DEVV S A S T A L I E ; P O E M S , COJiI POSE D O N V A RIOU S S U B J E C T S A N D O C C A S I O N S ; J O H N S B Y J . i ns r s ! uo d si me Ly n c is V atibus e e , Sabumi fen am sul era v ertic e. Hoa . LO N DO N ’ B BY . HUN TER 72 ST P PU LISHED R , , , AUL S CHURCHYA RD ; - S . DGEL T T X T . RT S W HIM P E HE AND , FORE S REE , E E ER ; AND W CU I , L T T T . S REE , PLYMOU H - W. ROBERTS, PRINTER, man 51m , m . 1828 . To THE RT HO N . THE R F DARNL EA L O EY , ‘c ‘c § . é . T H I S V O L U M E I S I N S C R I B E D, WITH EV ERY S M OF ENTI ENT RESPECT, THE A UTH OR . MARCH 17. 1828 . 8 65111 D VE T T A R ISEMEN . f l i n ms are not th e ro u t ons of n TEE ol ow g Poe c o e, who has evote or p d i d d , s n a to ot th e r n a r who h a bee bl e dev e, p i cip l p a t of h is time to the c ult i vati on of t of w h h e w as orn th e or i ous ar , ic a o er . 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The i r appe rance i n this collecti ve for m is ow i ng l ess to h i m se lf than to oth ers ; but h e i s ab ove th e common hy p o cr i sy of i ntrod uc mg th em to th w or un er th e a re ens on t at t e are u n eser n e ld d pp h i h h y d v i g of i ts notic e. ad h t ou ht or h e t i n th em unw or t of the u i H e h g , did h k hy p bl c ey e, the p ubli c ey e w ould nev er h ave seen them . av n re u ent e er en e in th e rusa of m s e aneous oetr t H i g f q ly xp i c d pe l i c ll p y, he “ ch i lli ng effect w h i ch is produced by th e rapid and unprep ared trans iti on from ” a to a from i ve to severe the a n w is o as one the ru e gr ve g y , l ly p i hich cc i d by d t nt nterr u ti on of th e re ous trai n o f asso at on w en and cons a i p p vi ci i , h epigram and th auti u th e ur es u " h i s fo l l ow ed by el egy , e be f l by b l q e, t e Author th ought h e P o ms of his o e t on i n a manner w in of arr anging t e c ll c i hich , p art at l east, th s b ection. B stri ut n t em un er d i tf n w ou ld obv i ate i o J y di b i g h d ere t h ea ds , h e f as o th a h as acc o mmo d ated them, as ar p ss ible, to e v ri ous moo ds of mi nd , i n w h i ch th e v o lume may b e opened ; and t hough h e w ould not w illingly i nc ur ‘ i v him tt ain the c ensure of afiec tation, t Will gi e li le p , if his object be at tained . t at the P oems th us o e te W be as a ora He h as only t o h op e h , c ll c d , ill f v bly r ec ei ve as t e ave rev i ous een in t ei r or ina orm. F rom v ar i ous and d , h y h p ly b h ig l f a r ve assuran es t at t e ave een rea distant p arts of th e w orld , h e h s ecei d c , h h y h b d a in t at w ith pleasur e and mentioned w i th p rai se ; nd h Public , which he has g a to find a fr en a a n. found a fr i end before, h e m y hope i d i C O N T E N T S . ! I BOO . LYRIC. The Midshipman 's Son g Evenin g Ode on th e Res urrection of Greece Homer on th e Banks of the S c am ai i der Lay of the Wanderin g Arab Hymn to the Stars Fragment of a Projected Ode on th e Infl uence of Fancy upon Mythology To the First S w allow of the Year The Harp of Tears Love Evenin g Stai i z as Hymn to Libei ty Stanzas on the Exec utio n of General Riego The First Tale of Love Lines written on an Evenin g of J une Written at Midnight To the First Primros e of the Year On seein g th e Name of Robert Emmet wri tten i n his own hand upon one of his school books the L u Dirge for ast Inca, s pposed to be sun g by a Per uvian Bard at the Tomb of Atahualpa b fi c o nt e nr a Serenade Lament of Al c mus upo n th e ann iversary o f h is Rej ection by S appli o tu r t s M ai no tl w ar to Naval Ode , on the Depar re of a B i i h , join the Allied Sq uadrons i n the Mediterranean B ! T OO II . HIS ORICAL. The Ten Thousand at the Sacred Mo unt The Landin g of Agrippina with the Ashes of G erni am c us The Tw o D reams of J ulian The Eve of Sal amis ! III T BOO . DESCRIP IVE . S unset Starlight Palmyra A Stroll in March A Se a s ide Reverie ! DIDACTIC ' AN D BOO IV . DEVOTIONAL . Alexander at Paradise Thou ghts on the Infl uen ces of Religion Moral Lines in C O N T E N T S . Written at Sunset Sorrows and Consolations Fable Hymn of Mary Magdalene Th e Fall of the Leaf B ee - The Hive . Mornin g The Lily Stanzas - Dm s The Dew p , Earth and Heaven ! BOO V . ELEGIAC. To the Memory of Lord Byron On reading some Po etry by a Youn g Lady now no more Lines to the Memory of a Yo ung Friend ' O n th e Grave o t a Frien d ’ The Poet s Mo urne r B ! OO VI . LEGENDARY . The Children in the Sno w The Star of Pomeroy The Legend of th e Copleston Oak The M aid of Orkney C O N T E N T S . B ! M . OO VII . ANO ALOUS A Grecian Dream On a Po rtrait of Lord Byron Thoughts in the Amphitheatre at Mo unt Edgcumbe Poetry Sonn et the R uins of Ionia 2 — . To Greece 3 — . To Spain — 4 The - , Wood Storm 5 — , The Approach of Autumn 6 — . To the Reader T O G L O R Y . ul u So of the far, but nforgotten Past ! ! ueen of th e sword and Lady of the lyre ! h Spirit of thoughts too igh , of deeds too vast, s To fear, like clay, the wa te of flood an d fire , Or darkly perish on Oblivion ’ s pyre ’ r M emno ns When ce , like the birds f om pile , they sprin g, us b ut not Born from the d t, with years to tire, Or furl in death the everlastin g win g ! O h b ut Teach me , teach me, for once to flin g M y han d thy o w n tri umphal harp along t s To s rike one strain , who e echoes yet may rin g Above the spot where rests a frien d of song ! Do I but dream the lau rel yet may wave ’ ‘ Memorial verd ure o er its votary s grave ? 53 mmof (M etal l ic.