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Poems composed during a tour in Scotland, and on the English border, in the autumn of 1831.
Sonnets
On the Departure of Sir Walter Scott from Abbotsford, for Naples
A Place of Burial in the South of Scotland
On the Sight of a Manse in the South of Scotland
Composed in Roslin Chapel, during a Storm
The Pibroch's Note, discountenanced or mute
Composed in the Glen of Loch Etive
Eagles, composed at Dunollie Castle in the Bay of Oban
The Earl of Breadalbane's ruined Mansion, and Family Burial-place, near Killin
Rest and be Thankful, at the Head of Glencroe
To the Planet Venus, an Evening Star. Composed at Loch Lomond
Picture of Daniel in the Lions' Den, at Hamilton Palace
The Avon, a Feeder of the Annan
Suggested by a View from an Eminence in Inglewood Forest
Hart's-horn Tree, near Penrith
Roman Antiquities. (From the Roman Station at Old Penrith)
Apology for the foregoing Poems
The Egyptian Maid; or, The Romance of the Water Lily
Elegiac Musings in the grounds of Coleorton Hall, the Seat of the late Sir George Beaumont, Bart.
Inscription intended for a Stone in the Grounds of Rydal Mount
A Jewish Family (In a small Valley opposite St. Goar, upon the Rhine)
The Poet and the caged Turtledove
Sonnets
Chatsworth! thy stately mansion, and the pride
Desponding Father! mark this altered bough
Roman Antiquities discovered at Bishopstone, Herefordshire
Sonnets
Why art thou silent! Is thy love a plant
Four fiery steeds impatient of the rein
Gold and Silver Fishes, in a Vase
Evening Voluntaries
Calm is the fragrant Air, and loth to lose
Not in the lucid Intervals of Life
Soft as a cloud is yon blue Ridge
The Leaves that rustled on this Oak-crowned Hill
The Sun, that seemed so mildly to retire
Throned in the Sun's descending Car
Sonnets, 1833, composed during a Tour
Adieu, Rydalian Laurels! that have grown
Why should the Enthusiast, journeying through this Isle
They called Thee merry England, in old Time
To the River Greta, near Keswick
In Sight of the Town of Cockermouth
Address from the Spirit of Cockermouth Castle
To a Friend (on the Banks of the Derwent)
Mary Queen of Scots (landing at the Mouth of the Derwent, Workington)
In the Channel, between the coast of Cumberland and the Isle of Man
Desire we past Illusions to recall?
On entering Douglas Bay, Isle of Man
The Retired Marine Officer, Isle of Man
By a Retired Mariner (a Friend of the Author)
At Bala-Sala, Isle of Man. (Supposed to be written by a Friend of the Author)
Despond who will--I heard a Voice exclaim
In the Frith of Clyde, Ailsa Crag. (July 17, 1833)
On the Frith of Clyde. (In a Steamboat)
Flowers on the Top of the Pillars at the Entrance of the Cave
On to Iona! What can she afford
Homeward we turn. Isle of Columba's Cell
"There!" said a Stripling, pointing with meet Pride
Monument of Mrs. Howard (by Nollekins) in Wetheral Church, near Corby, on the Banks of the Eden
Tranquillity! the sovereign aim wert thou
Steamboats, Viaducts, and Railways
Lowther! in thy majestic Pile are seen
To Cordelia M----, Hallsteads, Ullswater
Lines written in the Album of the Countess of --------. Nov. 5, 1834
To ------, on the birth of her first-born Child, March 1833
The Warning, a Sequel to the foregoing. March, 1833
If this great World of Joy and Pain
Sonnet, composed after reading a Newspaper of the Day
Loving and Liking: irregular Verses addressed to a Child
St. Bees, suggested in a Steam-boat off St. Bees' Head
Sonnets
Deplorable his lot who tills the ground
Praised be the Rivers, from their mountain springs
The Redbreast. (Suggested in a Westmoreland Cottage)
Lines suggested by a Portrait from the Pencil of F. Stone
Postscript
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