[1] A native of Ashburton, Devonshire.
[2] To which he belongs.
[3] Sir F. H. Doyle, Bart., Receiver-General of Her Majesty’s Customs, &c.
The Poems of Edward Edwin Foot.
PUBLISHED 1867.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME.
| PAGE | |
| A Voice from the People (To Her Majesty the Queen) | [9] |
| O! Gather in the Old Yule Log | [11] |
| Evening | [13] |
| The Homeward-Bound Passenger Ship | [15] |
| “Raven Rock” | [28] |
| “Lovers’ Leap” | [36] |
| A Welcome to Alexandra | [41] |
| A West-Countryman’s Visit to London | [45] |
| England’s Hope | [60] |
| Christening the Prince | [62] |
| The Astronomer | [64] |
| On Shakespeare | [68] |
| The Banquet | [71] |
| Thought | [74] |
| Sheep | [77] |
| A School Festival | [81] |
| An Autumnal Day | [84] |
| Our Little Brother | [87] |
| The Coming of the Belgians (1867) | [88] |
| A Song: “Willy” and Anne | [91] |
| A Song: The Lost Merchantman | [93] |
| Friend Charles | [94] |
| The Fallen Leaf | [95] |
| The Gout | [97] |
| The Fox’s Lair | [101] |
| The Petrified Nest | [105] |
| The Kingly Oak of Bagot’s Park | [106] |
| Song: Up, Up my Brave Comrades! | [109] |
| A Letter to His Lordship | [111] |
| My dear Friend John | [113] |
| Christmas Eve (1864) | [114] |
| The End of Miscellaneous Poems. | |
| The Death, Burial, and Destruction of Bacchus; or, The Fruits of Lasciviousness.—An Allegorical Poem, in Two Cantos | [117] |
| Jane Hollybrand; or, Virtue Rewarded.—A Romance, in Six Chapters | [161] |
| A Word for Gifford (In Conclusion) | [263] |