ANCIENT GREEK SONG OF EXILE. — GREEK FUNERAL CHANT, OR MYRIOLOGUE. — GREEK PARTING SONG. — THE SULIOTE MOTHER. — THE FAREWELL TO THE DEAD.
39. 39.MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. — I GO, SWEET FRIENDS! — ANGEL VISITS. — IVY SONG. — TO ONE OF THE AUTHOR’S CHILDREN ON HIS BIRTHDAY. — ON A SIMILAR OCCASION. — CHRIST STILLING THE TEMPEST. — EPITAPH — MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION. — THE SOUND OF THE SEA. — THE CHILD AND DOVE. — A DIRGE. — SCENE IN A DALECARLIAN MINE. — ENGLISH SOLDIERS SONG OF MEMORY. — HAUNTED GROUND. — THE CHILD OF THE FORESTS. — STANZAS TO THE MEMORY OF * * * — THE VAUDOIS VALLEYS. — SONG OF THE SPANISH WANDERER. — THE CONTADINA. — TROUBADOUR SONG. — THE TREASURES OF THE DEEP. [325] — BRING FLOWERS. — THE CRUSADER’S RETURN. — THEKLA’S SONG; OR, THE VOICE OF A SPIRIT. — THE REVELLERS. — THE CONQUEROR’S SLEEP. — OUR LADY’S WELL. [327] — THE PARTING OF SUMMER. — THE SONGS OF OUR FATHERS. — THE WORLD IN THE OPEN AIR. — KINDRED HEARTS. — THE TRAVELLER AT THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. — CASABIANCA. [329] — THE DIAL OF FLOWERS. [330] — OUR DAILY PATHS. [331] — THE CROSS IN THE WILDERNESS. — LAST RITES. — THE HEBREW MOTHER. [333] — THE WRECK. — THE TRUMPET. [334] — EVENING PRAYER, AT A GIRLS’ SCHOOL. — THE HOUR OF DEATH. — THE LOST PLEIAD. — THE CLIFFS OF DOVER. — THE GRAVES OF MARTYRS. — THE HOUR OF PRAYER. — THE VOICE OF HOME TO THE PRODIGAL. — THE WAKENING. — THE BREEZE FROM SHORE. — THE DYING IMPROVISATORE. [335] — MUSIC OF YESTERDAY. — THE FORSAKEN HEARTH. — THE DREAMER. — THE WINGS OF THE DOVE. — PSYCHE BORNE BY ZEPHYRS TO THE ISLAND OF PLEASURE. [336] — THE BOON OF MEMORY. — DRAMATIC SCENE BETWEEN BRONWYLFA AND RHYLLON.
40. 40.RECORDS OF WOMAN. — ARABELLA STUART. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — THE BRIDE OF THE GREEK ISLE. [344] — THE BRIDE’S FAREWELL. — II. — III. — THE SWITZER’S WIFE. — PROPERZIA ROSSI. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — GERTRUDE; OR, FIDELITY TILL DEATH. — IMELDA. — EDITH. — THE INDIAN CITY. [348] — I. — II. — III. — THE PEASANT GIRL OF THE RHONE. — INDIAN WOMAN’S DEATH-SONG. — JOAN OF ARC IN RHEIMS. — PAULINE. — JUANA. — THE AMERICAN FOREST GIRL. — COSTANZA. — MADELINE. — THE QUEEN OF PRUSSIA’S TOMB. — THE MEMORIAL PILLAR. — THE GRAVE OF A POETESS. [352]
41. 41.MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. — THE HOMES OF ENGLAND. — THE SICILIAN CAPTIVE. — IVAN THE CZAR. — CAROLAN’S PROPHECY. — THE LADY OF THE CASTLE. — THE MOURNER FOR THE BARMECIDES. — THE SPANISH CHAPEL. [353] — THE KAISER’S FEAST. — TASSO AND HIS SISTER. — ULLA; OR, THE ADJURATION. — TO WORDSWORTH. — A MONARCH’S DEATH-BED. — TO THE MEMORY OF HEBER. — THE ADOPTED CHILD. — INVOCATION. — KÖRNER AND HIS SISTER. — THE DEATH-DAY OF KÖRNER. [356] — AN HOUR OF ROMANCE. — A VOYAGER’S DREAM OF LAND. — THE EFFIGIES. — THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS IN NEW ENGLAND. — THE SPIRIT’S MYSTERIES. — THE DEPARTED. — THE PALM-TREE. [364] — THE CHILD’S LAST SLEEP. — THE SUNBEAM. — BREATHINGS OF SPRING. — THE ILLUMINATED CITY. — THE SPELLS OF HOME. — ROMAN GIRL’S SONG. — THE DISTANT SHIP. — THE BIRDS OF PASSAGE. — THE GRAVES OF A HOUSEHOLD. — MOZART’S REQUIEM. — THE IMAGE IN LAVA. [366] — CHRISTMAS CAROL. — A FATHER READING THE BIBLE. — THE MEETING OF THE BROTHERS. [367] — THE LAST WISH. — FAIRY FAVOURS. — ANNOTATION ON “RECORDS OF WOMAN,” &C.
42. 42.SONGS OF THE AFFECTIONS. — A SPIRIT’S RETURN. — THE LADY OF PROVENCE. [368] — THE CORONATION OF INEZ DE CASTRO. — ITALIAN GIRL’S HYMN TO THE VIRGIN. — TO A DEPARTED SPIRIT. — THE CHAMOIS HUNTER’S LOVE. — THE INDIAN WITH HIS DEAD CHILD. [370] — SONG OF EMIGRATION. — THE KING OF ARRAGON’S LAMENT FOR HIS BROTHER. [371] — THE RETURN. — THE VAUDOIS WIFE. [372] — THE GUERILLA LEADER’S VOW. — THEKLA AT HER LOVER’S GRAVE. — THE SISTERS OF SCIO. — BERNARDO DEL CARPIO. — THE TOMB OF MADAME LANGHANS. — THE EXILE’S DIRGE. — THE DREAMING CHILD. — THE CHARMED PICTURE. — PARTING WORDS. — THE MESSAGE TO THE DEAD. — THE TWO HOMES. — THE SOLDIER’S DEATH-BED. — THE IMAGE IN THE HEART. — THE LAND OF DREAMS. — WOMAN ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE. — THE DESERTED HOUSE. — THE STRANGER’S HEART. — TO A REMEMBERED PICTURE. — COME HOME! — THE FOUNTAIN OF OBLIVION. — MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. — THE BRIDAL-DAY. — THE ANCESTRAL SONG. — THE MAGIC GLASS. — CORINNE AT THE CAPITOL. — THE RUIN. — THE MINSTER. — THE SONG OF NIGHT. [378] — THE STORM-PAINTER IN HIS DUNGEON. — THE TWO VOICES. — THE PARTING SHIP. — THE LAST TREE OF THE FOREST. — THE STREAMS. — THE VOICE OF THE WIND. — THE VIGIL OF ARMS. [380] — THE HEART OF BRUCE IN MELROSE ABBEY. — NATURE’S FAREWELL. — THE BEINGS OF THE MIND. — THE LYRE’S LAMENT. — TASSO’S CORONATION. [384] — THE BETTER LAND. — THE WOUNDED EAGLE. — SADNESS AND MIRTH. — THE NIGHTINGALE’S DEATH-SONG. — THE DIVER. — THE REQUIEM OF GENIUS. — TRIUMPHANT MUSIC. — SECOND-SIGHT. — THE SEA-BIRD FLYING INLAND. — THE SLEEPER. — THE MIRROR IN THE DESERTED HALL. — TO THE DAUGHTER OF BERNARD BARTON, THE QUAKER POET. — THE STAR OF THE MINE. — WASHINGTON’S STATUE. — A THOUGHT OF HOME AT SEA. — TO THE MEMORY OF A SISTER-IN-LAW. — TO AN ORPHAN. — HYMN BY THE SICKBED OF A MOTHER. — WHERE IS THE SEA? — TO MY OWN PORTRAIT. — NO MORE. — THOUGHT FROM AN ITALIAN POET. — PASSING AWAY. — THE ANGLER. [388] — DEATH AND THE WARRIOR. — SONG FOR AN AIR BY HUMMEL. — TO THE MEMORY OF LORD CHARLES MURRAY, — THE BROKEN CHAIN. — THE SHADOW OF A FLOWER. — LINES TO A BUTTERFLY RESTING ON A SKULL. — THE BELL AT SEA. — THE SUBTERRANEAN STREAM. — THE SILENT MULTITUDE. — THE ANTIQUE SEPULCHRE.[391] — EVENING SONG OF THE TYROLESE PEASANTS. [392] — THE MEMORY OF THE DEAD. — HE WALKED WITH GOD. — THE ROD OF AARON. — THE VOICE OF GOD. — THE FOUNTAIN OF MARAH. — THE PENITENT’S OFFERING. — THE SCULPTURED CHILDREN. — WOMAN AND FAME. — A THOUGHT OF THE FUTURE. — THE VOICE OF MUSIC. — THE ANGEL’S GREETING. — A FAREWELL TO WALES, — IMPROMPTU LINES, — A PARTING SONG. — WE RETURN NO MORE! [395] — TO A WANDERING FEMALE SINGER. — LIGHTS AND SHADES. — THE PALMER. — THE CHILD’S FIRST GRIEF. — TO THE NEW-BORN. [396] — THE DEATH-SONG OF ALCESTIS. — THE HOME OF LOVE. — BOOKS AND FLOWERS. — FOR A PICTURE OF ST CECILIA ATTENDED BY ANGELS. — THE BRIGAND LEADER AND HIS WIFE. — THE CHILD’S RETURN FROM THE WOODLANDS. — THE FAITH OF LOVE. — THE SISTER’S DREAM. — A FAREWELL TO ABBOTSFORD. — O’CONNOR’S CHILD. — THE PRAYER FOR LIFE. — THE WELCOME TO DEATH. — THE VICTOR. — LINES WRITTEN FOR THE ALBUM AT ROSANNA. [398] — THE VOICE OF THE WAVES. — THE HAUNTED HOUSE. — THE SHEPHERD-POET OF THE ALPS. — TO THE MOUNTAIN WINDS. — THE PROCESSION. — THE BROKEN LUTE. — THE BURIAL IN THE DESERT. — TO A PICTURE OF THE MADONNA. — A THOUGHT OF THE ROSE. — DREAMS OF HEAVEN. — THE WISH. — WRITTEN AFTER VISITING A TOMB, — EPITAPH. — PROLOGUE TO THE TRAGEDY OF FIESCO, — TO GIULIO REGONDI, — O YE HOURS! — THE FREED BIRD. — MARGUERITE OF FRANCE. [401] — THE WANDERER. — THE LAST WORDS OF THE LAST WASP OF SCOTLAND, — “SONNET TO A WASP, IN THE MANNER OF MILTON, &c., BUT MUCH SUPERIOR. — TO CAROLINE. — THE FLOWER OF THE DESERT. — CRITIQUE BY PROFESSOR NORTON. — AN HOUR OF ROMANCE.
43. 43.HYMNS FOR CHILDHOOD. — INTRODUCTORY VERSES. — THE RAINBOW. — THE SUN. — THE RIVERS. — THE STARS. — THE OCEAN. — THE THUNDER-STORM. — THE BIRDS. — THE SKYLARK. — THE NIGHTINGALE. — THE NORTHERN SPRING. — PARAPHRASE OF PSALM CXLVIII.
44. 44.NATIONAL LYRICS, AND SONGS FOR MUSIC. TO MRS LAWRENCE — NATIONAL LYRICS. — THE THEMES OF SONG. — RHINE SONG OF THE GERMAN SOLDIERS AFTER VICTORY. — A SONG OF DELOS. — ANCIENT GREEK CHANT OF VICTORY. — NAPLES. — THE FALL OF D’ASSAS. — THE BURIAL OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, — SONGS OF A GUARDIAN SPIRIT. — NEAR THEE, STILL NEAR THEE! [408] — OH! DROOP THOU NOT. — SONGS OF SPAIN. — ANCIENT BATTLE-SONG. — THE ZEGRI MAID. — THE RIO VERDE SONG. — SEEK BY THE SILVERY DARRO. — SPANISH EVENING HYMN. — BIRD THAT ART SINGING ON EBRO’S SIDE! — MOORISH GATHERING-SONG. — THE SONG OF MINA’S SOLDIERS. — MOTHER! OH, SING ME TO REST. — THERE ARE SOUNDS IN THE DARK RONCESVALLES. — SONGS FOR SUMMER HOURS. — AND I TOO IN ARCADIA. — THE WANDERING WIND. — YE ARE NOT MISS’D, FAIR FLOWERS! — THE WILLOW SONG. — LEAVE ME NOT YET. — THE ORANGE BOUGH. — THE STREAM SET FREE. — THE SUMMER’S CALL. [410] — OH! SKYLARK, FOR THY WING. — SONGS OF CAPTIVITY. — INTRODUCTION. — THE BROTHER’S DIRGE. — THE ALPINE HORN. — O YE VOICES! — I DREAM OF ALL THINGS FREE. — FAR O’ER THE SEA. — THE INVOCATION. — THE SONG OF HOPE. — MISCELLANEOUS LYRICS. — THE CALL TO BATTLE. — MIGNON’S SONG. — THE SISTERS. [412] — SONG. — THE LAST SONG OF SAPPHO. — DIRGE. — A SONG OF THE ROSE. — NIGHT-BLOWING FLOWERS. — THE WANDERER AND THE NIGHT-FLOWERS. — ECHO-SONG. — THE MUFFLED DRUM. [415] — THE SWAN AND THE SKYLARK. — THE CURFEW-SONG OF ENGLAND. — GENIUS SINGING TO LOVE. — MUSIC AT A DEATHBED. — MARSHAL SCHWERIN’S GRAVE. — THE FALLEN LIME-TREE. — THE BIRD AT SEA. — THE DYING GIRL AND FLOWERS. — THE IVY-SONG. [416] — THE MUSIC OF ST PATRICK’S. — KEENE; OR, LAMENT OF AN IRISH MOTHER OVER HER SON. — FAR AWAY. [418] — THE LYRE AND FLOWER. — SISTER! SINCE I MET THEE LAST. — THE LONELY BIRD. — DIRGE AT SEA. — PILGRIM’S SONG TO THE EVENING STAR. — THE MEETING OF THE SHIPS. — COME AWAY. — FAIR HELEN OF KIRKCONNEL. — MUSIC FROM SHORE. — LOOK ON ME WITH THY CLOUDLESS EYES. — IF THOU HAST CRUSH’D A FLOWER. — BRIGHTLY HAST THOU FLED. — THE BED OF HEATH. — FAIRY SONG. — WHAT WOKE THE BURIED SOUND. — SING TO ME, GONDOLIER! — LOOK ON ME THUS NO MORE. — O’ER THE FAR BLUE MOUNTAINS. — O THOU BREEZE OF SPRING! — COME TO ME, DREAMS OF HEAVEN! — GOOD-NIGHT. — LET HER DEPART. — HOW CAN THAT LOVE SO DEEP, SO LONE. — WATER-LILIES. — THE BROKEN FLOWER. — I WOULD WE HAD NOT MET AGAIN. — FAIRIES’ RECALL. — THE ROCK BESIDE THE SEA. — O YE VOICES GONE! — BY A MOUNTAIN-STREAM AT REST. — IS THERE SOME SPIRIT SIGHING? — THE NAME OF ENGLAND. — OLD NORWAY. — COME TO ME, GENTLE SLEEP!
45. 45.SCENES AND HYMNS OF LIFE, — THE ENGLISH MARTYRS; — Scene I. — A Prison. — Scene II. — Another part of the Prison. — FLOWERS AND MUSIC IN A ROOM OF SICKNESS. — CATHEDRAL HYMN. — WOOD WALK AND HYMN. [421] — WOOD HYMN. — PRAYER OF THE LONELY STUDENT. — THE TRAVELLER’S EVENING SONG. — BURIAL OF AN EMIGRANT’S CHILD IN THE FORESTS. — FUNERAL HYMN. — EASTER-DAY IN A MOUNTAIN CHURCHYARD. — THE CHILD READING THE BIBLE. — A POET’S DYING HYMN. — THE FUNERAL DAY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. — THE PRAYER IN THE WILDERNESS. — PRISONERS’ EVENING SERVICE. — Scene — Prison of the Luxembourg in Paris, during the Reign of Terror. — PRISONER’S EVENING SONG. — HYMN OF THE VAUDOIS MOUNTAINEERS IN TIMES OF PERSECUTION. — PRAYER AT SEA AFTER VICTORY. — THE INDIAN’S REVENGE. — EVENING SONG OF THE WEARY. — THE DAY OF FLOWERS. — HYMN OF THE TRAVELLER’S HOUSEHOLD ON HIS RETURN, — THE PAINTER’S LAST WORK. — A PRAYER OF AFFECTION. — MOTHER’S LITANY BY THE SICKBED OF A CHILD. — NIGHT HYMN AT SEA.
46. 46.SONNETS. — FEMALE CHARACTERS OF SCRIPTURE. — INVOCATION. — INVOCATION CONTINUED. — THE SONG OF MIRIAM. — RUTH. — THE VIGIL OF RIZPAH. — THE REPLY OF THE SHUNAMITE WOMAN. — THE ANNUNCIATION. — THE SONG OF THE VIRGIN. — THE PENITENT ANOINTING CHRIST’S FEET. — MARY AT THE FEET OF CHRIST. — THE SISTERS OF BETHANY AFTER THE DEATH OF LAZARUS. — THE MEMORIAL OF MARY. — THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM AT THE CROSS. — MARY MAGDALENE AT THE SEPULCHRE. — MARY MAGDALENE BEARING TIDINGS OF THE RESURRECTION.
47. 47.SONNETS, DEVOTIONAL AND MEMORIAL. — THE SACRED HARP. — TO A FAMILY BIBLE. — REPOSE OF A HOLY FAMILY. — PICTURE OF THE INFANT CHRIST WITH FLOWERS. — ON A REMEMBERED PICTURE OF CHRIST. — THE CHILDREN WHOM JESUS BLESSED. — MOUNTAIN SANCTUARIES. — THE LILIES OF THE FIELD. — THE BIRDS OF THE AIR. — THE RAISING OF THE WIDOW’S SON. — THE OLIVE TREE. — THE DARKNESS OF THE CRUCIFIXION. — PLACES OF WORSHIP. — OLD CHURCH IN AN ENGLISH PARK. [426] — A CHURCH IN NORTH WALES. [427] — LOUISE SCHEPLER. — TO THE SAME.
48. 48.MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. — THE TWO MONUMENTS. [428] — THE COTTAGE GIRL. — THE BATTLE-FIELD. — A PENITENT’S RETURN. — A THOUGHT OF PARADISE. — LET US DEPART! — ON A PICTURE OF CHRIST BEARING THE CROSS. — COMMUNINGS WITH THOUGHT. — THE WATER-LILY. — THE SONG OF PENITENCE. [431] — TROUBADOUR SONG. — THE ENGLISH BOY. — TO THE BLUE ANEMONE.
49. 49.SCENES AND PASSAGES FROM GOETHE. — SCENES FROM “TASSO.” — PRESENTIMENT OF HIS RUIN. — ON A FRIEND’S DECLARING HERSELF UNABLE TO RECOGNISE HIM. — ON BEING ADVISED TO REFRAIN FROM COMPOSITION. — SCENES FROM “IPHIGENIA.”
50. 50.RECORDS OF THE SPRING OF 1834. — A VERNAL THOUGHT. — TO THE SKY. — ON RECORDS OF IMMATURE GENIUS. [432] — ON WATCHING THE FLIGHT OF A SKYLARK. — A THOUGHT OF THE SEA. — DISTANT SOUND OF THE SEA AT EVENING. — THE RIVER CLWYD IN NORTH WALES. — ORCHARD-BLOSSOMS. — TO A DISTANT SCENE. — A REMEMBRANCE OF GRASMERE. [434] — THOUGHTS CONNECTED WITH TREES. — THE SAME. — ON READING PAUL AND VIRGINIA IN CHILDHOOD. — A THOUGHT AT SUNSET. — IMAGES OF PATRIARCHAL LIFE. — ATTRACTION OF THE EAST. — TO AN AGED FRIEND. [435] — A HAPPY HOUR. — FOLIAGE. — A PRAYER. — PRAYER CONTINUED. — MEMORIAL OF A CONVERSATION. — RECORDS OF THE AUTUMN OF 1834. — THE RETURN TO POETRY. — TO SILVIO PELLICO, ON READING HIS “PRIGIONE.” — TO THE SAME, RELEASED. [437] — ON A SCENE IN THE DARGLE. [439] — ON THE DATURA ARBOREA. — ON READING COLERIDGE’S EPITAPH, — DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE. — HOPE OF FUTURE COMMUNION WITH NATURE. — DREAMS OF THE DEAD. — THE POETRY OF THE PSALMS. — DESPONDENCY AND ASPIRATION. — THE HUGUENOT’S FAREWELL. — ANTIQUE GREEK LAMENT. [440] — THOUGHTS DURING SICKNESS. — INTELLECTUAL POWERS. — SICKNESS LIKE NIGHT. — ON RETZSCH’S DESIGN OF THE ANGEL OF DEATH. [441] — REMEMBRANCE OF NATURE. — FLIGHT OF THE SPIRIT. — FLOWERS. — RECOVERY. [442] — SABBATH SONNET. [443]
51. 51.APPENDIX — DELTA. — MISS LANDON. — H. F. CHORLEY. — ECLECTIC REVIEW. — PROFESSOR NORTON.
52. 52.INDEX
53. 53.INDEX OF FIRST LINES
54. 54.A SELECTION FROM Catalogue of Popular and Standard Books — HUGH MILLER’S WORKS.
55. 55.HUGH MILLER’S WORKS. — OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
56. 56.POPULAR WORKS BY ASCOTT R. HOPE. — STORIES OF WHITMINSTER. — MY SCHOOLBOY FRIENDS: A STORY OF WHITMINSTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL . — GEORGE’S ENEMIES: A SEQUEL TO ‘MY SCHOOLBOY FRIENDS.’ — STORIES ABOUT BOYS. — STORIES OF SCHOOL LIFE. — STORIES OF FRENCH SCHOOL LIFE. — A BOOK ABOUT DOMINIES: — A BOOK ABOUT BOYS. — TEXTS FROM THE TIMES. — MASTER JOHN BULL: A HOLIDAY BOOK FOR PARENTS AND SCHOOLMASTERS . — THE NIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS. — THE DAY AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.
57. 57.Library Edition of Standard Works .
58. 58.NIMMO’S POPULAR EDITION OF THE WORKS OF THE POETS.
59. 59.NEW AND CHEAPER EDITIONS. — Nimmo’s Elegant Gift Books. — ROSES AND HOLLY: — PEN AND PENCIL PICTURES FROM THE POETS. — GEMS OF LITERATURE: — THE BOOK OF ELEGANT EXTRACTS. — THE GOLDEN GIFT. — THE POETICAL WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE. — THE LITERARY BOUQUET: — THE TREASURY OF LITERATURE AND ART: — THE GARLAND OF POETRY AND PROSE. — THE CABINET OF GEMS.
60. 60.NIMMO’S SELECT LIBRARY. — 1. Almost Faultless: A Story of the Present Day. By the Author of ‘A Book for Governesses.’ — 2. Lives of Old English Worthies before the Conquest. By W. H. Davenport Adams . — 3. Every-day Objects; or, Picturesque Aspects of Natural History. By W. H. Davenport Adams . — 4. My Schoolboy Friends: A Story of Whitminster Grammar School. By Ascott R. Hope , Author of ‘A Book about Dominies,’ ‘Stories of School Life,’ etc. — 5. Drifted and Sifted: A Domestic Chronicle of the Seventeenth Century. — 6. Warrior, Priest, and Statesman; or, English Heroes in the Thirteenth Century. By W. H. Davenport Adams . — 7. Totty Testudo. The Life and Wonderful Adventures of Totty Testudo . An Autobiography by Flora F. Wylde . — 8. On Holy Ground; or, Scenes and Incidents in the Land of Promise. By Edwin Hodder , Author of ‘Memories of New Zealand Life,’ ‘The Junior Clerk,’ etc.
61. 61.NIMMO’S Five Shilling Illustrated Gift Books. — 1. Sword and Pen; or, English Worthies in the Reign of Elizabeth. By W. H. Davenport Adams . — 2. Norrie Seton; or, Driven to Sea. By Mrs. George Cupples , Author of ‘Unexpected Pleasures,’ etc. — 3. The Circle of the Year; or, Studies of Nature and Pictures of the Seasons. By W. H. Davenport Adams . — 4. The Wealth of Nature: Our Food Supplies from the Vegetable Kingdom. By the Rev. John Montgomery , A.M. — 5. Stories of School Life. By Ascott R. Hope . — 6. Stories of French School Life. By Ascott R. Hope .
62. 62.Popular Works by the Author of ‘Heaven our Home.’ — 1. HEAVEN OUR HOME. We have no Saviour but Jesus, and no Home but Heaven. — 2. MEET FOR HEAVEN. A State of Grace upon Earth the only Preparation for a State of Glory in Heaven. — 3. LIFE IN HEAVEN. There, Faith is changed into Sight, and Hope is passed into blissful Fruition. — 4. CHRIST’S TRANSFIGURATION; or, Tabor’s Teachings. A Glimpse of Christ’s Glory and Intercourse with His People for Ever.
63. 63.JAMIESON’S SCOTTISH DICTIONARY. — THE PEOPLE’S EDITION OF TYTLER’S HISTORY OF SCOTLAND, — COMPLETION OF THE COPYRIGHT EDITION OF WILSON’S TALES OF THE BORDERS, AND OF SCOTLAND : HISTORICAL, TRADITIONARY, AND IMAGINATIVE .
64. 64.THREE HUNDRED BIBLE STORIES AND THREE HUNDRED BIBLE PICTURES . — HEALTH AND LONG LIFE; OR, HOW TO LIVE FOR A HUNDRED YEARS . — THE LITTLE FOLK’S BIRTH-DAY BOOK; — THE BIRTH-DAY BOOK OF PROVERBS: — THE NATIONAL MELODIST: — THE WAY AND THE LIFE.
65. 65.NEW WORKS JUST READY. — CHEAP EDITION OF THE EDINA BURNS. — POEMS AND SONGS BY ROBERT BURNS. — NIMMO’S NATIONAL LIBRARY. — THE ENGLISH CIRCUMNAVIGATORS: THE MOST REMARKABLE VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD BY ENGLISH SAILORS . — THINGS A LADY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, — Transcriber’s Notes

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