The Poems of Felicia Hemans
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POEMS OF FELICIA HEMANS
MURRAY AND GIBB, EDINBURGH,
PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE.
THE POEMS OF FELICIA HEMANS.
_COMPLETE COPYRIGHT EDITION._
WILLIAM P. NIMMO,
LONDON: 14 KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND;
AND EDINBURGH.
1875.
CONTENTS
JUVENILE POEMS.
Page
On my Mother’s Birthday. Written at the age of eight 1
A Prayer. Written at the age of nine _ib._
Address to the Deity. Written at the age of eleven _ib._
Shakspeare. Written at the age of eleven 2
To my Brother and Sister in the country. Written at the age of
eleven _ib._
Sonnet to my Mother. Written at the age of twelve _ib._
Sonnet. Written at the age of thirteen 3
Rural Walks. Written at the age of thirteen _ib._
Sonnet. Written at the age of thirteen _ib._
England and Spain; or, Valour and Patriotism. Written at the age
of fourteen 4
THE DOMESTIC AFFECTIONS, &c.
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._
Prologue to _The Poor Gentleman_. As intended to be performed by
the Officers of the 34th Regiment at Clonmel 21
THE RESTORATION OF THE WORKS OF ART TO ITALY 22
MODERN GREECE 28
Critical Annotations 42
TRANSLATIONS FROM CAMOENS AND OTHER POETS.
Sonnet 70 43
Sonnet 282 From Psalm 137 _ib._
Part of Eclogue 15 44
Sonnet 271 44
Sonnet 186 _ib._
Sonnet 108 44
Sonnet 23 To a Lady who died at Sea 45
Sonnet 19 _ib._
“Que estranho caso de amor!” _ib._
Sonnet 58 _ib._
Sonnet 178 _ib._
Sonnet 80 46
Sonnet 239 From Psalm 137 _ib._
Sonnet 128 _ib._
“Polomeu apartamento” _ib._
Sonnet 205 47
Sonnet 133 _ib._
Sonnet 181 _ib._
Sonnet 278 _ib._
“Mi nueve y dulce querella” _ib._
Metastasio.--“Dunque si sfoga in pianto” _ib._
-- “Al furor d’avversa 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 può dir che sia contento” _ib._
-- “Ah! frenate le piante imbelle!” 49
Vincenzo da Filicaja.--“Italia! Italia! O tu cui diè 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._
El conde Juan de Tarsis.--“Tu, que la dulce vida en tiernas anos”_ib._
Torquato Tasso.--“Negli anni acerbi tuoi, purpurea rosa” _ib._
Bernardo Tasso.--“Quest’ ombra che giammai non vide il sole” 51
Petrarch.--“Chi vuol veder quantunque può natura” _ib._
-- “Se lamentar augelli, o verdi fronde” _ib._
Pietro Bembo.--“O Muerte! que sueles ser” _ib._
Francesco Lorenzini.--“O Zefiretto, che movendo vai” _ib._
Gesner.--Morning Song 52
German Song.--“Mädchen, lernet Amor kennen” _ib._
Chaulieu.--“Grotte, d’où sort ce clair ruisseau” _ib._
Garcilaso de Vega.--“Coyed de vuestra alegre primavera” 52
Lorenzo de Medici.--Violets 53
Pindemonte.--On the Hebe of Canova _ib._
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
Lines written in a Hermitage on the Sea-shore 54
Dirge of a Child _ib._
Invocation 55
To the Memory of General Sir E--D P--K--M _ib._
To the Memory of Sir H--Y E--LL--S, who fell in the battle of
Waterloo 56
Guerilla Song. Founded on the story related of the Spanish
patriot Mina _ib._
The Aged Indian, _ib._
Evening amongst the Alps 57
Dirge of the Highland Chief in “Waverley” _ib._
The Crusaders’ War-Song 58
The Death of Clanronald _ib._
To the Eye 59
The Hero’s Death, _ib._
Stanzas on the Death of the Princess Charlotte _ib._
WALLACE’S INVOCATION TO BRUCE. 63
Advertisement by the Author, &c. _ib._
TALES AND HISTORIC SCENES.
The Abencerrage 67
The Widow of Crescentius 85
The Last Banquet of Antony and Cleopatra 93
Alaric in Italy 95
The Wife of Asdrubal 97
Heliodorus in the Temple 98
Night-scene in Genoa. From Sismondi’s “Républiques Italiennes” 99
The Troubadour and Richard Cœur-de-Lion 101
The Death of Conradin 103
Critical Annotations 105
THE SCEPTIC 106
Critical Annotations 113
SUPERSTITION AND REVELATION 114
ITALIAN LITERATURE.
The Basvigliana of Monti 118
The Alcestis of Alfieri 121
Il Conte di Carmagnola. A tragedy. By Alessandro Manzoni 125
Caius Gracchus. A tragedy. By Monti 133
PATRIOTIC EFFUSIONS OF THE ITALIAN POETS.
Vincenzo da Filicaja 138
Carlo Maria Maggi _ib._
Alessandro Marchetti _ib._
Alessandro Pegolotti _ib._
Francesco Maria de Conti.--The Shore of Africa _ib._
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Jeu-d’Esprit on the word “Barb” 139
The Fever-Dream _ib._
DARTMOOR 141
WELSH MELODIES.
The Harp of Wales. Introductory stanzas 145
Druid Chorus on the Landing of the Romans _ib._
The Green Isles of Ocean 146
The Sea-Song of Gafran _ib._
The Hirlas Horn _ib._
The Hall of Cynddylan 147
The Lament of Llywarch Hen _ib._
Grufydd’s Feast 148
The Cambrian in America _ib._
Taliesin’s Prophecy _ib._
Owen Glyndwr’s War-Song 149
Prince Madoc’s Farewell _ib._
Caswallon’s Triumph 150
Howel’s Song _ib._
The Mountain Fires _ib._
Eryri Wen 151
Chant of the Bards before their Massacre by Edward I. _ib._
The Dying Bard’s Prophecy 152
The Fair Isle. For the melody called the “Welsh Ground” _ib._
The Rock of Cader Idris _ib._
THE VESPERS OF PALERMO 153
Critical Annotations 186
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Stanzas to the Memory of George the Third 187
TALES AND HISTORIC SCENES.
The Maremma 191
A Tale of the Secret Tribunal 194
The Caravan in the Deserts 210
Marius amongst the Ruins of Carthage 212
A Tale of the Fourteenth Century. A Fragment 213
Belshazzar’s Feast 219
The Last Constantine 221
Annotations on the Last Constantine 234
The League of the Alps; or, the Meeting of the Field of Grütli _ib._
SONGS OF THE CID.