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1826

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LEAGUE OF THE ALPS,

THE

SIEGE OF VALENCIA,

THE

VESPERS OF PALERMO,

AND

OTHER POEMS.

BY MRS. FELICIA HEMANS.

BOSTON:

HILLIARD, GRAY, LITTLE, AND WILKINS.

1826.

CAMBRIDGE.

University Press: Hilliard, Metcalf, & Co.

CONTENTS.

THE LEAGUE OF THE ALPS, OR THE MEETING ON THE

FIELD OF GRÜTLI..

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

On a Leaf from the Tomb of Virgil

For a Design of a Butterfly resting on a Skull

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The Traveller at the Source of the Nile

The Vaudois Valleys

The Songs of our Fathers

To one of the Author's Children on his Birthday

To a Younger Child on a Similar Occasion

An Hour of Romance

Evening Prayer at a Girls' School

THE SIEGE OF VALENCIA: A Dramatic Poem . . .

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