The Poetic Works of William Lisle Bowles

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Author

Bowles, William Lisle, 1762-1850

Title

The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 2

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Language

English

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PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

English poetry

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Text

eBook-No.

32145

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32145

Release Date

April 26, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Transcriber's note — THE POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES
2. 2.MEMOIR AND CRITICISM ON THE WORKS OF THE REV. W. L. BOWLES.
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.BANWELL HILL; — A LAY OF THE SEVERN SEA.
5. 5.PREFACE. [1] — BANWELL CAVE. — FOOTNOTES:
6. 6.ARGUMENT.
7. 7.PART FIRST. — INTRODUCTION—GENERAL VIEW—CAVE—ASCENT—VIEW—STEEP HOLMS—FLAT HOLMS—SEA.
8. 8.PART SECOND. — REFLECTIONS ON THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS STATE OF PARISHES, PAST AND PRESENT.
9. 9.PART THIRD. — THE MAIDEN'S CURSE.
10. 10.PART FOURTH. — WALK ABROAD—VIEWS AROUND, FROM THE SEVERN TO BRISTOL—WRINGTON—"AULD ROBIN GRAY."
11. 11.PART FIFTH. — LANG SYNE—VISION OF THE DELUGE—CONCLUSION — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.THE GRAVE OF THE LAST SAXON; OR, THE LEGEND OF THE CURFEW.
13. 13.INTRODUCTION. — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.THE GRAVE OF THE LAST SAXON. — INTRODUCTORY CANTO. — CANTO FIRST. — CANTO SECOND. — CANTO THIRD. — CANTO FOURTH. — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.ST JOHN IN PATMOS.
16. 16.ST JOHN IN PATMOS. — PART FIRST. — PART SECOND. — PART THIRD. — PART FOURTH. — PART FIFTH. — PART SIXTH. — APOCALYPTIC HORSES. — WHITE HORSE, RED HORSE, BLACK HORSE, PALE HORSE. — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.THE SORROWS OF SWITZERLAND.
18. 18.THE SORROWS OF SWITZERLAND. [188] — PART FIRST. — PART SECOND. — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.THE VILLAGER'S VERSE-BOOK. — PREFACE. — PATH OF LIFE. — SUNRISE. — SUMMER'S EVENING. — SPRING—CUCKOO. — SHEEPFOLD. — HEN AND CHICKENS. — POOR MAN'S GRAVE. — SABBATH MORNING. — THE PRIMROSE. — THE HOUR-GLASS. — THE BIRD'S NEST. — THE MOWER. — SATURDAY NIGHT. — SUNDAY NIGHT. — THE APRIL SHOWER. — THE ROBIN REDBREAST. — THE BUTTERFLY AND THE BEE. — THE GLOW-WORM. — THE CONVICT. — THE BLIND GRANDFATHER. — THE OLD LABOURER. — THE SWAN. — THE VILLAGE BELLS. — THE CAGED BIRD. — THE DUTIFUL CHILD — READING THE STORY OF JOSEPH TO A SICK FATHER. — LITTLE MARY'S LINNET. — THE SHEPHERD AND HIS DOG. — THE WITHERED LEAF. — THE GIPSY'S TENT. — MY FATHER'S GRAVE. — THE SWALLOW AND THE RED-BREAST. — AN APOLOGUE. — THE BLIND MAN OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL. — THE BLIND SOLDIER AND HIS DAUGHTER. — THE LITTLE SWEEP. — WRITTEN FOR JAMES MONTGOMERY'S CHIMNEY-SWEEPER'S ALBUM. — THE BLACKSMITH. — HYMN FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE. — THE CHILDREN'S HYMN FOR THEIR PATRONESS. — EASTER DAY. — CHRISTMAS HYMN. — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.SONG OF THE CID. [194] — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.POEMS, INEDITED, UNPUBLISHED, ETC.
22. 22.POEMS, INEDITED, UNPUBLISHED, ETC. — THE SANCTUARY: — A DRAMATIC SKETCH. — Scene I. — Elizabeth, widow of Edward IV., in the palace of Westminster, watching her youngest son, Richard, sleeping. — Scene II. — The Sanctuary at Westminster . — Scene III. — The Cardinal of York [196] — Queen—Richard . — CHILDE HAROLD'S LAST PILGRIMAGE. — THE EGYPTIAN TOMB. — CHANTREY'S SLEEPING CHILDREN. — ON MISS FITZGERALD AND LORD KERRY PLANTING TWO CEDARS IN THE CHURCHYARD OF BREMHILL. — THE GREENWICH PENSIONERS. — GLASTONBURY ABBEY AND WELLS CATHEDRAL. — WRITTEN AFTER VIEWING THE RUINS OF THE ONE, AND HEARING THE CHURCH SERVICE IN THE OTHER. — SILCHESTER, THE ANCIENT CALEVA. [199] — RESTORATION OF MALMESBURY ABBEY. [201] — ON THE FUNERAL OF CHARLES THE FIRST, — AT NIGHT, IN ST GEORGE'S CHAPEL, WINDSOR. — ON SEEING PLANTS IN THE WINDOWS OF SETH WARD'S COLLEGE, — ENDOWED FOR WIDOWS OF CLERGYMEN, AT SALISBURY. — MORLEY'S FAREWELL TO THE COTTAGE OF ISAAK WALTON. — TO KENNA. — THE GRAVE OF BISHOP KEN. — THE LEGEND OF ST CECILIA AND THE ANGEL. — SUPPOSED ADDRESS TO BISHOP KEN. [208] — ON AN ECLIPSE OF THE MOON AT MIDNIGHT. — TO LADY VALLETORT, — ON HEARING HER SING "GLORIA IN EXCELSIS," WITH THREE OTHER YOUNG LADIES, AT LACOCK ABBEY, OCTOBER 1831. — ON SEEING A BUST OF R. B. SHERIDAN, — FROM A CAST TAKEN AFTER DEATH. [209] — RETURN OF GEORGE III. TO WINDSOR CASTLE. — ON MEETING SOME FRIENDS OF YOUTH AT CHELTENHAM, — FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE WE PARTED AT OXFORD. — THE LAY OF TALBOT, THE TROUBADOUR. [210] — A LEGEND OF LACOCK ABBEY. — PART FIRST. — PART SECOND. — THE ARK: A POEM FOR MUSIC. — WRITTEN AFTER THE CONSECRATION OF THE NEW CHURCH AT KINGSWOOD. — ON THE DEATH OF DR BURGESS, — THE LATE BISHOP OF SALISBURY. — LINES WRITTEN ON FONTHILL ABBEY. — EPITAPH ON BENJAMIN TREMLYN, — AN OLD SOLDIER, BURIED IN BREMHILL CHURCHYARD AT THE AGE OF 92. — EPITAPH ON ROBERT SOUTHEY. — SONNET. — WRITTEN IN A COPY OF FALCONER'S "SHIPWRECK." — ON FIRST HEARING CARADORI SING. — SALISBURY CATHEDRAL. — LOCKSWELL. — ON MOZART. — EPITAPH ON JOHN HARDING, — IN THE CHURCHYARD OF BREMHILL. — ON THE DEATH OF WILLIAM LINLEY, ESQ., — THE COMPOSER OF THE MUSIC OF "THE DUENNA," ETC. — INSCRIBED TO THE MARCHIONESS OF LANSDOWNE — HYMN FOR MUSIC, — AFTER THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. — INSCRIPTIONS IN THE GARDENS OF BREMHILL RECTORY. — ON A TREE COMMANDING A VIEW OF THE WHOLE EXTENT OF BOWOOD. — ON A RURAL SEAT. — ON THE FRONT OF A HERMITAGE, NEAR A DIAL. — QUIETI ET MUSIS. — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's note

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