Introductory material
Reading edition
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PREFACE, v
L’ENVOY, xxxiii
Spanish Ballads
THE BROKEN PITCHER, 3
DON FERNANDO GOMERSALEZ: from the spanish of astley’s, 7
THE COURTSHIP OF OUR CID, 24
American Ballads
THE FIGHT WITH THE SNAPPING TURTLE; OR, THE AMERICAN ST GEORGE:—
fytte first, 35
fytte second, 39
THE LAY OF MR COLT:
streak the first, 45
streak the second, 47
THE DEATH OF JABEZ DOLLAR, 53
THE ALABAMA DUEL, 59
THE AMERICAN’S APOSTROPHE TO “BOZ”, 66
Miscellaneous Ballads
THE STUDENT OF JENA, 75
THE LAY OF THE LEVITE, 80
BURSCH GROGGENBURG, 82
NIGHT AND MORNING, 87
THE BITER BIT, 89
THE CONVICT AND THE AUSTRALIAN LADY, 92
THE DOLEFUL LAY OF THE HONOURABLE I. O. UWINS, 96
THE KNYGHTE AND THE TAYLZEOUR’S DAUGHTER, 103
THE MIDNIGHT VISIT, 110
THE LAY OF THE LOVELORN, 116
MY WIFE’S COUSIN, 130
THE QUEEN IN FRANCE: AN ANCIENT SCOTTISH BALLAD:
Part I., 135
Part II., 143
THE MASSACRE OF THE MACPHERSON: from the gaelic, 150
THE LAUREATES’ TOURNEY:—
fytte the first, 156
fytte the second, 161
THE ROYAL BANQUET, 166
THE BARD OF ERIN’S LAMENT, 171
THE LAUREATE, 173
A MIDNIGHT MEDITATION, 177
MONTGOMERY: A Poem, 182
LITTLE JOHN AND THE RED FRIAR: A Lay of Sherwood:—
fytte the first, 186
fytte the second, 192
THE RHYME OF SIR LAUNCELOT BOGLE : A Legend of Glasgow, 201
Illustrations of the Puff Poetical
THE DEATH OF ISHMAEL, 221
PARR’S LIFE PILLS, 223
TARQUIN AND THE AUGUR, 226
LA MORT D’ARTHUR, 228
JUPITER AND THE INDIAN ALE, 229
THE LAY OF THE DOUDNEY BROTHERS, 232
PARIS AND HELEN, 235
A WARNING, 238
TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY, 239
WANT PLACES, 241
Miscellaneous Poems
THE LAY OF THE LOVER’S FRIEND, 245
FRANCESCA DA RIMINI, 249
THE CADI’S DAUGHTER: A Legend of the Bosphorus, 253
THE DIRGE OF THE DRINKER, 258
THE DEATH OF DUVAL, 261
EASTERN SERENADE, 267
DAME FREDEGONDE, 271
SONG OF THE ENNUYÉ, 276
THE DEATH OF SPACE, 279
CAROLINE, 281
TO A FORGET-ME-NOT, 284
THE MEETING, 286
THE MISHAP, 288
COMFORT IN AFFLICTION, 291
THE INVOCATION, 293
THE HUSBAND’S PETITION, 297
SONNET TO BRITAIN, 301
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