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QJornell Hmucraita Hibrary
WORDSWORTH COLLECTION
MADE BY
Canto I. II
HI.
FALCONER.
BARBAULD.
Corsica. Written in the year 1769. .
The Mouse's Petition
Characters .....
An In ven tory nf the Furniture in Dr. Priestley's Study
On a Lady's Writing ....
On the Deserted Village
Hymn to Content ....
The Origin of Song-writing
Ode to Spring .....
An Address to the Deity
A Summer Evening's Meditation
To-morrow .....
A School Eclosue ....
What do the Futures speak of? In Answer to a
Question in the Greek Grammar . The Rights of Woman
Washing-day .....
To Mr. S. T. Coleridge. 1797.
The Unknown God ....
Ode to Remorse ....
On the Death of the Princess Charlotte The Wake of the King of Spain . Hymns :—
II
III. For Easter Sunday IV.
V. .
VI. Pious Friendship VU. .
VIII.
IX. .
X. A Pastoral Hymn
SIR WILLIAM JONES.
Caissa ; or, the Game of Chess Solima. An Arabian Eclogue An Ode in imitation of Alcaeus An Ode in imitation of Callistratus The First Nemean Ode of Pindar A Chinese Ode, paraphrased A Turkish Ode of Mesihi Hymn to Caradeo Two Hymns to Pracriti.
To Durga
To Bhavani Hymn to Indra .
CRABBE.
Sir Eustace Grey The Hall of Justice.
Pan I.
II. .
Woman
Page
Page Tales :-
I. The Dumb Orators ; or, the Benefit of Society . . . . .76 II. The Parting Hour ... 80
III. The Gentleman Farmer . . .84
IV. Procrastination .... 88 V. The Patron 91
VI. The Frank Courtship ... 97
Vn. The Widow's Tale . . . .101
VIII. The Mother .... 104
IX. Arabella 107
X. The Lover's Joturney . . . 110
XI. Ed Vizard Shore . . . .113
XII. 'Squire Thomas ; or, the Precipitate Choice 117
XIII. Jessy and Colin .... 120
XIV. The Struggles of Conscience . . 124 XV. Advice; or, the 'Squire and the Priest 128
XVI. The Confidant . . . .131
XVTI. Resentment .... 136
XVIII. The Wager 140
XIX. The Convert .... 143 XX. The Brothers . . . .146
XXI. The Learned Boy . . .150
CHATTERTON.
Bristow Tragedie ; or, the Dethe of Syr Charles
Bawdin 158
Mynstrelles Songe . . . . .161
GIFFORD.
The Baviad; a paraphrastic Imitation of the first
Satire of Persius ..... 163 TheMseviad 173
BURNS.
The twa Dogs, a Tale 190
Death and Dr. Hornbook. A true Story . . 192 The Brigs of Ayr, a Poem. Inscribed to J. B******,
Esq., Ayr 193
The Death and Dying Words of Poor Mailie, the Author's only Pet Yowe. An unco mournfu' Tale 195
Poor Maine's Elegy 196
A Dream 198
The Vision,
Duan First ...... 199
Duan Second ...... 201
Address to the unco Guid, or the Rigidly Righteous 202
Tam Samson's Elegy ..... 203
Halloween 204
The auld Farmer's New-year Morning Salutation to his auld Mare Maggie, on giving her accustomed
Ripp of Corn to hansel In the New-year . 207 To a Mouse. On turning her up in her Nest with
the Plough, November, 1785. . . .208
A Winter's Night 208
Despondency. An Ode .... 209
Winter. A Dirge 210
The Cotter's Saturday Night. Inscribed to R. A***"*,
Man was made to mourn. A Dirge . . 212
A Prayer in the Prospect of Death . . . 213
Stanzas on the same Occasion . . . 213 a2 5
CONTENTS.
Page
Verses left at a Friend's House . . . 213
The First Psalm ..... 213
A Prayer under the Pressure of violent Anguish . 214 The first six Verses of the ninetieth Psalm . 214
To a Mountain Daisy, on turning one down with the
Plough in April, 1786. . . . .214
To Miss L— , with Seattle's Poems as a New-year's
Epistle to a Young Friend. May, 1786. . . 215
On a Scotch Bard gone to the W^est Indies . . 216
To a Haggis ...... 216
A Dedication to Gavin Hamilton, Esq. . . 217
To a Louse. On seeing one on a Lady's Bonnet at
Address to Edinburgh . . . . .218
Epistle to J. Lapraik, an old Scottish Bard. April
To the same. April 21st, 1785. . . .220
To W. S*****N, Ochiltree .... 221
Epistle to J. R******, enclosing some Poems . 223
Tam O'Shanter. A Tale .... 223 Songs :—
The Lea-rig .225
To Mary 225
My Wife's a winsome wee thing . . . 226
Bonnie Leslie ..... 226
Highland Mary 226
Auld Bob Morris 226
Duncan Gray ...... 226
Song 227
Galla Water 227
Lord Gregory ..... 227
Mary Morison . . . . .227
Wandering Willie .... 228
When wild War's deadly Blast was blawn . 228 Song . . . . . . .228
Bonnie Jean ..... 229
Auld Lang Syne 229
Bannockburn. Robert Bruce's Address to his Army 229 For a' that, and a' that .... 23U
Scottish Ballad 230
Song 230
The Birksof Aberfeldy .... 231 1 love my Jean ..... 231
John Anderson my Jo . . . . 231
The Banks o' Doon .... 231
Song 232
Sic a Wife as Willie had ... 232
Wilt thou be my Dearie 1 . . . .232
For the sake of somebody . . . 232
A red, red Rose ..... 232
Song 233
The bonnie Lad that's far awa . . .233
Whistle o'er the lave o't . . , .233
ROGERS.
The Pleasures of Memory.
Part 1 234 Italy.— Part I
I. The Lake of Geneva . , .241
11. The Great St. Bernard . . .242
III. The Descent 243
IV. Jorasse . . . . .244 V. Marguerite de Tours . . . .244
VI. The Alps 245
VII. Como 245
VIII. Bergamo 246
IX. Italy 247
X. CoU'alto 247
XI. Venice 248
XII. Luigi 249
XIII. St. Mark's Place . . . .250
XIV. The Gondola .... 251 XV. The Brides of Venice . . .252
XVI. Foscari 253
XVII. Arqua 255
XVdl. Ginevra 255
XIX. Bologna 256
XX. Florence .... 257
XXI. Don Garzla 258
XXII. The Campagna of Florence . . 258 Italy.— Part II.
I. The Pilgrim 261
II. An Interview . . . 262
III. Rome 262
IV. A Funeral . . . . 264 V. National Prejudices . . . .265
VI. The Campagna of Rome . . 265
VII. The Roman Pontiffs . . . .266 VIII. Caius Cestius .... 267
IX. The Nun X. The Firefly XI. Foreign Travel XH. The Fountain
XIII. Banditti
XIV. An Adventure XV. Naples
XVI. The Bag of Gold XVn. A Character .
XVIII. Sorrento
XIX. Paestum XX. Monte Cassino .
XXI. The Harper .
XXII. TheFeluca XXlll. Genoa .
Ode to Superstition . . - -
Verses written to be spoken by Mrs. Siddons
On asleep
To
From Euripides Captivity .
The Sailor To an old Oak .
To two Sisters
On a Tear
To a Voice that had been lost . . ,
From a Greek Epigram ....
To the Fragment of a Statue of Hercules, commonly called the Torso . . . . .
To
Written in a Sick Chamber . . . .
The Boy of Egremond ....
To a Friend on his Marriage . . . .
The Alps at Daybreak ....
Imitation of an Italian Sonnet
A Character ......
To the Youngest Daughter of Lady **♦*
An Epitaph on a Robin-redbreast .
To the Gnat ......
A Wish
Written at Midnight, 1786
An Italian Song .....
An Inscription . . . ■ .
Written in the Highlands of Scotland, September 2, 1812. . . . . .
A Farewell ......
Inscription for a Temple. Dedicated to the Graces To the Butterfly .....
Written in Westminster Abbey, October 10, 1806. .
286 286
286 287 287 287 287
GRAHAME.
The Sabbath Sabbath Walks :—
A Spring Sabbath Walk .
A Summer Sabbath Walk
An Autumn Sabbath Walk
A Winter Sabbath Walk Biblical Pictures : —
The First Sabbath
The Finding of Moses
Jacob and Pharaoh
Jephthah's Vow
Saul and David
Elijah fed by Ravens
The Birth of Jesus announced .
Behold my Mother and my Brethren
Bartimeus restored to Sight
Little Children brought to Jesus
Jesus calms the Tempest .
Jesus walks on the Sea, and calms the Storm
The Dumb cured ....
The Death of Jesus ....
The Resurrection ....
Jesus appears to the Disciples
Paul accused before the Tribunal of the Areopagus
Paul accused before the Roman Governor of Judea
Paraphrase.— Psalm ciii. 3, 4.
On Visiting Melrose, after an Absence of sixteen
Years .....
The Wild Duck and her Brood . . " .
To a Redbreast that flew in at my Window Epitaph on a Blackbird killed by a Hawk . The Poor Man's Funeral ....
The Thanksgiving off Cape Trafalgar . ' .
To my Son ......
Basil.
V. Joanna Baillie
297 298 293
305 309 314
CONTENTS.
De Monfort.
Act 1 ' .
•. 332
II
. 341
IV
. 349
The Martyr.
Act I.
II
. 360
Ill
Christopher Columbus ....
. 370
Lady Griseld Balllie
Lord John of Ihe East ....
. 387
Malcom's Heir ....
The Elden Tree ....
. 390
The Ghost of Fadon
A November Night's Traveller
. 394
Sir Maurice. A Ballad
Address to a Steam-vessel
.. 398
To Mrs. Siddons ....
A Volunteer Song ....
. 400
To a Child
BLOOMFIELD.
The Farmer's Boy.
Spring ......
. 402
Summer .....
Auiumu . . ...
. 408
Winter .....
WORDSWORTH.
The Excursion, being a Portion of the Recluse. Book I The Wanderer ....
II. The Solitary ....
III. Despondency . . . .
IV. Despondency corrected .
V. The Pastor
VI. The Churcliyard among the Mountains VII. The Churchyard among the Mountains, continued . . . . .
VIII. The Parsonage ....
IX. Discourse of the Wanderer, and an Evening Visit to the Lake The Armenian Lady's Love . .
The Somnambulist ...
BOWLES.
The Missionary.
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