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The Poems of Felicia Hemans

Mrs. Hemans

The Spanish Chapel 418 The Kaiser’s Feast 419 Tasso and his Sister 420 Ulla; or, The Adjuration 421 To Wordsworth 422 A Monarch’s Death-bed 423 To the Memory of Heber _ib._ The Adopted Child _ib._ Invocation 424 Körner and his Sister _ib._ The Death-Day of Körner 425 An Hour of Romance 427 A Voyager’s Dream of Land _ib._ The Effigies 428 The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in New England 429 The Spirit’s Mysteries _ib._ The Departed 430 The Palm-Tree _ib._ The Child’s Last Sleep. Suggested by a Monument of Chantrey’s 431 The Sunbeam _ib._ Breathings of Spring 432 The Illuminated City _ib._ The Spells of Home 433 Roman Girl’s Song _ib._ The Distant Ship 434 The Birds of Passage _ib._ The Graves of a Household 435 Mozart’s Requiem _ib._ The Image in Lava 436 Christmas Carol 437 A Father Reading the Bible _ib._ The Meeting of the Brothers _ib._ The Last Wish 438 Fairy Favours 439 Critical Annotations 440 SONGS OF THE AFFECTIONS. A Spirit’s Return 442 The Lady of Provence 446 The Coronation of Inez de Castro 448 Italian Girl’s Hymn to the Virgin 449 To a Departed Spirit _ib._ The Chamois Hunter’s Love 450 The Indian with his Dead Child _ib._ Song of Emigration 451 The King of Arragon’s Lament for his Brother 452 The Return 453 The Vaudois Wife _ib._ The Guerilla Leader’s Vow 454 Thekla at her Lover’s Grave 455 The Sisters of Scio _ib._ Bernardo del Carpio 456 The Tomb of Madame Langhans 457 The Exile’s Dirge _ib._ The Dreaming Child 458 The Charmed Picture _ib._ Parting Words 459 The Message to the Dead _ib._ The Two Homes 460 The Soldier’s Death-bed 461 The Image in the Heart _ib._ The Land of Dreams 462 Woman on the Field of Battle _ib._ The Deserted House 463 The Stranger’s Heart 464 To a Remembered Picture _ib._ Come Home 465 The Fountain of Oblivion _ib._ MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. The Bridal-Day 466 The Ancestral Song 467 The Magic Glass 468 Corinne at the Capitol 469 The Ruin _ib._ The Minster 470 The Song of Night 471 The Storm-Painter in his Dungeon _ib._ The Two Voices 472 The Parting Ship 473 The Last Tree of the Forest _ib._ The Streams 474 The Voice of the Wind 475 The Vigil of Arms 476 The Heart of Bruce in Melrose Abbey _ib._ Nature’s Farewell 477 The Beings of the Mind _ib._ The Lyre’s Lament 478 Tasso’s Coronation 479 The Better Land _ib._ The Wounded Eagle 480 Sadness and Mirth _ib._ The Nightingale’s Death-Song 481 The Diver _ib._ The Requiem of Genius 482 Triumphant Music 483 Second-Sight _ib._ The Sea-Bird flying inland 484 The Sleeper _ib._ The Mirror in the Deserted Hall _ib._ To the Daughter of Bernard Barton, the Quaker Poet 485 The Star of the Mine _ib._ Washington’s Statue. Sent from England to America _ib._ A Thought of Home at Sea 486 To the Memory of a Sister-in-Law _ib._ To an Orphan _ib._ Hymn by the Sickbed of a Mother 487 Where is the Sea? Song of the Greek Islander in Exile _ib._ To my own Portrait _ib._ No More 488 Passing Away 489 The Angler _ib._ Death and the Warrior 490 Song. For an air by Hummel _ib._ To the Memory of Lord Charles Murray, son of the Duke of Atholl, who died in the cause and lamented by the people of Greece _ib._ The Broken Chain 491 The Shadow of a Flower _ib._ Lines to a Butterfly resting on a Skull _ib._ The Bell at Sea 492 The Subterranean Stream _ib._ The Silent Multitude 493 The Antique Sepulchre _ib._ Evening Song of the Tyrolese Peasants 494 The Memory of the Dead _ib._ He walked with God 495 The Rod of Aaron _ib._ The Voice of God _ib._ The Fountain of Marah 496 The Penitent’s Offering _ib._ The Sculptured Children _ib._ Woman and Fame 497 A Thought of the Future 498 The Voice of Music _ib._ The Angel’s Greeting 499 A Farewell to Wales _ib._ Impromptu Lines addressed to Miss F. A. L. on receiving from her some Flowers when confined by illness _ib._ A Parting Song 500 We return no more _ib._ To a Wandering Female Singer 501 Lights and Shades _ib._ The Palmer _ib._ The Child’s First Grief 502 To the New-Born _ib._ The Death-Song of Alcestis _ib._ The Home of Love 503 Books and Flowers 504 For a Picture of St Cecilia attended by Angels 505 The Brigand Leader and his Wife. Suggested by a picture of Eastlake’s 506 The Child’s Return from the Woodlands 506 The Faith of Love 507 The Sister’s Dream, _ib._ A Farewell to Abbotsford 508 O’Connor’s Child _ib._ The Prayer for Life 509 The Welcome to Death _ib._ The Victor 510 Lines written for the Album at Rosanna _ib._ The Voice of the Waves. Written near the scene of a recent Shipwreck 511 The Haunted House _ib._ The Shepherd-Poet of the Alps 512 To the Mountain-Winds 514 The Procession 515 The Broken Lute _ib._ The Burial in the Desert 516