The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 2
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CANON OF ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, AND RECTOR OF BREMHILL.
With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes,
BY THE
REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN.
VOL. II.
EDINBURGH:
JAMES NICHOL, 9 NORTH BANK STREET. LONDON: JAMES NISBET AND CO. DUBLIN: W. ROBERTSON.
M.DCCC.LV.
William Lisle Bowles
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Transcriber's note
A LAY OF THE SEVERN SEA.
FOOTNOTES:
PART FIRST.
INTRODUCTION—GENERAL VIEW—CAVE—ASCENT—VIEW—STEEP HOLMS—FLAT HOLMS—SEA.
PART SECOND.
REFLECTIONS ON THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS STATE OF PARISHES, PAST AND PRESENT.
PART THIRD.
THE MAIDEN'S CURSE.
PART FOURTH.
WALK ABROAD—VIEWS AROUND, FROM THE SEVERN TO BRISTOL—WRINGTON—"AULD ROBIN GRAY."
PART FIFTH.
LANG SYNE—VISION OF THE DELUGE—CONCLUSION
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FOOTNOTES:
INTRODUCTORY CANTO.
CANTO FIRST.
CANTO SECOND.
CANTO THIRD.
CANTO FOURTH.
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ST JOHN IN PATMOS.
PART FIRST.
PART SECOND.
PART THIRD.
PART FOURTH.
PART FIFTH.
PART SIXTH.
APOCALYPTIC HORSES.
FOOTNOTES:
PART FIRST.
PART SECOND.
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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
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.
THE BLIND MAN OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL.
THE BLIND SOLDIER AND HIS DAUGHTER.
THE LITTLE SWEEP.
THE BLACKSMITH.
HYMN FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE.
THE CHILDREN'S HYMN FOR THEIR PATRONESS.
EASTER DAY.
CHRISTMAS HYMN.
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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.
ON THE FUNERAL OF CHARLES THE FIRST,
ON SEEING PLANTS IN THE WINDOWS OF SETH WARD'S COLLEGE,
MORLEY'S FAREWELL TO THE COTTAGE OF ISAAK WALTON.
THE GRAVE OF BISHOP KEN.
THE LEGEND OF ST CECILIA AND THE ANGEL.
ON AN ECLIPSE OF THE MOON AT MIDNIGHT.
TO LADY VALLETORT,
ON SEEING A BUST OF R. B. SHERIDAN,
RETURN OF GEORGE III. TO WINDSOR CASTLE.
ON MEETING SOME FRIENDS OF YOUTH AT CHELTENHAM,
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,
LINES WRITTEN ON FONTHILL ABBEY.
EPITAPH ON BENJAMIN TREMLYN,
EPITAPH ON ROBERT SOUTHEY.
SONNET.
ON FIRST HEARING CARADORI SING.
SALISBURY CATHEDRAL.
LOCKSWELL.
ON MOZART.
EPITAPH ON JOHN HARDING,
ON THE DEATH OF WILLIAM LINLEY, ESQ.,
INSCRIBED TO THE MARCHIONESS OF LANSDOWNE
HYMN FOR MUSIC,
INSCRIPTIONS IN THE GARDENS OF BREMHILL RECTORY.
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