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The poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed

The poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed

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Author
Praed, Winthrop Mackworth, 1802-1839
Title
The poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed. [selected]
Original Publication
United Kingdom: Walter Scott, 1886.
Credits
Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
English poetry -- 19th century
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 71008
Release Date
June 21, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE POEMS OF Winthrop Mackworth Praed .
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.Introductory Notice.
  4. 4.THE RED FISHERMAN; OR , THE DEVIL’S DECOY. (1827.)
  5. 5.THE LEGEND OF THE DRACHENFELS.
  6. 6.L’Envoi. To the Countess Von C——, Bonn. — I. — II. — III. — IV.
  7. 7.THE LEGEND OF THE TEUFEL-HAUS.
  8. 8.THE LEGEND OF THE HAUNTED TREE.
  9. 9.THE BRIDAL OF BELMONT. A LEGEND OF THE RHINE.
  10. 10.CHIVALRY AT A DISCOUNT.
  11. 11.THE CONJURER. “Marry come up! I can see as far into a wall as another!”
  12. 12.COUSINS. “L’Hymen, dit-on, craint les petits Cousins.”— Scribe.
  13. 13.BAGATELLES!
  14. 14.THERE’S NOTHING NEW BENEATH THE SUN. ( The Brazen Head. )
  15. 15.PEACE BE THINE.
  16. 16.THE CONFESSION OF DON CARLOS. [1] ( Imitated from the Spanish. )
  17. 17.MARRIAGE.
  18. 18.THE BACHELOR. [2] T. QUINCE, ESQ., TO THE REV. MATTHEW PRINGLE.
  19. 19.HOW TO RHYME FOR LOVE.
  20. 20.SURLY HALL.
  21. 21.MY FIRST FOLLY. ( Stanzas written at Midnight. )
  22. 22.SONGS FROM THE TROUBADOUR. [5] — I. (FROM CANTO I.) — II. — III. (FROM CANTO II.) — IV. — V. (FROM CANTO III.)
  23. 23.THE SEPARATION.
  24. 24.AN INVITATION.
  25. 25.A DISCOURSE DELIVERED BY A COLLEGE TUTOR, AT A SUPPER PARTY, JULY 1ST, 1825.
  26. 26.GOOD NIGHT.
  27. 27.HOBBLEDEHOYS.
  28. 28.A CLASSICAL WALK.
  29. 29.STANZAS.
  30. 30.BECAUSE!
  31. 31.SONG TO A SERENADER IN FEBRUARY. Air —“Why hast thou taught me to love thee?”
  32. 32.THE CHILDE’S DESTINY.
  33. 33.THE MODERN NECTAR.
  34. 34.AN EPITAPH On the late King of the Sandwich Islands. 1825.
  35. 35.THE CHAUNT OF THE BRAZEN HEAD.
  36. 36.MY OWN FUNERAL. ( From Beranger. )
  37. 37.L’INCONNUE.
  38. 38.SONG. ( From Lidean’s Love. )
  39. 39.JOSEPHINE.
  40. 40.SONG FOR THE FOURTEENTH OF FEBRUARY. By a General Lover. “Mille gravem telis, exhaustâ pene pharetrâ.”
  41. 41.PALINODIA.
  42. 42.TIME’S SONG.
  43. 43.THE HOOPOE’S INVOCATION TO THE NIGHTINGALE. (From the Birds of Aristophanes, 1. 209.)
  44. 44.GOOD NIGHT TO THE SEASON. “So runs the world away.”— Hamlet.
  45. 45.SONG.—YES OR NO.
  46. 46.UTOPIA.
  47. 47.MARRIAGE CHIMES.
  48. 48.REMEMBER ME.
  49. 49.THE FANCY BALL.
  50. 50.A LETTER OF ADVICE. ( From Miss Medora Trevilian, at Padua, to Miss Araminta Vavasour, in London. )
  51. 51.EVERY-DAY CHARACTERS. — I. THE VICAR. — II. QUINCE. — III. THE BELLE OF THE BALL-ROOM. — IV. MY PARTNER. — V. PORTRAIT OF A LADY IN THE EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY, 1831.
  52. 52.APRIL FOOLS.
  53. 53.SCHOOL AND SCHOOLFELLOWS. FLOREAT ETONA.
  54. 54.ARRIVALS AT A WATERING-PLACE.
  55. 55.TWENTY-EIGHT AND TWENTY-NINE.
  56. 56.LETTERS FROM TEIGNMOUTH. — I. OUR BALL. — II. PRIVATE THEATRICALS.
  57. 57.SONG.
  58. 58.CONFESSIONS. From the Manuscript of a Sexagenarian.
  59. 59.SONG. [9] LORD ROLAND.
  60. 60.CHILDHOOD AND HIS VISITORS.
  61. 61.LOVE AT A ROUT.
  62. 62.BEAUTY AND HER VISITORS.
  63. 63.THE FORSAKEN.
  64. 64.SECOND LOVE.
  65. 65.HOPE AND LOVE.
  66. 66.STANZAS.
  67. 67.CASSANDRA.
  68. 68.SIR NICHOLAS AT MARSTON MOOR.
  69. 69.THE COVENANTER’S LAMENT FOR BOTHWELL BRIDGE.
  70. 70.WRITTEN UNDER A PICTURE OF KING’S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE.
  71. 71.ANTICIPATION.
  72. 72.MARS DISARMED BY LOVE. (1830.)
  73. 73.WATERLOO.
  74. 74.THE NEW ORDER OF THINGS.
  75. 75.SONG.—WHERE IS MISS MYRTLE? Air —“Sweet Kitty Clover.”
  76. 76.THE CONFESSION.
  77. 77.STANZAS WRITTEN IN LADY MYRTLE’S “BOCCACCIO.”
  78. 78.A BALLAD TEACHING HOW POETRY IS BEST PAID FOR. “Non voglio cento scudi.”— Italian Song.
  79. 79.OLD WINE.
  80. 80.THE TALENTED MAN. A LETTER FROM A LADY IN LONDON TO A LADY AT LAUSANNE.
  81. 81.PLUS DE POLITIQUE. (1832.)
  82. 82.TALES OUT OF SCHOOL. A DROPPED LETTER FROM A LADY.
  83. 83.STANZAS TO THE SPEAKER ASLEEP. (1833.)
  84. 84.LATIN HYMN TO THE VIRGIN. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V.
  85. 85.THE NEWLY-WEDDED. (1835.) — I. — II. — III.
  86. 86.SKETCH OF A YOUNG LADY FIVE MONTHS OLD. ( October 10, 1836. )
  87. 87.TO HELEN. ( July 7th, 1836. )
  88. 88.TO HELEN. (WITH A SMALL CANDLESTICK, A BIRTHDAY PRESENT.) February 12th, 1838.
  89. 89.TO HELEN. ( July 7th, 1839. )
  90. 90.GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. (1839.)
  91. 91.CHARADES. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII.
  92. 92.The Canterbury Poets.
  93. 93.The Camelot Classics.
  94. 94.The Camelot Classics.
  95. 95.The Canterbury Poets.

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