NATIONAL LYRICS,
AND
SONGS FOR MUSIC.
BY
FELICIA HEMANS.
DUBLIN:
WILLIAM CURRY JUN. AND COMPANY.
SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, LONDON.
MDCCCXXXIV.
DUBLIN:
Printed by John S. Folds, 5, Bachelor's Walk.
TO
MRS. LAWRENCE
OF
WAVERTREE HALL;
HER FRIEND,
AND
THE SISTER OF HER FRIEND
COLONEL D'AGUILAR,
THIS VOLUME
IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED,
IN REMEMBRANCE OF
MANY BRIGHTLY ASSOCIATED HOURS,
BY
FELICIA HEMANS.
| Contents.
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Introductory Stanzas—The Themes of Song | 3 | |
| Rhine Song of the German Soldiers | 7 | |
| A Song of Delos | 11 | |
| Ancient Greek Chaunt of Victory | 16 | |
| Naples, a Song of the Siren | 19 | |
| The Fall of D'Assas | 23 | |
| The Burial of William the Conqueror | 27 | |
| Ancient Spanish Battle Song | 32 | |
| The Death Song of Alcestis | 53 | |
| Chorus from the Alcestis of Alfieri | 41 | |
| Songs of a Guardian Spirit: | ||
| 1. Near thee, still near thee | 45 | |
| 2. Oh! droop thou not | 48 | |
| The Curfew Song of England | 110 | |
| The Call to Battle | 114 | |
| Songs for Summer Hours: | ||
| 1. And I too in Arcadia | 119 | |
| 2. The Wandering Wind | 124 | |
| 3. Ye are not missed, Fair Flowers | 126 | |
| 4. Willow Song | 128 | |
| 5. Leave me not yet | 130 | |
| 6. The Orange Bough | 132 | |
| 7. The Stream set free | 134 | |
| 8. The Summer's Call | 137 | |
| 9. Oh! Sky-Lark, for thy wing | 140 | |
| Genius singing to Love | 142 | |
| Music at a Death-bed | 147 | |
| Where is the Sea? Song of the Greek islander in exile | 151 | |
| Marshal Schwerin's Grave | 155 | |
| Songs of Captivity: | ||
| Introduction | 160 | |
| 1. The Brother's Dirge | 162 | |
| 2. The Alpine Horn | 164 |
| Old Norway | 275 | |
| English Soldier's Song of Memory | 278 | |
| Come to me, gentle sleep | 280 | |
| MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. | ||
| The Home of Love | 285 | |
| Books and Flowers | 290 | |
| For a Picture of St. Cecilia attended by Angels | 294 | |
| The Voice of the Waves | 297 | |
| The Haunted House | 301 | |
| O'Connor's Child | 305 | |
| The Brigand Leader and his Wife | 309 | |
| The Child's return from the Woodlands | 312 | |
| The faith of Love | 316 | |
| The Sister's Dream | 320 | |
| Written after visiting a tomb near Woodstock | 324 | |
| Prologue to Fiesco | 328 | |
| A Farewell to Abbotsford | 333 | |
| Scene in a Dalecarlian Mine | 335 | |
| The Victor | 339 |
ADVERTISEMENT.
This Volume contains, besides a few poems on subjects of national tradition, all those of the Author's pieces which have, at different periods, been composed either in the form of the ballad, the song, or the scena, with a view to musical adaptation.—They are now first collected and arranged to lay before the Public.
The reader is particularly requested to correct the following
ERRATA.
| Page 7 | line 11 | for | and the Cossacks | read | and even the Cossacks. |
| —14 | —18 | for | breaking | read | beating. |
| —19 | —12 | for | summer's air | read | summer air. |
| —20 | —11 | for | now | read | how. |
| —23 | —10 | for | ennemids | read | ennemis. |
| —64 | —11 | for | fairy | read | fiery. |
| —79 | note | for | Mrs. | read | Mr. |
| —95 | line 3 | for | their | read | that. |
| —121 | —6 | for | wanderer | read | wanderers. |
| —225 | —11 | for | strangers | read | stranger. |
| —231 | —3 | for | bethrothed | read | betrothed. |
| —244 | —6 | for | thou | read | thus. |
| —254 | —5 | for | thine | read | their. |
| —299 | —8 | for | sigh | read | sign. |
NATIONAL LYRICS,
AND
SONGS FOR MUSIC.