THE UNDYING ONE, AND OTHER POEMS.
BYTHE HONBLE MRS. NORTON.
There is a very life in our despair, Vitality of poison,—a quick root, Which feeds these deadly branches; for it were As nothing did we die; but life will suit Itself to sorrow’s most detested fruit, Like to the apples on the Dead Sea’s shore, All ashes to the taste. CHILDE HAROLD. Au sein des plus grands douleurs un homme ne peut‐il pas se dire avec certitude: encore quelques années, quelques jours, quelques instans peut‐être, et je ne souffrirai plus! LA FONTAINE.
LONDON:
HENRY COLBURN AND RICHARD BENTLEY,
NEW BURLINGTON STREET.
1830.TO THE DUCHESS OF CLARENCE, THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS, BY PERMISSION, GRATEFULLY AND RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, BY HER ROYAL HIGHNESS’S DEVOTED SERVANT,
CAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH NORTON.
ERRATA.
Page 21, line 22, for extatic, read ecstatic.
Page 35, line 1, for foreswore, read forswore.
Page 90, line 1, for who, read whom.
Page 151, line 11, for flash, read plash.
CONTENTS.
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THE UNDYING ONE.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
- On the Purple and White Carnation—A Fable 169
- The Careless Word 173
- They Loved one another 176
- My Heart is like a withered Nut 178
- My Childhood’s Home 180
- Escape from the Snares of Love 182
- Ifs 184
- As when from Dreams awaking 186
- Old Friends 189
- The Bride 191
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- The Pilgrim of Life 195
- The Captive Pirate 197
- The Future 201
- I was not false to thee 208
- The Greek Girl’s Lament for her Lover 209
- When poor in all but Hope and Love 213
- We have been Friends together 215
- The Boatswain’s Song 217
- Recollections 220
- Description of a lost Friend: from the Morning Post 223
- Recollections of a faded Beauty 228
- Babel 237
- The Mourners 240
- The Crooked Sixpence 242
- The Wanderer looking into other Homes 244
- Mary 247
- The Ringlet 249
- The Rebel 252
- The Lost One 254
- My Native Land, from the German of Körner 256
- Dreams 258
- Would I were with thee! 259
- The Name 261
- The Faithless Knight 263
- First Love 265
- Edward 267
- The Arab’s Farewell to his Horse 269
