POEMS.
BYB.R. PARKES.
LONDON:
JOHN CHAPMAN,
142, STRAND.
MDCCCLII.LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET.
Dedicated TO BARBARA LEIGH SMITH.
page: vCONTENTS.
- WARNING 1
- DEATH THE ENCIRCLER 2
- MYSTERIES 4
- THE MOORS 6
- A BALLAD OF SMUGGLING DAYS 11
- A CAROL FOR WILLIE 15
- CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A‐YEAR 18
- NEW‐YEAR’S EVE AND NEW‐YEAR’S DAY 20
- SUMMER’S SONG 22
- HASTINGS IN APRIL 24
- STONELEIGH 26
- KENILWORTH 28
- MARSH FLOWERS 30
- SONG 31
- REMINISCENCES 32
- SONG 34
- WITH PRIMROSES 35
- THE OLD WATER‐COLOUR EXHIBITION 36
- THE ALPS. THUSIS 37
- CHIAVENNA ON A SEPTEMBER EVENING 38
- THE PLAINS OF LOMBARDY 40
- GIOTTO, DA VINCI, TITIAN 42
- HOME TO ENGLAND 43
- THE HIGHLANDS 44
- THE CATHEDRAL 45
- TWO SKETCHES FOR PICTURES 48
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- THE DESERTED VILLAGE 50
- TO AN AUTHOR WHO LOVED TRUTH MORE THAN FAME 51
- LONDON FROM HAMPSTEAD HEATH 52
- THE WAYFARER 56
- THE WATCH IN HEAVEN 58
- THE CLOUD‐FACE 60
- REST 61
- LIFE’S RIVER 62
- THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS UNSEEN 64
- “LIFE IS OUR DICTIONARY.”—Emerson 66
- MUSIC 68
- THE EXPERIENCE OF ALL MEN 69
- ENGLAND AND HUNGARY IN 1849 70
- THE LAST HOME 72
- MARY 73
- TWO SCENES OF INFANCY 74
- GIORGIONE AND VIOLANTE 76
- THE MEETING OF PLATO AND HORACE IN THE ELYSIAN FIELDS 78
- MY OLD HOUSE 81
- EARTH’S QUESTION 84
- THE REPLY OF THE FAIRIES 86
- THE TEACHING OF CORNELIUS 88
- LITTLE SARAH 89
- THE OLD PALACE GARDEN 90
- TO BIRMINGHAM 92
- To * * * * * 93
- TO E.B. 94
