Transcribed by an anonymous volunteer from a book owned by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
A LEAF
from
THE OLD FOREST.
poems by
JOHN D. COSSAR.
london:
Smart & Allen, London House Yard, Paternoster Row.
1870.
A LEAF FROM THE OLD FOREST.
O bring me a leaf from the Old Forest,
The forest of beauty and song;
Where the Ettrick, through woods and fair meadows,
Doth lead its sweet waters along.
O bring me a leaf from the Old Forest,
A tuft from the glossy black pine;
A leaf from the oak and high chestnut tree
And a branch of green holly combine.
O bring me a leaf from the Old Forest,
A token so sacred, O bring;
’Twill recall those bright scenes to remembrance,
Old friendships around it will cling.
| INDEX. | |
| page. | |
| Prelude | [5] |
| King Nimæra | [15] |
| Lord Henry of the Eden-side | [87] |
| My Mother’s Death | [109] |
| The World’s End | [129] |
| The Sabbath Day | [135] |
| Beauty Adorned | [143] |
| Walter (an Acrostic) | [157] |
| The Arrival in Leith Docks on a Visit to Scotland | [158] |
| Recollections (to Sarah) | [161] |
| A Stolen Kiss | [162] |
| The Orphan Boy | [166] |
| A Bright Day, after a Season of Dull Weather | [167] |
| Music | [169] |
| The Evil One | [172] |
| Friendship | [174] |
| To the Spirit of Poetry | [177] |
| Boyish Days | [180] |
| Beauty | [182] |
| My Schoolmates | [184] |
| The Departed Year | [185] |
| To the Snowdrop | [187] |
| Spring | [189] |
| The Bereavement (Written for S. L.) | [191] |
| Farewell | [195] |
| In Fancy Bound | [196] |
| Country Rambles | [198] |
| The Owl | [200] |
| Minnie Lee (a Picture) | [201] |
| The Aim of Life | [204] |
| The Primrose | [206] |
| In Moonlight Met (to L. A. A.) | [208] |
| A Wayward Child (to K. N.) | [209] |
| A Flirt (to L. W.) | [210] |
| The Little Rogue (to H. B.) | [211] |
| Enamoured | [212] |
| A Presence Sweet | [213] |
| Faithless | [214] |
| Deceitful | [215] |