SELECTIONS IN POETRY.

“But hail, ye mighty masters-of-the-lay-,

Nature's true sons, the friends of man and truth!
Whose song, sublimely sweet. serenely gay,
Amused my childhood and inform'd my youth!
O let your spirit still my bosom soothe.
Inspire my dreams, and my wild wanderings guide!
Your voice each rugged path-of-life can smooth;

For well I know wherever-ye-reside
There harmony, and peace, and innocence abide."

Beattie's Minstrel, xlii,

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LANCASTER:
J. AND J. BARWICK, PRINTERS, MARKET STREET.

LONDON:
SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND Co.

1863.

280.h.37.

Permission, to insert, in this Book , the Selections from their Copyrights, has been kindly granted by Alfred Tennyson, Esq., (the Poet Laureate), Martin Farquhar Tupper, Esq., and the other eminent living writers selected from ;-likewise by the respective Publishers of the Works of the late Lord Macaulay, Mrs. Hemans, &c., &c.

CONTENTS.

Page.

The Land of my Birth .. .. .. H. E. Burton .. .

The World Restored .. .. .. J. Edmeston .. ..

A Birth-Day Thought .. .. .. Legh Richmond .. ..

Love .. .. .. .. .. .. M. F. Tupper.. ...

The Keepsake .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...

Stanza .. ... . . .. .. G... .. .. .. 7

The Sisters.. .. .. .. .. .. Countess of Blessington 9

Translation by Moore .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12

The Blighted Rose .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12

True Love .. .. .. .. .. Young .. .. .. 13

Resignation ... .. .. .. .. Bernard Barton .. .. 14

The Gatekeeper's Daughter .. .. .. .. .. .. 15

The World..

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Affection Changed.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17

The Fallen Comrade .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18

Dissension .. .. .. .. .. Moore .. .. .. 19

The Forsaken to the False One .. Thomas Haynes Bayly 20

Stanza .. .. .. .. .. .. Bernard Barton ..

Consolation o. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. ..

The Soldier's Grave .. .. .. L. E. L. .. .. .. 23

On Robert Burns .. .. .. .. J. Montgomery .. .. 24

The Burial of Sir John Moore . Wolfe .. ..

The Record .. .. .. .. .. L. E. L. .. .. .. 27

The Soldier's Funeral .. .. .. L. E. L. .. .. ..

Time .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Bouring .. .. .. 29