The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan
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POETICAL WORKS
WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES,
With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes,
REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN.
VOL. I.
REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN.
VOL. I.
CONTENTS.
SONNETS AND MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
SONNETS AND MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION TO THE EDITION OF 1837.
SONNETS, ETC.
SONNETS, ETC.
AT TYNEMOUTH PRIORY,[6]
AFTER A TEMPESTUOUS VOYAGE.
AFTER A TEMPESTUOUS VOYAGE.
BAMBOROUGH CASTLE.[7]
THE RIVER WAINSBECK.[8]
THE TWEED VISITED.
ON LEAVING A VILLAGE IN SCOTLAND.
EVENING.
TO THE RIVER ITCHIN.[11]
ON RESIGNING A SCHOLARSHIP OF TRINITY COLLEGE, OXFORD,
AND RETIRING TO A COUNTRY CURACY.
AND RETIRING TO A COUNTRY CURACY.
DOVER CLIFFS.
ON LANDING AT OSTEND.
THE BELLS, OSTEND.[12]
THE RHINE.
INFLUENCE OF TIME ON GRIEF.
THE CONVENT.
THE RIVER CHERWELL.
ON ENTERING SWITZERLAND.
DISTANT VIEW OF ENGLAND FROM THE SEA.
HOPE.
TO A FRIEND.
ABSENCE.
BEREAVEMENT.
OXFORD REVISITED.
IN MEMORIAM.
ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. WILLIAM BENWELL, M.A.[13]
AT MALVERN.
NETLEY ABBEY.
ASSOCIATIONS.
MUSIC.
APPROACH OF SUMMER.
AT OXFORD, 1786.
AT DOVER, 1786.
RETROSPECTION.
ON ACCIDENTALLY MEETING A LADY NOW NO MORE.
WRITTEN MANY YEARS AFTER THE FOREGOING SONNETS.
WRITTEN MANY YEARS AFTER THE FOREGOING SONNETS.
ON HEARING "THE MESSIAH"
PERFORMED IN GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL, SEPT. 18, 1835.
PERFORMED IN GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL, SEPT. 18, 1835.
WOODSPRING ABBEY, 1836.[14]
LACOCK NUNNERY.
JUNE 24, 1837.
JUNE 24, 1837.
ON A BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE.
ART AND NATURE.
THE BRIDGE BETWEEN CLIFTON AND LEIGH WOODS.
THE BRIDGE BETWEEN CLIFTON AND LEIGH WOODS.
PICTURE OF AN OLD MAN.
PICTURE OF A YOUNG LADY.
HOUR-GLASS AND BIBLE.
MILTON.
ON THE BUSTS OF MILTON, IN YOUTH AND AGE, AT STOURHEAD.
IN YOUTH.
ON THE BUSTS OF MILTON, IN YOUTH AND AGE, AT STOURHEAD.
IN YOUTH.
IN AGE.
TO SIR WALTER SCOTT.
ON ACCIDENTLY MEETING AND PARTING WITH SIR WALTER SCOTT, WHOM I HAD NOT SEEN FOR MANY YEARS, IN THE STREETS OF LONDON, MAY 1828.
ON ACCIDENTLY MEETING AND PARTING WITH SIR WALTER SCOTT, WHOM I HAD NOT SEEN FOR MANY YEARS, IN THE STREETS OF LONDON, MAY 1828.
ELEGY WRITTEN AT THE HOTWELLS, BRISTOL,
JULY, 1789.
INSCRIBED TO THE REV. W. HOWLEY.[16]
JULY, 1789.
INSCRIBED TO THE REV. W. HOWLEY.[16]
MONODY ON HENRY HEADLEY.
ON MR HOWARD'S ACCOUNT OF LAZARETTOS.
THE GRAVE OF HOWARD.
SHAKSPEARE.
ABBA THULE'S LAMENT FOR HIS SON PRINCE LE BOO.
SOUTHAMPTON WATER.
THE PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY.[34]
INSCRIBED TO THE DUKE OF LEEDS.
INSCRIBED TO THE DUKE OF LEEDS.
THE DYING SLAVE.
SONG OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN.
MONODY, WRITTEN AT MATLOCK.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE.
ON LEAVING A PLACE OF RESIDENCE.
ELEGIAC STANZAS.
WRITTEN DURING SICKNESS AT BATH.
WRITTEN DURING SICKNESS AT BATH.
ON LEAVING WINCHESTER SCHOOL.
WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1782.
WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1782.
HOPE, AN ALLEGORICAL SKETCH.
THE BATTLE OF THE NILE.[49]
A GARDEN-SEAT AT HOME.
IN HORTO REV. J. STILL,
APUD KNOYLE, VILLAM AMŒNISSIMAM.
APUD KNOYLE, VILLAM AMŒNISSIMAM.
GREENWICH HOSPITAL.
A RUSTIC SEAT NEAR THE SEA.
WARDOUR CASTLE.
POLE-VELLUM, CORNWALL.
A PICTURESQUE COTTAGE AND GROUNDS BELONGING TO J. LEMON, ESQ.
A PICTURESQUE COTTAGE AND GROUNDS BELONGING TO J. LEMON, ESQ.
ON A BEAUTIFUL SPRING,
FORMING A COLD BATH, AT COOMBE, NEAR DONHEAD, BELONGING TO MY BROTHER, CHAS. BOWLES, ESQ.
FORMING A COLD BATH, AT COOMBE, NEAR DONHEAD, BELONGING TO MY BROTHER, CHAS. BOWLES, ESQ.
A CENOTAPH,
TO THE MEMORY OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ISAAC, WHO DIED AT CAPE ST NICHOLA MOLE, 1797.
TO THE MEMORY OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ISAAC, WHO DIED AT CAPE ST NICHOLA MOLE, 1797.
TRANSLATION OF A LATIN POEM
ST MICHAEL'S MOUNT.
INSCRIBED TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD SOMERS.
INSCRIBED TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD SOMERS.
ON AN UNFORTUNATE AND BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.
WRITTEN DECEMBER 1783.
WRITTEN DECEMBER 1783.
HYMN TO WODEN.
COOMBE-ELLEN.[66]
COOMBE-ELLEN.[66]
SUMMER EVENING AT HOME.
WINTER EVENING AT HOME.
THE SPIRIT OF NAVIGATION.[70]
WATER-PARTY ON BEAULIEU RIVER, IN THE NEW FOREST.
MONODY ON THE DEATH OF DR WARTON.
EPITAPH ON H. WALMSLEY, ESQ.,
IN ALVERSTOKE CHURCH, HANTS.
IN ALVERSTOKE CHURCH, HANTS.
AGE.
ON A LANDSCAPE BY RUBENS.
THE HARP, AND DESPAIR, OF COWPER.
STANZAS FOR MUSIC.
MUSIC.
ABSENCE.
OCTOBER 26, 1791.
OCTOBER 26, 1791.
FAIRY SKETCH.
SCENE—NETLEY ABBEY.
SCENE—NETLEY ABBEY.
INSCRIPTION.
PICTURES FROM THEOCRITUS.
FROM IDYL I.
FROM IDYL I.
SKETCHES IN THE EXHIBITION, 1805.
EXHIBITION, 1807.
BLIND FIDDLER.—WILKIE.
BLIND FIDDLER.—WILKIE.
SOUTHAMPTON CASTLE.[96]
INSCRIBED TO THE MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE.
INSCRIBED TO THE MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE.
THE WINDS.
ON WILLIAM SOMMERS OF BREMHILL.
THE VISIONARY BOY.
CADLAND,[103] SOUTHAMPTON RIVER.
THE LAST SONG OF CAMOENS.[107]
THE SYLPH OF SUMMER.[114]
THE HARP OF HOEL.[132]
Part II.
Part II.
AVENUE IN SAVERNAKE FOREST.
DIRGE OF NELSON.
DEATH OF CAPTAIN COOKE,
OF "THE BELLEROPHON," KILLED IN THE SAME BATTLE.
OF "THE BELLEROPHON," KILLED IN THE SAME BATTLE.
BATTLE OF CORRUNA.
SKETCH FROM BOWDEN HILL AFTER SICKNESS.
SUN-DIAL, IN THE CHURCHYARD OF BREMHILL.
AT TYNEMOUTH PRIORY,[6]
AFTER A TEMPESTUOUS VOYAGE.
AFTER A TEMPESTUOUS VOYAGE.
BAMBOROUGH CASTLE.[7]
THE RIVER WAINSBECK.[8]
THE TWEED VISITED.
ON LEAVING A VILLAGE IN SCOTLAND.
EVENING.
TO THE RIVER ITCHIN.[11]
ON RESIGNING A SCHOLARSHIP OF TRINITY COLLEGE, OXFORD,
AND RETIRING TO A COUNTRY CURACY.
AND RETIRING TO A COUNTRY CURACY.
DOVER CLIFFS.
ON LANDING AT OSTEND.
THE BELLS, OSTEND.[12]
THE RHINE.
INFLUENCE OF TIME ON GRIEF.
THE CONVENT.
THE RIVER CHERWELL.
ON ENTERING SWITZERLAND.
DISTANT VIEW OF ENGLAND FROM THE SEA.
HOPE.
TO A FRIEND.
ABSENCE.
BEREAVEMENT.
OXFORD REVISITED.
IN MEMORIAM.
ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. WILLIAM BENWELL, M.A.[13]
AT MALVERN.
NETLEY ABBEY.
ASSOCIATIONS.
MUSIC.
APPROACH OF SUMMER.
AT OXFORD, 1786.
AT DOVER, 1786.
RETROSPECTION.
ON ACCIDENTALLY MEETING A LADY NOW NO MORE.
WRITTEN MANY YEARS AFTER THE FOREGOING SONNETS.
WRITTEN MANY YEARS AFTER THE FOREGOING SONNETS.
ON HEARING "THE MESSIAH"
PERFORMED IN GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL, SEPT. 18, 1835.
PERFORMED IN GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL, SEPT. 18, 1835.
WOODSPRING ABBEY, 1836.[14]
LACOCK NUNNERY.
JUNE 24, 1837.
JUNE 24, 1837.
ON A BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE.
ART AND NATURE.
THE BRIDGE BETWEEN CLIFTON AND LEIGH WOODS.
THE BRIDGE BETWEEN CLIFTON AND LEIGH WOODS.
PICTURE OF AN OLD MAN.
PICTURE OF A YOUNG LADY.
HOUR-GLASS AND BIBLE.
MILTON.
ON THE BUSTS OF MILTON, IN YOUTH AND AGE, AT STOURHEAD.
IN YOUTH.
ON THE BUSTS OF MILTON, IN YOUTH AND AGE, AT STOURHEAD.
IN YOUTH.
IN AGE.
TO SIR WALTER SCOTT.
ON ACCIDENTLY MEETING AND PARTING WITH SIR WALTER SCOTT, WHOM I HAD NOT SEEN FOR MANY YEARS, IN THE STREETS OF LONDON, MAY 1828.
ON ACCIDENTLY MEETING AND PARTING WITH SIR WALTER SCOTT, WHOM I HAD NOT SEEN FOR MANY YEARS, IN THE STREETS OF LONDON, MAY 1828.
ELEGY WRITTEN AT THE HOTWELLS, BRISTOL,
JULY, 1789.
INSCRIBED TO THE REV. W. HOWLEY.[16]
JULY, 1789.
INSCRIBED TO THE REV. W. HOWLEY.[16]
MONODY ON HENRY HEADLEY.
ON MR HOWARD'S ACCOUNT OF LAZARETTOS.
THE GRAVE OF HOWARD.
SHAKSPEARE.
ABBA THULE'S LAMENT FOR HIS SON PRINCE LE BOO.
SOUTHAMPTON WATER.
THE PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY.[34]
INSCRIBED TO THE DUKE OF LEEDS.
INSCRIBED TO THE DUKE OF LEEDS.
THE DYING SLAVE.
SONG OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN.
MONODY, WRITTEN AT MATLOCK.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE.
ON LEAVING A PLACE OF RESIDENCE.
ELEGIAC STANZAS.
WRITTEN DURING SICKNESS AT BATH.
WRITTEN DURING SICKNESS AT BATH.
ON LEAVING WINCHESTER SCHOOL.
WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1782.
WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1782.
HOPE, AN ALLEGORICAL SKETCH.
THE BATTLE OF THE NILE.[49]
A GARDEN-SEAT AT HOME.
IN HORTO REV. J. STILL,
APUD KNOYLE, VILLAM AMŒNISSIMAM.
APUD KNOYLE, VILLAM AMŒNISSIMAM.
GREENWICH HOSPITAL.
A RUSTIC SEAT NEAR THE SEA.
WARDOUR CASTLE.
POLE-VELLUM, CORNWALL.
A PICTURESQUE COTTAGE AND GROUNDS BELONGING TO J. LEMON, ESQ.
A PICTURESQUE COTTAGE AND GROUNDS BELONGING TO J. LEMON, ESQ.
ON A BEAUTIFUL SPRING,
FORMING A COLD BATH, AT COOMBE, NEAR DONHEAD, BELONGING TO MY BROTHER, CHAS. BOWLES, ESQ.
FORMING A COLD BATH, AT COOMBE, NEAR DONHEAD, BELONGING TO MY BROTHER, CHAS. BOWLES, ESQ.
A CENOTAPH,
TO THE MEMORY OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ISAAC, WHO DIED AT CAPE ST NICHOLA MOLE, 1797.
TO THE MEMORY OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ISAAC, WHO DIED AT CAPE ST NICHOLA MOLE, 1797.
TRANSLATION OF A LATIN POEM
ST MICHAEL'S MOUNT.
INSCRIBED TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD SOMERS.
INSCRIBED TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD SOMERS.
ON AN UNFORTUNATE AND BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.
WRITTEN DECEMBER 1783.
WRITTEN DECEMBER 1783.
HYMN TO WODEN.
COOMBE-ELLEN.[66]
COOMBE-ELLEN.[66]
SUMMER EVENING AT HOME.
WINTER EVENING AT HOME.
THE SPIRIT OF NAVIGATION.[70]
WATER-PARTY ON BEAULIEU RIVER, IN THE NEW FOREST.
MONODY ON THE DEATH OF DR WARTON.
EPITAPH ON H. WALMSLEY, ESQ.,
IN ALVERSTOKE CHURCH, HANTS.
IN ALVERSTOKE CHURCH, HANTS.
AGE.
ON A LANDSCAPE BY RUBENS.
THE HARP, AND DESPAIR, OF COWPER.
STANZAS FOR MUSIC.
MUSIC.
ABSENCE.
OCTOBER 26, 1791.
OCTOBER 26, 1791.
FAIRY SKETCH.
SCENE—NETLEY ABBEY.
SCENE—NETLEY ABBEY.
INSCRIPTION.
PICTURES FROM THEOCRITUS.
FROM IDYL I.
FROM IDYL I.
SKETCHES IN THE EXHIBITION, 1805.
EXHIBITION, 1807.
BLIND FIDDLER.—WILKIE.
BLIND FIDDLER.—WILKIE.
SOUTHAMPTON CASTLE.[96]
INSCRIBED TO THE MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE.
INSCRIBED TO THE MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE.
THE WINDS.
ON WILLIAM SOMMERS OF BREMHILL.
THE VISIONARY BOY.
CADLAND,[103] SOUTHAMPTON RIVER.
THE LAST SONG OF CAMOENS.[107]
THE SYLPH OF SUMMER.[114]
THE HARP OF HOEL.[132]
Part II.
Part II.
AVENUE IN SAVERNAKE FOREST.
DIRGE OF NELSON.
DEATH OF CAPTAIN COOKE,
OF "THE BELLEROPHON," KILLED IN THE SAME BATTLE.
OF "THE BELLEROPHON," KILLED IN THE SAME BATTLE.
BATTLE OF CORRUNA.
SKETCH FROM BOWDEN HILL AFTER SICKNESS.
SUN-DIAL, IN THE CHURCHYARD OF BREMHILL.
THE SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY BY SEA:
A DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL POEM.
A DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL POEM.
INTRODUCTION.[152]
ANALYSIS.
BOOK THE FIRST.
BOOK THE SECOND
BOOK THE THIRD
BOOK THE FOURTH.
BOOK THE FIFTH.
BOOK THE FIRST.
BOOK THE SECOND
BOOK THE THIRD
BOOK THE FOURTH.
BOOK THE FIFTH.
THE SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY BY SEA.
BOOK THE FIRST.
BOOK THE SECOND.
BOOK THE THIRD.
BOOK THE FOURTH.
BOOK THE FIFTH.
BOOK THE FIRST.
BOOK THE SECOND.
BOOK THE THIRD.
BOOK THE FOURTH.
BOOK THE FIFTH.
THE MISSIONARY.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.[192]
THE MISSIONARY.
INTRODUCTION.
CANTO FIRST.
ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT.
CANTO SECOND.
ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT.
CANTO THIRD.
ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT.
INTRODUCTION.
CANTO FIRST.
ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT.
CANTO SECOND.
ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT.
CANTO THIRD.
ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT.
CANTO FOURTH.
ARGUMENT.
CANTO FIFTH.
ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT.
CANTO SIXTH.
ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT.
CANTO SEVENTH.
ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT.
CANTO EIGHTH.
ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT.
CANTO FIFTH.
ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT.
CANTO SIXTH.
ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT.
CANTO SEVENTH.
ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT.
CANTO EIGHTH.
ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT.
END OF VOLUME I.
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