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The Poems of Felicia Hemans

Mrs. Hemans

The Cid’s Departure into Exile 238 The Cid’s Deathbed _ib._ The Cid’s Funeral Procession 239 The Cid’s Rising 241 GREEK SONGS. The Storm of Delphi 241 The Bowl of Liberty 242 The Voice of Scio 243 The Spartans’ March _ib._ The Urn and Sword 244 The Myrtle Bough _ib._ MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. On a Flower from the Field of Grütli 244 On a Leaf from the Tomb of Virgil 245 The Chieftain’s Son _ib._ A Fragment _ib._ England’s Dead 246 The Meeting of the Bards. Written for an Eisteddvod, or meeting of Welsh Bards, held in London, May 22, 1822 246 The Voice of Spring 247 Elysium 249 The Funeral Genius. An Ancient Statue 250 The Tombs of Platæa 251 The View from Castri _ib._ The Festal Hour 252 Song of the Battle of Morgarten 253 Ode on the Defeat of King Sebastian of Portugal and his army in Africa. Translated from the Spanish of Herrera 254 SEBASTIAN OF PORTUGAL 256 THE SIEGE OF VALENCIA 262 Advertisement by the Author, _ib._ Critical Annotations 292 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. Song. Founded on an Arabian Anecdote 293 Alp-Horn Song. Translated from the German of Tieck 294 The Cross of the South _ib._ The Sleeper of Marathon 295 To Miss F. A. L. on her Birthday _ib._ Written on the First Leaf of the Album of the Same _ib._ To the Same, on the Death of her Mother 296 From the Spanish of Garcilaso de la Vega _ib._ From the Italian of Sannazaro _ib._ Appearance of the Spirit of the Cape to Vasco de Gama. Translated from Camoens 297 A Dirge 298 TRANSLATIONS FROM HORACE To Venus 298 To his Attendant _ib._ To Delius 299 To the Fountain of Bandusia _ib._ To Faunus _ib._ DE CHATILLON; OR, THE CRUSADERS 300 Critical Annotations 315 THE FOREST SANCTUARY 316 Critical Annotations 336 LAYS OF MANY LANDS. Moorish Bridal-Song 338 The Bird’s Release _ib._ The Sword of the Tomb. A Northern Legend 339 Valkyriur Song 340 The Cavern of the Three Tells. A Swiss Tradition 341 Swiss Song. On the Anniversary of an Ancient Battle 342 The Messenger Bird 343 Answer to The Messenger Bird, by an American Quaker Lady _note_, _ib._ The Stranger in Louisiana _ib._ The Isle of Founts. An Indian Tradition 344 The Bended Bow 345 He never smiled again 346 Cœur-de-Lion at the Bier of his Father _ib._ The Vassal’s Lament for the Fallen Tree 347 The Wild Huntsman 348 Brandenburg Harvest-Song. From the German of La Motte Fouqué 348 The Shade of Theseus. An Ancient Greek Tradition 349 Ancient Greek Song of Exile _ib._ Greek Funeral Chant, or Myriologue _ib._ Greek Parting Song 351 The Suliote Mother 352 The Farewell to the Dead 353 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. I go, Sweet Friends! 354 Angel Visits _ib._ Ivy Song. Written on receiving some Ivy-leaves gathered from the ruined Castle of Rheinfels, on the Rhine _ib._ To one of the Author’s children on his Birthday 355 On a Similar Occasion _ib._ Christ Stilling the Tempest _ib._ Epitaph over the Grave of Two Brothers 356 Monumental Inscription _ib._ The Sound of the Sea _ib._ The Child and Dove. Suggested by Chantrey’s statue of Lady Louisa Russell 357 A Dirge _ib._ Scene in a Dalecarlian Mine _ib._ English Soldier’s Song of Memory. To the air of “Am Rhein! Am Rhein!” 358 Haunted Ground _ib._ The Child of the Forests. Written after reading the Memoirs of John Hunter 359 Stanzas to the Memory of * * * 360 The Vaudois Valleys _ib._ Song of the Spanish Wanderer 361 The Contadina. Written for a Picture _ib._ Troubadour Song _ib._ The Treasures of the Deep _ib._ Bring Flowers 362 The Crusader’s Return 363 Thekla’s Song; or, the Voice of a Spirit. From the German of Schiller 364 The Revellers _ib._ The Conqueror’s Sleep 365 Our Lady’s Well _ib._ The Parting of Summer 366 The Songs of our Fathers _ib._ The World in the Open Air 367 Kindred Hearts _ib._ The Traveller at the Source of the Nile 368 Casabianca 369 The Dial of Flowers _ib._ Our Daily Paths 370 The Cross in the Wilderness 371 Last Rites 372 The Hebrew Mother _ib._ The Wreck 373 The Trumpet 374 Evening Prayer at a Girls’ School _ib._ The Hour of Death 375 The Lost Pleiad _ib._ The Cliffs of Dover 376 The Graves of Martyrs _ib._ The Hour of Prayer 377 The Voice of Home to the Prodigal _ib._ The Wakening 378 The Breeze from Shore _ib._ The Dying Improvisatore 379 Music of Yesterday _ib._ The Forsaken Hearth 380 The Dreamer _ib._ The Wings of the Dove 381 Psyche borne by Zephyrs to the Island of Pleasure 382 The Boon of Memory _ib._ Dramatic scene between Bronwylfa and Rhyllon 383 RECORDS OF WOMAN. Arabella Stuart 385 The Bride of the Greek Isle 388 The Bride’s Farewell 389 The Switzer’s Wife 391 Properzia Rossi 392 Gertrude; or, Fidelity till Death 394 Imelda _ib._ Edith. A Tale of the Woods 396 The Indian City 398 The Peasant Girl of the Rhone 401 Indian Woman’s Death-Song 402 Joan of Arc in Rheims 403 Pauline 404 Juana 405 The American Forest Girl 406 Costanza 407 Madeline. A Domestic Tale 408 The Queen of Prussia’s Tomb 409 The Memorial Pillar 410 The Grave of a Poetess 411 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. The Homes of England 412 The Sicilian Captive _ib._ Ivan the Czar 413 Carolan’s Prophecy 414 The Lady of the Castle. From the “Portrait Gallery,” an unfinished poem 416 The Mourner for the Barmecides 417