The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White Henry Kirk White The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White Table of Contents The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White..............................................................................................................1 Henry Kirk White...........................................................................................................................................1 MEMOIR OF HENRY KIRKE WHITE.......................................................................................................4 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS...................................................................................................................................21 CLIFTON GROVE......................................................................................................................................21 TIME,...........................................................................................................................................................32 CHILDHOOD.[1]........................................................................................................................................47 THE CHRISTIAD........................................................................................................................................58 LINES WRITTEN ON A SURVEY OF THE HEAVENS,........................................................................69 LINES SUPPOSED TO BE SPOKEN BY A LOVER AT THE GRAVE OF HIS MISTRESS................71 MY STUDY.................................................................................................................................................72 DESCRIPTION OF A SUMMER'S EVE....................................................................................................74 LINES,.........................................................................................................................................................76 WRITTEN IN THE PROSPECT OF DEATH............................................................................................77 VERSES.......................................................................................................................................................78 FRAGMENT................................................................................................................................................79 FRAGMENT................................................................................................................................................80 TO A FRIEND IN DISTRESS,...................................................................................................................81 CHRISTMAS DAY.....................................................................................................................................82 NELSONI MORS........................................................................................................................................84 EPIGRAM ON ROBERT BLOOMFIELD.................................................................................................85 ELEGY.........................................................................................................................................................85 INSCRIPTION FOR A MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF COWPER..............................................86 I'M PLEASED, AND YET I'M SAD. .....................................................................................................87 SOLITUDE..................................................................................................................................................88 FRAGMENTS.[1]........................................................................................................................................90 FRAGMENT OF AN ECCENTRIC DRAMA............................................................................................94 TO A FRIEND.............................................................................................................................................99 LINES........................................................................................................................................................100 FRAGMENT..............................................................................................................................................101 COMMENCEMENT OF A POEM ON DESPAIR...................................................................................103 THE EVE OF DEATH..............................................................................................................................104 THANATOS..............................................................................................................................................105 ATHANATOS...........................................................................................................................................106 MUSIC.......................................................................................................................................................107 ON BEING CONFINED TO SCHOOL ONE PLEASANT MORNING IN SPRING.............................109 TO CONTEMPLATION...........................................................................................................................110 MY OWN CHARACTER.........................................................................................................................111 LINES WRITTEN IN WILFORD CHURCHYARD................................................................................113 VERSES.....................................................................................................................................................115 LINES........................................................................................................................................................116 THE PROSTITUTE...................................................................................................................................117 ODES......................................................................................................................................................................118 TO MY LYRE...........................................................................................................................................119 TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE....................................................................................................................120 ODE ADDRESSED TO H. FUSELI, ESQ. R. A......................................................................................121 TO THE EARL OF CARLISLE, K. G......................................................................................................124 TO CONTEMPLATION...........................................................................................................................126 i The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White Table of Contents The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White TO THE GENIUS OF ROMANCE...........................................................................................................129 TO MIDNIGHT.........................................................................................................................................130 TO THOUGHT..........................................................................................................................................131 GENIUS.....................................................................................................................................................132 FRAGMENT OF AN ODE TO THE MOON...........................................................................................135 TO THE MUSE.........................................................................................................................................136 TO LOVE...................................................................................................................................................137 ON WHIT−MONDAY..............................................................................................................................137 TO THE WIND, AT MIDNIGHT.............................................................................................................139 TO THE HARVEST MOON.....................................................................................................................139 TO THE HERB ROSEMARY.[1].............................................................................................................141 TO THE MORNING.................................................................................................................................142 ON DISAPPOINTMENT..........................................................................................................................144 ON THE DEATH OF DERMODY THE POET.......................................................................................146 SONNETS...............................................................................................................................................................147 SONNET TO THE RIVER TRENT..........................................................................................................147 SONNET....................................................................................................................................................148 SONNET.[1]..............................................................................................................................................148