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CONTENTS.
POEMS WRITTEN IN YOUTH.
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Extract from the Conclusion of a Poem, composed in anticipation of leaving School . . .
Written in very early Youth . . .
An Evening Walk. Addressed to a Young Lady . . . . . . . . .
- Lines written while sailing in a Boat at Evening . . . . . . . . . .
Remembrance of Collins, composed upon the Thames near Richmond
| Descriptive Sketches taken during a Pedestrian Tour among the Alps . . . . . .
Lines left upon a Seat in a Yew-tree, which stands near the Lake of Esthwaite, on a desolate
part of the Shore, commanding a beautiful Prospect . . . . . . . .
Guilt and Sorrow; or, Incidents upon Salisbury Plain . . . . . . . .
THE BORDERERS. A Tragedy . . . . . . . . . . . . .
POEMS REFERRING TO THE PERIOD OF CHILDHOOD.
My heart leaps up when I behold . . . . . . . . . . . .
To a Butterfly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Sparrow's Nest . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foresight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Characteristics of a Child three Years old
Address to a Child, during a Boisterous Winter Evening. . . . . . . . .
The Mother's Return. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Alice Fell; or, Poverty · · · · ·
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Lucy Gray; or, Solitude . . . . . . . . . . . .
We are Seven . . . .
- The Idle Shepherd-boys; or, Dungeon-Ghyll Force. A Pastoral . . . . . .
- Anecdote for Fathers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rural Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Pet-lamb. A Pastoral . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- To H. C. Six Years old
- Influence of Natural Objects in calling forth and strengthening the imagination in Boyhood and
early Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The longest Day. Addressed to — . .
The Norman Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .:
The Poet's Dream. Sequel to the Norman Boy . . . . . . . . .
- The Westmoreland Girl.- Part I. . . . . . . . . . . . ..
- Part II. . . . . . . . . . . . .
POEMS FOUNDED ON THE AFFECTIONS.
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The Brothers . . . . . . . . . . .
Artegal and Elidure. · · · · · · · ·
To a Butterfly . . ..
A Farewell . . . . . . . . . . .
Stanzas written in my Pocket-copy of Thomson's Castle of Indolence
Louisa. After accompanying her on a Mountain Excursion .
Strange fits of passion have I known . . . .
She dwelt among the untrodden ways . . .
I travelled among unknown men . . . . . . .
Ere with cold beads of midnight dew ..
To . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Forsaken . . . . .
'Tis said, that some have died for love . . . . . .
A Complaint . ·
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To
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· Yes ! thou art fair, yet be not moved . . . . .
How rich that forehead's calm expanse.
What heavenly smiles ! O Lady mine. ..
To -
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Lament of Mary Queen of Scots, on the Eve of a New Year .
The Complaint of a Forsaken Indian Woman . .
The Last of the Flock . . . . . . . .
Repentance. A Pastoral Ballad
The Affliction of Margaret — ..
The Cottager to her Infant
Maternal Grief . . .
The Sailor's Mother. .
The Childless Father .
The Emigrant Mother .
Vaudracour and Julia . .
The Idiot Boy . . .
Michael. A Pastoral Poem .
The Widow on Windermere Side .
The Armenian Lady's Love . . . . . . .
Loving and Liking. Irregular Verses, addressed to a Child.
Farewell Lines . . . . . . . . . .
The Redbreast. Suggested in a Westmoreland Cottage .
Her Eyes are Wild . . . . . . . . .
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POEMS OF THE FANCY.
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- A Morning Exercise .
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- A Flower Garden, at Coleorton Hall, Leicestershire . . . . . . . . 113
- A whirl-blast from behind the hill .
. 114
The Waterfall and the Eglantine .
114
The Oak and the Broom. A Pastoral . . . . . . . . . . . 115
To s Sexton
116
To the Daisy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
To the same Flower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
The Green Linnet. .
. . . . . . . . . . . 118
To a Sky-lark . .
To the Small Celandine . .
To the same Flower . . .
The Seven Sisters; or, the Solitude of Binnorie
Who fancied what a pretty sight . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
The Redbreast chasing the Butterfly . .
Song for the Spinning Wheel. Founded upon a Belief prevalent among the Pastoral Vales of
Westmoreland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Hint from the Mountains for certain Political Pretenders . . . . . . . . 122
On seeing a Needlecase in the Form of a Harp . . . . . . . . . 123
To a Lady, in answer to a request that I would write her a Poem upon some Drawings that she
had made of Flowers in the Island of Madeira . . . . . . . . . 123
Glad sight wherever new with old . . . . . . . . . . . 124
The Contrast. The Parrot and the Wren. . . . . . . . . . . 124
À The Danish Boy. A Fragment . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
1 Song for the Wandering Jew . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Stray Pleasures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
The Pilgrim's Dream ; or, the Star and the Glow-worm . . . . . . . . 126
The Poet and the Caged Turtledove . .
YA Wren's Nest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Love lies Bleeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Companion to the foregoing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Rural Illusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
The Kitten and Falling Leaves . .
Address to my Infant Daughter, on being reminded that she was a Month old, on that Day . . 130
THE WAGGONER.–Canto I. . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Canto II. . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
– Canto III. . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
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Canto IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
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POEMS OF THE IMAGINATION.
There was a Boy . . . . . . . . . .
To the Cuckoo . . . . . . . . . . .
A Night-piece . . . . . . . . . . .
Airey-force Valley . . . . . . . . .
Yes-trees . . . . . . . . . . .
Nutting . . . . . . . . . . .
The Simplon Pass . . . . . . . . . .
She was a Phantom of delight . . . . . . . .
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TO Nightingale ! thou surely art. .
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+ Three years she grew in sun and shower . . . . . . . . . . 144
+ A slumber did my spirit seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
+ I wandered lonely as a cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
The Reverie of Poor Susan .
145
Power of Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Star-gazers .
. . . . . 146
Written in March, while resting on the Bridge at the foot of Brother's Water . . . . 146
+ Lyre ! though such power do in thy magic live . . . . . . . . . 147
Beggars . . . . . . . . .
147
Sequel to the Foregoing, composed many Years after . . . . . . . . 148
| Gipsies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
| Ruth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 148
| Resolution and Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
T The Thorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Hart-leap Well.—Part I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
-- --Part II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle, upon the Restoration of Lord Clifford, the Shepherd, to
the Estates and Honours of his Ancestors . . . . . . . . . 158
Lines, composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey, on revisiting the Banks of the Wye during
a Tour, July 13, 1798 .
160
+ It is no Spirit who from heaven hath flown . . . . . . . . . . 161
French Revolution, as it appeared to Enthusiasts at its Commencement. Reprinted from “ The
Friend” .
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Yes, it was the mountain Echo .
. . . . 162
To a Sky-lark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Laodamia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Dion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
The Pass of Kirkstone
166
To Enterprise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
+ To— , on her First Ascent to the Summit of Helvellyn . . . . . . . 169
+ To a Young Lady, who had been reproached for taking long Walks in the Country . . . 169
Water-fowl .
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View from the top of Black Comb
170
+ The Haunted Tree. To -
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The Triad . . . .
The Wishing-gate . .
The Wishing-gate destroyed
The Primrose of the Rock
Presentiments . . .
Vernal Ode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
+ Devotional Incitements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
+ The Cuckoo-Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
To the Clouds . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Suggested by a Picture of the Bird of Paradise . . . . . . . 180
A Jewish Family, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
On the Power of Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
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