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Wanderers : being a collection of the poems of William Winter

William Winter · 1889 · Scanned text

29,639 words · about 2 h 5 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
William Winter
Language
English
Published
1889
Length
29,639 words · about 2 h 5 min
Sections
17 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain · PD-US by publication date

 

Contents (17)
  1. Front matter about 9 min
  2. I under 1 min
  3. III. In peace beside the winter sea about 30 min
  4. IV under 1 min
  5. V. And now came death, a gentle, welcome guest under 1 min
  6. VI about 1 h 2 min
  7. VII. Be blithe and bright, thou jocund day That golden England knows! about 13 min
  8. IX about 5 min
  9. X about 1 min
  10. XII under 1 min
  11. XIII under 1 min
  12. XIV under 1 min
  13. XV under 1 min
  14. XVI under 1 min
  15. XVII. Farfrom the blooming field and fragrant wood under 1 min
  16. XVIII under 1 min
  17. XIX about 1 min

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Front matter

POEMS OF WILLIAM WINTER

CopyYRIGH?, 1888, By WILLIAM WINTER.

Printed by T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty, at the Edinburgh University Press.

I

HEY walked beside the summer sea, And watched the slowly dying sun: And ‘*O,” she said, ‘‘ come back to me, My love, my own, my only one!” But while he kissed her fears away, The gentle waters kissed the shore, And, sadly whispering, seemed to say, He’ll come no more! he’ll come no more!

Il,

Alone beside the autumn sea She watched the sombre death of day ; And ‘‘O,” she said, ‘‘remember me, And love me, darling, far away !” A cold wind swept the watery gloom, And, darkly whispering on the shore, Sighed out the secret of his doom, — He’ll come no more! he’ll come no more!

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