Poems ... A new edition, chronologically arranged, with illustrative notes, and a selection of contemporary criticism

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POEMS 01 FELICIA HEMANS cXe^O? c^a. Sr «-"»»_ a^-yt^T WHiLIAM ■■ ' THE POEMS U ¥ m:^maæ3 ■ Ilrv-wn ty R Warren . from _. Sketch by 'M^s?SemajLs ~/t /Tiœa/frSnvtœe/fy LIAjM BIA« I 'B -4^JD» SOl EDINBURGH AMD LONDON; 18 4 9 . POEMS OF FELICIA HEMANS A NEW EDITION CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED, WITH ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES AND A SELECTION OF COTEMPORARY CRITICISMS WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCXLIX ■-hivTF'i H. WILLIAM HI.A-K.vOOP AND SONS, BDIKBITSUH CONTENTS Page Sonnet 23. To a Lady who died at Sea . . 45 Sonnet 19 ....... ib. JUVENILE POEMS. Page On my Mother's Birthday. "Written at the age of eight 1 " Que estranho caso de amor!" . . ib. A Prayer. "Written at the age of nine . . ib. Sonnet 58 ...... ib. Address to the Deity. "Written at the age of eleven . ib. Sonnet 178 ...... ib.

Shakspeare. "Written at the age of eleven . . 2 Sonnet 80 ...... 46 To my Brother and Sister in the country. Written at the age of eleven . . . . ib. Sonnet 239. From Psalm 137 ... ib. Sonnet 128 . . . . . ib. Sonnet to my Mother. "Written at the age of twelve ib. " Polomeu apartamento " .... ib. Sonnet. "Written at the age of thirteen . . 3 Sonnet 205 ...... 47 Rural Walks. "Written at the age of thirteen . ib. Sonnet 133 . . . . ib. Sonnet. Written at the age of thirteen . . ib. Sonnet 181 . . . . ib. England and Spain ; or, Valour and Patriotism. "Written at the age of fourteen ... 4 Sonnet 278 ...... ib. " Mi nueve y dulce querella" . . . . _&. THE DOMESTIC AFFECTIONS, &C. Metastasio. — " Dunque si sfoga in pianto " . ib. — " Al furor d'awersa Sorte" . . 48 — " Quella onda che ruina " . . ib. — " Leggiadra rosa, le cui pure foglie" . . ib. — " Che speri, instabil Dea, di sassi e spine" . ib. — " Parlagli d'un periglio " . . . ib. — " Sprezza il furor del vento " . . ib. — " Sol pu6 dir che sia contento" . . ib. — "Ah ! frenate le piante imbelle!

" . .49 Vincenzo da Flljcaja. — " Italia ! Italia ! O tu cui die la sorte" . . . . .ib. Pastorini. — " Genova mia ! se con asciutto ciglio " ib. Lope de Vega. — "Estese el cortesano " . . ib. Francisco Manuel. — On ascending a Hill leading to a Convent . . . . ib. Della Casa. — Venice . . . .50 Il Marchese Cornelio Bentivoglio. — " L'anima bella, che dal vero Eliso" . . . ib. Quevedo. — Rome buried in her own Ruins . . ib. The Silver Locks. Addressed to an Ancient Friend 10 To my Mother ...... 11 To my Younger Brother. On his Return from Spain, after the fatal Retreat under Sir John Moore and the battle of Corunna . . . ib. To my Eldest Brother, with the British army in Portugal 12 Lines written in the Memoirs of Elizabeth Smith . ib. The Ruin and its Flowers . _ - .13 Christmas Carol ...... 14 The Domestic Affections . . . .15 To Mr Edwards, the Harper of Conway . . 19 Epitaph on Mr W , a celebrated Mineralogist . 20 Epitaph on the Hammer of the aforesaid Mineralogist ib.