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CONTENTS.
POEMS WRITTEN IN YOUTH.
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.
part of the Shore, commanding a beautiful Prospect
Lines left upon a Seat in a Yew-tree, which stands near the Lake of Esthwaite, on a desolate
Guilt and Sorrow; or, Incidents upon Salisbury Plain
THE BORDERERS.
A Tragedy
POEMS REFERRING TO THE PERIOD OF CHILDHOOD.
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2
6
14
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Influence of Natural Objects in calling forth and strengthening the imagination in Boyhood and
early Youth.
The Brothers
Artegal and Elidure.
To a Butterfly
POEMS FOUNDED ON THE AFFECTIONS.
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.
То
Yes! thou art fair, yet be not moved
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POEMS ON THE NAMING OF PLACES.
It was an April morning: fresh and clear.
To Joanna
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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
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
Address to my Infant Daughter, on being reminded that she was a Month old, on that Day.
THE WAGGONER.-Canto I.
129
Written in March, while resting on the Bridge at the foot of Brother's Water
Lyre! though such power do in thy magic live.
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147
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"
To, on her First Ascent to the Summit of Helvellyn
To a Young Lady, who had been reproached for taking long Walks in the Country
Water-fowl
View from the top of Black Comb
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