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POEMS
OF
FELICIA HEMANS
MURRAY AND GIBB, EDINBURGH, PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY’S
STATIONERY OFFICE.
Felicia Hemans
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.
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