BOSTON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS UBRARlt POETICAL WOEKS OF JAMES MONTGOMERY. WITH A iHcinoiv of tl]e ^utljor, BT THE REV. RUFUS W. GRISWOLD. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. BOSTON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS LIBRARy BOSTON: PHILLIPS, SAMPSON AND COMPANY. 1853. CONTENTS, THOUGHTS ON WHEELS. Page No. I.—The Combat 13 No. n.—The Car of Juggernaut 14 No. III. —The Inquisition 15 No. IV.—The State Lottery 17 No. v.—To Britain 25 THE CLIMBING BOY'S SOLILOQUIES. Prologue.—A Word with Myself 31 No. I.—The Complaint 33 No. II.—The Dream 35 No. III.—Easter-Monday at Sheffield 41 SONGS OF ZION, BEING IMITATIONS OF THE PSALMS. Psalm 1 50 Psalm III 51 Psalm IV.—No. 1 52 Psalm IV.—No. 2 .52 Psalm VIII 53 Psalm XI 53 Psalm XV. • 54 Psalm XIX.—No. 1 55 Psalm XIX.—No. 2 55 Psalm XX 56 Psalm XXIII 57 Psalm XXIV.—No. 1 58 Psalm XXIV.—No. 2 58 Psalm XXIV.—No. 1. (The Second Version.) . .59 Psalm XXIV.—No. 2. (The Second Version.) ... 59 Psalm XXVII.—No. 1 60 Psalm XXVII.—No. 2 61 • Psalm XXIX . 62 Psalm XXX 62 Psalm XXXIX 64 Psalm XLIL—No. 1 65 Psalm XLIL—No. 2 66 Psalm XLIIL—No. 3 ........ 66 Psalm XLVL— No. 1 67 3 CONTENTS. Page Psalm XLVI.—No. 2 68 Psalm XLVII 69 Psalm XLVIII 69 Psalm LI 70 Psalm LXIII 72 Psalm LXIX 72 Psalm LXX 73 Psalm LXXI 74 Psalm LXXII 75 Psalm LXXIII 77 Psalm LXXVII 78 Psalm LXXX 80 Psalm LXXXIV 81 Psalm XC 82 Psalm XCI 83 Psalm XCIII 85 Psalm XCV 85 Psalm C 86 Psalm cm 87 Psalm CIV 88 Psalm CVII.—No. 1 91 Psalm CVII.—No. 2 91 Psalm CVII.—No. 3 92 Psalm CVII.—No. 4 93 Psalm CVII.—No. 5 94 Psalm CXIII 95 Psalm CXVI 95 Psalm CXVII 96 Psalm CXXI.- 97 Psalm CXXII 98 Psalm CXXIV 98 Psalm CXXV 99 Psalm CXXVI 100 Psalm CXXX. 101 Psalm CXXXI 102 Psalm CXXXII.—No. 1 102 Psalm tXXXII.—:So. 2 103 Psalm CXXXIII 103 Psalm CXXXIV 104 Psalm CXXXVII 104 Psalm CXXXVIII 105 Psalm CXXXIX 106 Psalm CXLI 107 Psalm CXLII 108 Psalm CXLIII 109 Psalm CXLV. 110 Psalm CXLVI 110 Psalm CXLVIII Ill CONTENTS. Page NARRATIVES. Farewell to War 113 Lord Falkland's Dream, a. p. 1643 115 The Patriot's Pass-word 125 The Voyage of the Blind 128 An Every-Day Tale 136 A Tale without a Name 140 A Snake in the Grass 154 The Cast-away Ship 158 The Sequel 161 TRIBUTARY POEMS. To the Memory of the late Richard Reynolds .... 164 I. —The Death of the Righteous 164 II.—The Memory of the Just 165 III.—A Good Man's Monument 168 To the Memory of Rowland Hodgson, Esq., of Sheffield . 171 " Occupy till I come." On the Death of the late Joseph Butter- worth, Esq 175 In Memory of the Rev. James Harvey 177 To the Memory of the late Joseph Browne, of Lothersdale . 179 To the Memory of the Rev. Thomas Spencer, of Liverpool . 181 Christian Soldier. the sudden Death of' the The Occasioned by' Rev. Thomas Taylor . 184 A Recollection of Mary F 185 In Memory of E. B., formerly E. R 1S6 In Memory of E. G 187 " M. S. To the Memory of A Female whom Sickness had Re- conciled to the Notes of Sorrow" 188 On the Royal Infant 193 A Mother's Lament on the Death of her Infant Daughter . 194 The Widow and the Fatherless 195 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. The Lyre 197 Remonstrance to Winter 200 Round Love's Elysian Bowers 201 Lines written under a Drawing of Yardley Oak . 202 Written for a Society whose Motto was "Friendship, Love, and Truth" 203 204 Religion. An occasional Hymn The Joy of Grief 205 The Battle of Alexandria 207 The Pillow 211 Ode to the Volunteers of Britain 215 218 The Vigil of St. Mark Hannah 223 A Field Flower 225 CONTENTS. Page The Snow-drop 226 An Epitaph 229 The Ocean 230 The Common Lot 235 The Harp of Sorrow 236 Pope's Willow 238 A Walk in Spring 241 To Agnes 245 A Deed of Darkness 246 The Dial 248 Emblems 249 A Message from the Moon 251 A Bridal Benison 253 The Blackbird 254 The Myrtle 255 A Death-Bed 256 Dale Abbey 257 - In Bereavement . 258 Coronation Ode for Queen Victoria 259 The Wild Pink, on the Wall of Malmesbury Abbey . .260 Parting Words 263 The Roses 264 Elijah in the Wilderness 265 Stanzas on the Death of the late Rev. Thomas Rawson Taylor . 269 Christ the Purifier 270 " A Certain Disciple" 271 The Communion of Saints 272 " Perils by the Heathen" 273 A Midnight Thought 275 The Peak Mountains 276 To Ann and Jane 281 Transmigrations 282 Chatterton 284 A Daughter (C. M.)to her Mother, on her Birth-Day . .285 On Finding the Feathers of a Linnet scattered on the Ground . 288 Occasional Ode for the Anniversary of the E.oyal British System of Education 290 291 Departed Days : A Rhapsody The Bible 294 The Wild Rose 295 ' The Time-Piece 298 A Mother's Love 300 The Visible Creation 302 Reminiscences 303 The Reign of Spring .304 The Reign of Summer 307 Instruction 316 A Night in a Stage-Coach 317 CONTENTS. Page Incognita : On viewing the Picture of an unknown Lady . 320 Winter-Lightning 323 The Little Cloud 324 Abdaliah and Sabat 329 Questions and Answers 334 The Alps : A Reverie 335 The Bridal and the Burial 339 Youth Renewed 340 The Daisy in India 341 The Pilgrim 343 Robert Burns 344 The Stranger and his Friend 345 Friends 347 A Theme for a Poet 348 Night 351 Aspirations of Youth 353 A Hermitage 354 under the Inscription Picture of an aged Negro Woman . 355 The Adventure of a Star 356 On Planting a Tuhp-Root 359 The Drought. Written in the Summer of 1826 . .360 The Falling Leaf 362 Thoughts and Images 363 The Ages of Man 366 The Grave 367 Bolehill Trees 371 The Old Man's Song 373 The Glow- Worm 374 The Mole-Hill 375 A Voyage Round the World 381 Humility 387 Birds 388 The Gentianella 396 A Lucid Interval 397 Worms and Flowers 399 The Recluse 400 401 Time : A Rhapsody To a Friend, with a Copy of the foregoing Lucubration . 403 The Retreat 404 The Lily. To a Young Lady, E. P 407 The Sky-Lark. Addressed to a Friend 408 The Fixed Stars 409 A Cry from South Africa. On building a Chapel at Cape Town, for the Negro Slaves of the Colony, in 1828 . .410 Speed the Prow 412 The Cholera Mount. Lines on the Burying-Place for Patients a who died of Cholera Morbus ; pleasant Eminence in Sheffield Park 413 CONTENTS. Page To Mary 416 Short-Hand. Stanzas addressed to E. P 416 To my Friend George Bennet, Esq., of Sheffield ... 417 One Warning more. Written for Distribution on a Race-Course, 1824 420 A Riddle. Addressed to E. R. 1820 421 The Tombs of the Fathers 422 The Sun-Flower 426 For J. S. A Preamble to her Album 427 To Cynthia: A Young Lady, unknown to the Author, who, by Hand- Letter, requested "a Stanza," or "a few Lines in his 4'-b writing" On a Watch-Pocket worked by A. L 429 An Infant's Album 431 a little who to have some Verses To Margaret ; Girl, begged from the Author, at Scarborough, in 1814 . .433 The blank Leaf .434 The Gnat. Written with Pencil round an Insect of that kind, which had been accidentally crushed, and remained fixed on a blank Page of a Lady's Album 434 Morna 435 The Valentine Wreath 439 The Widow. Written at the Request of a Lady, who furnished several of the Lines and the Plan of the whole . 440 Motto to "a Poet's Portfolio." (Fragment of a Page of Oblivion) 442 At Home in Heaven 443 The Veil 446 Heaven in Prospect 446 On the First Leaf of Miss J. 's Album 447 The Sand and the Rock 448 " Lovest thou Me" 451 Garden Thoughts. On Occasion of a Christian Assembly in the Grounds of a Gentleman at York, for the Purpose of pro- moting Missions among the Heathen .... 452 To Mr. and Mrs. T., of York, with the foregoing Stanzas . 454 The Field of the World 455 Farewell to a Missionary 456 " The Prisoner of the Lord." A Sabbath Hymn for a sick Chamber 457 An After-Thought 458 Our Saviour's Prayers 459 Reminiscence 462 Evening Time 463 The Lot of the Righteous 464 A Benediction for a Baby 4G6 Evening Song. For the Sabbath-Day 467 A Wedding Wish. To Mr. and Mrs. H 468 THOUGHTS ON WHEELS. During the greater part of the last forty years it has been my privilege to be connected, rather as an auxiliary than a principal, in many a plan for lessening the sum of human misery at home and abroad, with three gen- tlemen of this neighbourhood, Mr. Samuel Robehts, iNIr. George Bennet, and Mr. Rowland IIodcson. Of the two latter I need not speak here, because proofs of my esteem for each, distinctly, will be found in another part of this collection. With Mr. Roberts, however, it happened, that I have been more particularly and actively concerned on occasions rather general than local, such as the questions of the Slave Trade and Slavery, the State Lottery, and the practice of emplnying climbing boys to sweep chimneys.