POEMS WRITTEN IN YOUTH.

Extract from the Conclusion of a Poem, composed in anticipation of leaving School

Written in very early Youth

An Evening Walk. Addressed to a Young Lady

Lines written while sailing in a Boat at Evening

Remembrance of Collins, composed upon the Thames near Richmond

Descriptive Sketches taken during a Pedestrian Tour among the Alps

Lines left upon a Seat in a Yew-tree, which stands near the Lake of Esthwaite, on a desolate

CONTENTS.

part of the Shore, commanding a beautiful Prospect

Guilt and Sorrow; or, Incidents upon Salisbury Plain

THE BORDERERS. A Tragedy

Alice Fell; or, Poverty

Lucy Gray; or, Solitude

We are Seven

POEMS REFERRING TO THE PERIOD OF CHILDHOOD.

My heart leaps up when I behold

To a Butterfly

The Sparrow's Nest .

Foresight

Characteristics of a Child three Years old

Address to a Child, during a Boisterous Winter Evening.

The Mother's Return.

early Youth.

The longest Day. Addressed to my Daughter

The Norman Boy

The Poet's Dream. Sequel to the Norman Boy

The Westmoreland Girl.-Part I.

Part II.

The Idle Shepherd-boys; or, Dungeon-Ghyll Force. A Pastoral

Anecdote for Fathers

Rural Architecture

The Pet-lamb. A Pastoral

To H. C. Six Years old

Influence of Natural Objects in calling forth and strengthening the imagination in Boyhood and

3.

The Brothers

Artegal and Elidure.

To a Butterfly

A Farewell

POEMS FOUNDED ON THE AFFECTIONS.

Stanzas written in my Pocket-copy of Thomson's Castle of Indolence.

Louisa. After accompanying her on a Mountain Excursion

Strange fits of passion have I known

She dwelt among the untrodden ways

I travelled among unknown men

Ere with cold beads of midnight dew

To

The Forsaken

'Tis said, that some have died for love

A Complaint.

To

Yes! thou art fair, yet be not moved

How rich that forehead's calm expanse

What heavenly smiles! O Lady mine

To

Lament of Mary Queen of Scots, on the Eve of a New Year

The Complaint of a Forsaken Indian Woman

The Last of the Flock.

Repentance. A Pastoral Ballad

The Affliction of Margaret-

The Cottager to her Infant

Maternal Grief

The Sailor's Mother

The Childless Father

The Emigrant Mother

Vaudracour and Julia

The Idiot Boy

Michael. A Pastoral Pocm.

The Widow on Windermere Side

The Armenian Lady's Love

Loving and Liking. Irregular Verses, addressed to a Child.

Farewell Lines

The Redbreast. Suggested in a Westmoreland Cottage

Her Eyes are Wild