The Poems of Felicia Hemans
FELICIA HEMANS
MURRAY AND GIBB, EDINBURGH, PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE.
Felicia Hemans
THE POEMS OF FELICIA HEMANS.
COMPLETE COPYRIGHT EDITION.
WILLIAM P. NIMMO, LONDON: 14 KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND; AND EDINBURGH.
1875.
1793.
Felicia Dorothea Browne, born at Liverpool, Sept 25.
1800, (æt. 7.)
Removes with family from Liverpool to Gwrych, near Abergele, Denbighshire.—Shortly afterwards composes Lines on her Mother’s Birthday.
1804, (11.)
Mrs. Hemans
POEMS
CONTENTS
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.
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.
THE DOMESTIC AFFECTIONS.
TO MR EDWARDS, THE HARPER OF CONWAY.
EPITAPH ON MR W——,
EPITAPH
THE RESTORATION OF THE WORKS OF ART TO ITALY.
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.
TRANSLATIONS FROM CAMOENS, AND OTHER POETS.
SONNET 70.
SONNET 282.
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.
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.
VERSI SPAGNUOLI DI PIETRO BEMBO.
FRANCESCO LORENZINI.
GESNER.
GERMAN SONG.
CHAULIEU.
GARCILASO DE VEGA.
LORENZO DE MEDICI.
PINDEMONTE.
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
LINES
DIRGE OF A CHILD.
INVOCATION.
GUERILLA SONG.
THE AGED INDIAN.
EVENING AMONGST THE ALPS.
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.
TALES AND HISTORIC SCENES.
THE ABENCERRAGE.
THE WIDOW OF CRESCENTIUS.
PART II.
THE LAST BANQUET OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
ALARIC IN ITALY.
THE WIFE OF ASDRUBAL.
HELIODORUS IN THE TEMPLE.
NIGHT-SCENE IN GENOA.
THE TROUBADOUR AND RICHARD CŒUR DE LION.
THE DEATH OF CONRADIN.
EXTRACTS FROM CONTEMPORARY REVIEWS.
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.
THE BASVIGLIANA OF MONTI.
THE ALCESTIS OF ALFIERI.
IL CONTE DI CARMAGNOLA;
CAIUS GRACCHUS.
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.
DARTMOOR.
WELSH MELODIES.
THE HARP OF WALES.
DRUID CHORUS ON THE LANDING OF THE ROMANS.
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.
I.
II.
THE ROCK OF CADER IDRIS.
THE VESPERS OF PALERMO.
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
ACT I.
ACT II.
ACT III.
ACT IV.
ACT V.
ANNOTATIONS ON THE “VESPERS OF PALERMO.”
STANZAS TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE THE THIRD.
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.
BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST.
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.
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.
THE CID’S DEPARTURE INTO EXILE.
THE CID’S DEATHBED.
THE CID’S FUNERAL PROCESSION.
THE CID’S RISING.
GREEK SONGS
THE VOICE OF SCIO.
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.
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.
SEBASTIAN OF PORTUGAL.
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
THE SIEGE OF VALENCIA.
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
[CRITICAL ANNOTATIONS ON THE “SIEGE OF VALENCIA.”
Miscellaneous Poems.
SONG.
ALP-HORN SONG.
THE CROSS OF THE SOUTH.
TO MISS F. A. L. ON HER BIRTH-DAY.
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.
DE CHATILLON; OR, THE CRUSADERS.
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
ACT I.
ACT II.
ACT III.
ACT IV.
ACT V.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
BRING FLOWERS.
THE CRUSADER’S RETURN.
THEKLA’S SONG; OR, THE VOICE OF A SPIRIT.
THE REVELLERS.
THE CONQUEROR’S SLEEP.
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.
THE CROSS IN THE WILDERNESS.
LAST RITES.
THE WRECK.
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.
MUSIC OF YESTERDAY.
THE FORSAKEN HEARTH.
THE DREAMER.
THE WINGS OF THE DOVE.
THE BOON OF MEMORY.
DRAMATIC SCENE BETWEEN BRONWYLFA AND RHYLLON.
RECORDS OF WOMAN.
ARABELLA STUART.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
THE BRIDE’S FAREWELL.
II.
III.
THE SWITZER’S WIFE.
PROPERZIA ROSSI.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
GERTRUDE; OR, FIDELITY TILL DEATH.
IMELDA.
EDITH.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
CHRISTMAS CAROL.
A FATHER READING THE BIBLE.
THE LAST WISH.
FAIRY FAVOURS.
SONGS OF THE AFFECTIONS.
A SPIRIT’S RETURN.
THE CORONATION OF INEZ DE CASTRO.
ITALIAN GIRL’S HYMN TO THE VIRGIN.
TO A DEPARTED SPIRIT.
THE CHAMOIS HUNTER’S LOVE.
SONG OF EMIGRATION.
THE RETURN.
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 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 HEART OF BRUCE IN MELROSE ABBEY.
NATURE’S FAREWELL.
THE BEINGS OF THE MIND.
THE LYRE’S LAMENT.
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.
DEATH AND THE WARRIOR.
SONG FOR AN AIR BY HUMMEL.
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]
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.
TO A WANDERING FEMALE SINGER.
LIGHTS AND SHADES.
THE PALMER.
THE CHILD’S FIRST GRIEF.
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.
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.
THE WANDERER.
THE LAST WORDS OF THE LAST WASP OF SCOTLAND,
TO CAROLINE.
THE FLOWER OF THE DESERT.
CRITIQUE BY PROFESSOR NORTON.
AN HOUR OF ROMANCE.
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.
NATIONAL LYRICS.
SONGS OF A GUARDIAN SPIRIT.
SONGS OF SPAIN.
SONGS FOR SUMMER HOURS.
SONGS OF CAPTIVITY.
MISCELLANEOUS LYRICS.
SONG.
SCENES AND HYMNS OF LIFE,
THE ENGLISH MARTYRS;
FLOWERS AND MUSIC IN A ROOM OF SICKNESS.
CATHEDRAL HYMN.
PRAYER OF THE LONELY STUDENT.
THE TRAVELLER’S EVENING SONG.
BURIAL OF AN EMIGRANT’S CHILD IN THE FORESTS.
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.
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.
SONNETS.
FEMALE CHARACTERS OF SCRIPTURE.
INVOCATION.
SONNETS, DEVOTIONAL AND MEMORIAL.
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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.
TROUBADOUR SONG.
THE ENGLISH BOY.
TO THE BLUE ANEMONE.
SCENES AND PASSAGES FROM GOETHE.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
RECORDS OF THE SPRING OF 1834.
A PRAYER.
RECORDS OF THE AUTUMN OF 1834.
THOUGHTS DURING SICKNESS.
APPENDIX
DELTA.
MISS LANDON.
H. F. CHORLEY.
ECLECTIC REVIEW.
PROFESSOR NORTON.
INDEX
INDEX OF FIRST LINES
HUGH MILLER’S WORKS.
HUGH MILLER’S WORKS.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
POPULAR WORKS BY ASCOTT R. HOPE.
STORIES OF WHITMINSTER.
STORIES ABOUT BOYS.
STORIES OF SCHOOL LIFE.
STORIES OF FRENCH SCHOOL LIFE.
A BOOK ABOUT DOMINIES:
A BOOK ABOUT BOYS.
TEXTS FROM THE TIMES.
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS.
THE DAY AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
JAMIESON’S SCOTTISH DICTIONARY.
THE NATIONAL MELODIST:
THE WAY AND THE LIFE.
CHEAP EDITION OF THE EDINA BURNS.
POEMS AND SONGS BY ROBERT BURNS.
NIMMO’S NATIONAL LIBRARY.
THINGS A LADY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW,
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