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THE

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.

CONTENTS.

THE LEAGUE OF THE ALPS, OR THE MEETING ON THE

FIELD OF GRÜTLI..

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers

The Hebrew Mother.

The Child and Dove.

The Child's Last Sleep.

The Lady of the Castle

To the Ivy.

On a Leaf from the Tomb of Virgil. .

For a Design of a Butterfly resting on a Skull

The Lost Pleiad . . . .

The Sleeper on Marathon

Troubadour Song.

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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

Invocation

THE SIEGE OF VALENCIA: A Dramatic Poem ...

THE VESPERS OF PALERMO: A Tragedy.

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